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paddy wack give a dog a bone
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This old man came rolling home =D
Why all the selling, Scree-scree?
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Drugs
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Drugs are bad mmm-kayyy
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😀 That made me laugh like an idiot. The mental image of scree selling dog clippers for drugs. Haha!
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It’s stuff we need to get rid of and we could use the extra money.
And drugs. XD
Good morning everyone. How were your weekends? Mine was okay. I played a lot of Saints Row the Third – now control all of Stillwater, and have completed Act 2. I did a bit of creative work for Pez which I won’t elaborate on for now, but it’s something I’ve neglected for a couple of weeks, so it felt pretty good to get back into it. And my son was baptised, so we had a big family do which was quite nice (despite having family everywhere).
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Congrats to your son, man!
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Sounds like a productive weekend all round \o/
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Sounds like a pretty great weekend to me, buddy 🙂
FREE GAEMS
Anyone want uPlay PC codes for:
– From Dust x1
– Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands x2
– Advanced Warfighter 2 x2
– NCIS x2
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Ewww uPlay…. 😛
Wont say no to From Dust if still available!-
It’s all weird cause you need to download and install the game before they ask for the uPlay code :P. So download it above and add me on Steam/Twitterz and I’ll send you the code 🙂
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O.O that’s a long link.
(Something something that’s what she said)
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Awwwww – aren’t you just a sweetheart! 😀
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Totally didn’t abuse a free game giveaway, no I did not!
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I’d love me some Ghost Recon Action!!!
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Same dealio as above :). Download the game here and let me know when it’s installed and I’ll send over the CD key.
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Cheers
I’ll try get round to it tonight.
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Morning, folks. Hope this day finds you all well!
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Morning DC, how was your weekend?
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Not too bad, man. Played Egress! Watched Gravity Falls! Watched Cabin in the Woods! Did some writing! Didn’t leave the house! What more could you want? 😛
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Man, that sounds awesome. I crave a weekend like that.
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You’ve got a family of people who love you, though. You win. You always win. Haha! (Though yeah, it was good. :D)
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*waves enthusiastically*
HI DC! 😀-
Loops! Hey! *waves enthusiastically back*
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Morning all!
I’m on day shift again. it’s so weird being out of bed at the same time as the rest of the world.
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So you’re a bit, what is this madness?
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On the plus side – night time shenanigans!
Played AC3 for most of the weekend. The bulk of which was spent slaughtering poor innocent wildlife.
stab stab STABBITYSTABBITYSTAB!
Also, anyone with the bonus dlc weapons and missions for this game, when can you access this stuff?
I could have sworn it said during sequence 6, but I cannot find any of the weapons or missions.
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Stupid fake animals had it coming!
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For the bonus missions you have to talk to the harbourmaster at the Aquila, then select them from the map that comes up. At least, that’s where that Mayan ruin level was, anyway!
On the weekend we bought my son a t-shirt that mimics Woody from Toy Story’s outfit. He wants to wear it all the time and cried when I told him it was dirty and had to be washed.
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Haha! That’s awesome!
Edit: Not awesome he cried. Awesome in a cute antics kind of way. I’m gonna be quiet now. :S
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You should have bought two. Parenting fail 😛
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I’ll remember next time. Actually, no I won’t. The shirt cost the same price as three normal shirts would have. :S
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Addendum to this: I’ve just returned from taking my daughter up to the place where she gets a lift on days she takes her bass clarinet to school. The first thing my son when we opened the lady’s car door was “I’ve got a Woody shirt!” even though he wasn’t wearing it. 😀
He also was giving the most awesome running commentary on things on the way home. Here’s a sample: “There’s ants on that dog poo. Ants like dog poo. They especially like eating it.” “I can cross the road because I have shoes on. You need shoes to cross the road don’t you, Mummy?” “That’s where the stingy bitey ants live, Mummy. Just like on Deadly 60. There’s animals on Deadly 60. Like cheetahs.” My son is great company. 😀
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My daughter does that kind of thing too. Love the chatter, and the relationships kids make between concepts. 😀
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Your son is awesome.
Morning Fronds,
I cave into TAY (/ TS) marketing and bought FTL. Man that game us frustratingly addictive. I wil get through like 3 systems no problem then some ship will fire 3 missiles at me all at once and bring all my ship’s systems down. Yet defeat after defeat I still jump straight back in.
How was everyone’s weekends?
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The feeling you get when you beat the final boss for the first time… it was so glorious and it still is every time I finish it.
Still can’t finish one normal playthrough yet, hence why no captain’s logs :). Have patience all, I’m working on it!-
Oh man I smashed him in the first encounter then he absolutely destroyed me during the second encounter. /o\
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Drones, drones everywhere.
*Goes into fetal position and rocks backwards and forwards*
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One word: Cloaking :)… oh yeah and engine upgrades! DODGE!
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My tactics: Engine upgrades, and then shields and weapons and drones. Max shields, multiple weapons and an offensive drone to take down their shields and various weapons ASAP is key to winning the battle. If you try to outlast them, you will get smashed. You need the upper hand, and you need it fast.
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That’s because you probably didn’t use me. I’m so good it’s an insta win, it’s almost cheating!
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Relax human, I got this!
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I got through stage 1 and 2 of that battle and took no damage, and still almost got totally smashed in the final battle. It’s a really rough spike.
Testing to see of TAY hats me.
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TAY could never hat you.
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My posts seem to get eaten by TAY.
=( I assume there is some kind of post limit for us filthy mobile Kotaku / guest account users. =P
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What phone you using? On iOS you can switch to desktop mode, log in and then go back to mobile mode and you can post with your account on Mobile TAY 🙂
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Mornin’ all!
So I’ve managed to drag Cakesmith into War of the Roses, so he, Jocon and I ended up having some pretty great matches that were only slightly marred by the servers having a fit every 40 minutes…
Also, as I was typing this a rather large female teacher who was walking through the library I’m currently in let out a huge fart. I don’t think she knew I was here till after I burst out laughing.
And then I found 10 smells.
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You really get all the fun jobs don’t you!
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Fun game that.
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I really must try that game some day. Perhaps when my Halo hype starts to wane.
Morning all,
I decided to teach my back lawn a lesson, so I tackled it from my roof on Friday arvo, put it in its place….
On a side note, I my wrist, neck, back, face and chest have been caning all weekend…
Tis a mystery!
Not a whole heap of gaming happened though (extreme sad faced panda). But I did manage to continue my XBLA Perfect Dark play through.
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…you face planted off the roof, didn’t you?
You are not a flower and you should stop trying to be one. No more planting yourself in the lawn.-
Well, I did try to jazz it up, but yeah, ladder I was stepping onto sunk into wet ground causing me to face plant the ground.
I like my re-telling better though….
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Channelling the spirit of Macho Man Randy Savage again huh?
May he live on within all of us.OHHHH YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
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Um…OUCH! You’re not broken?
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Got a bit of skin off on the face, swollen forehead, bruises on several limbs, 60% use of left hand, stiff neck/shoulders, bruised right foot (big toe is almost black). Nothing is broken that I can tell, the roof isn’t that high, maybe 2 meters ish, and I landed on grass, which was probably a good thing!
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Yikes!
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Decreased appetite, slight headache.
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Morning. So I caved and bought an Xbox 360 console yesterday. Star Wars console bundle clearance at Harvey Norman Online! Halo 4, here I come!
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‘Swift Robot’
Add me up 🙂or alternatively, head here and start adding ALL OF THE TAYBIES
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chul00p4 – add me too 🙂
*looks at puppy’s post*
Oh… yeah.. just do that…
Congrats on the 360 get!
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Thanks guys, will do.
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Also add me! You can find me in Puppy’s link!
Mornin’ y’all.
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‘sup Virus!
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Not much, not much. Yourself?
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Also not much! 😀
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Huzzah!
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Hey buddy! o/
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HERRO SER NOB! \o
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Hey look! It’s Ser Nobs! Hey Ser Nobs!
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VIRUS!
GUNNA KILLA YA!
GUNNA THRILL YA!
GONNA ROCK YOU OUT!
*mosh*-
Haha, did you make that up or are they actual lyrics? 😛
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Monday Morning Happiness Post!
So this weekend I’m taking my wife up to Brisbane for her birthday on Friday and Saturday night, staying in one of the Mantra hotels and taking her to see Potted Potter, and probably check out Supernova as well. I cleared my days off 3 months ago but the last roster update had me working those days. I keep mentioning to my area manager about it and he keeps being evasive about giving me an answer. Which is greatly upsetting me. Either give me the days off or just say no so I can cancel and get my money back. Which he won’t. I have this feeling I’m going to be stuck working with too little notice to get any money back. Why he has to play these stupid fucking games with everybody I have no idea. Made me that angry and stressed about it I’ve been up pacing the house for a few hours now.
Wait, that wasn’t very happy was it?
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That sucks man, it pisses me off when managers are indecisive and evasive. I’m asking you a question about my workload and it is YOUR job to answer questions about my workload.
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1) Put it in writing now, in an email to him. Say that you want to know whether you can have the days off, and that you will suffer financial penalties if you don’t get an answer. This puts you in a better position to file a claim against them if they choose to revoke your leave (as you have already had these days cleared, it might be possible to reclaim some of your lost money and put in for overtime, etc).
2) I don’t actually have a two to put here. Not sure why I numbered these paragraphs, actually…
EDIT: 3) Keep his name and get his licence plate number so you’re ready for him when you’re poe-lease.
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Hope it all works out, man. I bet you’re looking forward to the day you quit! 😀
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Talk about unreasonable. He sounds like a bit of a prick. But happy birthday to the missus for Friday \o/
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I’m pretty sure if you ask for the time off in advance they aren’t allowed to say no – especially if you provide it in writting.
HAI GAIS!
A few things today;
First – I SAW LOOPER YESTERDAY!
It was indeed most excellent movie! Absolutely loved it, but at the same time was very different, in some ways, to what i was expecting. It was certainly a lot more confronting in some parts.
But dat ending… mmmhhmmm..
V jnf ubcvat sbe n ovg bs n unccvyl rire nsgre fpranevb, ohg v tbg fbzrguvat fb zhpu zber erjneqvat va gur raq, va n jnl. V guvax vg jnf terng gb frr gur lbhatre irefvba fbeg bs fgbc guvaxvat nobhg uvzfrys naq oybj uvzfrys njnl sbe gur terngre tbbq.
Nyfb, qbfr envaznxre cbjref!
Nyfb, ybfvat yvzof fcbagnarbhfyl jbhyq or uryy-fpnel!
V’z abg fher jurgure v yvxrq gur jnl gurl gerngrq gur gvzr yvar fb… ybbfryl. Gurl frrzrq gb bayl znxr vg nf gubhtu fbzr pregnva guvatf jrer nssrpgrq nf gb nqinapr gur cybg yvar, engure guna tbvat gbb qrrc jvgu vg. V’z thrffvat vg jnf zber sbe gur sybj bs gur zbivr. V xabj rirelgvzr v guvax bs gvzr geniry fghss vg znxrf zl urnq vzcybqr.
Secondly – I watched me some NFL on saturday and it was a DAMN good game too. This prompted me to bust out Madden NFL10 on the PS3, which i haven’t really taken time to play yet. Mannnn it is AMAZING the detail they put into that game, and even more amazing how much i suck at it and the whole spatial awareness team. Also, my stupid Dolphins are, apparently, a sucky team these days 😛 I did manage to score some pretty awesome TD’s, though, even though i ultimate lost both games i played. Mannnnnn NFL is one hell of a complex game and it’s going to take a while to get an idea of what to do when.
Thirdly – Getting closer to wrapping up SR2 now. Thank goodness. I don’t know whether to spend tomorrow finishing it up or just go hard on the painting.
LASTLY – I bought EA Sports Active 2 for PS3!! Got it for $25 from Jb Hi-Fi complete with all the crazy motion sensors and heart rate monitors. I’m determined to lose some weight, and i can’t justify paying for gym access. They are just so costly and i usually don’t have the time to attend.
I’m really looking forward to checking this out tonight – it’s actually meant to be pretty good. I have always been REALLY pessimistic in relation to these ‘fitness games’ – but i’ve swallowed my pride and decided to give it a shot… I’m thinking of maybe keeping a running journal.. Thoughts?
How is everyone else!? 😀
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‘sup Loops! I loved Looper too. The best thing to do in time travel predicaments is not think too hard about it, otherwise the headaches begin and then you’re a lost cause! 😀
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I know, right!?
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With Looper
V jnf rkcrpgvat n pbzcyrgryl qvssrerag zbivr, V rawblrq vg naq gubhtug vg jnf jryy qbar, ohg abg jung V jnf rkcrpgvat. Gur raqvat jnf n ovg gungf nyy? Ernyyl? V whfg jngpurq nyy guvf fb gung pbhyq unccra? Gur gvzr geniry ovg vexrq zr n yvggyr, ohg gurl qvq xrrc ersrerapvat ubj gurl qba’g obgure rkcynvavat nalguvat nobhg vg nf vg jvyy znxr lbhe urnq rkcybqr (be jung rire Wrss Qnavryf gnyxf nobhg), vgf zber yvxr lrnu, guvf jbeyq unf gvzr geniry, pnhfr ernfbaf.
N tbbq zbivr, jryy qbar va fbzr cynprf, pbhyq frr gur raqvat n zvyr bhg (GX vf fuvg, n cneybe gevpx….. OBBZ!), abg rabhtu gvzr geniry, rawblnoyr whfg qba’g tb va rkcrpgvat n eha tha gvzr geniry npgvba zbivr, pnhfr vgf abg!
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Lrnu, jura gurl jrer tbvat ba nobhg ubj GX jnf ehoovfu v cerggl zhpu xarj gur Envaznxre jbhyq or n GX fhcreornfg, naq nf fbba nf gurl qvqa’g fubj gur xvq fgenvtug njnl v jnf yvxr “envaznxre xvq vf tbvat gb shpx fbzr fuvg hc”, juvpu nyfb unccrarq. yby
V yvxrq gur raqvat, ohg v nterr, vg jnf n ovg bs n yrg qbja ng gur fnzr gvzr. V jnagrq gb xabj zber nobhg jung jbhyq unccra arkg. V zrna whfg orpnhfr ur’f qrnq qbrfa’g zrna gurl ner fgvyy fnsr – gur bayl onq thlf gung tbg xvyyrq jrer gur tngzra…
Ohg lrnu, vg’f n jubyr ybg bs fghss gung whfg uhegf lbhe urnq vs lbh gel gb gvr vg nyy gbtrgure.
V jbhyq yvxr gb frr n frdhry srnghevat gur envaznxre, gubhtu. V ernyyl yvxrq gur frggvat naq ngzbfcurer naq v’q yvxr gb frr zber bs vg.-
Noooo, I think you guys are starting to lose the point of the film a little bit. I think it’s not meant to be so much about time travel action comic book stuff as it is talking about how a person changes, and also how everyone kind of has their own agendas to achieve happiness, etc. I loved it. Focussing too much on plot rather than character here dudes.
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Spoilercypher?
V qba’g frr jul ur qvqa’g oybj bss uvf unaq, znxr Oehpr Jvyyvf qebc gur tha.Be careful with fitness games. I played UFC Trainer on kinect one warm day. Milk was a bad choice.
Projectile vomit into the bathroom door (so close, yet so far) is quite funny, according to my sister.-
unununun – orpnhfr gung jbhyq unir znqr frafr!
Jung v jnag gb xabj vf jul gur uryy vg gbbx uvz fb ybat gb pngpu hc jvgu oehpr jvyyvf.
Ur gbbx bhg gur naablvat qbhpur-ont thl cerggl dhvpxyl naq rira QEBIR nsgre uvz. OEHPR JNF BA SBBG!
JGS?!-
Gurl yrnea gb eha snfg va gur shgher.
Ur nyfb pbhyq unir whfg gubhtug nobhg abg xvyyvat gur jbzna, fb gura uvf shgher frys jbhyq xabj abg gb fubbg ure, naq vg nyy jbhyq unir orra svar.-
But but… gung qbrfag rira znxr frafr! Gur jubyr cbvag jnf gung ol gur gvzr ur jnf Oehpr Jvyyvf ur unq tbar guebhtu n jubyr yvsr bs rkcrevrapr, naq cneg bs gung jnf terng urnegnpur. Nf vs gur lbhatre frys pbhyq rira haqrefgnaq gung! Lbh pnag whfg gnyx lbhefrys bhg bs gung rkcrevrapr.
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Ohg vs ur fcrag gur 30 lrnef xabjvat gung fubbgvat gur zhz jbhyq erfhyg va uvf jvsr’f qrngu, jura gur gvzr pnzr, ur jbhyqa’g fubbg gur zhz, naq gur jvsr jbhyqa’g qvr. Fb ur jbhyqa’g unir ernfba gb fubbg gur zhz.
I also thought that last word was velociraptor. That would have made an even more interesting time travel mechanic.
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Lrf ohg, ur pbhyq arire tebj gb orpbzr byq Oehpr va n fpranevb jurer fur qbrfag qvr gb ortva jvgu. Ur jbhyq tebj univat ure orra fubg, fb ur jbhyq fgvyy tb guebhtu gur rkcrevrapr bs ure qvrvat va uvf gvzr. Vg’f fgvyy gur cbvag bs yvivat jvgu gung.
EDIT: Vg jnf n fvzcyre naq aboyre guvat gb gnxr uvzfrys bhg bs gur rdhngvba, naq chg gur unccvarff bs rirelbar ryfr svefg.
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Ur ybfg zrzbevrf gur yrff yvxryl uvf (Oehpr’f) shgher jnf gb unccra. Uvf cnfg rkcrevraprf qrcraqrq ba jung unccrarq va gur zbivr. Fb vs ur jnf fyvtugyl yrff yvxryl gb fubbg ure, ur jbhyq unir unq fyvtugyl yrff vapragvir gb fubbg ure, juvpu jbhyq unir znqr uvz yrff yvxryl gb fubbg ure, fb ba.
Gur zbeny bs gur fgbel vf: gvzr geniry vf gbb pbashfvat, naq V fubhyqa’g gel gb hfr zl oenva jura V tb gb gur pvarzn.
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OHG gur cbvag orvat gung, ur jbhyqir tebja hc univat gur xvq orpbzr onq, jub jbhyq fgvyy genpx uvz qbja yngre gb xvyy uvz, naq gnxr njnl jungrire unccvarff urq perngrq sbe uvzfrys, rira vs vg jnfag ure. Lbher evtug vg vf nznmvatyl pbashfvat, ohg fgvyy, V ernyyl yvxrq gur abgvba bs rirelbar ybbxvat bhg sbe gurve bja unccvarff, naq gung fubhyq or gur bireevqvat snpgbe urer – gung ur jnf oenir rabhtu gb tvir hc uvf sbe rirelbar ryfr.
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Also, that does sound quite amusing 😛
Looper took a Doctor Who approach to time travel; that is “It’s complicated. Moving on!” which was sorta nice. It resulted in a few questioning moments, but the brilliant thing about that is you question it, then yourself, then understand why they did what they did, accept it, and move on.
I read a rumour that Xvq Oyhr vf gur lbhatre irefvba bs gur Wrss Qnavryf punenpgre.
Quite interesting.
Morning peeps, Had an awesome weekend.
For those non twitter of you, I made a BondiPizza. This is a pizza themed on a Bondi Burger from Oporto and it was awesome. Oporto Chilli sauce, home made base with sesame seed crust, drizzle of Mayo, chicked breast and cheese… So awesome.
AND I have decided to get a PS1 and play point blank all over again. I have an old PSOne but after cleaning it up over the weekend it doesn’t work. So I need to track down a new one. Gametraders or some guy off gumtree has one for $25 but if any Sydney TAYbies have an old PSOne (or PSX I guess) I may take it off your hands for a similar sum? Or a game trade or something?
Also if anyone has any G-Gon 45’s or Point blank/time crisis games for pPS1 let me know. I can get them pretty cheap but i’d be happy to but from any of you guys for the same price if you want?
Can’t wait to get these games going again.. to laugh at the graphics but to LOVE that game(gun) play!
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Hey Shady! I saw the prep work of that pizza on twitter, but not the finished product! Sounds like good eating. (I assume any way, never had Oporto. :P)
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Man I miss my mod chipped PSX.. I loved the shit out of Point Blank & Time Crisis when I owned one, such good games.
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I cannot fathom for the life of my why Namco stopped making Point Blank games.
Those games were amongst the definitive lightgun arcade games in my opinion.That, Time Crisis 2, and House of the Dead, thats the top 3.
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PS3 plays PS1 games. Does that help?
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I lost my two guns and point blank. 🙁
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And I lost my capital letters as well, it would seem. 😛
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“Product can only be used with CRT TV’s.
It is not compatible with LCD, Plasma or LED TV’s.”-
….soooo no, then? 😛
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Morning TAY!
At work on a day that should really be a public holiday in VIC. Seriously, there was NO traffic on the road this morning as everyone takes a long weekend with the Melbourne cup on tomorrow. Going to be a long ass day.
Didnt play much games on the weekend as i was in the sticks for a party. Twas fun to dress up and behave like a fool with puppylicks, danmazkin and deltaphoenix (not sure if leo uses that tag on here, or if he even uses tay)
I did go back and play blops 1, man, that game…..i still dont know how i feel about it 2 years on.
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Awesome party was awesome
Back to the old handle. I’ll miss AlexPranks. He was pretty alright.
I pretty much spent all weekend playing ACIII. Very, very conflicted on it. Certainly enjoyed it though.
I forgot to do that ‘here’s what you missed on Potaku’ thing last week and I fear it might be a bit annoying on a Monday morning, so I’ll just say a lot of stuff went up and it’s all worth reading so you should check it out if you haven’t, dammit. Rocketman wrote something really nice, I thought.
And now, assignments! Because it’s my last week at uni and them deadlines have crept up…
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Hey Alex! Hope you’re well!
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Assignments, D.C., assignments! I’m about as well as I can possibly be with them around! 😛
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GOOD MORNING TAY!!!! Hope everyone is well….
I feelyour pain, im at work today too, will hang around for a couple more hours to see if im going to stay or go home… its pretty dead….
Anyway, heres a video that will make your monday morning! in case my link doesnt take you to the 4:11 mark, skip to it!
it is definetely safe for work, however i cant guarantee you wont pee yourself laughing…..
37 seconds of pure awesome 🙂
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Hey buddy! What’s new?
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sup DC??? not much man, had a quiet weekend, spent a few hours on ass creed 1, played some bioshock, and i pre-ordered Black Ops 2! one word…. ZOMBIE TIME!!! …wait that was two….. IM SO CONFLICTED!
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The highlight of a video that was reposted on kotaku the other day. ~0:58
My son’s new favourite movie is ‘Despicable Me’. He’s watching again right now and he keeps wanting me to rewind this bit over and over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-PXRqMRiBo
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Gone are the days when you could say “I can’t rewind this video because it might break it”. Damn DVD’s!
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I’m only rewinding it because it’s on the TiVo. Thankfully he’s not yet aware you can rewind DVDs.
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Bahaha, that works =P
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Morning TAY.
Just one day left until people get excited in the nether regions about horses running around a track.
I dunno, maybe horse racing just isn’t my thing…
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Yeah I don’t find the horse racing scene exciting, already today I have had several people ask me if I’m betting, and who I’m betting on, I have no idea!
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Solution
Look around to ensure nobody else is near
say “Race (select number <10), number (select number <10)”
Wink and walk away
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Don’t forget all the setting fire to plea of money (betting) that goes on!
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Wtf? Plea of money? It was supposed to be piles of money.
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You know what Greenmang, you’re all right when you’re not spawning squids everywhere. Thanks for the login tip thingie.
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We call our kids “squids”.
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What have you been up to greenius?
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Helpius
Sup TAY. I’m actually posting on here for once rather than just Twittering because I’m one of the few people left in the office and therefore am having a slack day. So, with that Good Morning!
SO, my plan other than doing a bit of work and stuff today is to scour the interwebs for any mention of Halo 4 breaking street date, because I’ve gone from *zero-f*cks* to *full-hype* within a single week.
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ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!!!
WOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
MLG Starcraft and League of Legends finals are on now. I won’t be getting out of bed just yet.
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Woo! For some reason peeps at my work are mildly annoyed at me for spending my morning thus, minus the bed.
Even more annoyed they can’t do a thing about it.-
You should take a bed into work too. There’s no way that could go wrong.
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I keep asking my supervisor if we can buy a hammock for napping at work. He doesn’t seem to keen on the idea
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I’ve suggested it a few times. The problem is getting the company to pay for it.
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Howdy Tayberinos!
I spent all my weekend recovering from tradeshow, which translates to stabbing redcoats. I also realised last night that due to a combination of socialising, being away from home, and being too tired to cook when I got back, I’d not eaten a home cooked meal in nine days.
Hold your applause for my nutrition.
So a Monday Morning Question (TM): What food from a game have you always wanted to try? I’ve always assumed that MGS rations must be really good for you, and I’d love a super-mushroom pizza. Yourselves?
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I get hungry sometimes when I start cooking in Skyrim
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Sweetrolls!
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Somebody stole mine 🙁
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I totally called it.
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Totally spat my drink everywhere upon reading this. 😀
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This looks pretty damn tasty!
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Does Jelly count as food? From the same site: http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/254548_10151249966344085_247787273_n.jpg
All the jelly
1-UP Mushroom
I WILL LIVE FOREVER!
Last night I was playing Theatrhythm (which, by the way, my son calls “Final Fantasy To The Rhythm”) and said to myself “I’ll just finish this song and then I’ll go and make dinner”. Gur fbat chg zr bire gra gubhfnaq juvpu fcehat n fhecevfr obff onggyr ba zr naq nsgre V qrsrngrq Punbf gur perqvgf ebyyrq.
Needless to say, dinner was a little late. 😛
Also, Sir Greenius…I remembered that my answer to your question in old-TAY about amazing older games discovered this year is ‘999’.
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I was so annoyed with that! I tried to pause it but I COULDN’T PAUSE DURING IT!
So it made me mess up :'(
was too busy eating the finished product to tweet.. but posted a shot. My actual finiahed product was blurry so didn’t work out well, so that one will have to do.
@Virus_
It’s an actual song.
An awesome one.
MORNING TAY!
I hurt my arm over the weekend, so I’ve entered full on whinge mode. Feels like I’ve got a bruise on my shoulder or something. I didn’t even do anything, either! I was just playing Pokémon very vigorously for like… 5 hours 😛
Also, my save file for The Walking Dead is corrupt D: Won’t let me resume my progress at all. I’m very sad, now. I don’t really want to have to start again, but at the same time I kind of do… Maybe I’ll just wait until Episode 5 comes out and start over. Maybe this time instead of making decisions based on what I would do, I’ll play a total asshole character “Oh? You want some food, Clementine? TOO BAD *snarfs it down*” (implying ‘what I would do’ isn’t an asshole character already)
Oh, and XCOM finally finished downloading at 1:30am last night. It only took 30+ hours to download 😛
MORE POKÉTALK:
I’ve got my second wind! I was pretty disappointed in the post-game story of White 2, but surprisingly enough the Medals are what encouraged me to keep going! I’m going to try and get all the medals for beating the Elite 4 with a single-typed team. Working on a Normal type team now in Clefable, Snorlax, Porygon-Z, Ambipom, Ursaring and Braviary. Also, if anybody wants a Porygon for no reason at all, I have 93 of them in my game… It took me that long to hatch a Modest Porygon :\
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so “playing Pokemon” is what the kids call it these days D:
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5 hours straight.
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Haha! Man, when Pow goes evil he really goes evil!
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Whoa wait what? Why is it that important to have a modest one?
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Because that’s the one I wanted 😛 It’s my strongest Special Attacker, so the Modest Special Attack boost will be handy!
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Cabin in the Woods observations:
Definite spoilers, don’t read unless you’ve seen the movie!
— Abar bs gur grrantref jrer cnffnoyr nf grrantref. Unun! V xabj gung’f nyzbfg gur cbvag, fngver bs ubeebe zbivrf naq gur yvxr. Whfg guebjvat vg bhg gurer!
— Fhpu n sernxva’ terng pnfg. Oenqyrl Juvgsbeq sebz Gur Jrfg Jvat svgf vagb gur Jurqba ‘ibvpr’ cerggl qnza jryy. Pbby frrvat Evpuneq Wraxvaf sebz Fvk Srrg Haqre naq Nzl Npxre sebz Natry urer gbb.
— Qrsvavgryl abg gur xvaq bs zbivr gung arrqf n frdhry ng nyy, lrg bar gung unq gur zrnaf gb jvgu nyy gubfr penml gevaxrgf va gur onfrzrag. Boivbhfyl vg nva’g tbaan unccra, ohg gur yber bs nyy gubfr bowrpgf unf zr vagevthrq!
— Nyzbfg srryf yvxr vg’f na rkgrafvba bs gur Ohssl-irefr, jung jbhyq unccra vs nyy gur zlgubybtl jnf riraghnyyl pbagnvarq naq pbagebyyrq. Jnf ernyyl na njrfbzr cerzvfr.
— Gur Wncnarfr sbbgntr jnf nznmvat! V ybirq jura gurl inadhvfurq gur qrzba, ubyqvat unaqf naq fvatvat. V ynhturq. Nyy gur Wncnarfr ubeebe vzntrel jnf terng.
— Gur fgenvtug hc ubeebe fghss va gur jbbqf jnf nyy xvaqf bs sha gbb. V ernyyl yvxrq gur svar yvar vg jnyxrq orgjrra frevbhf naq shaal.
— Raqvat nyzbfg whzcrq gur funex whfg n yvggyr ovg. Abg rabhtu gb ehva gur zbivr, punbf jnf terng va n jnl, ohg pbhyq’ir orra n yvggyr zber haqrefgngrq. Unun!
— Fvtbhearl sernxva’ Jrnire. Rabhtu fnvq!
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Lrnu V ernyyl yvxrq nyy gur qvssrerag zbafgref. V jbhyq’ir ybirq gb frr jung gur yvggyr onyyrevan tvey jbhyq’ir qbar gb gurz vs gurl yrg gung zhfvp obk cynl whfg n yvggyr ybatre unun
Gurer jnf ehzbhef bs n Yrsg 4 Qrnq zbq/tnzr zbqr gung jnf onfrq ba Pnova va gur Jbbqf, ohg V qba’g guvax vg jrag naljurer. Gung jbhyq’ir orra nznmvat!
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V jnag gb frr gur nygreangr havirefr irefvba bs gur zbivr jvgu nyy gur qvssrerag zbafgre fpranevbf! :Q
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Ubyl penc V arire gubhtug nobhg gung hagvy abj ohg LRF Pnova va gur Jbbqf ARRQF n tnzr znqr nobhg vg.
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Jbhyq or na nznmvat jnl gb rkcrevzrag jvgu gur zbafgre glcrf, ohg zvtug nyfb qrfgebl gur fhogrkg ba ercynl. :'(
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You forgot Topher! Always awesome to see Fran Kranz.
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Oh yeah, and Jackson from Grey’s Anatomy. He’s funny because I don’t think he knows how to do anything but a frowny face. Or maybe he knows his frowny face is super-sexy so he over-uses it. 😛
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V yvxrq ubj gurl whfg fghpx n cnve bs tynffrf ba uvz naq ur jnf gur Fpubyne. :Q
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Haha! Being a socially awkward fool, I can always relate to that guy no matter the role! 😀
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I love Fran Kranz. And he seems to fit perfectly into the roles of characters written by Joss Whedon.
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I also watched this on Saturday night.
Terng pnfg, ernfbanoyl vagrerfgvat vqrn. Terng Fvtbhearl, ohg V nterr gung gur raqvat jnf nirentr. Gur zbafgref jrer terng naq bapr V ernyvfrq vg jnfa’g fhccbfrq gb or n pbzcyrgryl frevbhf ubeebe, V rawblrq vg n ybg zber.-
Unun! V guvax zl rkcrpngvbaf jrer nqwhfgrq nf fbba nf V fnj Jurqba’f anzr. Jnf arire tbaan or 100% frevbhf. :Q V yvxrq gur raqvat cebcre, gubhtu. Fzbxvat n wbvag, juvyr jnvgvat sbe gur varivgnoyr…
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Nal bar ernq gur pbzcnavba obbx gurl eryrnfrq? Qbrf vg qrgnvy nyy gur zbafgref?
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Gung fhtne-cyhz snvel jnf n ovt ont bs ABCR sbe zr, fb zrffrq hc.
Nyfb nsgre frrvat vg ba gur zbafgre-cbby yvfg rneyvre V fjrne V guvax V npghnyyl purrerq jura gur havpbea fubjrq hc :Q
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Zna, V’q whfg yvxr gb jnyx nebhaq gung frg naq ybbx ng nyy gur sernxva’ qrgnvy bs gubfr bowrpgf.
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V syvccrq bhg n ovg jura V fnj Fvtbhearl jnf gur ovt onq qverpgbe. V unq gb ynhtu ng gur gubhtug bs Puevf Urzfjbegu orvat qrfgeblrq ol na ryrpgevp srapr orsber tbvat ba gb cynl Gube.
V ybirq gur zbivr, vg jnf obgu n cynl ba gur fgrerbglcvpny ubeebe zbivrf bs byq naq fgvyy znantrq gb qb fbzr njrfbzr guvatf. V jnf univat n ovg bs n trrx bhg jura gur pnzren chyyrq onpx gb fubj nyy gur zbafgref naq V fnj n obbzre naq jvgpu sebz yrsg 4 qrnq, sernxvat prabolgrf, gur gjvaf sebz gur fuvavat, Serqql Xehrtre, jung ybbxrq yvxr gur nqqnzf snzvyl naq V’z cerggl fher V fnj gur Rivy Qrnq Arpebabzvpba ng bar cbvag. Vg’q or njrfbzr vs gurl qryirq vagb gur havirefr ntnva, fubjvat jung unccrarq jvgu fbzr bs gur cerivbhf rapbhagref
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Unun! Nccneragyl gurer jrer Erniref sebz Sversyl gbb! :Q
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@chuloopa
http://blog.spikeybits.com/2012/11/angels-of-vengeance-dark-angels-rumors.html
that is all
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Yeah i saw this over the weekend. I was hoping they would be out before the end of the year, though 🙁
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That being said – i CAN’T WAIT to see the new Azreal model! 😀
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I’m excited about the Mortis Pattern Dreadnoughts. 2 x twin linked lascannons.
Lore wise, supposedly this pattern was unique to Dark Angels, but rules wise (apart from Forgeworld) it hasn’t existed since 2nd edition.As a side discussion… What are your thoughts on special characters.
I like that they exist, but I hate using them in games.
Simply from a lore point of view, there is no way in hell a Chapter Master would run around in a 1000pt game.
There are a few “lesser” characters such a special scout sergeant or something like that which makes more sense, but the majority of special characters are completely unique “special” beings that don’t get out of bed unless they are commanding a full chapter across a whole solar system.
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Just on the stuff on the previous page, I have no freaking idea what to charge for it.
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Souls are THE currency of today.
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Shit, that reminds me – it’s been AGES since I last updated my Dark Souls stories. Thanks, man.
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<3
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My scythe, I like to keep it where my heart used to be.
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This isn’t helping me ^^;;
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lolol! Sure it is
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I already had that link handy – someone on facebook mentioned getting a La Calavera Catrina tattoo, I said Manny would be better
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Depends on if you want to get rid of it or if you are after all the monies.
If it is just taking up space and you just want to get rid of them just put it up with no reserve and let people tell you what they want to pay.
If any of the taybies are interested they can make an offer.
If you are after monies check ebay and google to see if you can find something similar
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MONIES!
I mean, it’s one of the reasons
Dustbuster – Start at $15 see how you go
Mcdonalds stuff seems to go for about $5-$10 each if still packaged or $10 – $20 for an opened set
Maybe start here http://www.facebook.com/pages/McDonalds-Happy-Meal-Collectors-On-Face-book/150516851626855
Clippers not really worth much by the look of things, talk up the quality and reliability and you might get something for them. New available for around $20. Start at $10 and see would be my suggestion (unless you can see something like them that are more expensive)
No idea on cardcaptors
So, finally put in some effort to get to the end of XCOM yesterday. Made it up to what I suspect is the final fight in the last level and the game crashed…fortunately, based on previous experience, it should load up at that spot when I return.
Oh, and MC-ing berserkers is still the greetest.
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Haven’t played that in weeks. The stress of keeping all you guys alive was too much. Why’d I have to name them? 😛
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Haha I have been the same way.
I wiped a mission that I shouldn’t have taken but was tired so just went to hell with it I’ll see what happens. Then I was sad
But up to the next main set battle and think I have full squad health so I’ll have to do that.-
When Strange was taken down? That was the last straw. :'(
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I lost Saturday. He was with me from the start, 14 kills from 12 missions or something like that. Then flanked by a thin man and pow, just like that
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MONDAY MORNING DANCE PARTY.
My caffeine from last night hasn’t worn off yet.
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We could only imagine what cocaine or another stimulate like that would do to you if caffeine does this 😛 also MORNING BATGIRL!
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*joins in the dance, half heartedly waving arms around. Dance is more like a groaning, semi limb flailing sad spectacle*
Virtue’s Last Reward crashed/froze just before I got an escape password for a puzzle room.
Why.
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I am scared of this game now. You keep getting bugs that are really cruel. You playing on 3DS?
This is so cool ;D
Best song written for a game ever?
I’m putting in a vote for Snake Eater. Also love Can’t Say Goodbye To Yesterday.
Love me some Metal Gear Solid music.
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Build That Wall (Zia’s Theme) from Bastion is pretty amazing!
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I have a guilty liking for Eyes on Me from FF8.
Here, take one of my man cards, I’M OBVIOUSLY NOT USING THEM
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I wouldn’t know what to do with it.
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Keep one, you might need it to wipe up your Nivea
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After I’ve finished playing tennis with my Prince racket
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Everything on the Scott Pilgrim game ost XD
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They dont sing I guess… not reaaaally songs… but its from a proper band and stuff so whatevs, SCOTT PILGRIM
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The Halo theme
The different themes for the past three Elder Scrolls games
Every song in Donkey Kong Country
Portal’s Still Alive -
Im still big on Valkyrie Run from Space marine. If orchestral music is your bag, its just…..great.
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Tempted to post all the Barber Shop songs from CMI.
“Once my old man spoke to good king Triton and asked, why all this senseless fightin’? Why can’t us men express emotion, now I’ve got a friend in the ocean!”
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You mean like a theme song and not just songs from the soundtrack?
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CALLING TO THE NIIIIGHHHHHHTT
although Exile Vilify suited portal very, very well.
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What? No love for ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’ from the first Metal Gear Solid?
Yeah, I also have a guilty liking for Eyes On Me, FF8.
Went in to Tafe today. Almost no one was there. Only one other guy in my class turned up, the teacher didn’t even come in. Waited around for a while to see if anyone else was coming but it didn’t look like it so we left. I just got home. I guess that’s one way to waste three hours of your day. It’s annoying because no one ever mentioned it. Last week the teacher implied there’d be a class today and there were no emails about it or anything.
I’ve had the song Little Talks stuck in my head since yesterday after having heard it for the first time last week.
Also, Halo 4! So hyped!
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Hey DireWolf! Hope you’re well! Once at uni we had a course meeting, I was the only one from my degree to show up. I had to talk in front of a lot of people. Wasn’t fun! 😀
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Wow, that’s pretty irresponsible of your teacher, especially if there was no reason for them not to show up. Even if one student shows up I thought they’d be required to show up and teach.. It was always like that when I was at TAFE..
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Yep, that teacher should be reported.
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So I played WAY too much TF2 on the weekend. Finally managed to beat Wave 666, got an A rating as a Soda Popper scout. Brilliant, and quite strange when money becomes so trivial that it’s used purely for your canteen and buy-backs upon death.
Scouts should NEVER have 800+ health. That’s just… wrong.
I’ve also been practicing (translate.google is further assisting with my broken knowledge of the language) my German in an effort to connect a little further with a German backpacker here. She knows conversational English and not much more, which is challenging when we’re both drunk 😛
How was everyone else’s weekend?
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Hey Aleph! Just say NIEN! whenever she talks! 😛
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But I like talking to her! If I immediately respond with “no” I can’t see anything coming of it 😛
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She’s backpacking pretty far afield. Good on her.
But try this, just to be sure: Ich glaube, Sie verloren gehen könnten
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Hahaha! You smart arse 😛
(I didn’t google that, I swear :S)
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Ich habe eine Karte in meinem Haus / pants
Pants is the same in both languages. I hope it doesn’t ruin the joke.
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The joke about new direction/nude erection might lose something in translation, but if she knows some English, you can improvise.
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I can’t believe I’m married either :\
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It’s alright man, if she didn’t snatch you up, it would only be a matter of time!
*swoon*
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Card or Car?
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Oh, map
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Attempting to charm a german backpacker?
Easy, just woo her with Rammstien lyrics!
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Or… 99 luft ballons? 😛
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Nina is ALWAYS acceptable 😀
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I can just imagine you typing pickup lines into google translator and practising them in front of a mirror. =P
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HAHA! Pickup lines are NOT my forte 😛
“Does this rag smell like chloroform?” and “did you fall from heaven? ‘Cos that’d explain your face” don’t really get me favourable audiences!
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See above for a suggestion ^
Also, suggesting that a 80,000 foot drop to the ground might explain someone’s face is not as complimentary as you might think 😛
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Is Heaven only that far up? 😛
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I was actually pondering that exact question last night.
Saw an argument that went along the lines of “Heaven has a higher ambient temperature than Hell” (using the baseline of around 444°C for Hell, just below boiling point for sulfur apparently) and went on to take super-literal understandings of particular quotes here and there in the Holy book. Heaven worked out to be around 500+°C
It was rather interesting, and the only thing that WASN’T covered was the distance from Heaven to Earth, if indeed they’re sharing the same area. I guess you could work it out by matching the ambient temperature of the planets closer to the sun, and use them as reference points? Either way, I’d wager it’s far further than 80,000ft
I’ll try to find the particular discussion to which I’m referring at some point today 😀
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I think the temperature calculation of heaven was based on being bathed in the glow of 1000 suns or something like that
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Whatever. It was a random number you guys. My point stands that it’s definitely not a compliment to have been exiled from heaven and plummeted face first into the ground from there. 😛
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Watching the MLG Starcraft 2 finals, they just had a crowd shot between games. Front and center were a bunch of guys in red hoodies, the Aussies from Nv. They must be loving this, it’s a Zerg vs Zerg and they’re pretty much all Zergs :p
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‘sup Trjn!
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Greetings!
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I miss my kind.
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I should call you Skarner.
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WOOO TEAM NV HWAITING!
Just finished manually creating 100 invoices in just under 2 hours. I AM GOD. Now that what is probably my only work for the day is completed, i think its time to play some iphone games. Should i finish phoenix wright today?
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TAKE THAT!
Yes you should.
Has the front page of Kotaku gone all screwy for anyone else? It looks like this for me: http://imageshack.us/f/805/kotakufrontpage.jpg/
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It’s the new design. Don’t you like it?
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Looks like the normal version temporarily became the mobile version, all stretched out.
As much as I really want and am interested in seeing the AC3 story unfold I think I’d rather watch someone else do it :S
At no point have I actually felt like I’m actually playing a game. More just nudging the story occasionally.
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I hear it opens up after Memory 6 or something. I don’t know, I’m avoiding spoilers.
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Herp. I just posted that and went to the main site. Should have payed there I guess.
So seeing as noone is taking the Bris meat suggestion from twitter to TAY yet, I’ll freakin do it! Ummmm… so I reckon, along with Dan, that we should do sumtin in Bris this weekend. Now I got Radiohead (woo!) on Friday, so I prefer Sat myself. and I took it over here so Sat it is! What should we do folks? I think we should drink somewhere, because we never drink and I like drink. I liek drink. What are other Brisbaniteses thoughts?
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Not to say it is exclusively drinking either. Just, would be nice to be somewhere where drinking is available and or encouraged
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Soo the Botanical Gardens?
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No can do Saturday.
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Definitely Saturday night is the only possibility for me. Got a kid-free weekend and we’re going out for dinner on Friday night, and at Supanova on Saturday. So if I’m allowed to go, then Saturday night’s the time for me.
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SATURDAY NIGHT MAKES ME FEEL ALL RIGHT!!! Also, yes to the beer.
I’ll chitty-chat to Salty tonight and see if my place is kk. If not, are there other residences we could hang?
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I’m interested in attending some festivities.
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Yessss, alright starting to get numbers here, this is good! Well, my place is fine, but its a little ways out, southside, Moorooka. If noone minds that, then my residence is also available. Right next to a train station at least. Just throwing it out there, since someone elses might be more convenient. Or just meeting somewhere near Supanova? ie That Cybercity 2002 place in the valley or something
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-claps-
Yes. Love it,
My joint is a bit further (Mt Ommaney) and it’s near no public transport sooooo yeah.
How ’bout Cybercity?
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Show of hands for Cybercity? *raises hand*
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… >_>
<_<
:'(
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I SAID I’LL GO YA POOP!!!
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That deserves a downvote. You dont call me poop and not get a downvote. I’m not a poop!
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I can host, and I’m about four bus stops away from the RNA Showgrounds. The Lutwyche bus station is on the same block as our apartment, and Wooloowin train station is about 10 minutes away. I’m a big stuck, cos my cousins are coming down from Maryborough just to go to Supanova that weekend, so I can’t actually go anywhere myself. But I’m totes happy to have people over. With drinkies, of course.
what just happened to kotaku main page? ? ?
Edit, never mind, seems to have corrected itself. But that was odd.
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What happened?
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A glitch in the matrix….
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Deja vu?
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Thought I’d try using the full site on my mobile. No can do. That NFS ad makes sure its front and center filling 75% of my screen no matter where I scroll or zoom.
So, does anyone here have Chivalry: Medieval Warfare? I’m trying to find out more about it online (love medieval combat games), partially in relation to War of the Roses, but all I can find are “COD vs BF” style arguments, full of idiots.
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Dude, MoH is clearly superior.
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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/video/
Episode 37, War of the Roses review.
Sums it up pretty well.Edit, wait… you’re asking about Chivalry not WotR. Disregard.
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In that review, my boss is attacking Bajo for most of it 😛
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I would also be interested in the differences. I was going to pick one of them up but as far as I can tell they are both exactly the same.
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Relevant! This’ll help tell the differences in a nutshell
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Based on being able to multi with friends, WotR. Cake, Jo and myself all have it.
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What I’ve seen in vids it looks faster pace; armour not really a thing, combat less skill intensive than WotR. Seems like not much customisation but more varied game modes.
So perhaps more arcady than WotR. Also first person.-
Yeah, initial impression looks like it’d be fun, but I think I’d get bored with it due to lack of character progression and lack of character customisation.
I may buy it once I’m sick of WotR, I guess…but that won’t happen for a while 😀
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last night, about 9pm, I figured I’d give XCOM another go. I’d previously been having trouble with the game locking up in the menus & losing the progress I’d made. that sucked.
Last night, however, there was no such trouble. And after finally being able to get into the game & play a few mission uninterrupted, I’ve gotta say, it’s damn good.
Before I knew it, it was 1am. so yeah… its one of those things that suck you in & is a nice time sink.
And Okami HD. I love that game. Never finished it back in the day, but I’m rather happy this got a re-release. So pretty. AND THERES A DEDICATED ‘BARK’ BUTTON. GOTY.
Also Journey. Never played it before & did a run through in a few hours. Holy Hell, that is a great experience. The soundtrack, the visuals, the atmosphere… it can only be described as beautiful.
In other news, all you victorians are bastards. not really, you understand, but you get a day off tomorrow, & I am jealous.
8 Days til Radiohead! this is a good thing. Especially since last time they toured, I had tickets, but the show was cancelled & its taken them 7(?) years to get back here…
then Harvest Festival. Sigur Ros. thats all I’m really going for. & The Black Angels, actually. might go & see what this Erotic Fanfiction thing on one of the smaller stages is all about as well, coz that just sounds horrible.
how was your weekends & stuff?
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Mwahahaha! Good to be a Victorian!
http://chiasuanchong.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/dr-evil.jpgI spent Saturday watching all of Cat Planet Cuties, and most, if not all, of Sunday trawling through Gran Turismo 2.
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see the above comment about you being a bastard, but not really :p
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Gahhhh, if someone asked me a month or 2 ago about Halo 4 I would have said “I don’t care” but now I am hyped to get it. Microsoft use Hype.
It’s super effective!
Wallet faints.
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Don’t feel too bad.
People could ask me about Halo 4 until they turned blue in the face, and I still wouldn’t care.-
I’d be interested if I could get people over to play through the campaign co-operatively. That’s literally the only interest I have and I don’t have XBL Gold anymore.
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I am also in this category. bankbalancefeelsbadman.jpg
Am I the only one sans account?
Or is Flu still strong with me?
I went to register and I can’t use my rad handle and I don’t wanna think of a new one sooooooooooooo yeah.
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Now that’s what I call a #DansTriumphantReturn worthy post.
#HashtagsForHarli
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I jumped on the bandwagon, but I’m one of a dying breed regarding the editing of posts. Much like yourself, an addendum comment is still my favoured route.
Screw those fancy comment editors!
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#hi
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DAN! nice to see that while youre on holidays you dont post here, but first day back at work you’re on. I approve of your work ethic, sir.
& i think Flu caved & got himself an account.
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I’VE COME UNDONE!!!
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Alas, I am accounted for…
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When you have an account your posts look something like this: DAN! @dkzeitgeist where the @thing is your unchangable account name, and the DAN! is your display name that you can change and set in your account after you register.
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NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!
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WOW! just got my hard copy of the new Twelve Foot Ninja Album.
God i am loving the art work they have used for this album. Artwork is something that is so often over looked with cd’s now days. Really wish more people would take the time to appreciate albums as a full work. Not just a collection of tunes.
I’ll be adding TAYbies to my friends list tonight in preparation for Halo 4. Don’t get creeped out! Get HYPE!
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… Can I get both?
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Would you like fires with that?
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FIRES?! You pyromaniac!
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AH lol! I will leave that typo for unintended humour. I did mean “fries”.
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And then…?
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i REALLY wish i was buying halo. But, with the cod being my crack, my money is going towards that next week. GOD DAMN MONTHLY PAY! lol
*walks in*
2 pages of unread TAY and I just woke up
*walks out*
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Who’s this guyirl?
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Weekday here is on a TAY-swap with Bish I believe. Sent Bish to Canada, got this guy in return.
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Best naming conventions \o/
Dear Nerd Herd,
How do I restrict a user’s account so they have limited access to various drives on the server?
(Windows Server 2003)
Kind regards,
Effluvium Boy
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Nice account, ya sheep.
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I just got an iPhone too.
My identity..!
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Good thing too, because I hear Blackberry wasn’t doing so well…
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News to me!
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Whaaaaaaat, but Blackberry.. It distinguished you from the rest of us iSheep & Fandroids D=
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It wasn’t up to me. Everyone at work was shifted from BB to iPhone.
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Heathens! We shall burn them at the stake!
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By the way, you can keep your handle as DAN!, you just have to set it as your Display name.
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I DID IT!
It’s strange in this new world.
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Baa
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Drives should have permissions just like normal share folders, Just keep Everyone on everything Deny and only the users you want to access with the permissions you desire.
Edit: Start with right clicking the drive, and select Sharing and Security. Sharing is for when you want others to be able to access remotely from their own PC. Security is for users who log in to the server to access them locally via Remote Desktop
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Where do I find these options?
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Sorry I edited it to give a lower level view on how to do it 🙂
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Thanks.
I was trying to do it via Users, instead of drives. -
If it were easier for me I’d send you some screenshots too via email but at work so 🙁 Sorry man
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Depends on how they’re accessing the drives. If done via network shares, permissions are pretty easy to set up, including for a single user.
+1 for the Chuck reference.
Also I don’t know the answer to your question.
I’ve started paying Katawa Shoujo again this morning. I haven’t gotten back up to actually making any decisions yet. Shizune and Rin are the only paths I haven’t completed yet so I’ll probably go after on e for them. I’m hoping that since it’s been a while I won’t have the feelings of guilt every time a girl from a path I’ve completed previously shows up.
It got me thinking though that I keep meaning to give the interactive story medium a try. I keep hearing things about 999. Is that a good place to start? I’m thinking of putting it on my christmass list.
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Phoenix Wright is good too! I think Hotel Dusk also fits that genre but I haven’t played it so can’t comment on it. Definitely go 999 though, much easier than having to get 4+ games for the full experience.
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No, Phoenix Wright isnt good. PW is godly. PW is the reason to get a DS. PW is the pinnacle of interactive stories, and should be played by every living person on this planet.
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Well only reason I said it was good is that the games are hard to find now and we haven’t got all the releases 🙁
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I’ve been meaning to go back and do some different paths as well. Its there sitting on my desktop teasing me, but so many other things to play as well…
Not that I’ve played many interactive novel style games, but from what I understand 999 is… quite different. I’d almost say its more of an puzzle/adventure games, than a interactive story, but there are a lot of story sections in between. That said, its a great game just by itself. You should definitely consider picking it up
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From what I understand with Rin you have to not interest any of the other girls but not stuff up enough to get a bad end. There are flow charts that show you exactly what decision to make if you want to go that way. I don’t think of that as cheating after my first play thought.
Lily was my favourite so far. Emi’s story was the most dramatice but I liked Lilly better. Frejyr has accused me of being in love with her.
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I’ve done Emi, Rin and Lily’s arcs to the end, and I think I was halfway through Hanako’s when I stopped playing. So far I think Emi was my favourite, although on first playthrough I was trying to get onto Hanako’s story because I thought it would be the best. I will have to finish them and find out for sure
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So easy to accidentlay get snagged into Emi’s path. I was trying to go either Hanako’s or Lilly’s path and then “do you want to die?”
“No.”
“Congratulations, you now love Emi!”
“wha????”It’s a good thing she has a great story.
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999 is awesome. A bit tedious when you have the replay the same puzzles multiple times to see all the story and the talky bits go sooooooo slowly the first time you see them, but still compelling enough to be worth the tedium.
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I’ve tried to get Rin twice and I ended up dating Emi on my first try and Lilly on the second one.
I should really give it another go…-
I think I accidentally replied to you under Nova.
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999 is more of an adventure game really, given the puzzle rooms. If you’re wanting a visual novel style then you’re wanting something more like Hotel Dusk or Last Window for DS. If you’ve got a PSP/PSV and a US PSN account and like a horror theme, Corpse Party is pretty good.
The Phoenix Wright games are great but they’re also more Adventure games than anything. But if that’s what you want then go for them.
Japan produces a lot of traditional-style Visual Novel stuff, which means the bulk of the good ones are on PC, many of them are untranslated (but there’s quite a few with fan translation patches), and can be hard to obtain legitimately.
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1. 999 & Virtue’s Last Reward
2. Ace Attorney
3. Hotel Dusk and… Secret of Cape West/Last Window/whatever it was called.That is how I rate them.
999 is superbly written and leave you craving for more, which Virtue’s Last Reward delivers on, despite being a more flawed game. Its mechanics (I feel) are better than Ace Attorney because too frequently AA falls into the ‘combine random item’ trap many Adventure games have, whereas 999 and VLR, there is seeable logic in what goes where even though sometimes (rarely) it is a little obscure.
Although Ace Attorney is a much longer story and will occupy you for a long time, and there are some pretty spectacular bits.
Hotel Dusk and its sequel are… okay. Decent story, but sometimes you’ll just feel lost. It’s not intuitive enough, I felt, and being lost in an adventure game is really really frustrating.-
I found with Ace Attorney that it can be hard to tell where exactly is the right place to make an objection etc. And sometimes you hit it right but it doesn’t accept your evidence at that point in the trial because you’re thinking too far ahead etc.
I’m not finished with 999 yet but everything in it has made sense. Also it doesn’t treat you like an idiot and hand-hold all the time. The puzzle rooms are often pretty hard and with minimal clues too, but you’re always given enough to solve them if you look around.
I agree on Hotel Dusk. It’s good but hard to really get into. I think of the DS games by Cing before they folded, Another Code was the best of them.
On the adventure games on DS angle, Ghost Trick is pretty good too.
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So far I’m leaning to putting both 999 and Phoenix Wright on the list and seeing what I get. There were a few others there I haven’t heard much about and will have to look up when I get home.
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If you want some translated PC Visual Novel recommendations etc I can throw some your way, though it’ll be up to you to track them down.
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(Can’t edit at the moment as the UI’s bugged: by ‘track them down’ I mean the original game, not the translation patches)
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If you can think of any you’d recommended I’ll be sure to look them up.
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Bothered to double check the history of Torn Banner (Chivalry: Medieval Warfare). Didn’t realise they were the group that did Age of Chivalry. It was a pretty good mod that suffered under lack of support (it was a mod, so I didn’t hold it against it). I quite liked playing AoC, but dunno if I’d care to get back into what is essentially the same game.
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It does look fun but not different/better enough from WotR to justify it personally.
Just started watching season 4 of Fringe. So far, not a fan.
I loved the first 3 seasons, but I just have no interest in this one.
Here’s hoping it picks up in the second-half.
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Season 4 is a bit rough
Howdy howdy howdy TAYbies.
I know you’re all just waiting to hear about my weekend so I’ll get right to it, Saturday was spent doing a bit of graphic design and cleaning the house and Sunday was me powering through Dishonoured in about 5 hours, Ended up with the low chaos ending and not murdering any of the primary targets … that’s not to say that I didn’t load up another save and brutally murder them multiple times for the fun of it though. Because that happened and by the gods was it fun.
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I didn’t know you could not murder the main targets. I thought the whole point of the game was that you were an assassin. I felt stupid afterwards when I found out.
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Yeah it was a bit weird that you’re a knife happy stabatron 2000 but they gave you the option for a certain degree of mercy that ended up being worse than death anyway
Here be spoilery things, rot13’d for your convenience.
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– Lbh pna teno n erpbeqvat bs gur Ybeq Ertrag cebpynvzvat uvf qrrqf naq cynl gurz bire gur pvgl jvqr oebnqpnfg flfgrz naq ur’f juvfxrq njnl gb cevfba gb or unatrq naq lbh pna whfg xabpx bhg Unirybpx naq gur bgure yblnyvfgf vafgrnq bs zheqrevat gurz.
V’ir nyjnlf gevrq gb cynl gur tbbql gjb fubrf va tnzrf jvgu ovanel zbeny pubvprf
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That is awesome, but some of those fates are worse than death. Haha! (Like you said!)
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I’m back baby! Yay!
Here’s my review of Australia:
Love:
– Seeing my family again.
– Having a phone with 3G access speeds again.
– Using colourful money again.
– Not having to tip everybody I deal with.
– A three week backlog of quality ABC programming on my Play TV.
– Awesome accents.
Hate:
– 30 degree weather.
– Being back at work.
– Jetlag.
– Having the same awesome accent as everybody around me.
On the whole, I would say that Australia is a must buy.
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I’ll wait until it comes down in price.
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Sure it’ll be in a preowned bin at EB soon
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I’ll be importing it
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Also cricket starts this week. How is good is cricket, right?
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*crickets*
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Test & One Day cricket is awesome. The other versions (20/20) seems like they’re for the ones with short attention span. (I don’t mean to offend anyone, that’s just how it seems to me) Though to be fair I haven’t really followed cricket for sometime now.
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Not offending me. T20 is trying to ruin cricket for the sake of people who don’t actually care about the game, and will eventually lose interest and move on to something else. One day cricket is dull at times too. Test cricket is where it’s at, and anybody who says it’s boring *is* boring.
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I like T20. It will never replace the real games, but it’s a nice bit of spectacle.
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Amen to that!
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Woohoo! \o/
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Welcome back, man! I’ve missed you so damn much. :'(
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It’s not like it makes that much difference to my TAY interactions! If anything, I’ll probably be talking less now that I’m back on a regular work schedule. But the appreciation is appreciated 🙂
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I dunno, man. That 30 degree weather is a game-breaker.
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the number 1 thing i hated in the states was the money. The having to actually look at the number on it. The tipping, the 18% gratuity for being in a large group every time we went to dinner.
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Yeah, I understand why you tip, but it was just an added layer of stress. Especially if you’re not used to it. I didn’t know who to tip and when. :S
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And 1 cent coins. Fuck 1 cent coins.
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and fuck the imperial system right?
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I can deal with that. It’s hard to change when there’s several hundred million people who are used to it. And I can translate feet, miles, pounds and (to a degree (ha!)) fahrenheit in my head. Ounces still confuse me but food/drink packaging usually has metric on it somewhere.
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Yeah, that’s true enough. Spose since Australia made the change when we only had under 10 million people it made the adoption of metric easier in a way.
All I know is 1 ounce is 28 grams and a troy ounce is 31 grams.. That’s about my extended knowledge with weight from imperial to metric. Also the US gallon is smaller than the British gallon, it’s quite confusing, the same with horse power, the US measurement is smaller as opposed to the British. Why must they do this D= haha
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YES
WHY DO THESE EXIST
THEY ARE THE WORST
HEY HERES A COIN YOU WILL NEVER USE
I AM CURRENTLY ROLLING IN A PILE OF THOUSAND ONE CENT COINS BECAUSE NO ONE EVER WANTS THEM-
There’s a crackpot theory that states that pennies are kept in circulation just so the government can collect DNA and fingerprints without alerting the citizenry.
I dismissed it at first, but was unable to come up with an alternate theory for their existence, so I think it must be true.
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What about notes?
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They’re used to buy things, usually. Or get you out of class/work, depending on the type of note.
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Welcome back \o/
I’ll wait until the price drops and get it on Ozgameshop.
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reply fail?
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Nope, talking about Australia as a whole
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I thought we were North American bros for life.
;_;
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Sorry mang. I was going to be a East coast North American bro for an extra week, but hurricane Sandy put an end to that. We will always have those last few weeks, though. *fist-bump*
Sooo finally started watching Parks and Recreation. In all honesty, it’s generally funny and has a few great moments, but overall its not really that great. I dont get the hype. Its just The Office basically, but in another workplace.
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That’s what I felt when I tried to watch it.
Apparently the second season is where it gets good. I didn’t get that far.
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Yeah I’m only 3 eps in, wondering if I’ll go on or not
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Your both jerks.
Season 2 is amazing.
And the subsequent seasons.
But I agree, 1 is a little bit ‘meh’
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Raising Hope is about the only sitcom I watch these days. I like the warped My Name is Earl kind of humour! Weird seeing the dad in Looper, though! 😀
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Found one called The League which I’m really liking. It’s got some crass male humour in places, but overall it’s pretty damn funny. Found it because Mark Duplass, who is my current man-love.
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Haha! I looked at his IMDb and don’t think I’ve seen him in any thing!
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Your Sister’s Sister, Humpday, Safety Not Gauranteed, all really good. Also he’s directed some really interesting films, Jeff who lives at home, and Cyrus. Both of them pretty well written, honest films.
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Safety Not Gauranteed has me at the one sentence synopsis! 😀
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Is unexpectedly heartfelt, really well written and acted. Funny stuff too, funny and heartwarming, cant go wrong
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When he turned up I almost yelled “Woo! Dillahunt!”
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He does some diverse stuff, huh? I remember when he was on The Sarah Connor Chronicles too.
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Also in No Country for Old Men. dude has chops
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It’s always sunny in Philadelphia is where it is at!
Raising Hope is funny as though.
In regards to Parks and Rec, give it time, Season 2/Season 3 is where it hits its stride, first season is a bit meh, Amy Phoeler can get annoying at times too, which doesn’t help.
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Hells yeah! Philly 😀
Raising Hope is inconsistent…but when it’s on, it’s one of the funniest things ever. The parents are two of the most amusing character actors I’ve ever seen, and totally nail the roles, stealing every scene they’re in.
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Season one was almost flawless, but the second season was pretty hit-and-miss. Third has picked up a bit, though. I love Sabrina. How she’s seemingly so well adjusted, but fits into the family perfectly. I was pretty much convinced I’d love it when they sang Danny’s Song in the pilot. Amazing goose bump kind of moment!
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Actually you’re right. Season one was spectacular, and then dropped off. SAME AS EARL 🙁
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I’ve found it like any other NBC sitcom. Starts off okay, peaks around season 2-3 then slowly starts to decrease in quality. Still watchable though unlike The Office which got pretty horrid (had to give up mid-season because it was so bad :/)
that was good!
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Sure was
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What was?!
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That
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was good
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night from
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DENTAL PLAN
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Lisa needs braces
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Stupid sexy Flanders.
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Nothing at all…
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It’s 9am over here. And 3 pages into TAY.
You people are insane.
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Well we do live on the east coast, what did you expect. Us to be normal and shit? Pfft!
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If any one wants to talk Cabin in the Woods, I’m happy to oblige? Any one? Page two is where it’s at! Edit: Also, hey man! 😛
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Wait, I’m ahead of someone?!
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About 55 years ahead, in fact.
Oh ho ho ho.-
Damn you, Bish.
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You see, the joke is that Western Australia is still stuck in the 1950s, in case that wasn’t clear.
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I’m… not so sure it stands up in this case.
Although, if it’s the 1950s, I’m still ahead by a good 10 years! -
Sorry, I don’t understand your futuristic linguistic stylings.
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Yeah.. You’re only like half an hour behind Queensland & an hour behind South Australia.
Every reply is a reply fail today… I blame IE. This is a reply to Sughly but It just loaded up the default comment again 🙁
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Haha, so what was good then? The eternal mystery
Wife and I started watching season one of Heroes recently. We enjoyed Touch (Tim Kring’s more recent effort), so decided to dive into our DVD pile of shame for his previous work.
By god, is it frustrating. The pilot was SO GOOD that we’re committed to seeing out this season, but it feels like nothing interesting has happened since then, and some of the characters are downright annoying all. the. time.
I hear seasons 2-4 are even worse, so we won’t be touching those 😛
Edit: Here is my question that taps into your experience. You see a pilot. You love the shit out of it. You commit to watching a show, and you end up disappointed. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS SHOW?
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Stop at season one, man. For the love of God!
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We will be, don’t worry. We’ve already decided this, even if the show picks up. Thanks for the confirmation though 🙂
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Stop at episode one. Actually, just stop
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We only have ten eps to go :\
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I really liked the entirety of season 1.
But man, that Hollywood writers strike. Hilarious(I watched it until the end, it was funny how desperate they were getting).
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Season 1? Eh. Season 2? Not bad. First part of season 3? Also not bad. The rest? urgh.
Or- or you could simply watch only the Hiro scenes, which are obviously the best.
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In season one maybe, but he became the worst character in the entire run. Basically just repeating his season one arc over-and-over again.
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As soon as we finish season one, I need to wikipedia the rest. Just because I must know how bad it gets. What I’ve heard is that there are truly no words for how bad it gets.
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There’s usually atleast one redeeming story arc in a season, but it’s such a huge ensemble it barely gets screen time. Always. :'(
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One episode we watched recently only dealt with two or three storylines, and it flowed so well that we noticed and said, “Looks like they’ve FINALLY sorted out the structure of this mess”
Alas, next episode had everyone in it again. There are too many damn characters in that show. I find it hard to believe (at this stage) that they’ll all have a meaningful impact in the finale. I think that at least some of them will just be doing unnecessary busy work.
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… Once it shoehorns the lesbian relationship in, you know it’s lost the plot.
Also, they ruin Peter, and Sylar, Nathan becomes horrendously annoying, they bring back one actress using the excuse of “twins.” Then later it’s like “did we say twins? We meant triplets!” And uhh, yeah. I could go on.
Like when it’s all “we’re gotten rid of this character for good!” But then they bring him back.
Only to kill him again.
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SPOILERS.
Also, that sounds pretty bad. In fact, that sounds really, really unforgivably bad. So bad that I’m considering not watching season two of Touch now, just in case it’s hurting this bad for ideas… -
Since I’m not naming anyone, I decided not to ROT13 it. I figure that nobody will ever bother to watch the later seasons, so it’s not ruining anything.
That’s my logic, and I’m sticking with it(and don’t worry, I doubt any show will go downhill as badly as Heroes did).
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I know, I’m just kidding re: spoilers. Unless I actually get really mad with a long, verbose rant with not enough swears about why the world is in steep decline, you can assume I’m joke.
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Yeah, I thought your probably were, but I was genuinely unsure when I posted it. Not unsure enough to think “better to be safe,” but still. Thus the justification.
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Yeah, and even so Hiro’s scenes are consistently the most amusing, unfortunately.
Name of the show: Firefly.
Reason for disappointment: There aren’t more of them.
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Put Freaks and Geeks and Invasion there too. :'(
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+a million :'(
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That’ll do it.
I wonder though if the show would have slipped into mediocrity if it continued. I’d much rather have a single season of something that is spectacular than many seasons of average meh (Dexter should have stopped after one season, Dead Like Me should have stopped after one season, thank God Wonderfalls stopped after one season, even [and don’t kill me, Jossites] Angel’s best season was its first)
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I loved how Angel came into its own in seasons 2-3, seperated itself from Buffy. Season 5 was pretty good too. I know I keep bringing up Six Feet Under, but that’s stayed amazing its entire run, so it can be done!
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Walking Dead.
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I didnt even like the pilot that much XD
So Far: The Newsroom. Hasn’t lived up to its promise.
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It has enough of what I loved about The West Wing to keep me watching, but yeah, I keep waiting for it to get as good.
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My issue is it’s a bit too self righteous, and the way Sorkin writes women is a bit terrible. Mackenzie especially- how that woman survived in Afghanistan I don’t know
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I don’t mind the writing itself, it’s always how flawless the team is, though. They’re always on the right side of an issue and never screw up. That’s the danger of writing something based on real world news.
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Terra Nova!
The pilot/pre-release trailers looked SO GOOD, but then it morphed into a generic ‘us vs them’ drama with a few dinosaurs thrown in when they felt like it. I’m really not surprised it wasn’t renewed for a second season.
Similarly, V (the 2009 one). It started off really cool but then got drawn out forever to make the smallest of plot points (I don’t think we even saw what the aliens actually looked like for the entire two seasons?). I should really watch the original because I keep getting told it’s much better.
Hmm. Can’t think of anything, there’s been a number of shows which had so much potential which were shit from the start,
Boardwalk Empire. The Martin Scorsese directed pilot was fantastic, the next four episodes made me give up.
IMPULSE SPENDING. I saw on Kotaku that the Tomb Raider games are on sale on steam. I then remembered I had $4 in my bank account. So I bought Anniversary. The end.
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And they all lived happily ever after
Listening to Elvenking for the first time ever – ‘The Scythe’ album. Why did no one tell me these guys are soooo awesome!?!?
Also – Watched Marley and Me when it was on TV for the first time ever.
Holy shit… talk about a full on ending. Bee cried…. and i cried even more. I blubbered like a freaking baby. Not ashamed to admit it. It’s ok to cry when it’s about an animal.
What made it worse is that it was making me think of my dog who died some 6 or so years ago, but it just bought everything back for some reason. Boy did i feel like a schmuck as i sobbed like a child thing… Damn you, dad movies! Why did you disguise yourself as a feel good movie before kicking us all in the nuts like that?!
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It’s like Turner and Hooch. Super sad.
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Damn movies where they use animals to fuck with our feelings!
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Hooch is CRAAAAAAAZEEE
No wait, that’s Scrubs.
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Red Dog.
Right in the feels, holy shit.-
See i have never watched red dog because i KNOW there needs to be something STUPID SAD.
I heard Marley and Me was also sad at the end.. but i was not ready for that amount of sad.
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Jennifer Aniston was a deal breaker. Haha! I find her difficult to watch in any thing!
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So what you’re saying is that you want her naked? She gets naked in this.
You don’t see anything, though.-
Haha! Man, I guess that’s one way to interpret my post. Couldn’t hurt, though. 😛
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I used to be a bit that way, but she’s done some interesting stuff. Office Space is the obvious one, but Friends With Money and Good Girl were both pretty good
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Frankenweenie does a pretty amazing job of representing dog love
NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!!
I am officially creeped out….
http://www.buzzfeed.com/dinoi/naked-crutch-ballet-nsfw-dj0
..just…what?…..i…..
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If this is what I think it is…
I’ve been looking for more than 30sec clips for MONTHS now.-
what clip are you refering to?
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I assume the pelvic thrusting pole hitting one
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THIS ONE D:
is it even from the same thing?
EDIT: damnit just read below and you already talked about it 😛
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Ohdear
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I have seen a could of short clips for this.
I really, really can’t stand this form of art.. it’s just so… stupid… Completely there for shock value more than anything.That being said, those ladies are STUPIDLY good looking. Plus also the whole creepy thing keeps you watching for a short while.
But still… i just don’t know why people do that sometimes.
Then again, i’d be more likely to sit through that than a traditional ballet, which replaces “wtf” with “Zzzzzzz….”-
HAHAHAHAHA good call loops!
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OHMIGOD IT IS. You freaking legend.
I had a quick glance (saw the crutches attached to foreheads) and knew straight away. Is it a full-length thing, or just a snippet like everything else?For research purposes. Also to freak the hell out of facebook people.
“art”.-
wait are you reffering to the clip of the dude that has a crutch strapped to his er…crotch and is wacking the pole above him?
thats the clip i was looking for to send to a mate, if you got a link, share one!
also i think this runs for about 10 or so mins.
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The first clip I ever saw was a couple minutes in length, although I can’t for the life of me find it again.
The crutchcrotch clip is titled something along the lines of “WTF performance”, though probably not verbatim. It’s only about a minute in length.
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never mind, found it lol!
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Guys… GUYS! I fixed my corrupt Walking Dead save file! I CAN PLAY AGAIN!
I lost a good hour or two of progress that I’ll have to replay through, but it’s better than having to start completely over. \o/ Looks like XCOM will have to wait even longer to be played, now! /o\
ps. Pokémon.
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Huzzah!
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Nice one \o
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Man, that’s good to hear! 😀
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It’s funny. The thing that I HATE about PC gaming (having to look through all the game files to fix problems) is also the thing that I LOVE (because I’m certain if I had this issue on console, I wouldn’t’ve been able to fix it at all…)
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Great news!
We have an up & down vote system now?!
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Damn it, can’t down vote my own comment…
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Wait maybe it is adblock plus doing this.. Time to disable it and venture into the unknown.
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Hmm had to disable the addon all together, just allowing Kotaku didn’t work =/
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We can do that for you ;D
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I had that coming. I shouldn’t have said anything =P
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WOWZERS
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Oh man! I’m gonna give Strange and Shane posts so many up votes! 😀
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AND FREEZE ALL THE DOWN VOTES!!!!
Wait…
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and it tells you who down & up votes what. Hahaha.
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Im downvoting all you losers
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ALL the down votes for Sughly =D
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Gonna be so much trollage.
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I agree. But it should show what the community thinks of some people’s postings.
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When did this happen? I totally didn’t notice it till you pointed it out
Have an up vote =)-
About when I noticed, refreshed TAY and BAM! There it was!
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Craaaaaapp.
Kotaku is acting so weird for me today. I had a 300 word post up there about region restricting on videos on the Internet and it published the first 2 letters /o\
THUMBS UP IF U FINK UPVOT GOOD IDEA LOLOL
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Lol.
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Rad! No down votes. You’re rad Cracks
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You were asking for that
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I totally was 😀
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Oh, man. When you put it that way… :S
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I can see many MANY comments such as this popping up in articles. It’s… a scary thought, that’s for sure.
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http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/mitt-romney-republican-national-convention.jpg
Just try and upvote this,
I dare you. 😀
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Trying to edit my comment only results in it disappearing until I refresh.
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Romney is the future.
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The GrimDark future, yes.
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I take it you’re a Terminator, then.
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Maybe he’s having a heart attack there, I could upvote that..
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Why it’s really simple. Just press the button with the up arrow on it.
Trolololol :7
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What’s Cybercity? Some kind of dystopian cyber punk future?
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Yes. No its half Chinese restaurant/bar thing, half arcade games and pool and karaoke. In other words, amazing place to go Sat night
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So I just saw this article.. If I read correctly these guys broke in to someones place to steal an AC/DC CD.. Not a vinyl or a rare something relating to the band, a CD.. What the hell New Zealand.
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Yeah New Zealand. You have a toothbrush fence (almost fifty brushes!), what more do you want?
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Apparently our music too!
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It’s looking increasingly likely that I’m going to be flushing over $1000 down the toilet this weekend 🙁
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Jesus fucking christ man. That’s not acceptable at all. Is there anything you can do? I mean anything..
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On what!?
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Hotel, dinner and a theatre show that are all booked and paid for over the weekend for a nice surprise for my wife’s birthday. Work decided to cancel my ONE FREAKING DAY I asked for off so two people can go on leave. It’s too late to get refunds on anything so it’s going to be a waste.
This job is so not worth this.
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Surely they can’t cancel once it’s been approved?
Sounds like your employers need a paddlin’ man, that’s terrible 🙁It’s little consolation, but you could always take Mrs. Freeze to the BoobAppraisal exhibition near your work? Because boobs, and convenient location.
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Just go, man. Don’t show up for work. Like you said, it’s not worth it.
Sounds like they won’t fire you, if the next best candidate for management is going to try to clean their fingernails with the key cutter and eat paste. And if you do, I still think you might be better off.
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Site won’t let me edit 🙁 I’ve come to depend on you EDIT BUTTON, why you let me down now?
Anyway, EDIT: Most enterprise agreements have a clause that requires the employer to shoulder all costs associated with cancelling of annual leave (that includes reimbursing for arrangements the employee has made).
My suggestion: you ring your boss and tell him you’ll be calling the Ombudsman to find out exactly how much you’ll be able to get. Hopefully the threat will be enough to change his mind. If not, go through with it – nothing to lose, etc.
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Fuck it call in sick…
This is exactly what sick days are for
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Yay cup day \o/
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Unless you win, that is…
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Beat the boss over the head with something heavy.
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:'( I don’t even know what to say, man. They screw you around on such a consistent basis.
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Hey Freeze, you look like you’re coming down with something, might be contagious, if I were you I’d stay away from work mate, just to be safe.
I don’t know how many times I have just called in sick on a day off I was meant to have but was told last minute I couldn’t take it off. Also helps that I’m a self entitled jerk who does things just for the principle of that matter.
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FREYR IS A DOCTOR.
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I want to dislike this but I don’t want to downvote. WAT DO
MY HEAD HURTS >.o
So who listened to our Season Finale for Potaku? That ep was so much fun to edit and is probably my favourite ep to date!
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Not me!
(Downloading now)
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I’m scared to. I almost don’t want to find out how badly my side lost. Almost.
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I liked the Halloween one.
Havent even listened to it, but that Jimu guy makes it good, I’m sure.I havent listened to the last ep yet, It wasnt on itunes last time i checked.
also, why does your head hurt?
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I am also scared to.
Probably doesn’t help that I haven’t even finished your first season. 😛
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That opening was spectacular! 😀
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I was hoping it didn’t make the cut! 😛
Recorded it in a rush because my innards were telling me it was time to be sick again. 😛
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Just finished then! Very fun episode. It needed more Doc participation; Every time you jumped in the discussion you pulled yourself back 🙂
Also: Cameo appearance by me as: ” The owner of the SNES that Cracks played”.
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I want to steal it.
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Doc Discussion was cool, but he wanted to be ‘impartial’ (HA!).
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yeah, I had to keep biting my lip and try not to jump in.
Especially when no one mentioned Zelda or the FX chip!
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HOLY CRAP NEW POTAKU
*downloads now*-
OH LAWD, PHOENIX WRIGHT MUSIC YES
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That was the best part of the whole thing. So much glorious music!
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Spoilers!
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Looks like Project Nova is all the way back to square 2. Not quite square 1, I kept a little bit of what I’d done. But after having a bit of time away from it I was really unhappy with what I’d come up with so far. In honour of my new found frustration, I’m having Shapes for lunch, and theres nothing anyone can do about it
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Maybe you could show it to me and I could tell you if you should be unhappy or not? 😛
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“But past an hour
the prospect’s black
Too late it’s gone
it won’t come back”
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Well that was another fucking wasted trip to Uni…
Went in with the intention to pick up this assignment I did and talk about what I did right or wrong with the Tutor. I get there and look through the box of marked assignments and I don’t find mine… Weird, so I check again… and again… but don’t find mine. I even see my friend’s assignment and he got a 78% which means mine’s higher since I gave him my assignment and he pretty much deleted some things and handed it in for himself.
So I ask the tutor why mine isn’t there and it turns out he had a pile of unmarked assignments he assumed were old and just didn’t mark… What the flipping shit?! I directly handed my assignment to him, in the tutorial on the day it was due so bullshit like this wouldn’t happen. My friend handed it into the tutor’s pidgeon hole later in that day.
Zzzzz I went all the way there causing me to waste 2 hours of my day which I could’ve spent studying for the 3 exams I have left…
This means I would’ve got 0 for what otherwise would’ve been a HD, greatly affecting my mark for a unit I think I could’ve HD’d.
This coupled with the bullshit that happened last time I went to Uni to pick up an assignment on Friday makes me one unhappy chappy.
*sigh*
/rant. Complainius
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That’s bullshit. So annoying when crap like that happens.
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Look at it this way, You went into uni to learn a valuable lesson… Always double check your results, tests and assignment marks. Always!
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Except they haven’t been updated online so there literally would’ve been no way for me to easily check. I already check when it’s checkable though :P.
Freedom (for a few months) is only a week away… :'(
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Earlier today I remember reading some comments and wishing I could “like” or “favourite” them. And now that I can upvote them I can’t find them. 😛
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It’s always the way.
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It’s going to be so good! So often I see posts that I like/agree with but have nothing to add to the conversation.
Now I can downvote them with gusto!
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Now we know why Ben stuck his head in first thing this morning. It was “A Sign” and we all missed it
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Now every single time he comments I’ll be expecting a great new feature within the next few hours. No pressure!
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Was it my comments?
It was probably my comments.*twirls moustache*
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WE CAN UPVOTE!? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?
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We can down vote too!
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HALO 4!
TOMORROW!
GET HYPE, BITCHES!
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I’d need to get XBawks first.
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Yeah, this. Also I still have to play Halo 3. And Reach. And whatever other Halo games there are.
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Dooooo iiiiiitttttt.
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I’ve got a PS3 though, it has Uncharted. UNCHARTED!
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SO HYPE!
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I HAS A HYPE
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I’ve never got the Halo series. Played 3, ODST & Reach, but yeah, I don’t see the appeal.
I’ll stay on the platform, to allow for more room on the hype train for others.
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Ever played it system link multiplayer with friends in the same room on multiple TVs?
Because if not, that’ll be why you never got it.
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I played through 3 split screen with my flatmate & the hoard mode in Reach. It was better than playing it solo, but I wasn’t sold.
I did like the change of pace in ODST though. that game had a good atmosphere to it.
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Yeah 2-player co-op isn’t the same. You haven’t truly experienced Halo at its best unless it’s system link multiplayer with 8+ people. Also the first one was the best for this, so I guess maybe it might be one of the ones where you had to be playing it when it was new and there was literally nothing else like it.
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Could be a nostalgia thing, people have a long standing connection with the series so the new installment is a nice mix of shiny graphics, solid gameplay and nostalgia, making for a DELICIOUS HYPE CAKE. I understand your view though, it’s much like how I feel everytime a Zelda game is released because I never got onto it from the start.
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I don’t get my copy until Wednesday. Should I avoid the internet tomorrow?
Guys guys guys, there’s something wrong with my internet. It’s downloading at over 100kb/s
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HERESY!
IT MUST BE PURGED!-
FOR THE EMPEROR!
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I come back after a few hours and find two new pages of TAY and that we now have the ability to vote on comments. Note to self: never leave TAY again.
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Who is this guy?
=P
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Or…leave TAY again. Who knows what wonders would be implemented next time? 😛
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There’s an idea. Leave for another hour and come back to find the site now offers video chat between users or something.
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Eek! Don’t ever leave us…I don’t want to have to get dressed just to hang out on TAY! 😛
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My work computers have no webcams. So I am of course naked.
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Today I was walking around Toronto humming the STreetpass music and today I got 9 Streetpasses, so according to science, humming the Streetpass music as you walk the streets gives you more Streetpasses.
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By “walk the streets”, I do not mean prostitution, FYI.
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Streetpass is some new STD I take it?
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Sure ya don’t, Bishy.
I hear that Canadian Bish is a slut. -
ahhaha i would totally upvote this except i cannot. but it made me lolz.
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How could you withhold this knowledge from batguy until he returned home. This could have spared him the crushing weight upon his sooul
@Inquisitor
Hey buddy – sorry for the delayed reply.
The new dread will indeed be bad-arse.
As for Indipendant Chars – i love the mini’s and would love the chance to paint some up when they come out, but when it comes to using them for games, i’m a little split, as they are usually quite expensive, but have some great abilities and wargear.
As for the narative i get what you’re saying, but there is always a reaon for these individuals to make the battle, aside from the Chapter Master.
Using the Chapter Master in an especially large battle is fine. Same with a ‘last stand’ situation, such as the battle for Rynns world, which saw the last of the Crimson Fists taking on a vastly superior Ork force where Pedro Kantor was right there on the front lines (once he could reach them).
Librarians are also something i think would be limited. SM forces don’t deploy them everywhere as they are far too valued a commodity to waste, more so for the leaders of the libraium.
Every other special character that isn’t a Chapter Master is just an exceptional individual, so there is no reason for them to be left out. This is especially the case for Company Masters (captains) who will more often than not lead their men into battle themselves unless it is only a small scouting party, but even then they may sometimes accompany them for glory and morale.
Also, there is the added narratives of grudges when a character may have a past with the enemy and sees it his personal duty to crush the foe him/herself.
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Yeah I agree,
I’m all for the “special” circumstances where a “special” character makes sense. But for me at least, these have to be properly organised events with a back story or as part of a campaign. I hate going to a store or gaming club and having every army with one or 2 special characters. The majority of them are stupidly powerful.As for librarians – depends on the chapter I think. Yes they are rare, but some armies do use them more than others. In any case it’s far more likely for a librarian to lead a small strike force than a chapter master. Maybe it’s just Zahariel that’s left me with a soft spot for librarians (I haven’t read about the fall of Caliban yet so I don’t know what happens to him later).
Also – I can’t wait to have Brother-Interrogators for every squad just like Wolf Guard do now. That’s going to be sweet. Eat your heart out Death Company.
Upvote / downvote appears to have destroyed the ability to edit.
You win this time but next time Aleph, next time *shakes fist*
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What’d I do?!
On the plus side, things are as they should be RE: editing (IE: there is none!) \o/
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You can’t hide the fact your crusade against editing has born fruit with your innocent sounding question
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Haha! Now I feel bad that Sughly’s reminder post is the last thing on the previous page. Here you go! 😀
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Man, you’re always on the ball DC. I dub thee Custodian of TAY, the keeper of the conversations and throneholder of “The Ball,” in the hope that your descendants shall follow you in this sacred trust.
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What good is The Ball if someone lost The Oar to paddle it with? :'(
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I would not be so sure that it is completely lost.
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Have you found it?!
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How are people going to remember if they miss that post
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Question is – are you in Dan???
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There’s a very real chance you’re talking to the other, more terrifying Dan, but just in case you’re talking to me… why not! 😀
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Yesssss!
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@Aleph i think i found the whole thing…. 3 x 10min parts
NOT SAFE FOR WORK PEOPLE!
creepy as hell, reminds me of silent hill
Body Remix Goldberg Variations
Links Below:
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THAT’S THE NAME! Holy crap you champion ^.^
Hello all TAY-fronds!
It is I, Pip, arisen from the dead, the blight of uni assignments almost at an end!
I have only 7 actual days of classes to go… 7 long years and it comes down to this
I have never been so excited for something to end in all my life!!! \o/
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Oh, man. That’s so awesome! Way to go friend!
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Woah, 7 years! I was glad to see the end of my 4!
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Same. I was really over Uni after my 4th year.
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8 days, for me.
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Wooo freedom from Uni! 😀
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Wooo!
\o\ \o/ /o/ \o/ \o\ \o/ /o/ \o/
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Ah! Zombie!
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Awesome! I am also sitting at the tail-end of a 7 year stint. I, however, finish in January 🙁
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Back to work! Mush!
Or I’ll send Thomas photos of tomorrow’s endeavours!
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Part 2 – 10min
I’m glad Bis didn’t abandon us when Stevo licked him out of the country. He brings a level of class and shine that’d be hard to replace.
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hmm, I can’t spell Bish. Also. When I click on edit the spacing on the page goes weird and collapses in on itself to the point where I can’t see what I’m editing.
@aleph if u cant see the links email me @hots(dot)coms
also, i think i broke tay 😀
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How did you manage that?
Xenoblade.
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Can’t up/downvote own comments 🙁
Anyone want to be my test subject? Free up/down vote!
I’m wondering whether they can go into the negatives or it just goes back to 0.
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Looks like they go into the negatives.
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they can go into negatives. so far, I’m at -1 for today!
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I got -7 at last check!
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How do you check? :O
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I wonder how high/low they can go. Can we get +/- 10? +/- 100?
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So it seems we can vote for ourselves if we press edit and then vote.
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It goes into negatives. And if you upvote a -1 it becomes a +1. Not sure if that makes any sense mathswise. 😛
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If you change your vote, it would give a two-vote swing, hence the -1 -> +1 thing.
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I didn’t change my vote though. It was already on -1, I upvoted it and it became 1.
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If you revoke you -1 it would go from -1 to 0. And then if you add a +1, it would go from 0 to +1.
Two stage process, one button. Maths-wise, it works. 🙂
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Ye Gods, I miss being able to edit. Grammar failure :\
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No no…I only ever voted once. So my vote should have taken the -1 to 0. But it went from -1 to 1 instead.
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Check who else voted by clicking the number – maybe someone else ninja’ed in a vote?
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I can’t seem to up/down vote anyone! I think AdBlock is interfering with this…
I’m liking that I can change my mind and take my vote back!
OMIGOSH IT TELLS YOU WHO UP/DOWNVOTES YOU :O
Also, I can’t edit comments anymore o_o, it gets all stuffy, anyone else having this?
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Ben is looking into it
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FIXED N STUFF
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FREEZE
http://www.findlaw.com.au/edocs/document.aspx?pcid=1406
“Employers cannot unreasonably refuse to authorise the taking of annual leave, or unreasonably revoke an authorisation.
The definition of reasonable is up for grabs, I think, but there’s basis in law for an objection at least.
Give your lovely wife a lovely birthday.
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Also, if I was defining it, I would say that waiting until the last minute to cancel leave that has been approved for three months fits the definition of “unreasonable”
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Definitely unreasonable.
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Potaku plug. I have to do it! http://potaku.com/
Why? Because competition! Prizes! Everybody likes prizes! And if you don’t, that’s just sad.
I’m eager to see Greenius bust out his mad Paint skills.
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What about Fled’s awesome paint adventures from Remember This?
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Whose Slime Is This? is forever imprinted in my brain.
Also:
Looks like she’ll have to take a leap of Faith.
notverygoodatpuns.jpg
Sorry Dire 😛
I thought about entering as (*insert prize here*) sounds pretty tempting but I’ll leave it to the people with tablets and actual drawing programz
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Konami rider on lawnmower racing
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Change my mind I’ll enter after exams (if it’s still open) ;D
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Intriguing.
So, I’m giving Simraceway a try.
Basically, it’s a free online racing service with additional tracks and cars included that can be purchased, much like iRacing.
Unlike iRacing however, you don’t have to pay for a subscription.
It looks like it may use the same game engine as rFactor and GTR 2, so this should be interesting.
WHO WANTS A COPY OF MADDEN ’13 FOR VITA!?!?!
Because I have a copy and I will never, EVER, play it. (Just like the Vita AMIRIGHT?)
If you want it, lemme know and it’s yours.
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Aww… I was excited until you said Vita…. 🙁
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What’s the catch?
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No catch, no touchdown.
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What about a safety?
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TIMEOUT!
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No catch.
You want?
You were the first so if you fumble it it’s check mate to Chuloopa’s innings. Home base!
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Sure
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DM me address on tweeeeeeeeeetah.
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Legend!
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ME ME ME ME OH PLEASE!!!!
I’d grab it for Mr. Strange but we don’t have a Vita yet. So I guess he’ll just have to miss out. 😛
Wait, the Vita has games?
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Ooh…a big red mark happens when you downvote. Exciting! 😛
I played the shit out of Madden ’94 on the SNES, and have never felt a need to revisit the series.
Can’t… stop… laughing…
So the area manager called me saying my leave was definitely cancelled. I cracked the shots and said it was bullshit and now I’m out of pocket a stupid amount. He then told me its not his problem and started making veiled threats against my job.
SO, that’s when I hung up on him and called the state manager. Explained to him what the situation was. He was surprisingly understanding an said he would sort it out for me. Also said it was pretty unacceptable to be making threats like that.
Only problem now is that I’ve probably made my life a lot more difficult having to work under this guy. He doesn’t handle complaints very maturely.
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Maybe your boss should…chill….
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I imagine that joke is cold comfort given the situation.
Sorry Freeze. Hope everything gets sorted.
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High five for you. Awesome work, man. I upvoted this, and now wish I could do it twice.
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Also, I wouldn’t worry too much about your area manager. If he does something stupid, stay calm and report him again. Enough strikes, and he’ll either get the message or he’ll be turfed out and you can have his job! Win.
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No edit button. What is this, the third world?
Anyway, I meant to add that it sounds like your state manager has a much better handle on “best practice” management, and your company’s legal obligations to its employees. They know the value in looking after staff, and the costs associated with inappropriate corporate conduct (in PR and potential court costs)
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I did it for you. 😛
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Upvoted.
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Sounds like you’ve got more power than you think, if you’re the go to guy for covering everyone else.
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Well, he can learn to respond to them like an adult, can’t he?
Here’s hoping it all works out easily for you man!
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So I checked who upvoted because this is the most upvoted comment so far(see, we do love you, Freeze!) and on the right where the downvote column is it says “Rad! No down votes.” Oh dear. 😛
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Dev copy gets left in production code from time to time – sometimes because it gets forgotten about, and sometimes because it ends up having a bit of personality 🙂 This one was more the later than the former 🙂
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Really? That’s so gnarly
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Hope it works out in your favour man, you’re deserving of a little time away from that hectic job of yours.
POTAKU COMP! YOU CAN WIN STUFF!
http://potaku.com/2012/11/05/comp-potaku-series-3-super-awesome-elite-art-contest/
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GUYS YOU SHOULD DO THIS
AND ALSO CHECK OUT VGM MONDAYS BY A VERY ATTRACTIVE YET SADLY NOT BEARDED MAN. #shamelessplug
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No beard, no read.
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I click upvote and nothing happens! Is this another Ad Blocker problem?
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Yes. It was happening for me, too.
You can disable AdBlock on Kotaku without completely disabling it altogether, you just have to have it in the list of sites that aren’t blocked .
Just go to options, click “Show ads on a webpage or domain”, and type in the Kotaku Australia address.
Then voting should work! 😀-
Yeah except sometimes that Need For Speed ad slows the page riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight down.
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I want to upvote, but I don’t want to turn off Ad Blocker. Kotaku was the reason I installed it.
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Haha same! I didn’t read this before posting but I basically just disabled it for the first time for Kotaku. Upvoting is fun though 🙂
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Why do my eyeballs hurt?
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Did you stab them recently or drip acid into them?
If so, it might be that.If not, I’m gonna guess hayfever.
I very much doubt this, but is anyone at all interested in the Idolmaster? Because I happen to have a pair of spare Nendoroid Petit figures from the series that I’d like to get rid of.
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Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!
What characters and how much? 😀
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Mami and Miki. I’m happy to just throw them your way (they’re spares and I have literally hundreds – I’m not exaggerating – of Nendos so any space saved is good). You have my email still right? Send me your details. 🙂
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So, how many people own CS:GO at this point? Also, how many people would be interested in some multi fun some time? It could be PvP, TAY only, TAY vs Bots…whatever’s good.
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I have it installed, the most I have touched is playing Dust against bots, so I’m interested in playing with/against peoples.
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Yeah man, me and the wifey are down. Hit me on steam!
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Did someone say CS:GO? I need to validate my purchase of it!
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I would be interested man. Haven’t actually played it yet but use to play CS:S a fair bit a couple of years ago.
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I’d be up for that 😀
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I’m down!
I’m still waiting for feedback on an assignment that my lecturer said would be up a week ago. I need that so that I can upload my edited submission on Friday. How fun. =D
I’m also really stuck with another assignment right now. Anyone who says creative writing is easy is a damn liar! It can get pretty difficult at times.
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I totally find creative writing to be easy.
Except that it takes effort, and I’m really, really, lazy.
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Do you have to write about anything in particular, or is it just whatever you feel like?
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For this assignment, we can write about anything so long as we apply some of the things we discussed at length through the semester (writing styles like postmodern, postcolonial, or feminism, for example). For the one I’m waiting on feedback for, we had to write to a theme which was chosen by the class, which happened to be my least favourite of the choices available to us and has meant that I’ve struggled to do anything good with it. D:
I love writing, but it can be so frustrating sometimes.
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Actually, I wouldn’t enjoy that assignment. Don’t like being told what to write about, or what themes to include. I would probably struggle too.
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The thing with creative writing in Uni is I wanted to save my best ideas for post-uni projects. So made it ten times harder to write assignments. Same with group stuff for filming. 😀
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My years doing creative writing at uni were the best of my life and I breezed through them. I was lucky to be in a major state of flow and inspiration then. When things aren’t flowing, though, there’s not much that’s harder to do than to write something of quality.
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I’m jealous. This semester I’ve really struggled to produce any creative works for uni that I’ve been really happy with. I get ideas that I like but really struggle to do anything interesting with them.
Doesn’t help that I edit as I write. 😛
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Haha! I was in a writing class with another film guy. We both ‘got’ each others work, the others didn’t. :'( Made the critiques always fun. 😀
best thing about exams being over?
D&D is back on!
well, not traditional D&D, i DM a game called Gamma world, which is basically post apocalyptic D&D… BUT YEAH IT’S BACK IN POG FORM
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I would love to learn Gamma World, it looks really cool
My son has been in bed for half an hour, but as soon as I sat back down at my computer I forgot he was in bed and now I’ve wasted half of my game-playing time. Damn you old-lady brain! 😛
And ads on Kotaku are back!
Just as long as there’s no giant background ads then it should be fine 🙂
Upvoting is fun! You can also retract your vote by clicking up/down vote again which I find cool. You can also upvote yourself ;D
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We’ll look into the adblock thing soon.
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Does your employer approve of that? 😛
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Ha, probably not 🙂
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I heard that having it on doesn’t count pageviews which doesn’t give revenue …or something? I’m happy to leave it disabled if it benefits you guys.
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Yeah, the impressions are not counted which isn’t great, but I completely understand why you installed it in the first place 🙂
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Because we’re a bunch of freeloading moochers?
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I thought that was a given 😛
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By the way, just wanted to say I think it was very smart to show who up/down votes the comments. Also…upvoting is fun. Thank you! 😀
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I dunno.. I think it might turn awkward for some people. I’d prefer the option to remain anonymous when voting too tbh
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I just think the transparency means people will have to think twice before down-voting. And could reduce instances of people being ganged up on.
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Thats the idea! If it feels nasty to down vote, it probably is.
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The main thing that worries me is if I get downvoted by someone I know, I’ll start getting thoughts that they don’t like me in what I say? Should I keep quiet to not step on their toes since they’re a regular? I’m not a fan of conflict (Funny that since I’m completely the opposite in a game :P)
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I downvoted, just to get you used to it. Nothing personal. 😛
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Then I took it back, because: too mean.
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I’m not saying on behalf of myself, not completely anyway. It’s just a concern I have that people could get scared off over a massive interpretation being blown way out of proportion cuz of a -1 from an active and respected TAYbie.
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HI STRANGE \o/
As much as the upvote/downvote thing is a cool feature, I’ll be trying to take everything with a grain of salt anyway 😀Also, I have this niggling urge to get a TON of downvotes, although I need to figure out a way to do so without actually offending anyone, because that’s not pleasant at all.
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Haha! Sounds like we have a similar thought process. :S
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Thank goodness I thought I was malfunctioning again 😛
If you ever get a down vote from me, it’s probably because:
a). You’re stepping on the border of inappropriate (according to the community guidelines)
b). You said nasty things about my mother
Is there a threshold of downvotes to get it removed like a reported comment or is it limitless?
Yo momma steps on borders.
Hey, don’t get me started on your mother.
She is a classy, wonderful, lady.
Or you just dislike us, which I can accept =P
No threshold, and down voting would never remove a comment (still need to report for that), but we’ll be tweaking the style to make rubbish comments less prominent, and awesome ones stand out a little bit. We’re also not going to change the order of comments. Comments will always stay threaded how they are now.
Excellent! I’d hate for Kotaku comments to turn into a popularity contest like Reddit 😛
Is that because you wouldn’t win?
ZING!
(I’m kidding)
(but you still wouldn’t win)
Downvoted Greenius for being mean to Powalen.
Now I feel mean.
Thanks, Ben. The upvote system is awesome. What next? Private messaging? Holographic display? What a time to be alive!
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We’ve got a few more cool features and updates on the near horizon 🙂
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Since everyone else is suggesting things a spoiler thing has been mentioned a couple of times but I also have a new thing I just thought of…
You know how when we reach the end of a reply chain we can’t reply to that person and we have to reply to the one above? Is there a way to make it so that we can still add on to the reply chain (as if we replied to the last replyable person above) yet the person we can’t reply to gets the notification?
A bit hard to describe but I’ll try to explain it with an example 😛
Like just above I wanted to reply to Powalen but couldn’t (reply button was greyed out). So I replied to you, however, this means you’ll get the notification and not him. So maybe if it was possible to click on “Reply” to Powalen and have it still appear as if I replied under you (so it doesn’t mess with the order of the comments) yet he gets the notification?
I hope that made sense :D. I’m too lazy to send an email and I’m bored enough to type all of this crap since I’m procrastinating and trying not to study. Really appreciate the good work you guys do around here and big thanks again! Upvoting is so fun! 😀
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That’s an interesting one, I’ll add it to the list, although I’m doubtful at this stage.
The main reason we disabled threading past 8 was so comments don’t get too squishy – but also because of database limitations.I wonder if @mentions would help?
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Ah yes, true! Even better 🙂
Only problem is that it might be confusing since some of us have different @ handles on TAY/Twitter but it shouldn’t be too hard to adjust.
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You’re applying different CSS styles to each comment to do the indentation. You could just allow unlimited threading but only apply styles to depth <= 8…
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I that would pretty much be the equivalent of a TAY break 🙂
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But then it’ll be hard to find replies right inbetween or in the middle of long reply threads at the max indentation.
Got to cut it off at some point but @ mentions seems to be the best solution 🙂
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Misstated. What I mean is you should apply the maximum indent CSS style to all depths beyond the max depth. Surely it can’t be that hard, especially if you’re already tracking comment depth to do what we currently have.
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Spoiler tags?
It’s in the ‘if we get time’ basket 🙂
Hey Ben, does the vote option have any impact on the positioning of the comments (can’t see that working in terms of continuity on a chronological scale, personally) or a form of community-minded moderation (such as X> downvotes = comment deemed inappropriate)?
Would be cool to see something such as that, although I suppose there’s room for abuse there, and I’d rather think that no-one’s comments are invalid/unworthy of attention and readership.
/potentialstreamofconsciousness
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Just covered that a few comments up 🙂
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/11/talk-amongst-yourselves-196/comment-page-5/#comment-861054-
Much obliged, sir!
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Dear Shane,
Thank you so much for submitting your comic series Triumviratus to Dark Horse. We have reviewed your submission, and we would like to enter into discussions with you regarding its publication by Dark Horse. Congratulations.
Please find attached our pro forma publishing agreement, which contains among other things a delivery schedule for monthly scripts, and the page rate you will be entitled to. Please review the agreement and if you agree with the terms within, sign it and return it to us at your earliest convenience.
Congratulations once again. We look forward to working with you on Triumviratus
Sincerely,
…
And then I woke up.
I found $10, but it wasn’t the same.
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Hate those dreams
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I once had a dream that I was on a Whedon writing staff. I was so happy. :'(
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My TV writing dream is to be on the Sons of Anarchy writing staff. That team is switched on to seriously good writing. I can only imagine what it’s like in a pitch meeting (wet dream). But hell, I know I’d settle for a Home and Away gig if it came up.
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Was so real too. I was introduced to Jane Espenson! Haha! At the moment the best written show for me is Mad Men, but Weiner does most of it himself.
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Dammit Shane, you almost had me
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Wait, why were you sleeping at work?
Also, my heart started racing in excitement for you…until your horrible punchline. 🙁
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Work is boring. I was daydreaming 😛
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Mine too. Was gonna down vote the mofo. 😀
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I downvoted it on your behalf.
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Just want to add: sorry, everyone. I am exploiting the genuine care you have for my success for the sake of a cheap prank. I am a little bit ashamed of myself.
… what? No, I’m not taking it down.
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You are a terrible person.
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I upvoted this without finishing reading it. I could retract my upvote, but that would be cruel.
FOR SHAME, SHANE.
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Did you at least actually submit your idea to DH!?
Keep hearing gunshots from the filming happening outside. Poor Squizzy is coping it
Upvoting is completely bringing out my lazy side. I like things people say but can’t be bothered responding so I’ll just click a little button instead. 😛
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I sometimes do that with twitter as well. I COULD respond to a mention, OR I could just favourite it and not have to say anything.
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Often I’ll favourite/like something just so that the other person knows that I wasn’t offended by the joke they made 😛
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Like when I called you a fatty last night. Good times!
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I do this too! And then sometimes I will unfavourite it because it’s not good enough to keep forever as a favourite, just long enough that the tweeter get the notification email. 😛
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I do this as well, although normally because I am clicking in the blank space to focus on the browser window
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So glad I’m not the only one 😛
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Lazy people, unite! 😛
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Guys guys! Need some votes! That SOYA comp I entered way back in the beginning of the year is running a peoples choice thing which I could still win! Because the nice folks never told me and I only just saw, voting ends TONIGHT, so need y’all to go vote asap.
Here’s my profile – http://www.soya.com.au/entrants/10157780
You just open one of the portfolio pieces on the profile, like the video or the pics or something, and then it will bring up the piece with a ‘Love It’ heart button above it – click that to vote for me. Most votes wins! I think it counts all of them, so feel free to click the love it button on all my pieces 🙂
Thanks in advance dudes and dudettes, hopefully I can pull this off even with short notice…
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Just voted, fingers crossed man!
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Good luck, man. You deserve it.
Loved every thing and commented again for what it’s worth! 😀
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I’m voting as fast as I can, but the site hates IE7 /o\
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Done, good luck friend!
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I clicked all the things \o/
Also, I’m so jealous of you D=
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Thanks again, I love you guys! Please just spread the link to like facebook, twitter, distant relatives, and anyone you think of. Get grandma in on it. Need dem votes quick smart!
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When I get home, I’ll do it again from another computer.
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I approve of this greatly 😀
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Woah woah woah! Hold up a second! What is that “Spy Game” image from? THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
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Ha, yeah that was a tay community prject actually, we were throwing around ideas but it never got past that stage. I did my best to poke around and get people back but everyone just got too busy I guess :/
I was always keen for it though, still am
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My Saturday off has now been approved \o/
My area manger copped a talking to and is going to be a dick about it /o\
The state manager followed up with me and told me never to hesitate about calling him, it’s his job to fix these things. Haven’t had much to do with him in the past but he is an awesome guy \o/
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Very good news! \o/
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Best news. I’m proud of you!
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Thank god man. Been catching up on TAY and it’s went from total excitement about your weekend to utter disappointment and anger because of some absolute dickhead of a manager you seem to have. Really glad it’s been sorted out (for now) and I really hope they get their shit together.
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That’s good to hear, I’m sure Mrs. Freeze will be all kinds of happy too! 😀
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Good stuff man! As I said over there *points to previous page* you deserve some time off from your hectic job.
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Yayasaurus! 😀
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Thats awesome awesome news mang, nice!
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Sub-Zero wins. Flawless victory.
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Nicely done
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Man, that is awesome! Good work calling the state manager! \o/
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Awesome work man, now go out and treat Mrs. Freeze and yourself to a wonderful, all-expenses(already)paid evening!
Nevermind.
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Rot13 scree? 😛
Also I was expecting spoilers for RE:R and got spoilers for RE4 which I haven’t finished. Luckily it’s not that big of a deal for me since I don’t care too much about the series (I still would’ve preferred to not have it spoiled though) but you have to consider others who might care a lot more.
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Ah Sorry. It’s not a huge deal because RE loves killing off characters except the main ones.
Also, I don’t really know how to use Rot13. It’s scary ;_;
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Just go to http://www.rot13.com and copy and paste what you either want converted or translated! 😀
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It may not be a huge deal to you, but for others it is. Hence the word “spoilers”. It spoils others’ experience.
And rot13 is easy. You type your spoilery stuff in the box, click the button and then copy/paste into your Kotaku comment. Easy peasy.
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Again, nevermind.
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Yeah, what Strange said. I know it wasn’t your intention to spoil things but you’ve got to consider someone who hasn’t played or isn’t familiar with the RE games. They might not know that main characters are often killed or other things that may seem like series staples to you.
It’s always safe to just rot 13 anything relating to discussion of the game. Even leaving some parts in not rot13 can give people hints to what will happen next. I’ve already played and finished RE:R but just by reading your comment it’s easy to infer that something significant happens.
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Now here’s something that’d be cool for a future Kotaku update! Spoiler tags!
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Now that we have a like button, spoiler tags are the only thing left on my Kotaku Feature Wishlist! Everyone be good!
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I want an anti-Powalen cheat button.
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Negated your down-vote! >:D
That’s just the sort of sly Powalenesque move we’d expect from you!
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Go here (http://www.rot13.com/) and copy/paste what you typed into there and hit cypher. That’s all. =)
This might have helped me. For some reason my brain decided I wanted to start reading the spoiler sentence, even though I am yet to finish both RE4 and RE: Revelations.
Thankfully, I’m terrible at remembering names, and didn’t recognise the names of the people mentioned.
Woah! Cannot unsee. That’s…barely a spoiler warning at all. 🙁
Use rot13.com next time, please. Not cool.
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Yeah it’s kind of just above. Rot 13 is the best but please make the spoiler warning a bit more noticeable like:
**SPOILERS**
(etc.)
As for using rot13, it’s as easy as going to http://rot13.com/ and typing what you want, clicking “Cypher” and then copy/pasting the gibberish.
Rnfl nf cvr.
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It’s fixed.
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It’s nothing personal too, scree. Don’t stress too much about it, you’ll know better next time. There’s only good will going your way otherwise. 🙂
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By the time I posted this others already said the same thing. Like D.C. said don’t take it personal it’s just a heads up for next time. We know you didn’t mean too! 🙁
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I will know better next time. I won’t bother posting.
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Or…you could bother posting, just use ROT13 so people who don’t like to be spoiled can stay safe, and people who’ve played can still join your discussion. 🙂
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thats just silly.
nothing there was an attack against you, just a request to be mindful of others’ stance on spoilers.You contribute good stuff to this place, so you’d better keep posting 🙂
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Pokefronds!
I have a question. Is there a difference in difficulty/levelling speed/Pokemon growth/etc between the different games? I’ve played 22 hours on Heartgold mostly grinding and have my party of six between 30-35. Mrs Freeze is playing Black, about 15 hours in and has a party of 6 all around 40.
Or do I really have to admit Mrs. Freeze is a better Pokemoner than me?
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I think Pokemons are closer to your level in B/W or she moved on to a better spot/trainers. There’s also Audino who gives tons of EXP. Pretty sure levelling is the same but you said you didn’t leave the first patch of grass until you were 20 or so. I’m pretty sure that first patch only has Pokemon around levels 1-3, so levelling is going to be much slower.
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It depends heavily on your levelling style as well, but if HeartGold is like Gold/Silver in levels, you’re gunna hit the elite 4 at like 40-45(?), so it’s lower level for that part.
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Yes, there is a massive difference. Black is MUCH easier to level up Pokemon in (and you have to if you hope to keep up). HGSS is held back because you’ve got another whole region to explore after the Elite Four, so you’re expected to level up more slowly.
NIPPLES!
MINE ARE WAXED!!
Mannn it hurt…. 😐
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I would ask why but Chuloopa.
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Because Noosa.
As we all know i have always had a perfect triangle chest hairline
See here for reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa5L1hOYJY (208 views?! Who’s watching this crap!?)
Unfortunately my man-nips got a little too manly, so Bee convinced to wax them so that i culd go back to triangular goodness. And not look weird.
So yeah.. did that on the weekend. The initial tearing isn’t all that bad, but shortly after a horrible burning sensation sets in. Oh my god.. so terrible…So yeah… but Chuloopa indeed!
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What the hell did I just watch, Loops? LOL
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UPVOTE ALL THE THINGS
I upvoted because I wasn’t sure how to respond and classic Chuloopa :)!
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AWKWARD UPVOTE WIN!
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Babby. 😛
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Well how about we wax your…
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Hey hey hey, I… Yeah, let’s not go there.
All’s I know is I’m never going near hot wax EVER again :S
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Yeah, that deserves an upvote.
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AWKWARD UPVOTE! 😀
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a) Because you’re getting tattoo
b) Because you, or your significant other, prefer the apperance of a hairless male chest
c) Because of a dare
d) Because you were bored
e) Because peer presure
f) Because you secretly dig the pain
g) Because to win fabulous prizes
h) Because Chuloopa
i) Other __________________________________________Edit: added the options that I neglected.
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to win a competition?
I hear he does that a lot >:(
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You forgot h) Chuloopa
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its been fixed!
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My favorite choice
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Some guys would love to be manly and have a hairy chest, loops. Way to rub it in. 😛
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Yeah and some hate having hair around the upper half (Excluding the head of course), like myself 🙁
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Neck-down alopecia would be awesome.
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Haha! Actually you’re right, sounds annoying. I just remember when I was younger that it was one of the things you needed to be considered a real man. 😛
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Waxed nips? Ouch…
Just be thankful it wasn’t a power sander….
Take that Third Ass! I managed to complete your stoopid no-detect mission even though one enemy had a glitch that made him stand in one spot and hop-skippety hop non-stop whilst facing me the whole time. 😛
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That was apparently fixed in day-one patch, and now he hopscotches over that place where he previously Irish jigged.
Or not so much fixed?
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Yeah, not so much fixed. I have the day one patch installed.
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Nothing about this game sounds fun.
I’m so glad I haven’t bought it.
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[Insert patented D.C. AC3 rant here.]
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Ryvita ad – “Same great taste”…
Wait…
They have a TASTE now? Or is cardboard considered great? I R CONFUSLED!
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Well, Dominos manage to market the Cardboard flavour in what, 15+ styles?
So, upvoting. I’m yet to really think through the social implications of the system and develop a really watertight system of pro/con give/take dynamics that would ensure that we all apply rational and logical thought processes to each and every decision we make instead of clicky-clicky just because we can.
So, here’s my system.
Read it, didn’t make me cry: upvote.
Read it, want to respond but have nothing to say: upvote.
Read it, made me cry: walk away. No downvote.
Didn’t read it because it was TOO LONG WALL OF TEXT OMG USE A PARAGRAPH BREAK OR AT LEAST A FULL STOP: Downvote.
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Upvoting, for me, is if I strongly agree with a comment, or find it funny.
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Yup pretty much this. Or a downvote to a friend as a joke if I know they can take it as a joke.
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Problem?
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I said friend.
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You’d be my gym chicken friend IF YOU WENT AND BOUGHT IT AND TRIED IT AND BE AMAZED BY IT
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IT’S A TRAP I KNOW IT. Cheap and tasty fried chicken in a gym!? Sounds too good to be true.
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You are the worst, Green mang. TRY IT AND ENJOY IT BECAUSE YOU WILL ONLY BE AT UNI FOR A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME
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CAN’T I STILL BUY IT WHEN I’M NOT ENROLLED AT MONASH?
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BUT WHY WOULD YOU THAT WOULD IMPLY YOU’D GO TO UNI WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE TO
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BUT I’D BE GOING FOR THE GYM CHICKEN, IS THAT NOT A VALID ENOUGH REASON!?
Reply fail T__T
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Well played.
Well, it would be well played if YOU TRIED IT
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TL:DR. Downvote.
Or alternatively I suck at the refresh game
Except some of Freeze’s posts made me so mad! I wanted to downvote his boss :/
I saw this on Facebook and loved it. Must share here. Celebrity Lullaby.
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hahahahahah1!
That chorus!! 😀
FRIENDS:
Anyone know where I can get/watch episodes of The Gruen Transfer/Planet/Nation for free?
I caught an ep or two years ago but didn’t start watching it until a few days ago. I managed to get a majority of the episodes from S3-5 from the YARGHH! Bay but since it’s a relatively old Australian show, the rest of the episodes on the site don’t have any seeders so I’m missing a chunk of eps. I just watch and delete them which is practically the same as streaming but the ABC site only has the latest two episodes :(.
I wish I discovered this show earlier! It’s so amazing and genuinely makes me laugh-out-loud. Kind of makes me want to do Marketing again but yeah… I hate essays :(. Got to write 4 for my Marketing exam on Friday derp!
Thanks in advance!
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Oh cool, wasn’t aware this was a thing but unfortunately it only has the latest two episodes (9 and 10). I don’t have 9 so it helps me on that front but I also don’t have 5-8 :(.
Thanks though 😀
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What do you mean I didn’t read your first sentence, lies I say lies
It is a really good show, and they chose the 2 lead panelists well. I love when either of them goes on a big speech about blah blah and then at the end the other one looks and them and goes, what a load of rubbish.
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I knew someone would link their store so I went back and put “free” before submitting the comment :). I also found it on iTunes but… money :/
I agree on the panellist choice though. I’ve only seen one guest one which I didn’t really like but all were genuinely awesome and funny. Turns out Russell did Marketing at Monash, quite possibly the same degree I was doing!
Damnit why do I have to like so many things!? It’s so hard picking subjects :/
EDIT: forgot to say thanks again! Derp
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the abc site itself has a back catalogue of episodes available for a while after they air.
I may have downloaded (legally & everything!) the first series from there when it first aired.
If I still have them, I could stick em in a dropbox thing for you to d/l?Edit: also, I love that show 🙂
Edit #2: yeah, I’ve got the first 8 episodes sitting on my PC here. I think thats the whole first series…
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Sweet, that’ll be great 🙂
I haven’t seen any of Season 1/2 apart from whatever random episode(s) I happened to watch in school a few years ago. I’ve seen the majority of season 3, half of 4 and I’ll see half of 5. I’ve seen one ep of Nation and I’ve got all parts of Sweat so working through it.
A friend suggested it might help with my marketing ‘study’ and it definitely does :). I’m at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to examples since I don’t watch TV (downloading shows ftw!) so I’m not familiar with a lot of recent ads.
EDIT: My, my forgot to say thanks!
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no worries. It might take a while, because dropbox is silly & slow, but I’ll send you a link via twitter when its done.
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No problem mate, there’s no rush. I should have enough episodes until Friday to help with the Marketing ‘study’ 😛
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I think one of the best episodes I saw was part of gruen nation.
Had a special with somebody who does a lot of olympic advertising and she basically listed what the next 6 weeks of news stories were going to be leading up to the olympics
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Wow that NFS ad is almost as bad as the Telstra one.
I find it rather amusing that the ads for high speed related things cause the slowest performance.
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NFS: So fast it even makes the internet seem slow
NFS: We’ve taken all the speed and put it in the game-
Wasn’t that EA’s catch-cry a while ago?
EA Sports
it’s in the game
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I got addicted to watching V-Sauce video’s today… My god… so much edutainment…
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Oo I did a bit of that yesterday! I’m tempted to go back and watch more but… I’m already procrastinating enough 😛
The newsagent kiosk next to me has not had less than 15 people lining up in front of it all day. The lotto people will be raking in FAR more than the $100 million just in ticket sales.
They got $40 out of me.
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I betcha you’ll win and still NOT buy Xenoblade.
:'(
Also just noticed you’ve dropped the S. Preston Icequire. Change D:
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We’ve done a syndicate at work, so we’re ready to all retire on Wednesday
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I lost last week.. still wondering whether i should pick up a ticket this week.
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I dropped $15, figure if your number is up then it is up. No point spending huge amounts.
D.C. vs. The Spider: I saw a Huntsman sitting next to the door. I opened the door. The spider left. Fuck yeah. Pretty damn civil, I’ve gotta say!
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Did the spider tip his top hat to you before he left?
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I don’t know, but I suspect it’s recounting this story on Spider TAY too.
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Caps were doffed, and $20 was found and shared equally amongst the two most unusual friends.
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Oh man, this would have made the best comic
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Y U NO comic anymore?!
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The triumphant return of Procrastoonation?
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Then spider called friends, came back and hunted D.C.
But it hid whenever D.C. looked. An omnipresent being.
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Brisbane Meat planned for Saturday night after Supanova. Contact DAN! or Sughly for details. (Also? Help the man out getting votes for the SOYA competition! Here’s the details!)
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I love concept art! Hardcover book pls Sughly!
In a week’s time I’ll be free and I’ll finally get through the retail Anna’s Quest :D. Anyone know if Beta saves carry over to the retail game?
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They wont, it will crash and say the code doesnt match 🙁
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Jerks.
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That spider will grow and gather the army. The coming Spiderpocalypse will come and no mercy will be shown. Spiders feel no mercy, forgiveness or restraint. Only pure, unbridled malevolence.
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I’m fairly certain they’re still planning a reprisal against SmurfyDog. Maybe that’s where this one was going? One day when he forgets his troubles, they’ll regroup. That’ll be a dark day, my friends. A dark, dark day.
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But D.C. have nothing to do with Spider-man?
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😀 Well played!
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If I saw a spider near the door, I’d be throwing molotovs at it.
Oh man, we just drew the cup sweep at work. 3 horse each and I picked both mine and my wife’s. Based on the odds I managed to get her 3 out of the top 10 favourites while my BEST was at 35/1.
Even worse I told her what she got before I looked so now I can’t even get away with switching them 🙂
I can’t seem to get replies working today… 🙁 SO in reply to Shane’s comments about when to upvote/down I think I will use it a bit actually because I read much more on here than I comment on, so it’ll be my way of showing that I am still around. That and A bunch of you make me laugh so I really want to say that but often dont get the time to reply.
Also while im in here, I got the Walking Dead on steam and OMG that is an awesome game. Im about to start ep 4 now and I can’t want. So freaking awesome.. Are there any other games out like this that I may have missed???
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I really want to recommend you Telltale’s Jurassic Park, but it’s really a love-it or hate-it game. If you enjoyed the first JP movie though, it’s a pretty good semi-sequel story. As long as you go in expecting an interactive movie and not an adventure game, it’s definitely worth it in my opinion (maybe wait until it goes on sale though to be sure).
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Any demos for either game?
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I don’t think so, unfortunately. Maybe try watching (the beginning of) a Let’s Play to get an idea of the mechanics (just be careful not to spoil yourself :P)
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Not interested in Jurassic Park, seems kind of Back to the Future-like, except with QTE. The Walking Dead is where the hype’s at!
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I second this, playing through it at the moment. Just finished episode 3. It is enjoyable and very Jurassic parky
But as pow says it isn’t so much a game as a collection of QTE in an interactive movie. If you don’t like the JP movie don’t go near it; but if you enjoyed the movies, think DINOSAURS \o/ and know what you are getting into then it is worth it
Spoiler alert
Ohg tbq qnza vg, ubj pbhyq gurl xvyy Bfpne yvxr gung. *Funxrf svfg*
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YOU WILL HAVE ALL MY UPVOTES FOR GETTING ME TO LISTEN TO THE HEIST
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Walking Dead is amazing.
Very strong contender for my GOTY. It’s just so damn emotive and powerful.
POKÉTALK:
The Butterfree that I’ve had for… 8 years(!) is finally, officially, level 100! I caught it on FireRed version in 2004 and have traded it with me through Diamond, SoulSilver, White and now White 2. It’s certainly been a journey! Poor thing has been level 94 ever since SoulSilver so I thought I’d finish it off today. (Too bad I didn’t know much about the metagame back then, so it doesn’t have an ideal nature or stats, but it’s still good!)
OTHERTALK:
How ’bout them vidja games?
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The highest I’ve had was a level 84 Blaziken. Had it all through Ruby and Diamond but then I restarted a new save file without realising.
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I had a level 100 Charizard in Red.
Can you trade between different games? I had no idea.
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Well, not technically ‘trading’. You can one-way transfer from Gen 3 > Gen 4 and Gen 4 > Gen 5, usually only after defeating the Elite Four.
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Sometimes it’s not that easy though. If I recall trading from Gen 3 -> 4 put them in a Pokepark sort of thing and you still had to go capture them? I never tried it though 😛
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Ouch!
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I’ve never understood the meta game and I don’t think I ever will but I really want to.
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I work with the type advantages, and don’t particularly bother beyond that.
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Pokétalk
I’ve been progressing in BW2 finally. My team has stayed pretty consistent for the last few gyms. Currently it’s:Samurott
Sawsbuck
Magnezone
Lucario
Vibrava
GrowlitheI’ve just gone through Reversal Mountain and I’m in Undella Town. I think that means Dragon Gym is up next. Vibrava already knows Dragonbreath and I can probably get it to level 45 before the gym to evolve into Flygon. Of course, having dragon typing, it’ll take some heavy hits itself. I’m getting Growlithe to 43 before I evolve it to Arcanine, as it learns Outrage then and having a fast Outrage user that isn’t weak to Dragon attacks will be a good alternative.
I’m really enjoying BW2 more than BW. There’s a much stronger feel of exploring Unova, and the mix of older generation Pokemon into the wild makes some of the more familiar routes feel fresh.
Othértalk:
I’ve completed episode 4 of Walking Dead now. I’m still of two minds on my opinion of the game. Some (a lot) of the puzzles are bad, some of the plot twists are obvious but the characters go along with them anyway, the voice acting remains pretty solid though. I understand my problems with story and characters has been levelled, by others, at both the TV show and the comic book already anyway, so maybe it’s just the best result from the provided source material. I’ll admit that I am intrigued as to how the story resolves in one episode.-
Spoiler alert:
They all get eaten-
Everybody dies. I mean, maybe not straight away or anything… but you know, getting some entropy all up in this.
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Does anyone know of a decent landscaping application? I’m looking at redoing the front of my house (garden wise) and would like a relatively easy to use program to assist. I live on a corner block so I want to see virtually how it would look before I start digging up trees etc and paper plans just don’t seem to be doing it for me…
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Make an elaborate set-up using Excel!
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There’s a whole bunch of free software for landscape design. I can’t remember which one I used when we did my folks’ place, but I think it was from one of the popular gardening magazines or TV shows.
Is there a way to send stuff to a fax machine on a phone line over the Internet?
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pamfax is a digital fax program
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Cheers. That might work. Nice they have Australia as a Zone 1 cheapest rate country instead of lumping us in with the expensive options.
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American peoples on Twitter are really talking the latest Walking Dead episode up on Twitter. On the one hand…cautiously optimistic now for this episode
On the other hand…what if it doesn’t live up to the hype?
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Blame Virus for spoilering it.
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Ooh…good idea. It’s a win/win situation! 😛
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:'(
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Aww…you know I lo….er…tolerate you. 😛
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Thanks Strange lol. You’re alright yourself 😛
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Hahaa…and now Jason Alexander is tweeting to people to be mindful to not spoilerise people. 😀
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I think I followed him under false pretenses 😛
It’s interesting seeing what he’s doing now, but when all I imagine is George Constanza, I can’t help but feel let down when he’s waxing political 😛-
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Stop confusing me with your similar looking gravatars 🙁
Also took me a bit too long to realise what “colonpee” was 😛
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You get down voted for that =P
Is that the TV episode? (It gets so confusing when you can also refer to the game by episode haha)
I should probably watch that series, actually. I’ve heard it’s not as good as the game, but I’d still like to check it out. I might wait until after I’ve finished the game first though (or is the TV series a completely separate story?)
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Yeah, TV episode. I haven’t played the game yet, waiting for the final (game) episode first. But I think the game is different to the show.
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Don’t go onto IMDb. I just read a major plot point without looking for it. :S
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I remember the very first time a cast member was killed off on Lost — a mind blowing event at the time — they posted spoilers on their front page within hours of broadcast.
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Wow really? 🙁
I’ve been spoiled but not so obviously.
For example I’ll look up a show and see that a certain main actor/actress only appears for 13/26 episodes – meaning they’re gone/dead at some point after the first season 🙁
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The news section is half industry news, half gossip. I don’t recommend it.
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Track listing for “Qui-Gonn’s Funeral” on the back of the Star Wars Epsiode 1 soundtrack, which was in stores at least month before the movie was in cinemas.
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That’s why I don’t like listening to soundtracks before I play/watch stuff!
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Yup. Completely different story as far as I’m aware. I was also waiting for Ep 5 (of the game) to be out so I can get through them all in one go but it was only $12! 😛
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I have a season pass thingy, but I’m waiting to start playing until Episode 5.
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Me too!
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Me three!
I considered waiting for the boxed edition but it’s cheaper to just buy the game digitally and buy the compendium separately.
The consensus (or at least my opinion) is that the pilot is amazing but S1 quickly decreases in quality. S2 starts off a bit better but also decreases. I gave up mid-season but I hear it gets slightly better.
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I haven’t watched the series, but I’m surprised at the criticisms because of the Frank “Green Mile/Shawshank/Mist” Darabont connection. Looking forward to his new series L.A. Noir too. (Where have I heard that name before. :P)
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The consensus (my opinion) is that the first episode of season 1 is balls to the wall awesome and at about episode 4 it slows down. Season 2 is just terrible, terrible dialogue, terrible plot, terrible acting, terrible direction, terrible humans, terrible zombies. Then season 3 is a massive apology for all the wrongs of the last season so hopefully they write one last wrong and DO THE BAD THING TO THE BAD PERSON.
Edit: to save Powalen/ensure Lady Strange remains in love with me.
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I love you and everything…but aren’t we replying to Powalen? Who hasn’t seen any of the show? In which case: YOU SPOILERISATOR!
ROT13 IS EVERYONE’S FRIEND, PEOPLES!
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Fixed!
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You’re the bestest!
Although…I do wish you’d ROT13’d instead of editing it out, it was a pretty hilarious sentence. #highmaintenance 😛
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Great! Now I know a bad thing is going to happen to a bad person! Show ruined!
(I have no idea what’s going on, but thanks Strange/Hermguy!)
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ZOMBIES
Monday: Try and stay off Twitter all day because TV show spoilers
Tuesday: Make up for being off twitter for most of the day by posting asinine, self-congratulatory crap all day
Wednesday: continue until next Monday
And so on and so forth.
My life.
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Not enough mention of SCIENCE! or Billy Talent.
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Yeah, when there’s no science mentioned I know it’s a Scooby Doo-like imposter!
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To be honest, with the sadness of having potentially lost 8 months of work I got demotivated about science for a week or so there. I am back at work today and feel better, but still sorting through all my data.
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Hope it all works out, man. 🙁
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Oh man…I got a very sick feeling in the pit of my stomach for you just then. I can only imagine how bad it must have been for you. *hugasaurus*
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Repost:
@Inquisitor
Hey buddy – sorry for the delayed reply.
The new dread will indeed be bad-arse.
As for Indipendant Chars – i love the mini’s and would love the chance to paint some up when they come out, but when it comes to using them for games, i’m a little split, as they are usually quite expensive, but have some great abilities and wargear.
As for the narative i get what you’re saying, but there is always a reaon for these individuals to make the battle, aside from the Chapter Master.
Using the Chapter Master in an especially large battle is fine. Same with a ‘last stand’ situation, such as the battle for Rynns world, which saw the last of the Crimson Fists taking on a vastly superior Ork force where Pedro Kantor was right there on the front lines (once he could reach them).
Librarians are also something i think would be limited. SM forces don’t deploy them everywhere as they are far too valued a commodity to waste, more so for the leaders of the libraium.
Every other special character that isn’t a Chapter Master is just an exceptional individual, so there is no reason for them to be left out. This is especially the case for Company Masters (captains) who will more often than not lead their men into battle themselves unless it is only a small scouting party, but even then they may sometimes accompany them for glory and morale.
Also, there is the added narratives of grudges when a character may have a past with the enemy and sees it his personal duty to crush the foe him/herself.
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You can also reply to a post of his on an older page (either with this or just informing him that you have a reply), that way he’ll get a notification 🙂
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Helpius!
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Damn straight! 😀
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Mystery question fun time!
Yes or No?
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yup
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…and I’ve just bought Tomb Raider on Steam despite never playing them (unless briefly playing that Angel one counts)
You owe me $10.
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Lucky you found $10 at the end of that story, right?
@Puppylicks psst, I got your back bro 😉
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Angel of Darkness is the series low point. It’s so terrible!
Anniverary is a good one, of this bundle it’s definitely the best.
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I still haven’t played it! Though I enjoyed Legend (which is apparently the worst of the 3?) so expectations are high for Underworld and Anniversary!
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I blame you too! Your impressions on the Trilogy coupled with Pant’s recommendations wanted me to get it but I was waiting for it to drop in the $15ish range. Now that I’m master racing $10 is more than reasonable. Hopefully there’s gamepad support 🙂
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Underworld starts good, ends bad. 😛 Anniversary is a pretty solid remake of the original game.
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The problem for Underworld at least is that it came out the same month as Uncharted IIRC, and it’s also going head to head now with games like Assassin’s Creed that do the whole platforming and stuff so much better.
Which is why the series is getting a reboot.
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Maybe
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NO! >:(
I hope you come back and do a sneaky edit on this one
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That’s what Blagh suspected when I did my first mystery question funtime, but I’ll be nice 🙂
Follow your heart!
Is it?
You follow old Rafiki! He knows the way!
I really like these MysteryQuestionFuntTimes 😀
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So far they’ve gotten me out of studying and caused me to buy some new games.
Not bad MQFT, not bad.
Also “Funt” lol
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Oh man, I’m, terrible with the handkeyboardtype skills today T.T
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I find that the best strategy is to not use my hands, and simply type entirely using my nose.
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I don’t think you’ve seen my nose. It may actually be far less feasible than previously anticipated 😛
Also, faceroll is bestroll. Even better than springroll.
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Look, it’s a challenge initially, but once you’re learned the skill, it will stick with you for life. It’s like riding a bike, or scalping a hooker.
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And we all know I can’t help myself when it comes to a good scalpin’…
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Only beneath a full moon
I just pooped!
It hurt.
It’s amazing how much work I can get done when no-one’s talking sportsball in my earhole.
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That, and fishball.
I think that’s a thing, too.-
Fish ball 😀 they’re really good!
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I had a mental image of something like a hamster ball, but watertight and aquarium-y.
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Oh man, the gigglefits came on strong with that one!
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Nothing says productivity like posting in TAY! 😀
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Seriously man, I’ve managed to get so much more done in the last hour now that everyone else has gone home.
Also productivity. And TAY. They go together like fishfingers and strawberry jam.
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Mmmmm…
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I kinda want to try that now.
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I like the one when one side is trying to kick the ball and the other side is like ‘HAI, THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN’ and also tries to kick the ball.
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Occasionally they manage to kick the ball to the other side, and people cheer.
Nothing like sharing the ball with your friends!-
It’s nice isn’t it?!
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We should kick a ball when I’m down your way. People could cheer when we manage to kick it to the other side!
I like to think of the other side as a transitioning from one stage of life to the next. The ball does not go where I kick it, only where it pleases. That means that I am the ball and the foot is an adult because I do not follow the rules I only go where I want to go.
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But I like to be the cheerer!
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I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.
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BEST \o/
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Hey TAY! things got a little busier at the end of the day, so didn’t get to do the T amongst the Y much. Now im at home waiting for my dinner to cook and debating. Do i WOW, do i COD, do i FTL.
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Yes, yes, yes!
#helping
Finished AssRev. Now to wait for the PC version of Ass3. 🙁
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There’s other games you can play in the mean time 😀
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…there are other games?
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME?!
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XENOBLADE UP IN YO FACE
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Xeno…blade, was it?
Huh. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that one before.
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I’m pretty sure this is the first time I have ever heard Greenius mention it.
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Is it a boardgame or cardgame or something?
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Not sure, but I believe it both slices AND dices!
Order now and recieve a second xenoblade absolutely free! -
Xenoblade the board game would be pretty cool actually.
But not as cool as X-COM as a board game.
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Halo 4!
Also I purchased another copy of Tales of Vesperia so I don’t have to dig out my JP unit for it. I never finished the game. Got to toward the endgame (I got busy exploiting the casino area for unlimited gil), got sidetracked by something else, then the PS3 version got announced and I’ve been waiting (because Patty) and waiting but it never happened and it looks like the fan translation is stalled too. So going to start that over at some point and then reflect on how Yuri is the best JRPG protagonist.
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I should probably beat Symphonia and Vesperia while also starting (and beating) Graces f and Symphonia 2
but… ceebs 😛
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Graces f is making me want to play through Vesperia again.
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You can skip Symphonia 2, it’s a pretty cynical cash-in on fan nostalgia and very much not a good game. Original was great at the time but I haven’t played it since then and I don’t know how it holds up, but I can say with certainty that Abyss and Vesperia are both better games. Graces f is probably about par with Symphonia, maybe a bit lower in plot but it has the best battle system of any Tales game. Where Symphonia 2 has the worst this side of Legendia (where the protagonist is an underpowered fist-fighter with no reach and weird combos)
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Fuuuuuuuuck.
I’m at work after dark :S
Just locked the office and everything else too, because it’s starting to come alive outside…
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How far away do you live from your work?
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16km or so. About 15-20min drive, give or take!
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Not too bad. Glad you made it in one piece atleast! 😀
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Come home safe!
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Made it all in one piece 😀
That’s the last time I’m staying back late at the office though. Gives me the heebie jeebies!
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The call is coming from inside the office
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Just be thankful its not a full moon. Thats when the crazies really come out to play ʘ‿ʘ
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Crazy? CRAZY?!
It happens whenever the sun goes down here man, regardless of the lunar cycle 😛
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Is it also foggy?
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No fog \o/
That fog’s hella creepy too, when it’s around. It stays ALL DAY /o\
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Insert overused joke about you living in Silent Hill here.
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It’s like The Walking Dead, but not with zombies.. Fuck that shit.
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Sometimes I’d rather they were zombies, at least there’s proper survival strategies and plans in place!
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Pretty much, and they’re dumber/slower lol.
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I wouldn’t go THAT far.
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hahaha!
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Hey there all you gorgeous people!
How’s things? What about stuff? Hope all is well.
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There’s a new Up Vote, Down Vote system. Other then that, not a whole lot new on the TAY front. Hope you’re well, man?
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What about us other people, you know, the hideously ugly ones?
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Man, I never thought the norms on TAY would’ve been so prejudiced against us mutants. :'(
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What’s normal? Who wants to be normal? Normal is boring. Normal is…. OH LOOK FIIIIRRRRRREEEEEEE!!!!! WAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Who?
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ME. I’M THE ONLY ONE! *Runs off crying*
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Monstrosity.
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It’s hideous!
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He is not an animal! He is a human being!
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Maybe as a technicality…
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That reminds me of an ad on TV for a zoo from years ago. All I remember is a lizard saying “I’m not an animal. I’m a REPTILE” Pretty sure it was on one of the Wollongong channels (Win, Prime). Any ideas Pow?
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Not ringing any bells!
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I’d rather not sully myself with your sort.
But I suppose I hope all is well with you too, you know, from a safe distance 😛
Oh, you!
sorry.
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Hi Scree!
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What The Cracks says! ‘sup?
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I think we all wanted to make sure that you knew it wasn’t personal in the slightest.
We all mess up from time-to-time. Glad you’re back! 🙂
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How did you go in Dark Souls?
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So I noticed what happened on the last page.
Don’t beat yourself up about it. Mistakes are made, we learn, and we move on.
And certainly don’t take any rebuke too hard – we know you mean well.
Chin up.
HALO 4.
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Just over 14 hours.
I AM EXCITE! -
HALO CRACKSMEISTER
HOW ARE YOU
SOUNDS LIKE “HYPED” WOULD BE THE RIGHT ANSWER-
I AM SO FUCKING HYPED I CANNOT CONTAIN THE HYPE I AM SO HYPED THAT I AM TYPING THIS WITH A RUN-ON SENTENCE THAT IS IN DANGER OF BECOMING CRAZY STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS BUT PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE I AM TOO HYPED I AM SURPRISED MY CONCENTRATION HAS LASTED LONG ENOUGH TO ENSURE MY SPELLING IS GOOD (UNLESS I’VE MADE MISTAKES, IN WHICH CASE I CARE NOT!) OH CRAP I JUST USED SOME PUNCTUATION THAT RUINS MY RUN-ON SENTENCE OH WELL I’LL JUST START AGAIN I AM SO MASSIVELY HYPED WOOOOOO HYPE TRAIN BITCHES I AM RAMBLING AND I DON’T EVEN CARE BECAUSE HALO TOMORROW AND I HAVE A HALO CONTROLLER SITTING NEXT TO ME THAT IS TAUNTING ME STUPID WESTERN AUSTRALIA WITH NO MIDNIGHT LAUNCHES OH WELL 8AM IT IS HAHAHA THIS IS GOING TO LOOK SO RETARDED BUT WHATEVER HAHAHA HOW ARE YOU FLED HAVING FUN GOOD
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Fun? Still at work. Not for much longer, though.
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Bail! Save yourself!
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I think someone is hyped!
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Just a little.
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It turns out that if you combine peanut butter and nutella, you get salty, crunchy nutella. Not terrible.
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I think the trick is not to use crunchy peanut butter if you don’t want crunchyness.
But hey, that’s a good word. Crunchy.
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I did want crunchiness.
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Well then yayifications?
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More fun with Nutella – smash up a Maltesers or a Crunchy bar and mix it into nutella.
This is especially good on crumpets, pancakes, waffles or croissants.
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Oh wow, that sounds amazing. If I had any Nutella, Maltesers or Crunchies in the house I would definitely be trying that. (My house sounds so sad….)
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*drools*
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I’m a terrible friend.
Sorry Beav and Pip. And potentially Jordi as well
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You… killed them?
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No.
I may have left them to face the horrors of a pub and trivia alone-
A fate worse than death…
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Oh, that’s a bit dramatic. 😛Worst case scenario, go badly at the trivia and just focus on the ‘pub’ side of things.Things will turn out better than expected!I think the last time I did a trivia night, my table ended up writing names of beers for all our answers because there was 0 chance of us winning anyway. We randomly got free pints for it!Totally, that’s a terrible thing.
Edit: after seeing The Cracks’ reply below
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EDIT EDIT: Success!
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Trust me I feel bad enough. Beav being such a gentleman about it just made me feel even worse
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Was going to say something vaguely empathetic and supportive, but I can’t seem to say it in a way that can’t easily be misconstrued.
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Seriously, no big deal.
We didn’t even lose. Otherwise we would have gotten chocolates.Looking forward to next week.
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So… Greenius caught me lurking away in an old TAY earlier, but I managed to resist his friendly ‘come-talk-in-new-TAY’ charm and all was well.
Then Strange done gone ‘n caught me talking elsewhere too — I think I’m now legally bound to post something here and say hello:
Hello!
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You! I remember you!
Long time no see!
How are you?
Also, don’t leave. Or Strange and Greenius will find you.-
Also, don’t leave. Or Strange and Stalkius will find you
*Fixed
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Also, don’t leave. Or Strange and Creepius will find you
*Fixed
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Not my fault I read old TAY up to a reasonable point before letting it slip away into the void 🙂
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Let it go, man. It can’t hear you anymore.
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Herro
Greetings!
Hey, man. I’m D.C.! Want some rye? Course ya do!
Hey Ambrose!
Don’t make me steam stalk you some more!
Not entirely sure how I feel about this new upvote/downvote thingy.
I’ve seen things like this destroy previously strong online communities before.
The way it has been implemented here on Kotaku gives me some reassurance that this won’t be the case, with votes not contributing to an accumlative ‘kudos’ score or changing how comments are displayed, but then I’m left with the question of why have it at all?
I suppose it can be a measure of how many people agree/disagree with a comment (and who) but again, what does that matter?
Hmmmm….. Still not sure this is a good thing.
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I agree mostly. The dev guys don’t seem to want to take the website in that direction though, so I wouldn’t be too worried.
I actually think that the downvote button should just be replaced with the report button. There’s a need for a upvote/favourite/like button, but I don’t really see the same need for the downvote button.
EDIT: Maybe that’s not the best way of putting it. I sort of meant that maybe ‘upvote’ and ‘downvote’ are the wrong names/button icons we should be using. Especially considering they’re not going to alter the order of comments. Like and Dislike would probably be better in that regard.
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Yeah that was my main concern too but at least they’ll show who downvoted who which will discourage most people from doing it.
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I’m liking it. Adds that extra level to the refresh game… “OOO THIS COMMENT HAS A NEW VOTE” 😛
Also the fact that it shows who up/down voted what. You’re going to need a pretty solid reason to do either and it shows. And it seems like a good prevention against random downvote fairies for no reason.
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Thanks Powalen and Greenius for putting my mind at rest. I can see the points you both make in favour for the upvote but I still don’t see the need. The downvote however leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.
Perhaps others will feel the same and the downvote just won’t be used. I certainly don’t forsee it ever being used in TAY. I guess I’ll reserve judgement until I see how it pans out over the next few weeks.
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Oh it’s already been used plenty of times but only as a joke :P.
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I don’t think it’s something we’ve got to worry about in TAY atleast. I know we’re all here for the people and not the popularity. Haha! Might be of concern on the main site, though.
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Wait, you guys aren’t here for the popularity?
I guess I’d better re-evaluate…
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So…how good was this?
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WHY ARE THEY AT A DRIVE IN WATCHING THEMSELVES?
I have so many questions.
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And how was this connected to the Pokemon the Movie soundtrack?
Why was it in there?
That’s what she said.
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The correct answer is “terrible,” right?
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GET OUT OF MY LIFE
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I think the best thing that can be said about that song is that it lead me to this one.
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That song would be buried deep in my brain were it not for the fact that I’m listening to The Smashing Pumpkins right now.
Man, spoke too soon on my ‘fixed my Walking Dead save file’ thing 😛 It only fixed Episode 2, so now when I finish that episode and try to move onto Episode 3, it doesn’t remember any of my choices 🙁
Oh well, it’s not the end of the world. I’ll wait until the last instalment comes out later this month (I think) and replay the entire thing. Time to give XCOM a go, I suppose!
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That sucks. Hope you manage to get it fixed, because the game is damn well worth playing to completion.
Don’t forget, Sughly needs us to help him out getting votes for his entry into the SOYA competition. Basically all you need to do is select each of the movies and pictures and click the “Love It” icon above one-by-one if you’ve got the time. http://www.soya.com.au/entrants/10157780
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If you’re on twitter here’s a link to retweet too!
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I went to the site to a couple of hours ago and it allowed me to ‘like’ Sughly’s work but didn’t seem to count my votes. Also the main site http://www.soya.com.au/ says voting is closed for the peoples choice awards :/
Edit: Just checked the site again and it appears votes are still accruing as “love it” numbers are higher than they were a few hours ago.
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Oh, true! Here’s hoping we all fought the good fight then! Good luck, Sughly! 😀
Edit: People’s Choice might be seperate from the main competition.
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I hope so. It’s all a bit confusing, but Sughly is an awesome artist and I really love what I’ve seen of his games. I bought Anna’s Quest after loving the demo, but am yet to play it. Egress looks great too from what I’ve seen.
It’s so awesome to see new adventure games with such polished artwork and story!
Could Soughly be the next Benoit Sokal? (my personal benchmark for adventure games) It’s possible.-
Jane Jensen is my bench mark. Sughly seems to have a LucasArts-style, Tim Schafer maybe? 😀 Sokal leaves me cold. Haha!
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Here’s to the next Tim Schafer!
I understand what you mean about Sokal leaving you cold though. You’re not the only one.
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Sokal’s worlds are freakin’ amazing, it’s the disconnect between the audience and the character, though. (For me atleast, really subjective I guess. Haha!) The lack of hotspots, the inability to hear what they think. I don’t know, you can’t question the artistry, though. He’s in a league of his own!
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Man, Six Feet Under is kind of depressing me right now. It’s extremely good, but makes me feel all weird. :S
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D= I will prolly finish it by the end of the month if I start watching it again tomorrow night =P
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I’m still watching season 2. This show is sooo good!
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Oh, man. I’m glad to hear that! Stays good the whole way through!
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Yeah it’s such a well written show!
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Where you up to? Started the fifth yet? That is a balls-to-the-wall awesome season. All my favourite eps are in that season.
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Three eps into season five:
Gur Trbetr/Ehgu fghss vf ernyyl pbasebagvat va n fubj gung’f nyy nobhg pbasebangngvba. Gur grafvba vf nyzbfg gbb zhpu.
I really love it, though. Just the tone is getting to me slightly. (In the best kind of way!)
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The next episode is my all-time favourite ever (if you don’t count the finale). I love it.
Edit: And yeah, it’s pretty much impossible to avoid being affected by the show. Some of it is so real that it is unbelievably painful to watch.
Edit #2: Apparently, James Cromwell objected bitterly and loudly to this particular plot for his character, and even tried to get out of his contract over it. I think it’s a tremendous arc, though, and to his credit, he plays it well.
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Aw, man. That’s not good to hear. I hate it when there’s behind-the-scenes cast drama. Haha!
Saw the next ep though, it was so damn good too!
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Nova’s Mystery Not-Really-A-Question Fun Time (doesn’t really have the same ring to it)
I need a volunteer, capable of giving constructive criticism and also able to keep a secret project secret. Apply below
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This is my application!
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This is my application to find out about said secret project but I may not be able to help (busy with exams at the moment)
People have told me their secret projects before!
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I’ve got plenty of time, man! Criticism probably depends on what it actually is. If you’ve constructed an animatronic Pokemon, then I’m probably not the right guy. 😛
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Awesome, thanks guys. Blaghs I already have yours, but if Greenius and DC want to shoot me their emails (whether here or on Twitter DM’s) and I’ll send you the details
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Done! DM’d you on Twitter!
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Keeping secrets, I’m good.
How constructive my criticism is would depend entirely on the material I’m asked to review, and my knowlege of the subject.
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Hey! I volunteered first! Before you were even asking for volunteers. 😛
I’ll post this one last time, just cause it’s a new page and all that:
Don’t forget, Sughly needs us to help him out getting votes for his entry into the SOYA competition. Basically all you need to do is select each of the movies and pictures and click the “Love It” icon above one-by-one if you’ve got the time. http://www.soya.com.au/entrants/10157780
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If you’re on twitter here’s a link to retweet too! 🙂
Hotline Miami: Third time’s a charm.
So with a bit of a workaround controllers work now and I gotta say the game is made for it. Having a lot of fun with it now and haven’t yet encountered any more bugs either.
So a tentative thumbs up.
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Whew good to hear it’s working out well! So it doesn’t have controller support built-in? Another “PC 101” thing it seems to be missing 🙁
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It originally did I think but it broke so they removed it.
The game has had New Vegas levels of day 1 bugs, most of which seem to have been fixed.
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Um… hi, TAY.
How are things?
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Things are good mate. How’s you?
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Not too bad, though I should probably lay off the caffeine….
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Things are fine. But stuff…man, that’s a whole other story!
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‘sup Crazyguy!
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Ey!
D.C.!
😀
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Now the proud new owner of Dungeon Keeper 2, Sim City 2000, Theme Hospital and Crusader: No Remorse.
All for under $10!
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Win! \o/
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I also just realised I already had a copy of Jagged Alliance 2 on GOG.com. I had no idea.
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I think they gave it away for free to all the subscribers a few months back!
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Just picked up Halo 4 than, anyone up for coop once I’m done installing these discs?
Bedtime.
G’night, you beautiful souls 🙂
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Night freak! 😉
I mentioned yesterday that I’ve started replaying Katawa shoujo. I realised this morning that even though I’ve not gotten to any new content yet (trying a new path) I’m enjoying it as much as I did the first time.
This got me thinking about how rarely I that this is the case for games, being able to replay them months or years down the track and enjoy them just as much as the first time. There are many books I can quite happily re-read Frank Herbert’s Dune immediately comes to mind*. I guess it makes sense that I’d be enjoying Katawa Shoujo again since it’s probably closer to a book then a game but why the difference?
I’m thinking it’s probably due to two things. I think with books the mind plays a large part of the story. The Author creates the story but the imagination of the reader fills in all the details. As we grow as a person our mental state and capacities change so you pick up on different things each time you go back to a book and in this way it’s like every time you read it It’s a different story. The first time I read Dune I didn’t even realise that the Barron Harokonnen was gay. With games there is much less left to the imagination so It’s harder for thins to seem new again.
The second reason is that the graphics in books probably don’t age as quick.
* Also The Magician – Raymond E. Feist, Hornblower – C.S.Lewis, Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
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This is true. Nothing is as potent as the imagination, and nothing stimulates the imagination like entirely abstract representations of concepts (i.e. prose).
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I get kind of annoyed when there’s a TV/movie version of books that doesn’t quite synch with my imagination.
When it does synch, though, it’s fantastic. Such as Game of Thrones. Or LotR.
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Don’t mind me I’m just testing out some things to help Ben and the team 🙂
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test again 😛
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I will mind who and what I want. You’re not my real dad!
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TEST
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Testius … Wait that just sounds wrong!
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The test came back positive. You ARE Nob’s real dad!
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Wait! He’s younger then me! I DONT UNDERSTAND!
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Son, I’ll tell you one day when you’re older. You’re too young to understand.
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I logged into Minecraft last night to see what changes the Haloween patch brought and now I am regretting it. I will probably get addicted again. On the bright side clocks can now actually hang on walls! \o/
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TIME TO PLAY MINECRAFT AGAIN METHINKS! >:)
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Ugh, Squidius / Trollius / Creepius
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It’s okay just ignore Helpius and Buildius and Materialius :'(
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I noticed You’d jumped onto my server at some point.
That wall got a little crazy. Still not finished.
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Haha it’s looks awesome man! I’m gonna try and expand my farm a bit. Maybe build a carrot / potatoe / wheat farm outside the wall.
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Halo 4 Halo 4 Halo 4
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Gonna pick up a copy during my lunch break!
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Just under 2 hours until release over here.
Gonna have a shower, some food, chill here for a bit, then HALO 4!
So, Saints Row the Third.
V’ir tbggra arneyl nyy gur crexf abj, vapyhqvat gbgny vaihyarenovyvgl gb nyy sbezf bs qnzntr. Ohg V unira’g pbzr pybfr gb svavfuvat gur znva fgbel lrg. Ol gur gvzr gur FGNT thlf fubjrq hc, gurl jrer hggreyl vapncnoyr bs uhegvat zr. V pna’g qrpvqr jurgure guvf vf tbbq be onq sbe zl rawblzrag bs gur tnzr.
I’m at 94% completion, so nearly there. I’m definitely not hating it, so guess I’ll just press forward regardless. 🙂
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I nearly had the same issue, but:
V tenoorq ohyyrg vaihyarenovyvgl nf fbba nf V jnf noyr naq, nsgre ernyvfvat ubj vzcbffvoyr V jnf gb xvyy, V yrsg gur bgure vaihyaf nybar gvyy nsgre V svavfurq gur fgbel gb gel naq nqq n ovg bs qnatre gb iruvpyr svtugf.
Sbeghangryl V jnf nobir 90% gbb fb vg qvqa’g ehva gur tnzr sbe zr ng nyy. Vg qbrf znxr fbzr bs gur fvqr zvffvbaf cerggl qnzarq hapunyyratvat gubhtu… -
Vg’f tbbq & onq va zl bcvavba. Rneyvre ba va gur tnzr jura V pbhyqa’g nssbeq fbzr hctenqrf gung jrer ninvynoyr (V zbq pnef gbb zhpu nyevtug yby) vg znqr vg n ovg uneqre naq V sbhaq zlfrys qlvat n ybg zber, yvxr jvgu gubfr qnza zbivr QYP zvffvbaf, gurl jrer n ovgpu!
V srry gur arrq gb ercynl vg nyernql gbb, jnf n terng tnzr.
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V qba’g guvax V tbg nal bs gur vaivapvoyr barf hagvy nsgre V svavfurq gur tnzr. V qvqa’g qb zhpu va gur jnl bs fvqr zvffvbaf gubhtu. Crefbanyyl V sbhaq gung hctenqvat gur onfvp cvfgbyf znqr lbh vaivapvoyr naljnl. Fgvyy unq gbarf bs sha ba gung tnzr gubhtu.
Did anyone else know this was going to have existed soon?
http://www.examiner.com/article/the-muppets-2-sequel-bret-mckenzie-to-write-songs-start-filming-january
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I’m disappointed with myself that I still haven’t seen the recent Muppets movie.
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Same 🙁
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You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
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Life’s a Happy Song is number one in my 25 Most Played songs on iTunes. 😀
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I hate waking up too early, because I’m almost always incapable of going back to sleep.
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Those are the times you just need to go with it and get up and do something fun. Quite often if you wake up early and lay there for ages trying to go back to sleep you feel much worse than if you’d just gotten out of bed when you woke up.
Good morning TAYbies, how is everyone this grand melbourne cup day. Fun fact, I had the general manager of the company I work for wake me up this morning with a phone call saying that I wouldn’t be working from home as promised, so guess who’s all alone in an office today?
On the plus side, it should be a nice cruisey day on the help desk and then I shall retire and contemplate getting halo 4. How’s things in the mulTAYverse this morning?
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Bah, It sucks you are forced to go into work today! I am going pretty good. I will most likely grab Halo 4 today.
Morning.
To be honest, I’m still kind of nervous posting here.
That’s pretty much it.
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Morning scree, don’t be nervous, there’s absolutely no reason to.
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Don’t be nervous! Come back! Never leave!
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Hey Scree!
You shouldn’t be nervous. How’s things with you? Any big plans today? =D
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I don’t have anything planned, which is why I didn’t respond.
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Play all the Video GAEMS! =P
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More likely I’ll be doing other things like sewing.
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Yay sewing! More cushions?
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I don’t see why you should be nervous. There was a spoiler problem, everyone dealt with you politely and a lot of people were very compassionate in their responses. You didn’t even get yelled at. Just post as usual, nobody’s mad at you or anything.
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When you tell me off Strange, it’s like I’m being told off by my mother. It’s kind of frightening ^^;;
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Haha, I think it’s the same for everyone. After all Strange is the internet mum of TAY. =P
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Sorry. I held back, and everything. Usually I yell and swear at someone who spoils a game for me. 😛
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SPOILERS:
Xenoblade is amazing.Sorry Strange.
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THIS IS WHY I’M HOLDING OFF ON PLAYING IT! TOO MUCH HYPE! YOU’RE SPOILING IT WITH YOUR HYPEIUS! 😛
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I did change it after D.C. posted the ROT13 link. But then to be told that I was being inconsiderate multiple times really upset me.
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You have to understand that nobody knew the others were doing the same thing. As you’re typing a response to someone you have no idea what’s going on while you’re typing and when you finally click “Submit” on your comment, sometimes there’s been an overlap and other people have posted similar things while you were typing.
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I know that. But it was still upsetting for me. Emotion and logic don’t always go well together.
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Exactly. Hence the amount of responses you got. It’s not just you, everyone finds it difficult to be logical when they’re emotional. Which is why you should never take it personally.
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The amount of people responding to you didn’t mean there was a bunch of people ganging up on you, it just meant there’s a lot of people who feel strongly about being sensitive to others’ need to not be spoiled for things.
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I know. I thought most people had played RE4 so that wouldn’t have been too much of an issue and I had a feeling the spoiler in RE:R was going to happen.
I’m not defending what I did. I know it was wrong. I just wanted to have a discussion on how Capcom likes killing off characters in the RE series.
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Latest episode of The Walking Dead:
Fb nccneragyl crbcyr jrer ulcvat guvf bar hc. V pna frr jul. Tbbq gb svanyyl trg Ybev bhg bs gur cvpgher naq trg gung onol fghss fbegrq. Tbbq punenpgre zbzrag sbe Pney.
Rirelguvat gung unccrarq va gur cevfba jnf n erfhyg bs Evpx’f vqvbpl. V’z snveyl fher gung thl jnf bar bs gur barf gurl sbhaq naq Evpx whfg nffhzrq ur jnf bhg bs gur cvpgher be fbzrguvat. Vafgrnq ur gbbx uvf eriratr ng gur bccbeghar zbzrag. Ba gur cyhf fvqr, jr unq fbzrguvat unccra gung jnf fvzcyl na vaqverpg erfhyg bs gur tebhc’f fghcvqvgl. N cyhf.
Obahf cbvagf sbe gur Qnely peno jnyx whfg nsgre G-Qbt Zx VV fubg gur bgure qhqr. Juvpu erzvaqf zr, gurl whfg yrg nabgure oynpx thl vagb gur tebhc naq xvyy bs G-Qbt? Ernyyl? Gurl unir n yvzvg be fbzrguvat?
Vg’f nyfb tbbq gung gurl’er qbvat gur Tbireabe fghss. Znvayl orpnhfr V’z cerggl fvpx bs gur tebhc nsgre frnfba 2. Guvf fubj unf n ceboyrz jurer vg xrrcf fubjvat cbgragvny naq gura qvfnccbvagvat zr. Vs V rkcrpg qvfnccbvagzrag abj, V zvtug or qvfnccbvagrq jura vg qbrfa’g qvfnccbvag.
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I agree with everything you said. Especially your last sentence. 😀
Movember log. Day 4.
Its only been a few days since I shaved of my beloved beard in the hope of raising money for Movember.
Last night, after getting a respectable level of stubble, I went for it; I shaved, leaving the beginnings of a mo…
Its there. Its only a few days worth, but nevertheless – I definitely have a moustache.
it looks disgusting. It feels horrible. but…. somehow… it’s bringing something out in me. a late 19th century urge to fight bears & go outdoors, such as Teddy Roosevelt may have done (he fought bears, right? that what he’s famous for, isn’t it?)
On a related note, I don’t know if they still do it, but I read that police in India are paid slightly higher wages if they have a moustache. Because its seen as making a man appear more ‘trustworthy.’
I’ve gotta disagree with that. I wouldn’t trust me for the next month.
Edit: Here’s the link to the team page. NEEDS MORE BAD PHOTOS OF MO’S GUYS
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Haha! When I shaved the other day, I saw what I looked like with a mo for the first time and had to end that particular brand of madness right there! Good luck with it, man.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Cracks!
May the new Halo be the best ever. And may the Carth be with you. 😛
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There’s a birthday! I am so bad at knowing birthdays!
Have a happy one anyway! I didn’t get you anything.
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Happy Birthday Cracks!
May all your sticky grenades stick to your opponents!
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Happy Halo day Cracks!
I mean…
Halo Halo Halo Halo!
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Happy birthday, Cracks. Hope it’s one for the freakin’ ages!
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Thanks everyone! Stupid internet’s been out all day, so couldn’t thank you earlier!
“TALES OF XILLIA is coming to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific in five different languages!
It has been confirmed today. We are proud our commitment to bring the Tales of Series to a broader audience with the addition of Spanish and Italian texts. German, French and English texts, already included since Tales of Graces f, will also be supported.
Stay tuned for more news on Tales of Xillia, coming on PlayStation®3 in 2013.”
I’m not sure where this Tales love at Namco Bandai came from, but I like it and hope it stays forever!
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I’m not one who usually plays with Japanese audio but safe to assume that won’t be included either? 🙁
Xillia 😀
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I haven’t played any of the more recent Tales games. Which would be better for me to grab? Graces f or Xillia? Or both? 😛
There’s actually not many games currently scheduled for release that I’m all that interested in so one or both of these games could fill in the gaps nicely.
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Which ones have you played?
Graces has the best combat system of any of the Tales games bar none. Vesperia has probably got the best plot & characters overall (though I haven’t played Xillia, I hear it was a bit rushed, not fleshed out to the same extent).
Graces is out now. Xillia is some time next year. So that’s your answer probably UNLESS you haven’t played Vesperia in which case it’s $50 on the X360 marketplace (physical copies are super rare)
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Vesperia. So Vesperia or Graces for now(or rather, after Dishonored and ACIII), and Xillia for later when it’s released? The whole next year is fairly bare for me right now so that should work.
I’ve only played one. Can’t remember which one, it was ages ago which is why I wasn’t specific. Old lady brain strikes again! 😛
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Having played Symphonia, Vesperia and Graces, Vesperia is my favourite.
Agree on Graces having a decent combat system.
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Really? I guess I’ll go buy another copy then, always prefer physical copies. It’s been out of print for ages, maybe Namco did another print run.
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Well after Xenoblade I’d suggest Vesperia or Abyss (for the 3DS). I’m a bit biased in that I prefer the art style of those games over the ‘chibi’ really anime type of Graces and the other portable titles.
Vesperia and Abyss are easy enough to find now that they’ve been printed(?) again and Abyss is especially good for the portability.
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The art style isn’t ‘chibi’. That would mean they would all have tiny bodies and oversized heads. Graces has a pretty standard style to it really, but a soft pastel color palette. It looks different to the more well-known Tales games because the character designer is different, and Mutsumi Inomata’s style has very large round eyes and a watercolor look to it.
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I know it’s not exactly chibi which is why I used ‘ around it but I meant what you said, the whole big large round eyes. We’ve talked about it before but I forgot their names but I prefer ____’s art style compared to Inomata’s.
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Kosuke Fujishima is the other Tales designer. Phantasia, Symphonia, Abyss, Vesperia. Inomata was Destiny & Destiny 2, Eternia, Legendia, Rebirth, Innocence, Hearts, Graces. They both collaborated on Xillia – it has two protagonists, one designed by each of them.
Incidentally neither of them are the main designer in Symphonia 2 or Xillia, it’s a third guy, Daigo Okumura, who’s some art director or something at Namco.
Personally I prefer Fujishima’s style as it appears in the games, but I like Inomata’s original artwork more.
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If it was ages ago it would have been Symphonia on the Gamecube, Eternia on PSP or Phantasia on GBA, as those were the only ones released in Australia until Vesperia, and I think if you had imported one you’d remember what it was. 🙂 My money is on Symphonia.
Thank-you! Turns out it was Symphonia and Eternia. Don’t think I finished either of them though.
Eternia is awesome!
I still have it somewhere. I should dig it up and play it all the way through. 😀
Eternia would be awesome if they hadn’t cut all the skits out of it completely! The skits are the best part of Tales, they’re where all the character interaction happens. 🙁
I think the big thing is that Namdai finally settled on one platform, and also said platform’s install base is big enough that they can turn a profit off the localizations.
Plus they’re the only JP publisher which is actually turning big profits still so they can probably afford to take the risk to keep their fans – and Tales has a really strong but undertapped English Language fanbase – happy.
I think it’s awesome and hope we also get Xillia 2. Wish we’d gotten Vesperia as well though. And wish Namco would put the JP audio track on the games instead of middling quality anime dub work.
I played a decent amount of Starcraft 2 yesterday. Still planning on doing at least one blog post type thing about playing (probably not a whole series), but I want to play a little more first.
It’s funny. The first game is always the hardest. I really have to convince myself to start playing, which is why I’ve been going with the tried and tested approach of going on TeamSpeak and asking Blaghs if he wants to play twovies. It’s a good way to get started.
We played a few games, Gorzy and Blagh’s friend joined in for a while too. One game went so well, I lost everything very early on and then spent the rest of the game microing Gorzy’s Vikings because I was completely wiped out. Good times.
Playing in Bronze league is a pretty interesting experience. I’m getting sick of Entombed Valley, seems to be the one map nobody vetoes, so it’s the map every single game seems to be played on. That being said, the range of skill here is pretty interesting.
You get one guy who pulled off a pretty serviceable blink Stalker build (which requires a fair bit of attention to what you’re doing and a proper plan) to crush me and then you get other guys who don’t build Warp Gate (which is pretty much the most important thing for a Protoss to do early game).
I need to learn to defend. Most of the games I win, it’s because I decide to go for an attack and my opponent just falls over. When I lose, it’s the other way around. That seems to be the nature of Bronze league, if you have an army: go win.
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I think we all know I was the MVP. Garrisoning my SCVs in the command center whilst not under attack is BEST STRATTEGY.
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Your Vikings took out two mineral lines worth of drones, a handful of overlords and a few queens.
Clearly you were MVP.
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Pioneering a new logo. Keen for feedback before I start adding it to everything. The grey background is coloured to match my website, but I don’t anticipate keeping it for other things (like for example business cards)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/agk8gvfnpzyjd3i/logo1.jpg
Keen for thoughts, if you have any. Thanks all!
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Very simple, yet still good. I like it!
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I’m not so sure about that font. The blood is cool, but it could send the wrong message. The blood looks like something you’d see on a vampire or zombie site and it also looks a bit unprofessional to have on things like business cards. Do you have any colour versions we can look at?
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It’s actually meant to be splotches of ink… so black and white would be the only colour.
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It does actually look like bulletholes though. Great idea, but if you have to explain what something is, it’s probably not working.
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Oh, okay. My mistake. That makes sense. Still, that I misinterpreted it as blood means others might. Maybe change the colour of the writting or background so it’s clear that the splotches are meant to be black, because at the moment it seems like looking at a colour logo on a black and white TV. You should have multiple versions anyway. Different fonts, different colours, different position of the ink blotches, different sizes so you can see if it looks good on both a business card and a website etc. Then you can pick what looks best among them. Or have you already done that and this is the final result?
I’m sounding a bit harsh here and I apologise, but my honest opinion is that it could use some work.
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Some of the letters look like they need some anti-aliasing. Looks good, though!
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Took the words right out of my mouth 😛
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Looks good! The only thing I would comment on is the aliasing of the text looks a little sloppy. It would look a lot cleaner with less pixel-y text.
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Thanks everyone. Great feedback. I will retool.
Just hit 10,000 words for NaNoWriMo. Now to reward myself by going to pick up my copy of Halo 4.
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Looks like you’re about on schedule. Well done. Don’t slack off now.
Is Kotaku appearing all screwing for anyone else? o_O. Last time this happened was right before they implemented the up/down voting.
Mystery Question Fun Time:
Yes or No?
EDIT: I totally forgot what the mystery question was! 😛
It was either “Should I study Marketing now?” or “Should I study Business Modelling now?”
It’s a lose/lose situation since rejecting one meant I’d do the other but I’m pretty sure it was the first question :P. Time to do Business Modelling! zzzzz snorefest
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I choose option 3!
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You tell me, Testius.
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Ask again later.
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Okay, fine! …No.
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Wait, you asked two questions. How are you supposed to know whether we’re responding to your mystery question or not? 😛
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D: good point!
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My sources tell me “yes”
Adventure Gamers gave Anna’s Quest 4 out of 5! Gah! So freakin happy and excited right now guys, oh man… http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/23022
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WOOO! Nice work man!
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Great review of that “great game with the great girl”. 😀
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That’s still probably the best review ever! 😀
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Dude.
That is so great.
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Incredible review, man. Been waiting ages for them to post something! Looks like it was worth the wait for sure. You must be so damn happy!
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Haha, I love that when I clicked the like button on it, a picture of your avatar comes up on facebook next to the link XD
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Pey’j is always watching, waiting.
😀
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Look at this hot shot with his awesome game getting good reviews.
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WHAT!? 4 out of 5!? This is an outrage!
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THRILLHOU
Turns out that my office closes at 1pm for the Melbourne Cup. If only I got to take my lunch hour, then I’d be able to leave at midday. Oh woe is me!
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Seems like today’s going to be slow all round. :'( Hooray for your half day, though!
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Have you ever tried to get anything done on Melbourne Cup day after the race? It doesn’t happen.
It gets called the race that stops a nation and it really does. Mainly because it’s called the race that stops a nation, so a nation gets an excuse to not do anything for the rest of the day.
I’m going to buck the trend! I’m going to do some grocery shopping!
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While I’ll be standing guard here at TAY, someone’s gotta! 😛
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I have never, and will never understand why the Melbourne Cup is such a big deal. Its just a horse race. I don’t get it. And then I flick past it on the TV and hear some commentator saying “Its every Australians dream to win the Melbourne Cup.” Sigh
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Must be a Victorian thing 😛
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It’s an excuse to wear silly hats for people that don’t play TF2.
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Is that why they hold it on a Tuesday?
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The “Every Australian’s dream” thing is just commentator hyperbole. But most people like it simply because it’s an officially sanctioned day off while still being at work. When else do you get to drink beer and eat chips in the middle of a work day (and beyond)?
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Wooo! FINALLY figured out this part of a song that I’ve not been able to get the timing right for years. Which is good because the bit I always screwed up was right in the middle of my favourite part of the song 🙂
2:03-2:07 is the bitch of a bit which I’ve now made my bitch.
(FFIX SUGHLY :D)
Playing Theatrhythm has got me all nostalgic and wanting to play previous FF games and it’s also made me listen to their soundtracks again :P. Man, it was such a great series :'(
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A weaker man might be jealous of your piano playing skills. :'(
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Good thing you’re not a weaker man!
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Riiiiiiight. 😛
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Don’t worry, DC. He’s asian. It’s expected that he can play the piano.
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There’s racial profiling Pow, at it again… 😀
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Mathematically!
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u mad jelly of my Mathemapiano skills?
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Guess who a of next week is being transferred to a shitty shop triple the distance of my current one and where I have no chance of making any budget?
This guy!
/o\
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What, Why?
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Because as I said yesterday, my area manager has an emotional maturity of a 3 year old. The state manager told him to cut it out so he’s trying to “get even” as he sees it.
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I thought it might have been that but was hoping he would have more maturity then a 3 year old. I was wrong.
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🙁 shit dude…
I hate your manager 🙁
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I want you outta there! :'( When’s the psych and fitness thing for the police, man?
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Your manager is a wanker.
How far off till you’re out of there, Constable Freeze?
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Few months I guess. I have my medical tomorrow, then they do all the background checks, psych interview and fitness test. Although I can do the fitness test whenever I want at a PCYC.
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Good to hear the end (start?) is in sight, at least!
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Hey guess what!
Aleph has the best idea right now.Fuck ’em. Leave, or threaten to. They obviously need you there, which means they’ll pay you.
Or, they’ll continue to piss you around and you’ll be leaving anyway.
Seriously, get the hell outta there /o\I can’t wait to hear that you’re undergoing the final examinations for the police thing man, you’re gonna do great!
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This area manager, wow. What a piece of work.
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Wattadick.
There’s so many people complaining that light armour in War of the Roses is horribly unrealistic because “a sword should cut right through cloth”.
I think I’m the only person who understands what the name “Mail Gambeson” means.
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I do too! (now that I’ve googled it :P)
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Me three! Aren’t we a bunch of smart cookies! 🙂
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If the cloth is stretched tight and you hit it from the edge. Otherwise it’s surprisingly hard to bash a blade through material.
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Eeyup. That was the whole point of wearing them. Plus the fact that there’s mail underneath this one 😛
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Yes, Gambit is male.
Good work, Rize.
You understand physical differences between men and women.-
Wow…couple of months in Canada and you’ve already forgotten how to spell English words. Maybe you should come back here.
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I was opining on this on twitter last night, but NFS most wanted on Android is pretty good- though you’ll look like an idiot trying to drive your tablet on a train.
Anyone else got it on any platform? I’d love to see how the Autolog works, apparently it tracks cross platform. Add my Origin account (redartifice) and I’ll beat all your times
Picked it ip last night and I can’t wait to get home and play the greatest series featuring the guy in space armour who never takes his helmet off trope.
Crusader.
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Haha! That was an excellent game, I noticed you got Theme Hospital too. You’re alright, Freeze. You’re alright.
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If there was one thing Theme Hospital taught me it was I should never be allowed anywhere near a Hospital design commitee.
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…there’s big fake-article ads on the main page.
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We’ve always had those, haven’t we?
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I’ve not seen one on Kotaku before, and I don’t use any sort of ad-blocking software.
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So stupid.
They should do a decent marketing campaign instead of tricking people to click links. :S
TAY’s too slow for my liking today, maybe this race thing should be disbanded. 😛
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The race that stops the TAYtion!
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I liked an envelope and now my tounge feels weird / dry. That’s basically all that I have done today.
Penance can absolve sin, I hope.
In an effort to combat my sacrilege last week, I’ll be devouring TWO schnitzels this evening.
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Righto Bish!
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Schnitzel guilt’s a thing too?
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It’s kinda like Catholicism, only more garlic.
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A true schnitzel believer doesn’t have to add things to his schnitzel. He believes in the purity of the schnitzel.
I’m calling you out, fraud!
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Sources tell me that on some Tuesdays he doesn’t even consume schnitzel!
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Haha! You’re trying to start an inquisition! 😀
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The plot thickens.
JUST LIKE THE GRAVY THE BLASPHEMER POURS ON HIS SCHNITZEL!!! BLESSED ARE THE PURE!
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GO HORSEY!
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HORSEBALL \o/
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I love watching the jockeyrace.
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WOO, SPORTS-…hoof?
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Good ol’ fashioned cat racing is where the real action’s at… except for the one time when beloved Sanspoof was killed by that majestic blimp. I hear he was in the lead too. :'(
Went to my parents’ place for dinner on Saturday. My Journey art book was delivered there that morning.
I spent most of the evening playing about with the AR stuff. It’s really nifty. Definitely worth the price of admission. The rest of the books is pretty amazing too.
Came with a free download code for the soundtrack, which I already have. Anyone want? EDIT: Aleph has claimed it in limerick form.
Also have two copies of DOTA2 to get ride of. Steam seems to think I have friends that might want it. EDIT: Saturday has claimed one and Freeze t’other.
Oh and what the hell, while I’m giving things away, I have Mirror’s Edge sitting in my Steam inventory from the sales back in July.
Seeing as I’m giving away a few things, might as well make it interesting. Tell me what you want and why in limerick form.
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I’d be interested in that Journey soundtrack, but only if nobody else wants it. Happy to let somebody else take it, as I’d mainly want it for that glorious Apotheosis track…
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Not a limerick, disqualified!
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I saw ‘who wants free stuff’ and stopped reading there. 😛 I’m too busy to write a limerick, alas.
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I read this as a limerick and was disappointed.
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I’ll take the Jouney soundtrack! o/
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Awwkwaaard.
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Nope beaten to the punch fair and square. Enjoy Alex and pants
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Illegally!
Neither of you get it… yet!
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… Penis now it’s a dirty limerick, do I win!
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Nope!
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Journey O.S.T.
And then I found ten dollars
Haiku not lim’rick
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Beaten to the punch
by hot quick-fingered TAYbies
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Nobody has won,
It’s not really a challenge.
Write a limerick.
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There once was a man named Trojan
“Say it in limerick form!” he told’em
They broke the rules because they’re fools
Refrigerator
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There once was a bunny named Bunny
Kinda funny because Bunny.
Aleph wrote a haiku, prolly ‘cos his writing’s quite poo,
I’d really like the Journey OST if I could get it.
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Good enough! It’s yours. I’ll send the code tonight.
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Thank’ee kindly sir!
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There once was a game called Flower,
And the taste it left, that was sour,
Now Journey is new, is that dodgy too?
*insert Journey lyrics here*Edit: Haven’t played the game, so don’t actually need the OST. 😛
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And they say that the road ain’t no place to start a family,
Right down the line it’s been you and me,
Loving a music man ain’t always what it’s supposed to be,
Oh, girl. You stand by me. I’m forever yours. Faithfully.
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DO IT! It’s gorgeous.
Like… wow, amazeballs.But don’t get hype. Not because it isn’t good (it is) but high expectations ruin the best of experiences.
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Haha, maybe I’ll play it when you least suspect it…
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Do it ya bum.
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I think you just claimed my fridge. That’s a little awkward, I need for my foods.
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Your last sentence has broken grammar.
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Hush you.
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You know what, screw YOU
To you sir, I say BOO
I will not jump through your HOOPS
you must think me as Fruit LOOPS
I have better things to DO
There once was a guy who wanted Dota 2
although the times he’d play it would be far and few
chances are he’d only play it when piss drunk
and then proceed to rage quit in the first few minutes and cry in his bunk.
Now if you want a dirty limerick I’d have to put some effort into it.
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I believe the trick to a dirty limerick is using words that end in “enis” or “uck”.
Either way, add me on Steam and I’ll send you DOTA2 tonight.
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well I wasn’t aiming for a dirty limerick you see. And no, it doesn’t have to end in enis or uck at all.
There once was a woman from Ealing, who had a particular feeling, she laid on her back, opened- yeah, not gonna finish that, but you might be able to complete it using imiginatiiioonn. Or google. whichever suits you better.
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There once was a lass from Iraq,
Who spent most of her life on her back.
She took a break for some DOTA,
fell behind on her quota
And now her pimp won’t cut her any slack.Dirty and on topic!
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There once was a man from Paynuss
Who had the last name of Eenus
He needed Dota 2
To soothe the pain of who
Could not rhyme anything with Eenus.
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And that’s the last DOTA2 code gone, add me on Steam and I’ll send it tonight.
There once was a fool boy named Pants
And he read Trjn’s post with a glance
So he made a response
What a moron he was
And so, shamed, he decided to dance
Well that was fun, at least.
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Hey, I just checked my emails and apparently I have extra copies of Dota 2 as well. How about that.
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Indeedily.
You can have Mirror’s Edge if you want it.
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Nah, I just wanted to write a limerick. But thanks!
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TOO BUSY TO WRITE A LIMERICK YET DOES ONE ANYWAY D:!
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I just realised that if they started marketing the Melbourne Cup not as a horse race, but as a competition whereby horses vie to deliver midgets to a designated location I would probably start taking an interest in it.
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If they had random hat-filled crates dropping during the Melbourne Cup, I would go.
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If the apocalypse had hat drops I would cause it.
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I would be interested in it if it was horses riding and whipping people instead of the other way around. 😛
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Pez could enter.
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Fun fact:
I think Pez is actually taller than me.-
Yes but it’s funny because it’s Pez.
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He’s so short and angry. It’s amusing.
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But he is our short and angry person.
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That may or may not defy the laws of physics, or something.
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@ Freeze, read this http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/newsletters/discrimination_and_diversity_insights/20110805/managing_employee_performance_the_new_adverse_action_risk.page
@ Sughly, awesome work mate. A well-deserved review.
@ Everyone, HELLO!
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Hey, it’s Shane! Hey Shane! Author of The Lesser Evil! What’s new, man?
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S-Diggity-Dawg
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Here’s the link to Sughly’s Adventure Gamers review for Anna’s Quest, in case any one missed it. (Ain’t a direct link, Kotaku has never let me link there for some reason. Haha!)
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Interesting:
Under the Fair Work Act 2009, an employer takes adverse action against an employee if it:
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prejudicially alters the employee’s position; or
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Significantly, a reverse onus test applies in adverse action claims. This means that where an employee claims the employer took adverse action against the employee for an unlawful reason, the court must presume this to be the case unless the employer can prove otherwise.-
Unlawful reason here refers to discrimination against protected classes.
I don’t know if the law extends to bosses being dickbags simply because they’re dickbags.
When in doubt, chat to the ombudsman.
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It sounds like it’s distinct to me:
The general protections provisions provide that in addition to it being unlawful for an employer to take adverse action against an employee who has a workplace right, an employer must also not take adverse action against an employee (or prospective employee) because of the employee’s: sex/race/etc…
It sounds to my non-lawyer ears that relocating you to an inconvenient store immediately after you stood up for your rights is definitely an adverse action.
But yeah, talking to people with lawyer ears would be a better idea 🙂
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Missed that bit.
But yes, it’s illegal to punish a person for defending their rights at work. Otherwise unions would last about three minutes because all of their members would get the sack. The real trick is finding a way to fight against it.
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That’s how I read it too, but this hasn’t actually really been tested in court yet.
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Thankyouuuu! ^_^
Who’s doing NaNoWriMo/Movember? Any updates? 😀
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I’m combining a guesswork word-count from my handwritten commute prose, and adding 1000 words for every page of comic book art I produce in the month. My word count is utterly fraudulent, and I’m still about 3000 ‘words’ ‘behind’ 😛
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But you’re fighting the good fight, man. I salute you! 😀
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Actually, I’m just doing my normal writing routine. Doesn’t feel like much of a fight.
I’ve pushed myself hard in previous NaNoWriMos, because I’ve needed to encourage myself back into writing after a bit of a lapse. But all this year, I’ve had a pretty good routine and have been very productive, and I don’t really want to mess with that.
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Yeah, man. That sounds like the best plan. I’m finding it a little difficult for reasons unrelated to the writing itself. :'(
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Got a dirty little mo going on. Kind of ‘cheating’ since I haven’t shaved since October 24th or so 😛
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Haha! Pictures, Greenius. Pictures!
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And here I thought Greenius was of asian descent! 😛
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Racial profiling Pow at it again!
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Racial Profiling DC.
(I was actually going to post this but I’ve already made an asian joke on this page, so I thought not haha)
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I said dirty little mo not a majestic thing of beauty.
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I’ve started some stuff, but I’ve been writing other blog stuff. Will crank out another short story or two
Gotta love huge thunderstorms. Not only are they awesome but my previously very dirty, spiderweb laden car is now sparkling clean.
Also Happy Birthday Cracks?
Also if I asked people to come up with good reasons not to get Halo 4 would I even get any takers?
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Not owning an Xbox 360, not having anyone to play co-op campaign with or not having the ability to play co-op.
I’m not getting it because I’m not buying XBL Gold just to co-op one game.
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Some people aren’t fond of FPS on consoles? 😛
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Also: You already finished the fight, dammit!
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Thanks!
Wow, ACIII is really getting a bad rap…
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My sister absolutely loves it for what it’s worth, she’s hooked. I stopped midway through sequence five and haven’t looked back…
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I enjoyed it, but the more I read about it the more problems I see with it.
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This happens to me all the time with games I’m really hyped for. LA Noire, for example 😛
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When I played L.A. Noire I could see the problems, but it never wrecked the game for me.
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*high five* I actually liked LA Noire too!
It gets a bad rap for failing to reach its lofty goals. If you go looking for the golden film reels, though, you’ll get an idea for how much effort they really put into it. You’ll be amazed by how much geography they created that you never go near in any of the missions. I was hitting whole regions with fully fleshed out structures that had no other role to play in the game. Not a wonder it cost so much money and took so damn long to make.
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Can’t wait to see what they’ve got with Whore of the Orient. (Haha! Feels awkward to write. :D)
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That’s my biggest problem with it. Such a waste of an incredible world and atmosphere.
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Everyone starts knocking something and the negativity feeds itself and perpetuates resulting in the product being dismissed entirely.-
Most certainly isn’t the worst game ever, I know that, but it has frustrated me more than any game has in a long while. I bought it on launch day and hadn’t heard a bad word about it!
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Happened with Brink.
Happening with the Vita.
Trying to think of other examples.-
Final Fantasy XIII?
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Yep
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My experiences of FFXIII and ACIII are so similar, yet so different at the same time. I bought and played them both on launch day, very excited to see what experience they would immerse me in.
Everyone was hating on FFXIII, but I was loving it. I could see what they were complaing about but for me linearity isn’t a problem. I was having fun with the game and was completely invested in the world and its characters from the start.
Everyone is hating on ACIII and I’m agreeing with a lot of it. Because the game is actively going out of its way to make it extremely difficult for me to become invested in the world and characters. You need that investment, and that sense of fun to be able to forgive flaws.
None of my opinions of either game have been affected or coloured by others’ opinions. I always make up my own mind based on my own tastes and experiences.
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I don’t think it’s been harshly dismissed, it’s just that when the product promises so much people’s expectation are high and rightly so. None of the criticisms I’ve read seem unreasonably harsh but then again I haven’t played the full game.
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My criticisms are not due to being fooled by hype. I didn’t even watch a trailer. The only thing I read about the game prior to playing was Serrels’ climbing piece. I bought the game because I love the series and wanted to see how Desmond’s story turned out.
But the game is making it really difficult to love it. It may be mildly spoilery if you want to go in super-fresh but my comment on Serrels’ time disprepect thing pretty much sums up what’s wrong for me so far, and I didn’t even mention the glitches or bugs. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/11/why-assassins-creed-iii-was-a-waste-of-my-time/comment-page-2/#comment-862895
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I want to ask why, but don’t want spoilers. Still waiting on my PC copy.
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I think D.C. and Strange mentioned one of the problems being something like stupid design where there’d be 4 tasks for a mission and if you fail the fourth one you’d have to start it again FROM THE START 🙁
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Yeah, none of the missions felt fun either. Just busy work. I enjoyed roaming around between missions a whole lot more!
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Aren’t all the AC games like that? Or are they much more prolonged missions?
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All aboard the post-hype hatemobile!
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I didn’t get into the hype, so now I just get the happy snarky times where I get to say I was right!
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Ditto. I’ve been ignoring hype this last year or so and its working wonders. It allows you to see past the marketing and decide later whether the game is actually worth your time and (lesser amount of) money.
That said, I’m seriously considering going out to buy Halo 4 in an hour or so. Curse you hype, you still have your wretched fingers around my wallet!!
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I’m still keen to play it but not right now.
It looks like a crazy amount of game to start when I have so many others that I’m way more interested in.
The one thing that does disappoint me though is all the talk of it’s shitty new controls. Can you elaborate?
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One of the problems is you’ve spent four games learning an intricate control set and it’s changed here. Change isn’t bad, I suspect some of it is for the best too, but it doesn’t stop the fact your muscle memory keeps going back to the old ways. :'( Also felt clunky and unituitive at times. If this was my only problem with the game, I’d press on, but it’s the missions themselves unfortunately.
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Anyways, I’m gonna stop bad mouthing the game. Haha! There’s plenty to like and I sincerely hope you do like it too, man. Just an acquired taste, one that’s not for me!
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Some parts of it really is just questionable game design. It’s a fantastic idea and world, just rather poorly executed. Someone mentioned somewhere on the Internet that Assassins Creed is sinking into interactive movie territory and that sums up exactly how I feel about the games.
I would watch the shizz out of an Assassins Creed movie series.
So considering it’s Tuesday, how many people are keen on CS:GO tonight rather than TF2uesday?
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TF2sdCS:Gwat?!
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For someone who has never played CS before, how different is it to TF2? 😛 Should I look into it?
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Very different. No respawns for one. You only get one life per round, and despite the Bomb or hostage objectives, its basically last man standing. Damage is based on location, headshots will pretty much oneshot you. Chest shots do more damage than limb shots etc.
*Disclaimer – based on only a few hours of CS:S, haven’t played CS:GO
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Think CoD/MoH/BF3 with smaller maps and no story.
Scratch the story part, none of the others have it either.CS *is* a good game, there’s a reason it’s still popular 😀
I’m just terrible at it, and much prefer TF2 😛-
That really didn’t answer anything.
Graphically, vastly different. TF2 has the ‘cartoony’ thing going for it, whereas CS goes for ‘realism’.
Hitzones are super important.
There’s only one class, everyone’s got the same movement speed, the same health, the same options for weapons/armour etc.You run faster with a knife equipped.
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You forgot the important bit: buying.
You earn money buy getting kills, completing objectives and whatnot. You use that money to buy your weapons, grenades and armour. If you survive the round, you keep what you had, and you can loot from other people.
Managing your money (and stealing good guns from people you kill) is pretty important.
Controlling sections of the map take a lot less people in CS. It’s smaller and less chaotic than TF2.
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The only thing they share is the viewpoint and the fact you shoot guns at people.
Everything else is a different game.
Also, TF2 fanatics can’t touch the level of crazy CS fanatics bring to they table.
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Hats.
But yeah, I’ve got a mate who’s put thousands of hours into CS1.6
I… I really don’t know how.
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Right. Thanks guys! I was under the impression it was basically a more realistic version of TF2 😛 If it starts to get popular around here I’ll look into it a bit more!
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CueSday?
Which is to say, yes I would be interested. I have CS:GO all updated, unlike TF2 :/-
The blurst.
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Successbaby.jpg
I went to JB today and jokingly asked “do you guys have iPhone 5 cables?”. Surprisingly THEY HAD 2 MORE INSTOCK! I then bought Halo 4 while I was there and got a free poster (you get for pre-ordering) because they has excess of them.
Then I found 10 sticky grenades.
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I find your story highly questionable. Free posters? Really?
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Can a poster really be free?
Or is it just another cog in the marketing machine?
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totally takes me back to I think it was economics where there is a whole section on the ‘cost’ of free parking.
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As long as you don’t land on the “Go to Jail” space!
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I got an Alan Wake poster for free. Just walked into GAME, and they gave it to me without having to purchase anything. And because I never hung it up anywhere or displayed it, there’s no residual marketing fallout to offset the freeness.
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Did I mention Im getting a GoPro Hero3 Black Edition. Not sure but damn im so excited for this little guy. such amazing tech in such a small package (insert.. (get it INSERT) small package joke).
No idea why but I’ve been keen to get some more video editing projects but never was inspired to get any footage. Now I have all types of projects lined up and I couldn’t be happier.
Check it out if you haven’t seen them, they’re pretty damn cool.
Im getting it shipped from GoPro in the states so wont be here until the end of the month, then I have to pretend I dont have it until Xmas 🙁 I have a QLD trip and then a Fiji trip planned in Jan so it’ll get a good work out.
Any of you guys got a GoPro, or had a play around with them?
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‘sup Shady? Hope you’re well!
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Yeah man. All good. Im on twitter a bit so im still talking /hearing from most of you but not on here that much these days.Came off a massive project that lasted about 6 months that I ended up being the PM (Project manager) and tester and the analyst and a mentor for others on the team… all while doing my actual job so that kinda smashed me at work. I find that my Kotaku time is my work time where i need a break and that just didnt happen.
But now Im getting back to normal. Walking dead is amazing, I got a Samsung S3. Im getting a new video camera. I started a blog where i make burgers into pizza and im getting two free games posted to me this week (Ghost recon and AC3). Also getting FC3 when that comes out too… as payment for the work I did at EBEXPO. So yeah man, very good actually.
Yeah I got nothing to complain about really. Hows you (and by way of this post, everyone else on this site?)
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Oh wow, man. Sounds like there’s lots of good things coming your way! I’m decent enough. 😀
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I’m okay.
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I’ve got a GoPro.
They’re amazingly handy and the Black’s looks insane. (4K!?!?!) Only downside (if you can even call it that) is sound can be a bit shit.
What mount set are you getting?
I got the vehicle mounts which are great but I really wanna get a helmet & chest mount.
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Can’t you just squish it into your rack?
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Tried.
My tits ain’t what they used to be.
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Oh man those mounts…..
Im getting head strap, the chest one eventually, the suction cup and the bike seat/pole mount… wow that all sounds kinda sexual???
My cousin is getting a few of these so we may just share them rather than buying them twice.
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As I have not yet done this in TAY;
*coughs, clearing throat*
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Just a little excited for this.
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Really? You don’t sound excited
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Is it just me or is “Dragonborn” a bit of an unimaginative name for Skyrim DLC 😛
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I don’t think creativity and originality is something The Elder Scrolls could really be accused of 😛
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Oooh. SKYRIM DRAGONBURN!
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Gentleman, I am writing to officially advise you, that your heretical comments have been noted and that this blasphemy will be seen too.
Prepare to be CLUBBYED… er, CLUBBERED…. um, CLUBBYFIED….
Your both poopyheadsHa that’ll learn em!
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It’s funny ’cause it’s true.
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I concur.
Seriously, if Dawnguard was Knights of the Nine, this is Skyrim’s equivalent to Shivering Isles.
Just got the stupidest glitch in ACIII. Was sneaking along following someone when all of a sudden my character was launched up into the air like when the giants clubbed you in Skyrim. Which caused me to be desynchronised because “you must stay in reach of your target”.
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Then why did you jump so high? Seems like a silly thing to do.
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Yeah, not very stealthy, Strange. You’re playing it wrong! 😛
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I have to agree, that seemed a bit silly.
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Superheroes Creed III
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Sure, blame the game mechanics for your inability to grasp them 😛
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Dammit guys, stop making me laugh, I’m mad. 😀
For the record…I didn’t jump. I didn’t press anything, I’d been holding the left stick in a forward position for a while to make the guy move, but there was no jumping. If it wasn’t so maddening it would have been amusing because he was launched into the stratosphere in a standing-up position. Like Superman but without the wanky fist-in-the-air. 😛
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“NOPE IM OUTTA HERE”
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Superman’s Fist = Thor’s Hammer
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So what we can infer from this is that superman’s a bro. Or perhaps a communist. Or a communist bro.
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Bromunism!
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No bro superman? I am dissapoint.
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Maybe his planet needed him.
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Lol. Her game glitches to the true end of Assassin Creed.
Aw, man. The new BSG web series trailer looks so damn good. Too bad it didn’t get picked up as a proper series. I love the attention to detail, when the Viper is being lowered into position. You see crew on different decks, looks amazing. Also seems to capture the tone of BSG better than Caprica. (Something I actually liked.) The alternate theme song? Awesome!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/11/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-is-finally-happening/
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Still need to watch the Blu-Ray collection I got for Christmas last year too. 😀
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I absolutely adored the BSG series (as unrelentingly depressing as it was) but Caprica bored the bejesus out of me.
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I think I liked the world building of Caprica. Getting to see the sights and sounds. It also got insanely good towards the end, but took a while to get there. Really slow burn.
Edit: Plus it had patented Bear McCreary music, which is always incredible!
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OH, MAAAAANDY. YOU CAME AND YOU GAVE WITHOUT TAKING.
My essay extensions ended as of a week and a half I just read the emails wrong /o\
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*sobs loudly*
Also, HORSES RUN FAST, YOU GUYS.
I broke my brain.
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Hope you’re alright, batgirl. I can’t really tell. :S
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I’m like at that stage where everything is going so wrong you just have to laugh.
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It’s cool. I handed one in today and talked to my tutor who’s marking it and she told me not to panic that she has her own deduction system and she knows I’m not a drop kick student.
The other one I’ll be losing about 20% for so I’ll need to get at least 65 to pass.
…someone double check my maths.
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Here’s hoping it all works out! 🙂
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…does that mean I’m going to shoot myself in the back?
I DON’T WANT TO BE ORACLE JUST YET.
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Up to you, I guess.
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Uh… That’s not good.
Oh Margie, you came and you found me a turkey, on my vacation away from work-y
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Will you bunk with me tonight?
Sweet. $160 richer.
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\o/ MONEY!
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Lazy $20 on Dunaden to win paying $8.20.
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THAT’S TOTALLY 4 XENOBLADES!
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You think Xenoblade is only worth $40? For shame 😛
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Saw this on Twitter, got me more excited for a fresh team for Star Wars.
IMAGINE IF THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN!?
http://www.rowsdowr.com/2012/06/16/star-wars-speculation-from-1980-before-return-of-the-jedi/
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Interesting…
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Jesus Eugenics Development Institute?
An it says the piece was written after Empire? I think the writer left the cinema before the movie was completely over…
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I like how he keeps arguing that Vader can’t be Luke’s father.
Spoliers…
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@Powalen
CS is a completely different game to TF2, BF and COD. Much more realistic* damage, and steeper learning curve. Seriously, the only similarity is that they’re first person shooters.
Having said that, it’s a pretty great game and player vs bot matches are awesome fun and a great way to play without being slaughtered by people waaaaay better than you. Also, you shoulda tried CS:GO on the free weekend 2 days ago 😛
* realistic in that you can’t take a hit, and headshots insta-kill 9 times out of 10.
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The skill disparity between players is WAY more pronounced in CS than it is in TF2.
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Just a tad.
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Yup. Exactly why bot matches are great 😛
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Zombie games are SO MUCH FUN!
I played against my competitive mate (I think he’s currently at 3800hrs?) once. I was cheering when I’d managed to STAY ALIVE for a minute. At that point I’d given up all hope of getting a kill, I was just focusing on staying alive
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Right! I’ll keep an eye on it and if I see it cheap and/or it takes off in TAY, I’ll be there!
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I saw it on Steam for $10 over the weekend, I think?
I won’t get it personally, but $10 seems a fair price (considering I paid $20 for CSS a few months ago :P)
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FYI the full price is $15, which was what it was on release.
EDIT: Not saying you SHOULD buy it, but something to consider if you get interested.
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*Snort*
http://xkcd.com/1130/
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The election scares me. :S Also, ‘sup page nine? What’s new?
So, turns out I’m one of those people with 3 spare copies of Dota 2.
Anybody who would actually play it and doesn’t already have it want a copy?
Super Mystery Question Fun Time:
(thanks to Greenius!)
Yes or No?
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Yes!
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Welp, fingers crossed \o/
Aleph’s goin’ on a date Friday night!
Not tonight because she’s working 🙁But oh man. Little bit squee right now. Gah, I really love/hate this 😛
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Did… I just technically ask some girl on a date for you? 😛
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Best wingman ever.
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Technically you reaffirmed what I’d already done 😛 Best wingman/enabler ever!
Originally asked her to dinner tonight, but she’s working. Instead we’re having a couple of drinks this evening, and going for dinner this weekend *bites nails*
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Well, if it goes well you have me to thank. If not? You’re on your own, pal!
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I can live with that!
I’ll thank you either way. I look at it from an MMORPG standpoint. Anyone below me is a noob, anyone above me is a nolifer.
If it works, awesome.
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Well, full disclosure on the wing man front, I’m as awkward with the women folk as I am with every other aspect of my life. So good luck with that, man. 😛
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I drink to assuage my anxiety. An imperfect solution, to be sure.
Alcohol, the great social lubricator!
(This may be why I plan on having a drink with any/all drinking TAYbies. I might share a sandwich or something with the non-drinking TAYbies :D)
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Psssst, don’t forget the C chord.
The German pickup lines worked aye? =P
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I think it was the “fall from heaven” one that did the trick 😉
Admittedly, I got all nervous and they kind of came out all at once in an unending string. Who knows WHAT did it 😛
I’m not answering because I feel there’s a chance the question will be “Do I look fat in this” and there’s is no way in getting myself backed into that corner again thank you very much.
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The correct answer to that question is “I love you”.
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I’ve seen your wife…a baby could knock her over while blowing out birthday candles. I’m pretty sure your answer could never be “Yes, you look fat in that” and be truthful. 😛
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Haha! I was gonna say something similar, but decided it was poor form to comment on another guys wife. 😛
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Mrs. Freeze is awesome! She likes my meanius pictures 🙂
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Yeah, she’s an awesome lady for sure! 😀
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I don’t really find it all that surprising.
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The weather thing is odd, but no one has ever sat you down and explained what it was. You’ve got to actively read about these things and discover them. If you’re not that tech inclined, I can see how such an ‘obscure’ topic could be misunderstood.
So Ser Nobulus’s tales are true – it seems that JB are going Oprah with the “pre-order” Halo posters. I just bought a copy of Halo 4 and they said “would you like a poster too?”. And I said “Yes. Yes I would”. Then they said “Here you go!”.
Long story short: I didn’t find any sticky grenades.
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Yeah man! I never lie, except for the times that I do.
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DUDE!
I forgot your handle and kept calling you by your real name everywhere.
Are you free/will be leaving Supanova on Saturday night for hang outs and shit?
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JB often throw pre-order stuff on day one purchases. They’re (mostly) good people! 😛
What time do you guys eat dinner?
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At dinner time =P
Sometime around 6pm
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Haha! Weird question, I know, but genuinely curious! 😛
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I keep expecting you to edit your question to make us look silly. 😛
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Not at all. I eat really early, it’s just how my family always did it when I was a kid. Now I’m beginning to suspect it’s why I eat so much snack foods in the evening. 😀
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Cue “What time is sexytiem?” edit 😛
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Oh god, I mentioned family and Strange mentioned kids.
DISREGARD.ABORT, ABORT.
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Whoaaaa thats an amazing idea :O
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Strange just inceptioned some trouble making ideas into a lot of brain pans!
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6:30-7:30
Breakfast depends on when I wake up, which can be 7-10ish and Lunch can be like 1-3 😛
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Ditto, although this is new for me.
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Yeah, even though i’m not exactly busy. I’m finding it hard to have more hours at the end of the day for everything :S
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With the kids, preferably 5:30/6pm. But it usually ends up an hour later than that. Hard to balance the optimal time for the kids’ dinner with Mr. Strange’s desire to have a workout as soon as he gets home from work. We’re almost always finished eating by 7pm-ish though.
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Trying to do this (the first part), but usually fail to be home in time 🙁
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This. Sounds like we have the same kid dinner management. When Ash is at his mums, its whenever my stomach tells me to eat, whatever time that might be
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Whenever maaaaaan.
Just go with the floooooooooooooow broooooooooooo.
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It’s 4pm and I’m eating dinner now! :S
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FREAK!
(Joking)
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Are you my Grandma?
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now (7pm-ish)
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it depends when I finish work 😛
I was enjoying some ACIII multi, then I got dropped from Xbox Live. D: Stupid internet.
Somebody else needs to finish this game so I can talk spoilers with them! Although nobody really seems to want to.
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From what I have been reading it seems like it’s the other way around. The game is the one that doesn’t want to be finished. =P
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I still need to finish Darksiders.
I keep sitting down to power through it, but then get sidetracked by completionist urges. -
I’ve been playing it every chance I get. I’m determined to finish the pesky thing. 😛
D.C., the friendly up vote fairy! 🙂
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Not the most manliest of phrases. :S
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Owned.
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Knew it would happen : )
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It wasn’t me.
Someone beat me to it.
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Yeah it was that jerk D.C.. You can click on the number to see who actually up/down voted, pretty snazzy.
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HAHA! Oh man, backfire ^.^
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Now I’m just gonna down vote every thing Greenius says from now on until the day Ben White IP bans me. 😛
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D.C. iz kewl, lyk dis if u agree!
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So he disagrees!
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He disagrees with agreeing
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Haha, self downvote
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Well I don’t agree with what I said :P!
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I totally beat everyone to that 😛
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Waitaminute, that gives me grounds for a “FIRST!” post /o\
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As your wing man, I say don’t do it. Grounds for face punching right there! 😛
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*rolls up newspaper and hits aleph on the nose*
No! Bad Aleph, we don’t do that here!
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FIRST
Fuck da system! #YOLO
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Someone get the spray bottle…
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Oh, man. Not even one upvote. :'(
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u sux
Note: This’ll be the only conversation thread I’m going to abuse the upvote system on. Don’t panic.
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lol look @ dis loser self up voting himself hahrharhah!
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Whatever do you mean? 😛
Edit: Also, stop cancelling out your down votes. That’s unethical.
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But I haven’t? 😛
I upvoted myself before you downvoted 🙂
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Jerk.
Edit: Alright, I’m stopping. I’m sorry. 😀
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Ya bum!
(buy Journey pls)
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Ugh! You took away your vote >:(
I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Poké-Talk (ie. XCOMTALK):
There isn’t really any spoilers in this, but I’ll put it in ROT13 just in case! (I’ve only played 2-3hrs :P)
V whfg qvq zl svefg zvffvba jurer V rapbhagrerq gubfr mbzovr fcvqre nyvra guvatbf. Zna, qvq V trg naavuvyngrq. Nofbyhgr, gbgny qvfnfgre. Unys zl grnz qrnq, bar fhccbeg fbyqvre ena njnl va cnavp naq ershfrf gb zbir… yrnivat zl yriryyrq-hc favcre jub pna’g qb zhpu hc pybfr.
Gunax tbq sbe znahny fnivat :C
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Oh, man. That mission added a whole lot of names onto the memorial wall! :'(
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MORE XCOMTALK:
It saddens me that the game creates random characters from a whole bunch of different countries, but the only voices you can give them are american accented. All they needed is one, maybe two, voices for each country! I wouldn’t even care if they were horribly fake sounding!I am enjoying the game in any case. Though I don’t really feel bad when one of my squadmembers dies… I can hire another for $10. I kinda wish that you only had a finite number of soldiers, but they were fleshed out with personalities and such (but then I guess we’re moving away from the XCOM concept so it probably wouldn’t work). Oh well. Just thoughts!
ps. Fire Emblem. Now.
Why must people I associate with post stupid shit on Facebook like ‘Yolo’ I mean I know of a few people who came back from the dead more than once.. My grandfather was one heh.
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TIL what yolo means
Umm… not sure if low cloud or nearby mountain is on fire… :/
Anyways… can gaming headsets be used as headphones to listen to music on an iPhone (or similar device)? What about the headsets that are USB cabled, are they pretty much useless for these devices?
Currently I use cheapo earphones but this apparently good set of headphones is on sale at Amazon and I’m thinking of just buying it. I’m planning to use it to listen to the music on my phone but I might also use it at the computer for when I play games, watch porn movies, TV shows etc. The only thing is, it doesn’t have a microphone so if I ever want to game and chat I’d still need a proper headset. So if headsets can also be used for basic music things then it’s sort of a two birds with one stone kinda thing (although it’ll be incredibly weird if there’s a prominent microphone sticking out).
Thanks in advance, I know nothing about these things :P. $120ish is still pretty expensive and I don’t even know if they’re good or worth it but I feel the need to upgrade to something proper.
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ATK, or Audio Technica make amazing audio gear. Probably only second to Sennheisher in relation to audio headsets. Never cheap though sadly. Personally though I would suggest the ATH-AD700’s over the ones you link, they;re currently 146 dollars off down to 104 🙂 They’re awesome, I have had many friends own pairs and they last for years. Also epic sound quality.
Also re: mic. Go to Dick Smith’s & pick up a 10 dollar desktop microphone! They have great clarity, and they’re cheap, so you’re not out of pocket.
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But… that requires leaving the house D:
I wouldn’t mind switching between another decent headset for gaming but it’s not something I want to pay extra for.
Well shit… I just checked and the price increased to $146. Guess I’m not buying anything then! :P. I’m not fond of the AD700’s look but thanks for suggestion :). Someone else in the comments mentioned they were good too (possibly better than the one I linked) but I’m used to Apple earphones and a cheapo Logitech one slightly above in sound quality so it’ll be hard for me to tell 😛
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You can order online from DSE kiddo. lol.
What aren’t you found about the 700’s? They’re so god damn comfy, I could wear them for hours with out fatiguing my ears!
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But shipping 🙁
Also, it’s ‘free’ if I can beg for one from the kind TAYbies (FREE STUFF PLS) 😀
My desktop speakers aren’t amazing either so a proper mid-high end headset would not only have a decent mic but also let me hear stuff better too.
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You’re honestly better off going the route of separate mic & headphones, if you want quality headphones, most stuff they attach a microphone to is pretty good, but to get quality you spend way too much.
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Gold and purpley, bit fugly. I also don’t like the bit that rests on your head and how it’s a bit lower and there’s the two wires hanging above :P.
Obviously this is just based on looks and I’ve never worn either of them so no idea how comfy they would actually be 🙂
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They pretty much feel like you’re not wearing them at all. Unlike some headphones are a right pain to wear. You could easily go to JB or somewhere and test out a pair by the way 🙂
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There’s that whole ‘outside’ thing again!
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Seriously you’re missing out on a great deal, they’re way more comfy than your standard headphones with just one band across the top. The metal across the top is for rigidity, and the soft foam is there for cushioning obviously but it’s also adjustable. Also it’s more of a red/maroon, not purple. That’s just how they photograph. It’s actually quite a nice colour.
They will easily last 5+ years if you take care of them.
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Based on looks I still prefer other types. A solid black is nice.
I know there’s a lot of hate for it but… Beats have an alright colour scheme where it’s just a solid colour with another colour or two.
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But looks aren’t everything, these TDK ones I have look comfy, they are the total opposite. I barely wear them because of it, and they’re the same design as to the design of the lot you linked. Also the 700’s are open ear, so they allow air to freely move through the cups, meaning it won’t get as hot around your ears and reduce sweating and all that crap.
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oh and also the ones your linked are studio monitor headphones, whilst they will give awesome sound, probably not suitable for what you want, they like studio monitor speakers will give a flat even sound, which is true to how the audio was recorded.
UGH! I considered buying them so I read more about it but decided not to 😛
Still not a fan of the look (I am going to wear them in public) or the openness. Apparently with these open types you can hear outside noises (I like noise cancelling) AND they can hear your music (I like my privacy!).
Once again thanks for the suggestion but screw you for nearly making me $100+ poorer 🙂
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If you want something for public might I suggest sony or sennheiser earbuds. You can pick up some pretty decent sounding ones for under 50 dollars, probably closer to 30-40 dollars.
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I want public and at home 😛
One of the comments I saw on it made me chuckle. It was about the openness of them and how other people can hear what you’re listening too… including porn. Apparently they found out the hard way hah!
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I think the iPhone/iPod/iPad headphones are basically a headset anyway, as long as it has a headphones port it should be fine! (I think.) Can’t help you on the USB front!
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They don’t work on TS and such for some reason, also the quality wouldn’t be too great. I currently have Beavwa’s old cheapo headset but it’s incredibly buzzy and Nob thinks I sound like I have a mouthful of bees (ALL THE NIGHTMARES)
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D= Beeius
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SENNHEISER \o/
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I… just realised how much I’ve spent for basic ‘headset’ functionality :S
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Oh man Sennheisher so much <3 for that brand.
I’ve quilted flowers 8 times today. 3 different types of flowers a a few times each. I have one left to do. And then tomorrow I can start learning how to quilt feathery leaves. It’s my first time following one of my online classes and doing everything in it instead of just watching and extracting snippets of information to help me on whatever other project I’m working on. It’s kind of cool, but I’m not exactly a flower person. Can’t wait until leaves tomorrow because GREEN. 😛
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Green’s an excellent colour, any one who claims otherwise is batshit crazy!
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😀
Just started playing Halo 4, first impressions (after approx. 5 mins gameplay):
Dhvpxgvzr riragf va zl Unyb? Rjjj…
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Lrnu, vg’f rira jbefr va pb-bc, orpnhfr bayl cynlre bar qbrf nalguvat. Cynlre 2 fvgf gurer yvzcyl.
Gunaxshyyl gurl zber be yrff fgbc unccravat, sebz jung V’ir cynlrq.
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I was hoping AC3 might turn up today and Halo maybe tomorrow — the latter was sent out a bit early by ozgameshop. That new mechanic doesn’t dull my enthusiasm, but I need to play before exams and studying and stuff. ;-;
And the prices are good, but I don’t understand how I can send stuff to the Netherlands and it’ll turn up in 4 days ‘n then stuff from the UK always takes more than a week. 😐
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It’s more or less thanks to the perilous journey. http://www.procrastoonation.com/archives/109
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Funnily enough, that could be true.
Once I had a package sit in Botany for 27 days — UPS claimed to have tried to deliver on 5 occasions and were on the verge of sending it back saying no-one was ever home to collect. Half a dozen phone calls later, a woman from UPS was extremely helpful and apologised and promised to sort things out (she did! Turns out there’s a contractor in my area who’s known to be lazy). The next day a long-haired guy in a puffy Seinfeld-like pirate shirt rocked up to deliver a battered ‘n deformed box. I excused the guy, thinking he was caught up in some pirate-related incident on the high seas… but maybe I’m not giving
my packagethe parcel enough credit. Poor guy.Also, Sughly needs to make more comics. It’s not like he has a fun ‘n well-reviewed game to keep working on or anything.
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More comics, more of the time! Adventure games too! 😀
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Obligatory “Who’s this guy?” post 😛
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I’d down-vote you, but I don’t want people to know.
… be right back, creating an alternate account that I can trash people with — I’ll even stage arguments with myself and no-one will ever suspect a thing.
(It is nice to see a lot of familiar people still hanging around. I’ve sort of lurked and been reading articles without commenting for a long time, and that anyone remembers makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside 😛 )
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Well I could hardly forget you. You were Tatooine in Kotaku Wars! 😛
Man, I can’t believe that was (almost) 2 years ago already…now I feel old…
Also, also, I may (or may not) have my own secondary account, one that I sometimes use to talk to myself… *shifty eyes* 😛 -
Plot twist:
V nz ynzobzna.
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Hey, spoilers! 😛
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sjbr robut: B zy szybwyzh.
PFFT joke ruined by Ambrose edit :'(
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Sorry — fixed. 😛
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Qba’g jbeel, gurl bayl unccra guerr be sbhe gvzrf qhevat gur jubyr tnzr. Gurl’er nyy cerggl fvzcyr gbb, whfg bar ohggba cerff. V unir gb nqzvg gubhtu V snvyrq gurz n srj gvzrf orpnhfr V xrcg cerffvat gur jebat gevttref be ohzcref.
Hi.
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Hi. How’s Scree today?
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Better.
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That’s good to hear.
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Hey scree! What’s new?
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Um, nothing.
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Haha! Same here. We both have the best stories! 😀
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Completely. =D
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What about you SmurfyDog? Hey! Any new stories to tell?
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It is a public holiday today in Melbourne. Some horse race or something. So I went to a friends house, and we all went to the Pub in the afternoon. Racing form-guides were consulted, we pretended we knew what we werre doing, bets were placed and fun times were had.
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Damn you guys and your public holidays. Made for a quiet day here, for sure! 😀
Sounds like a good day, though!
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South Park delayed….
:'(
…Now I’ll have to freeze myself…
Whatever happened to that XCOM FPS that was announced at E3 last year? was the game canned or something? I haven’t heard anything in awhile.
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Last month there was a rumour that 2K are making it into a third person thing instead, might be a downloadable title like Alan Wake’s American Nightmare and I Am Alive as well.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if they reduce the budget to a DLC release the title does seem like a big risk for a multi platform game.
Hopefully we hear some confirmations eventually.
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Just finished Halo 4. It completely lived up to my hype. 343 Industries have done a great job. I love how they’ve managed to expand the series lore while at the same time respecting what was already there and what Bungi had already made. I love how they managed to give the Chief more personality while at the same time not really changing his character at all. It really felt like a game that was made by fans of the series. I haven’t tried the multiplayer yet, that’s next on my to do list. Hopefully it’s also fun.
Now some rot13 stuff. I wouldn’t recommend reading it unless you’ve finished the game (which at this point, I imagine would be very few of you, I’m still going to post it though) because it contains major spoilers.
Cneg bs zr ernyyl, ernyyl jnagf gurz gb oevat Pbegnan onpx orpnhfr vg’f whfg abg Unyb jvgubhg ure. Znfgre Puvrs naq Pbegnan ner va zl bcvavba gur terngrfg tnzvat grnz hc naq V’q yvxr gung gb pbagvahr vagb shgher Unyb tnzrf. Ba gur bgure unaq, V fbeg bs qba’g jnag gurz gb oevat ure onpx orpnhfr vg pbhyq srry ernyyl purrfl naq cbbeyl qbar ohg nyfb orpnhfr V’z vagrerfgrq ubj gur Puvrs’f fgbel jvyy hasbyq jvgubhg ure.
V qba’g guvax gurl’yy oevat ure onpx. V guvax ure qrngu naq gur jubyr guvat nobhg jurgure be abg gur Puvrs’f n znpuvar vf tbvat gb or gurve jnl bs ribyivat uvf punenpgre fb ur’f ab ybatre whfg n fbyqvre. V pna frr cebcre sevraqfuvcf jvgu uhzna punenpgref naq znlor rira ebznagvp eryngvbafuvcf va gur Puvrs’f shgher, gubhtu gur jubyr ebznapr guvat qbrfa’g znxr frafr sbe n Fcnegna 2 V vzntvar gurl’yy rvgure ergpba gung be pbzr hc jvgu fbzr jnl vg’f cbffvoyr.
Nf sbe jung gur shgher pbasyvpgf jvyy or, V pna’g rira thrff. Guvf vf fhccbfrq gb or gur fgneg bs n gevybtl, ohg vg qvqa’g srry yvxr vg jnf frg hc sbe bar. Ng svefg V gubhtug gur jubyr gevybtl jbhyq raq hc gnxvat cynpr ba gung Sberehaare cynarg, ohg gura gurl tbg bss vg. Gura V gubhtug gur jubyr gevybtl jbhyq or nobhg gelvat gb fgbc gung rivy Sberehaare, gura gur Puvrs fgbccrq uvz. Abj V whfg qba’g xabj. V’q ernyyl yvxr na rkcynangvba sbe gur Pbiranagf orunivbhe va gur tnzr, fb znlor gung pbhyq or n sbphf sbe 5 naq 6. V’q ybir gb frr gur Neovgre ernccrne ng fbzr cbvag nf na nyyl.
Nyfb ernyyl tynq gur Sybbq qvqa’g fubj hc. Sebz gur fperrafubg cbfgrq n juvyr ntb ba Xbgnxh V gubhtug gurl jbhyq, juvpu V qvqa’g ernyyl jnag ng nyy fvapr V fcrag guerr tnzrf trggvat evq bs gurz. V thrff gurl’yy or va zhygvcynlre bayl. Cneg bs vasrpgvba zbqr be fbzrguvat (V qba’g rira xabj vs Unyb 4 unf gung. 3 qvq naq vg jnf njrfbzr, fb ubcrshyyl 4 jvyy nf jryy. V pna’g erzrzore vs vg jnf n cneg bs Ernpu).
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You finished it already o.o
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I didn’t intend to finish it today, but once I started playing I found I couldn’t stop but for a couple 15 minute breaks to stretch and get some air. I was just having too much fun.
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Plus he didn’t want to make a promise to a girl he couldn’t keep.
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We all know that when he makes a promise.
He keeps it.
#Halo3 #ShootMyWayOutMixThingsUpALittle
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haha fair enough! Yeah I hear ya there man, gettin so involved in a game you’re unaware of everything else. Feels good at times.
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When Portal 2 came out I played through the whole thing in one sitting. I didn’t start playing until late in the evening and by the time I finished the game it was half way into the next day. I try and avoid doing stuff like that, take things in moderation and all that, but there are some games, and I’d also extend this to books, TV and movies, that you just get so absorbed in you can’t bear to stop and you lose track of time. In moderation, these binges are rather enjoyable.
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Oh man when anyone says ‘in moderation’ all I can think about is Wil Andersons skit from the Montreal comedy festival where he mentions how Aussies would take the phrase ‘drinking in moderation’ as it’s a new club in the city and we should go get pissed there!
But yeah those binges are awesome, I only do them on occasions to, because they ain’t always kind on the body.
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Maybe I should kick start myself into the campaign if you think it is that good, I’ve been too busy deciding between DMR or the Battle Rifle for my preferred loadout.
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Maybe it’s just the newness of it, but I think it’s one of my favourite Halo campaigns. In terms of characterisation, I think it’s better than any of Bungie’s Halos.
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It’s weird, I found the events in Halo 3/Reach to be more memorable, but the character interactions in 4 are so much better.
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Woah, finished already! How many hours did it take you?
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Around 7 – 8 playing on normal. Your mileage may vary depending on your own skill level and the difficulty you play on.
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Took me and HindenLagen about 6-7 hours co-op on Heroic. But then again, we’ve recently been practicing with Legendary runs with Iron skull, so it took us less time than it might take others. And we weren’t exactly hunting for secrets, either.
Does Master Chief talk? I can’t remember if he does or not but I’ve only played Halo 2, 3 and ODST (I don’t think he was even in this one?) and I recall him being mute.
In this day and age silence protagonists just seem a bit… I dunno, dated and old?
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He talks. He’s always talked. It’s his face you never see. He wasn’t in ODST and one of the characters you played as, the Rookie, didn’t talk (from memory).
Though he probably talks more in 4 than he does in any previous game.
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He talked in 2/3? I probably forgot then 😛
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Book spoilers below:
Pbivr orunivbhe rkcynvarq va gur obbxf Tynffynaqf naq Guhefqnl Jne: onfvpnyyl, n ohapu bs ryvgrf ner qvffngvfsvrq jvgu gur Neovgre’f yrnqrefuvc naq uvf gerngl jvgu gur uhznaf, naq fb fgntrq n eroryyvba. Bar bs gurfr rfpncrq pncgher ol uhznaf, sbhaq gur ybpngvba bs Erdhvrz naq yrnearq bs n Sberehaare pnyyrq gur Qvqnpg jub qrfcvfrq uhznaf. Urapr, ur enyyvrq nyy gur onpxjngre lbxry Pbivrf jub fgvyy fnj gur Sberehaare nf tbqf, gbbx n wnhag gb Erdhvrz, naq wbvarq gur Qvqnpg.
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Figured it would be something like that. I really should get around to reading all the books. I’ve read three of them but that was years ago.
It’s sooooo freaking pretty, and everything sounds so beefy.
I do have a few issues though…
Ur’f orra tbar sbe 5 lrnef naq whfg npprcgf gur punatrf jvgubhg dhrfgvba?
Yvxr, jub ner gurfr Fcnegna 4f… naq jurer qvq gurl pbzr sebz?
Jung’f guvf oenaq arj zrpu gung V xabj ubj gb cvybg.
Ubj pbzr gur syntfuvc bs gur HAFP syrrg qbrfa’g unir na NV?
Ur qbrfa’g rira nfx nobhg gur bgure Fcnegna 2f… va gur obbxf gurer ner nobhg 5 yrsg enggyvat nebhaq, naq ur qbrfa’g rira jbaqre nobhg gurz?
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All good points, I guess if I had to come up with answers for them:
Gb nafjre lbhe svefg dhrfgvba, gur fbeg bs crefba ur vf, jub ur jnf envfrq gb or, vf fbzrbar jub pna nqncg gb nal fvghngvba. Ur jbhyqa’g or zhpu bs n fbyqvre vs ur pbhyqa’g nqncg gb gur hacerqvpgnovyvgl bs gur onggyrsvryq nsgre nyy. Gurer’f nyfb gur snpg gung abg zhpu unf punatrq. Gurer’f n srj arj jrncbaf ur arrqf gb trg hfrq gb, ohg ur’f fgvyy svtugvat gur Pbiranag, fgvyy rkcybevat n fgenatr nyvra jbeyq. Ynfgyl, jura fcnpr geniry pbzrf vagb cynl gvzr fgnegf gb unir qvssrerag zrnavatf.
Sbe lbhe arkg dhrfgvba, ur’q unir xabja sbe n juvyr gung gurer jrer bgure Fcnegna’f orra znqr nsgre gur 2f. Gur Fcnegna 3’f unq orra nebhaq sbe n juvyr nsgre nyy. Orpnhfr bs gung, V pna’g frr gur Fcnegna 4’f nf pbzvat nf gbb zhpu bs n fhecevfr.
Jura vg pbzrf gb xabjvat arj grpuabybtl, gung’f n ceboyrz V svaq n ybg bs tnzrf unir, yvxr ZR2 naq Furcneq xabjvat nyy nobhg urngfvaxf. V rvgure whfg bireybbx gung fghss be V vzntvar gung gung grpuabybtl rkvfgrq qhevat gur gvzr bs rneyvre tnzrf ohg jr whfg arire tbg gb frr vg. Vg’f nyfb pbaprvinoyr gung gur zrpuf unq orra va qrirybczrag sbe frireny lrnef naq gur Fcnegna’f, nf uhznavgvrf ryvgr fbyqvref, jrer genvarq va gurve hfr orsber gurl jrer ernql sbe gur onggyrsvryq fb gung jura gurl jrer ernql gurl pbhyq whfg whzc va naq fgneg hfvat gurz.
Gur fuvc abg univat na NV vf n cerggl ovt guvat.
Nf sbe uvz abg nfxvat nobhg gur bgure Fcnegna 2’f, V thrff zl nafjre jbhyq or, jul jbhyq ur nfx? Vg nyy pbzrf qbja gb ubj ur ertneqf fbyqvrevat naq gur fbeg bs fbyqvre ur jnf envfrq gb or. Vs gurl’er qrnq, gung fhpxf, ohg vg’f gb or rkcrpgrq. Fbyqvref qvr naq gurl qvrq qbvat gurve wbo. Vs gurl’er nyvir, ur xabjf gurl’er bhg gurer qbvat jung Fcnegna’f jrer envfrq gb qb, or fbyqvref. Ur qbrfa’g arrq gb xabj gur qrgnvyf bs gur nffvtazrag’f gurl’er ba orpnhfr ur’f ab vaibyirq va gurz. Guvf fbeg bs zvaqfrg vf gbhpurq ba n ovg va Unyb 4, abg whfg jvgu gur Puvrs ohg jvgu gur Fcnegna 2f va trareny.
Gurer’f nyfb gur cbffvovygl gung n ybg bs guvf jvyy or qrnyg jvgu va n obbx be pbzvp be fbzrguvat. Va gur bevtvany Unyb, vg whfg sbphfrf ba gur Puvrs’f rkcybvgf naq lbh arire ernyyl frr jung gur bgure uhznaf ner qbvat. Va gur obbx vg tbrf vagb qrgnvy nobhg uhznavgl frggvat hc n onfr ba gur Evat naq pbbeqvangvat nggnpxf ntnvafg gur Pbiranag naq Sybbq. Jr pbhyq frr fbzrguvat fvzvyne sbe Unyb 4.
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Before I translate that, how spoilery is it… I think I’m only about half way through the campaign.
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Sorry for the late reply. It’s not very spoilery at all. I don’t really talk about Halo 4’s plot, it’s really just my speculation and interpretation to come up with answers to your questions.
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@ Greenius – re; the headphones question. Listen to Virus. Those Audio Technica headphones have a great reputation, and combined with a desktop mic for gaming/teamspeak, you couldn’t ask for a better combo for twice the price.
If I was still catching public transport, (only time I really use headphones outside the house) I’d jump on that deal right now.
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I did re-consider it but I dunno 😛
My main concern apart from them being actually good or not is whether they’ve been cheaper before. I hate knowing that I’m not paying relatively the best price I can for something.
Also still not a fan of the design. Seems a bit big and I have a pretty small head 😛
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They may have been cheaper before, and they may be cheaper in future, but they’re a great price right now, AND they provide an excellent solution to your problem.
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Also if you’re going to be using them in public, please get closed headphones! (ie. Headphones where people sitting next to you can’t hear what you’re listening too :P)
Admittedly I’m not very educated in this area, but I do know that! I bought a pair of open headphones when they were cheap and I didn’t know the difference. It was like I mounted speakers on the sides of my face! 😛 (Though now I have a relatively cheap Audio Technica pair, which are really cool looking. They’re very shiny! Literally! A mirror!)
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Yeah! That’s one of the things I don’t like about it. I don’t want to disturb other people just as I don’t want to be disturbed by them and their loud music.
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That is the cheapest I have ever seen such a high quality pair of headphones. Their RRP here is around the same price as a pair of HD555’s by Sennheiser which is around 220 bucks. So yeah, massive saving.
But you don’t really want headphones for public in my opinion, they’re bulky, and you’re more unaware of your surrounds with both ears covered up with noise cancelling phones. Which is not something I personally recommend for use in public, honestly. That’s why I prefer ear buds, whilst private, they also let in some of the ambient noises from your surrounds. That’s if you don’t buy in ear/noise cancelling ones of course.
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True… a lot of crazies on the bus 😛
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GUYS GUYS GUYS!
Y U NO READ FINE PRINT! Can’t be shipped outside the US 😛
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Cause I never saw the fine print =(
Always those shipping places that deal with that stuff who then send it to you from the states lol.
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Yeah not worth it when that other pair was $112 delivered 😛
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Hah!
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Now you’re just getting all technical and stuff! 😛
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He’s like excusius tonight!
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Dang, still have to go to work tomorrow instead of quitting in a suit made of $100 notes.
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I dislike this. Oh well!
So yeah, it’s 164 bucks for general admission tickets for Black Sabbath, sure you get the new album with said purchase.. But do I really want to see Sabbath without Bill Ward or Vinny Appice on drums?
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Of course you do. It will be awesome!
But $164 awesome? Not too sure. Only one way to find out.-
I can get nosebleed seats for 133 lol.
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Mystery Question Fun Time:
You know the drill!
…but this time… DOUBLE WHAMMY! Two mystery Yes/No questions!
To be fair I’ll take the first two proper answers and they can’t come from the same person.
Go forth minions!
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Definitely not!
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Definitely not going to read my marketing exam notes tonight! Thanks Smurfy 🙂
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Unrelated:
I usually shave whenever I need to go out but since I grow facial hair slowly it’s pretty much only a once a week thing. I haven’t shaved for nearly 2 weeks now and it’s getting pretty long. It’s not a beard but I do have a bit of a mo going on with a bunch of random long strands here and there and a bunch on my chin, looks a bit silly but I’ve decided to keep it for a while. This is going to be interesting…
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Haha! Soon every damn guy on this site is gonna have a beard. It all links back to Shiggy… or Hellscream! 😀
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It won’t be a good beard, I can assure you of that!
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Same here, my stubble looks presentable for two weeks tops. Then, the unpleasentness begins. 😛
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Nah my like for facial hair stems back to rockstars that have some bitchin’ facial hair take ZZ Top for example, even the drummer who doesn’t have a beard still technically does, since his last name is beard!
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Haha! Yeah, I’ve been doing the stubble thing for as long as I’ve been able to. Makes me look less like a twelve year old. 😀
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Haha, I always think when I have some decent facial hair goin that i’ll shave it into something more respectable like a goatee, I never do though.
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…and more of a druggie!
@Virus – I Googled ZZ Top :O
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haha! Gillette offered both Billy & Duty a million dollars each to shave their beards off..
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The fact that the only beardless member of ZZ Top is named Frank Beard has won me points in several trivia nights!
I’ve sported a goatee since I was about 18, (many moons ago) but the full beard only came when I was about to get my motorbike lisence. Silly, I know. But now I have it I can’t get rid of it.
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\o/ useless facts are great to know aren’t they!
When you got the bike license did you get tats, piercings & joined a local MC? haha. I joke. Beards are cool, can be itchy though.
Random beard fact; It turns out that Costa from Gardening Australia is jealous of the beard sported by the property manager at my dads mate’s property out at Leyburn. I found that quite funny.
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THAT guy can be jealous of someone else’s beard!?
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Yep haha. Timbsy has a badass beard, possibly on par or better than what the members of ZZ Top have.
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Another definitely not!
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Definitely not going to play XCOM then! 😛
I’ve managed to play a lot of Starcraft lately. It’s actually pretty weird how I keep putting off playing despite the fact that I really enjoy it.
Part of it seems to be that I just laugh it off when things go wrong. I’m bad at this game, no denying it. No point getting mad. Better to laugh at the derpy shit that beats me.
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Hey, Trjn. In case you missed it, Saturday’s meat is back at Cyber City instead of Hellscream’s place! Competitive Starcraft would probably break my spirit. Haha!
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I didn’t know it was changed from Cyber City.
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😀 Disregard then!
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Weird animation Blaghsy saying things thing, feel free to ignore:
So it clicked today one of the things I always found so off with lip synching and facial animation in games. Now, there are a few exceptions, but in general, models seem not to have lips. They will have these lips just sort of… painted on to their face. I want you to go watch the firsts Toy Story. No, no, I’ve got time. But while you do, watch everyone’s mouths. They have this weird resemblance to Gary’s Mod animations. Their mouths are just sort of going through the motions, and they have no lip depth to speak of(this one’s noticeable since they fixed it for 2 and 3). Obviously, this is a limit of the technology, but while playing Halo 4 today, I noticed that the characters actually seemed to have lips that do lip things.
They do them a little wrong, and when it’s not a cutscene they’re normal game levels of dodgy, but it really stood out to me that their mouths moved so much more like mouths than anything I’ve played at all recently.
Since this is rather long, and is about some element that I doubt anyone else cares about, have a picture of an adorable kitten.
Edit: Alright, now I feel bad. So I’ve got a picture of a baby Aye Aye(they’re a type of Lemur, native to Madagascar).
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That picture made me flinch for real. Just for that I’m going to ignore your post. (And wait for you to change it so I look foolish. :P)
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Blaghman! You tricked me!
Also, I actively try to not look at the technological shortcomings of my favourite movies. Ignorance is bliss and all that. I like my rose-tinted world, dammit!
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Read post. Clicked on picture as a reward. Read D.C.’s comment first though. Was still surprised. Conclusion: monstrosity.
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The filename also kinda hinted that it wasn’t going to be an adorable kitten 😛
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Blagh earned some street cred, stuff like that didn’t have to be vetted…
Everything I thought I knew about him was a lie, alas.
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I have a long and storied history with that image.
I first used it in 2008, while in year 11. I was doing a presentation on Climate Change(and the class itself was simply something that I had to pass, it didn’t have grades), and I filled it with pictures of cute animals.
I put a picture of a friend of mine in there(with an annotation requesting that nobody ask about the picture), and that image. A few people in the class actually cringed.
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Aw, it’s just a bad photo! Poor thing just needs some more flattering lighting!
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I’d say what it needed was a flattening.
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Fire! 😀
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Well, that’s…uh…nice….
Hey, TAY.
Do you have something that you’re into the other people would find obscure?
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ADVENTURE GAMES! THEME PARKS! (I’ve been to Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Orlando, Islands of Adventure, Six Flags: Magic Mountain, Knott’s Berry Farm, Dreamworld and Movie World. :D)
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FanFiction – specifically Harry potter, although I’ve read a bit from other fandoms as well. In the last couple of years I’ve gotten into it in a big way. I have a huge pile of shame for books that I haven’t touched simply because I’ve found so many great fanfic stories to read. I’ve given up trying to explain the appeal to most people. Mum’s ok, but she’s always been the most understanding of my “nerdy” pastimes. Trying to explain it to my dad, sister or friends is just a waste of breath
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Even mapped out the ideas for a story of my own but haven’t done anything further on it. (Definitely not Project Nova) The only creative writing I’ve ever done is the stuff you’re forced to do through high school English classes and it was always pretty terrible.
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I like to collect abstract pieces of art of Pope John Paul the Second, and I keep them all in a shoebox.
Okay, no, not really. I am a really, really, boring person. Like, super boring.
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Thank god, I was wondering who kept buying those pieces at auction.
Also, I am quite possibly more boring.
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I’d say my taste in music alienates myself from the people around me more than anything.
The thing is, I don’t listen to it so I can alienate myself. It’s something to be shared.Aside from that, videogames, to be perfectly honest.
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I play bagpipes…
/thread.
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Yes.
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I’m a big fan of the Worms games and Resident Evil. Sometimes I feel so alone…
So a few of you got subjected to my whining last night on TS about how terrible my work day was yesterday. Apparently my bad day hadn’t ended yet. Just as I was going to sleep I got a call from the boss. Guess who’s at work 3 hours before their shift starts this morning. Gorzy is!
If today goes like yesterday there is a good chance I’ll lose my temper. I haven’t done that since year 5.
Edit: Damn, now I feel bad for depressing page get.
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That sucks man, do you get to finish earlier or get paid extra. Surely there is some kind is silver-lining.
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I do get paid the extra hours.
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upvoting for solidarity, hang in there man
Ok so I think I got something like 30 tweets last night in what I assume was in regards to the Brismeat, rather then me sifting through them (because I’m lazy) could someone tell me what the plan is?
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I think there’s a Meat happening in Brisbane.
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Freeze made a joke about 9pm, no one got it. We sent him a dozen tweets making sure he knew that we didn’t get it. Haha! Also, Brisbane meat on Saturday night after Supanova at Cyber City in The Valley. Don’t think we’ve worked out a time yet.
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I believe there’s also a Sydney meat this saturday to watch Doc What’s zombie movie!
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Has a location been found/decided on for this yet?
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You’ll have to ask the good Doc about that one. All I know is that something, somewhere is happening this Saturday 😛
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In recent weeks, I’ve been thinking about what I would like to do with my professional life if financial burdens were eased enough for me to look around.
* For a while, the option of returning to uni and becoming a primary school teacher was discussed, and it’s still on the table.
* Returning to uni to complete my PhD, and maybe going into academia afterwards (probably not though, though I would enjoy the PhD part)
* This one appeared in my mind out of left field a couple of weeks ago, and it is really growing on me. I think I would really enjoy this: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/set-up-book-publishing-company-2424.html
So, TAY. I want to know your dream job occupation, if money was no object (you can say rock star or whatever if you want, but I’m more interested in what you would realistically do if you had financial security).
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I wouldn’t get a job, I’d just keep on studying things I’m interested in.
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I changed the above to occupation to broaden the field a little.
What would you study?
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Psychology would be the main thing. Also history.
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Nothing… consistent. If I wasn’t dependent on a job stability, I’d just swap around each month/week/whatever and do what I want to do at any given time. Within reason, of course — depends on what’s available, I won’t be driving a taxi one week and CEO of Microsoft the next… but it’s more about wanting to do something to feel productive rather than aspiring to do something because it’s the one thing that interests me most.
Flexibility. That’s what I want — I get bored if I’m not doing something new, so I’d just enjoy the flexibility to do… anything. 😀
If that’s a cheap answer, some sort of travel industry… thing. Something that gives me an excuse to roam around so that I don’t have to do it separately to work. 😐
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Well… my current dream job is what I’ve been studying to do at Uni the past 4 years. Though I guess that’s kind of expected 😛 I never really had fantasies of becoming an astronaut or anything as a kid. So even if I didn’t have to work, I would like to think I’d still be in the same position.
EDIT: Actually, scratch that. I just remembered that as a kid I wanted to be a paleontonologist. Why not both!?
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Game designer, indie or otherwise.
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My first thought was “author”. I picture myself like Ian Fleming, writing 3,000 words in the morning and drinking martinis in the evening.
But I probably would need something to exercise my mind and some sort of professional responsibility to keep me disciplined. Some sort of professional consultancy would be perfect – being brought in to a difficult problem but others having broader responsibility for the project. I recently made a big change at work and moved from litigation to advisory so I’m already on my way to achieving that!
Just need to get writing…
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Awesome. Sorry man, I know it’s not the same, but I flashed on Monty Python: transitioning from banking to lion taming via insurance. 😛
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Honestly there is no particular occupation that I would pursue. I’ve always liked the idea of scuba dive instructor.. dive master at some resort or similar, but what I need is something that keeps my brain active. I enjoy coaching/mentoring and diving is something that I enjoy and wish i could spend more time on.
I really thrive in problem solving and getting stuff done so would just want to keep that part of my brain active so not really sure. I’ve always worked toward a job where I had the stability and freedom to pursue my interests outside of work. I find this to be a better balance.
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Open a jazz bar. In Sydney this is a pretty good option – small license venues aren’t expensive and the few jazz bars around are extremely popular.
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That’s cool.
You’re into jazz?
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I have absolutely no idea but it would have to be something that gives my brain a regular workout. If only I could find a way to get a job like that from where I currently am. But if I don’t know what I want, I don’t know where I can start looking for it.
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My “get away from it all” / “head in the sand” job though is caretaker of a large property. A small cosy cabin, lawn mowing, hedge trimming, sweeping, fence repairs.
Day off yesterday, so I spent it playing the biggest game release of this year: Mechwarrior Online 😀
So yeah my copy of Halo 4 didn’t show up Monday so I battlemech’d it up for the day. Made about 3 million credits in a single day and im *this* close to being able to ditch the trial mechs and buying my first Hunchback 😀
I still lose more games than I win, and to many die-hard MWO players I’m probably a stinking PUG, but I’m enjoying myself nonetheless.
edit again: yeah no idea how that posted mid-sentence hahaha 😛
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Best.
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OH GOD THE SUSPENSE.
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Hrmm, I got more responses when I posted half a sentence. Perhaps I should make my posts more dramatic and
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… WHAT?! AND WHAT?! D:
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AND WHAT? MORE DRAMATIC AND WHAT?!
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I still need to give MWO a go, but still have far too many things above it. By the time I get a chance I’ll have a WiiU, so that could be a while off. Bit of a shame, cause I’m hearing tonnes of good things from the TAYbies that are playing it.
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I will admit it is not a game for everyone, the learning curve is hella steep and if you’re playing with a bunch of randoms you are going to lose against a grouped team almost every time. Not to mention the game only gives XP to people playing non-trial mechs, so either you pay real cash and buy a mech, or do what I did and use the trials as a training period until you have enough cash to buy a proper mech.
So yeah, TL;DR version is that if you’re playing alone and not paying cash, prepare yourself for an exercise in patience.
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Guys. Guys.
How good is Halo 4? Personally, I’m extremely happy. I felt 343 would do a good job but I honestly wasn’t expecting *this*. I really love the multiplayer too. I’m interested in how ill find it once the players all settle into one or two cheap tactics and how 343 responds to that. Bungie were always sort of encouraging of annoying players.
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I will let you know when it arrives in the mail.
Funny thing actually, I preordered through JB-HiFi and they emailed me yesterday saying that as thanks for ordering Halo 4 off them online they’re sending me a free copy of Halo 3 as well. Go figure.-
My halo 3 campaign sort of glitched and it doesn’t recognise that I finished one of the levels. So I’m one level away from finishing the game on normal. I really should just go finish it off. It shows me as finishing it on easy for some reason and that’s just kind of embarrassing for my service record! I usually do at least normal, with several levels on heroic and a level or two on legendary (never really got into the legendary stuff – find it just a bit too hard, despite considering myself a half decent player).
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So you’re saying that you still need to
*puts on sunglasses*
finish the fight?
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Scratch that, my copy just showed up now 😀
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HALO FIGHTS!
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NO!
NO!
Not allowed to talk about how good that game is because I can’t afford to board the hype train at this stage! AND I WANT THAT GAME SO BADLY-
I sort of dodged the hype train until the reviews started hitting and reviewers were like “OMG best halo”. Then my hype really peaked when I was loading the campaign at home – which is handy, because I was seconds away from playing it.
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I haven’t played the multi yet, but yes, the game is good. Really good.
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I’ve seen people worried about the multi (well; mostly Mark Serrels on twitter, but that’s important as he’s a stalwart halo player). But the changes really suit what *I* like about Halo and gloss over what I don’t like about Halo – some people like the rush to the power weapon, and dominating a corner of the map with it; it’s about map knowledge and map control. That’s always irked me. I love the weapon feel, the shootouts, rounding a corner and seeing two people shooting each other and getting the cheap double kill. Halo 4 has really focused on that aspect. Map knowledge and map control will still dominate – they’ve just made it a lot easier to enjoy if you’re new or can’t play a lot or don’t have a good team.
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I have to admit, I’m a bit concerned with the multi. What I really liked about Halo 3’s multi was that there were no classes, perks, specialisations, loadouts or anything like that. Everyone loaded in on equal footing and it was up to a players own skill whether the succeeded or not. I loved how I could change my playstyle on the fly by picking up a new weapon or hoping into a vehicle, unlike other games that first require you to die before you can change your class and use certain weapons.
When Reach introduced loadouts and armour skills, I didn’t really like it. The armour skills were cool, but I didn’t like how they’d turned the multi into a class based game. My understanding is 4 has something similar (I really haven’t looked into it). I did enjoy Reach’s multi well enough, so I’m willing to give 4’s a decent go, but it disappoints me how all FPS’s seem to have moved to becoming classed based games.
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My only problem with the non-loadout Halo is that it was very easy to get dominated early by a team who grabbed all the battle rifles, and be spawn-camped into the next match.
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I agree. I love everyone being on an even footing, but in classic Halo it was very easy to just get dominated by a good team. There was little you could do to counter a well-placed team who have the power weapons. Or not even the power weapons – as Cracks said, just owning the BR was enough.
Reach went too far the other way by giving everyone the DMR. It just became DMR slayer, DMR slayer, DMR slayer.
I really, really, like where Halo 4 is going with its multi.
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YES! Started campaign yesterday afternoon, finished it at 2 am and spent the next few hours in multi. BTB has hooked me back into halo, which I love! If you’re on at all today feel free to join for a few matches. GT is vv NOMAD vv
I’m gonna ramble:
At first I was interested in Halo because I was a Bungie fan, going back to Marathon/Myth days. It looked like it covered themes and settings that were similar enough to Marathon to get me interested, but then once I started playing I was hooked.
Four sequels and it stayed largely the same (not necessarily a bad thing, though I enjoyed ODST because it was a bit different), but I thought Bungie were increasingly arrogant and stagnating towards the end… and the community around them seemed to be growing more immature over time — I was extremely happy when 343i took over and Bungie said they were moving on to other things. A change was great, and even better because it was a studio Microsoft spent 3 years building before they started work on a game.
All the little bits I accidentally gleamed looked/sounded great and I’m still waiting for Post to deliver my copy, but since it was announced… I’ve been convinced it would mean bigger and better things — it’s awesome to hear people saying that, but it’s killing me not to be playing yet. ;-;
When I see the Bret McKenzie ad to the side, all I wanna do is post this again. 😀
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LOVE IT (AGAIN)
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THIS TOO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk
Watching it for the first time, and loving it. -
Bret McKenzie won an Oscar.
Jemaine did not.
Morning everyone.
So, I haven’t really had a very productive set of days.
I’m thinking I should remedy that, but at the same time, i feel quite tired.
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Morning Scree,
Doing stuff is the worst! =P
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Well it won’t work now =P We’re going out D=
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Morning
I’m going to channel Greenius and have a mystery question/answer time.
It’s not yes or no, though. Just say the first word that comes into your head and the first one that fits or inspires the answer to my conundrum wins. But not a prize or anything. Because I’m mean. 😛
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Feedback loop!
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Guinea pigs.
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Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spammity spam, wonderful spam!
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And we have a winner!
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\o/ I think?
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Pokémon!
(I hope this is to inspire a new quilt or something :P)
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Pokemon quilt would be awesome. 😀
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Patchwork it with all 649, and then just as you finish a new game is announced and there’s another 100+ to add 🙂
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If I left out all the ugly ones, that would make it waaaay more manageable. 😉
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Yes.
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Haberdashery.
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Penicl
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it’s not worth your time, move on and play Xenoblade instead
🙂
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Seven.
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Okay, so I just wanted to know what to have for breakfast. Shane’s SPAM and Hugo’s SKYRIM (sweetrolls!) translates to pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. 😀
If you two can get here in an hour there might still be some left for you. 😛
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Also, looking at your responses in terms of eating was…disturbing, to say the least. 😛
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Damnit you Ninja’d me 🙁
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Guinea pigs and Pokemon 😛
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Spam should’ve translated into Spam, not pancakes!
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Spam translated into bacon. Because same animal.
Edit: Wait…you were being all smart and making a joke, weren’t you?
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Uh… Yes. Yes I was.
(Actually no. I’ll gladly take the credit for a hilarious joke that I unwittingly made, though)
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NO REGRETS
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Answering machine
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French Toast.
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I’ll remember that for tomorrow. 😀
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@strange
SKYRIM!
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I like your new avatar. I loved that show when I was a kid.
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Blaghman likes to sing the theme song.
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The very start of it sounds really badass.
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Ba ba Barbarian!
Ba ba Barbarian!
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You are also the winner.
I’m two-thirds of the way through Dragon Age II, and when I’ve finished it I’ll be going back to Skyrim, by the way. 😀
@strange
Yay, SKYRIM!
Always worth going back too, my over 500 hours (and still growing) invested in this game can attest to this.
@dire_wolf
I believe it truly captures my personality
*prances off into the sunrise*
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Now it all makes sense!
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So… the red part is TAY, right?
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I’m in the get-jokes part, but also do some mocking. Where do I fit?
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Well you & I fit over there in that corner, outside of the graph..
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I think you labeled your graph wrong…
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I’m in the blue part, cause it was a pretty obvious joke 😛
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Was it word play of some sort? 😛
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Was something about 9pm right? He was joking if you’re all up past your 9pm bedtime/curfew he would come join the meat or whatever, I am pretty sure 😛 I forget the rest.
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Thoughts are so damn scattered at the moment and have no perspective about any thing. :S
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Type your scattered thoughts up and send them to someone to edit and send back to you unscattered. 😛
Seriously though, *hugasaurus*. Hope you can unscatter and find your perspective.
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🙂 I think they’re beyond any cypher known to man. Haha! Thanks, though! Sometimes I regret posting my whiny stuff seconds after clicking submit. 😀
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NO REGRETS!
Everyone vents and says their thoughts on TAY 🙂
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Imagine you’re a ninja.
That’s about it. That’s my advice.
YAY Short week \0/
Also my cross town interview is on Friday morning…
Should be interesting.
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ULTRA YAY!
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Also – good luck with interviews
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You can take the cross-town bus, if it’s rainy or it’s cold
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Good luck with the interview, man!
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Good luck!
On another note… this voting thing doesn’t work for me.
I see it and can see who voted but pressing the arrows does nothing.
#bugreport @benwhite
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Using Adblock apparently interferes with it.
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Yeah, it’s a known problem. They’re working on it though but for now I disabled AdBlock on Kotaku and it isn’t too bad 😛
Up/Down voting is pretty good though!
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Cheers for the replies
#themoreyouknow
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It’s because of Adblocker plus – it’s the same for me.
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It’s a sneaky trick to try and get people to stop using AdBlock. And find out who uses it. 😛
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I just don’t vote 😛
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FINALLY up to the Ultor missions on SR2!! 😀
Mannnn dem Samedi were soooo tough! Why the hell were a group of rasta stoners far harder to beat than the samurai japanes people and psycho bodybuilders?!
@chuloopa
They do that voodoo that they do so well.
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That they certainly do, my friend.
That they certainly do……and at one point quite literally!
If you guys could wipe any one particular type of spider off the face of the earth, what would it be?
For me it’s White-tails… mannnn i hate those guys!
ALWAYS drinking the last beer and eating the last shape…
They’re such dicks!
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Spider man. Just because I felt like being a prick.
Also, that whole movie with emo man.
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Huntsmans.
Creepy horrible things always creeping around my house creepily.
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NO! Disagree! Huntsmans (huntsmen?) kill whitetails, so they’re the good guys. They’re just misunderstood!
So, yeah. White tails.
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I agree with white-tails, those douchebags need to stop mooching and get a goddamn job.
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None really. They all have their place in the eco system, and with out them things could be altered D=
But if I could wipe out anything else it would be rabbits/hares or foxes. Especially here in Aus where they just do damage and aren’t native at all.
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If i didn’t have adblocker plus i’d downvote you so hard for your sensible reply.
*glare*-
😀
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Orb weavers, or St Andrew’s Cross, or any of those other ones that make massive webs across walkways.
Work recall, how I hate thee so much. Tried getting back into LoL after a full week of not playing it and I’m so bad again haha. I really need to put more time in to practice more.
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It should be Melbourne Cup loOoooonnnngg-weekend.
We should get the whole week off.
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I worked on Monday 😛 and the weather was horrible yesterday so I couldn’t wash the car, which makes it 3 times in a row that my car wash attempts have suffered bad omens haha
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It’s ok – i didn’t have monday off either 😛
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I’m dreading going back into LoL. I got Mitch to share is directory so I can put it back on my computer though so I should be at it again soon.
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I miss your support antics though! I’m glad you’re making a return.
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I’ve noticed that with Starcraft, I’m not getting frustrated in the slightest when I play terribly at the moment.
One of the things that stopped me playing on my initial burst was that I got placed too high. My opponents outclassed me and I was getting frustrated with one-sided games. Now I’m down in Bronze and it’s fairly even. I lose some terribly cheesy games (cannon rushed by a random with a hidden forge, losing to mass Void Rays from a guy that built a bajillion cannons at his multiple hidden expansions) and I win some games against opponents that clearly don’t know what they’re doing.
Doesn’t matter, I just laugh it off because I know that I’m terrible and can only improve.
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Yes this is the mindset I try to keep up myself, but due to fighting with the family a bit the day earlier I was still a bit shaken up in terms of mental stability, so I got angry a few times, and the lag didn’t help. 300 ping feeling like 500 at times, wasn’t fun to play Cho’gath with when you have to use delayed skills being even more delayed.
I just wish I could get some jungle coaching from somebody though, since it’s the only role that I’m horribly weak at. But yeah I’m trying to be more chill about playing LoL, since I know as much as anyone that it’s impossible to win every match.
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The colour of the big green tick when you up vote something is almost exactly the same type of green as Greenius’ avatar. I smell a plot by Greenius to take over the world! 😛
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Greenius’ taste in colour is one of his best damn attributes! I’m calling coincidence! 😛
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I’m ok with this.
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I like how most of the pages are green now : )
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SUCCESS
My comment has been posted.
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With a dash of red!
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Not on my screen 😀
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The Greenius, the Greenius
and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
Brain!-
The Greenius, the Greenius and the *Strange…
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But Strange isn’t trying to take over the world… or is there something she’s not telling us yet? 😛
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Didn’t the green horse win yesterday too?
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It did indeed.
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Today… is not a good day.
Frumpy, so to speak.
Hope everyone’s doing better so as to make up for it. Equilibrium must be maintained!
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Hope you’re okay, man! 🙂
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Hello, Alephant!
How’s your smoking thingo going? Haven’t heard an update for a while!
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I didn’t win lotto last night so I’m a little depressed about not being able to quit in a blaze of expletives and sour grapes.
Yay artbooks \o/
well, I didnt win millions of monies last night, and (because of that), I’m at work today.
COULD TODAY POSSIBLY BE ANY WORSE?!?!?!?!!
…yes, of course it could. & I’m quite thankful that having a job, even if I dislike it, and even if its not overly secure, is the worst of my problems.
hows stuff with you lot?
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‘sup 35? How goes the mo?
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Yo, DC.
the mo is still horrible & disgusting :p
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*high five for being in the same job boat*
I won lotto – but i spent it all on pogs.
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I won 1/12 of ~$130 on the work syndicate. We each put in $20.
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I am also not obscenely rich /o\
So… Spent most of the ultra-long weekend finishing off Tales of Graces f. Now my completionist side is wrestling with the fact that I don’t really want to go through the whole story again in NG+.
Maybe I’ll have a little rot13 rant tonight once I get home. By my count there’s 2 or 3 people here that have also finished it?
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Have you done the EX dungeon stuff yet? Or the arena?
EDIT: I’m assuming you’ve also finished the f chapter.
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By EX dungeon, is that the foselos thing? Because I found that after I was halfway through f when I opened the game clear save to check something else. So then it wasn’t open in f and I didn’t feel like restarting that.
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The Extra Dungeon isn’t related to the main game and IIRC you need to beat the standard Arena to unlock it (which means fighting your way up through all the levels with one character, then a 4-character boss battle against the character at the top who is a Tales of Destiny crossover character).
It’s pretty big and complicated but there’s some collectables and stuff which are only available in there eg some Carta stuff. Though I guess that’s not really very compelling since you only need 20 or so cards to unlock all the rewards from that (by which I mean, unlock the Rita costume for Cheria)
But yeah, if you want to truly 100% the game there’s a few goals. Level up enough to beat the giant turtle boss in the desert. Beat the f boss by using Blue Earth (which you will never know how to do unless you read a guide as it involves pressing specific buttons in sequence when she uses her strongest attack). Do all the inn quest things too (which requires items which are only in the extra dungeon!).
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It appears that a lot of the sidequest stuff gets locked off once you start f. Think I got the Carta to about 50 cards in that but completely missed the Rita outfit.
Made it to L26ish in the arena and figured I’d go back when I’m ‘at the end’, but it was a different arena when I went back in f.
So I guess I have to abandon the f playthrough if I want full completion?
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Day = Made
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!
http://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Movie/Regular-Show
Who’s coming? Hmm!? Hmm!?
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I’ve been meaning to check out Regular Show. If it has the Dan stamp of approval I guess I should do so soon.
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Oh man… I STILL havent checked that out. Shame on me. I will make it up by saying yes I definitely will be in on this. Shorts I’ve seen have been amazing, maybe seeing some of it for the first time on the big screen will be worth the wait
p.s. they had this for Adventure Time last week. We missed it.
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Yeah the next one is Amazing World of Gumball then Regular Show. It’s some new Cartoon Network thingy.
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Halo 4. Good.
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Halo 4: Great.
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Halo 4: Amazing.
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Halo 4: Awesome.
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Halo 4: Orgasmic.
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Halo 4: Spam worthy.
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Dire Wolf is right.
Halo 4. Halo.
Halo 4: Whats a halo and why is there four of them
For those that got the limited edition of Halo 4, what is in the silver pouch???
Because you actually have to tear it open to get to the contents, I have been somewhat hesitant.
Anyone torn this open to get to the goodies within?
What exactly are those goodies?
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Happiness.
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Aw, man. I needs to get me some of that, then!
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CHEWING GUN!
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I haven’t opened the red or silver pouches yet. I have no idea what’s in either of them.
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The red one is resealable, and contains your DLC codes. Open it, plug them in.
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A card explaining that an unopened pouch would be able to be traded for 1 million dollars in a years time and now it’s worthless because of your greed.
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Sealed artefacts from before the Mayan apocalypse?
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There’s a ‘secret letter’. I was kinda disappointed that I had to tear the packet to access it.
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From what I found online, the silver pouch contains a mission card with what I think are details for your first Spartan Ops mission, the red one contains all your digital bonuses such as Forward Unto Dawn and all that.
I’m feeling really worn out and tired today. Why can’t it be home time already?
The latest season of Dexter is annoying me slightly. Got a few great subplots there but they are cramming so many in there it’s hard to figure out which is the main and which are sub.
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Yeah agreed, still beats season 3 & 5!
Video game manuals — does anyone actually use/write in the ‘notes’ pages they leave blank at the back?
I like to keep all of my games in a near-perfect condition… open them, play them, read through anything included and try to keep it in a nice condition because I guess I collect them as much as I play them; the thought of scribbling something in the back of a game manual seems horrific to me. D:
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I like the ones where they don’t give you a manual at all and just a PDF on the disc, so then I just write on my screen.
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I won’t. It just seems wrong for some reason. I won’t even write on the notepad that came in Diablo 3’s box.
That said it was always great as a kid hiring Master System games and someone had written all the cheat codes in thy space 😛
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I remember when I used to play adventure games as a kid I thought it was a cool idea, like a detectives note book or the like. Don’t think I ever used it, though.
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I never have. I’ve never had any thing worth putting down and I also like to keep the manuals in their best condition, which means unblemished by my scribblings.
I have jotted down a few notes in Word for certain games, normally MMOs. It’s normally the locations of certain things I find while leveling up and want to remember to go back to later, like cool looking armour I might want to get for it’s appearance or something. When I was a kid I also used to plan out my Runescape character and how I’d advance it in levels and gear.
Sort of related, years ago my dad hand drew maps of every buildings interior in the Jurassic Park SNES game to help him navigate around. I thought that was pretty cool.
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Have you been to http://mapstalgia.tumblr.com/
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I used to do the hand-drawn thing with the old Bungie game ‘Pathways Into Darkness’ — I think I eventually moved on to running around each level/room just so I could video capture the design of the levels and map them out later. Crazy in hindsight. 😛
If someone remade that… I would kill to play it. Kill!
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Borderlands 2 steam page says I’m at 20/56 achievements. Achievement page only lists 53. New DLC coming sooner than expected?
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Hidden achievements.
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Nah pretty sure that’s new DLC 😛
I was at 48/50 when suddenly I was at 48/53 before the new DLC came out. The hidden ones should be included in the 50
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Next DLC is called Mr Torgue’s Kill Zone or something similar, trophies leaked on PS3
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Oh no sounds like another area type dealio 🙁
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@thecracks
Thanks for the info, may hold off on the inevitable silver packet slaughter for now.
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The info inside was kinda cool, but I also kinda wish I had an untorn packet 🙁
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Hugo, no offence but I have to ask, why do you keep starting new threads when replying to people instead of just replying to their comments?
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He can’t reply or edit properly from his computer.
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Ah, okay, fair enough.
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@dire_wolf
I can no longer reply to any comment, or edit any of my comments.
It is a pain in the arse and one of the major reasons why I have stopped commenting as much as I would like too.
Hence the annoying new bloody comment everytime I want to say something, it is a real *bad word inserted here* if I actually want to reply or have a conversation with someone 🙁
Almost considered having to give up TAY altogether, but you are all just so damn awesome, I can’t let you go 😛
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We love you too buddy!
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That’s a rather odd problem. Do you know why it’s happening?
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FatShady has the same problem. Someone else did for a while, too. If I recall correctly it may be related to using IE.
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Yeah, man. I’d prefer to have you post here, so keep it up! 😀
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I’m not as computer literate as I’d like but have you tried deleting your internet browser food? the cookies and settings and such? That would be my first step if this started happening to me.
bwahaha….
previous page I mentioned not having an overly secure job.
The school I work at is moving mid to late next year. just saw the plans for the new facilities.
no library.
well… at least I know I’m gonna be out of a job, I guess.
tempting fate eh?
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I’m sorry to hear that, man. Atleast you’ve got some pretty extensive notice, though?
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thanks man.
yeah, we’ve known this was a possibility for a while now, but its funny to get confirmation via a floorplan.aaanyway… job hunting /o\
i hate job hunting. especially in my current field. there’s either council jobs, which pay about $13K less, or jobs I’m not qualified to do. jobs in the middle ground are really scarce (roughly 1 job becomes available a month nation-wide)
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A school without a library?! What is this madness?
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The fuuuuuuuture!
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That is rather odd. Maybe they’ll have a large computer room instead and expect all the kids to get their information off the net?
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the dumb thing is, the student here arent taught how to use a library by the teacher in charge of IT (for whatever reason, information literacy & study skills fall under their jurisdiction).
rather than using our databases, or our physical collection, they use google & wikipedia. & I die a little bit every time I see a citation for a wikipedia article.
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Yeah, it seems weird. I assume it’s being replaced with more computer labs or something? I would’ve thought there would still be a need for a fiction section at least :\
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Apparently kids get supplied with iPads these days.
First of all, WHAT THE SHIT! I want a free iPad
Second of all, I assume for all fiction and stuff like that they will just use the ebook store thingie.-
theres the Fereal Governments laptops for learning, in which every student in years 9-12 gets a free laptop to use. this plan is being scrapped in 2013/14.
the iPads though… the only schools I can think of that have made them mandatory are a few private schools, & even then the students have to pay for their own.
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Indeed.
My daughter’s school just completed a major upgrade and overhaul and the first thing finished was a new, larger library.
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A school without a library, that’s just sad man 🙁
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Wha… damn, that’s really upsetting on a number of levels.
Where’s that copy of The Lesser Evil gonna go? 🙁
Edit: That was meant to be a joke, but I decided I shouldn’t joke about this. Really sorry to hear that, dude. I hope you manage to sort something out for yourself in the meantime, something a MILLION TIMES BETTER.
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If it comes to that, I’ll be taking that with me.
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That’s really sad news. Both for your job and the idea of a school with no library.
@dire_wolf
Not sure, started with one of Kotaku’s latest updates. In the top right hand corner where you are supposed to see log in register (I think, never seen them myself) all I have is please wait and the circling thinking sign. Never goes away.
Told Ben White and he gave a few suggestions, unfortunatelyy none of them have fixed the issue 🙁
@35
Ah man, that sucks the big one. I will keep an eye out for any notices and question some of the groups I’m in, unfortunately with quite a few state gov libraries closing, there isn’t a lot on offer.
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Does this happen with every single browser? The nice thing about modern computers is that if something goes wrong in one, it usually works just fine in another.
Wii U Enthusiasts! There’s a Japanese Nintendo Direct on tonight (not sure what time exactly yet) that is going over all of the Miiverse and OS features. It’s about time we got some more information on it!
EDIT: 10PM Sydney time!
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CHOO CHOO!
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Ohhh. Will it only be in Japanese? I guess I could watch it an looks at all the pretty pictures.
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Yeah, no subtitles 😛 I just watch for the pictures and the occasional number/english word…
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I can’t stop thinking about this publishing idea. The notion of starting up a publishing company is really exciting me. I think I’ve hit upon my true direction.
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You’ve found your Purpose!
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Tangled was awesome.
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Dammit, now I’m going to have to listen to its soundtrack…
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Right there with you, been on loop for ten minutes now! 😀
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In all seriousness, man. That’s awesome! I love the idea of taking your destiny into your own hands and this seems like an incredible way to do that with your writing!
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If we’d won the lotto, I would do this tomorrow. I need some breathing room with time and money before I can kick this off, but I’m going to start planning it now.
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I’m spending pretty much the rest of today making phone calls to the payroll departments of various companies. This is the least interesting part of a rather uninteresting job. /o\
EDIT: Our phones went down! It appears the office gods just don’t want me to work.
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Sounds like you need to add your own interest to it. I suggest you make the calls in a variety of silly voices, and switch voices halfway through conversations.
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You can try different accents too.
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Try and convince them they’re actually talking to two different people.
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Hooray for other people complaining about their job!
On the bright side my day hasn’t been too bad so far. Still 2 hours left though so you never know.
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Call them then put them on hold!
For those who followed my little campaign to getting Anna’s Quest made might remember that I was teasing a potential publisher getting involved in the game. Well, I wont spill on who they are just now, because I dont want to totally ruin my chances with them, but needless to say they are big in the adventure world. They contacted me out of the blue saying they liked the look of Anna’s Quest when Vol. 1 was still in development, and asked how they could get involved.
Ok, so I was pretty psyched, as you would be. I discussed the game with the guy who emailed me, he was super psyched about it, and he asked that I put together a full game design doc. So, a couple of months later I had the complete doc. Everything was there, including all the concept art. Sadly though, the guy I was emailing wasnt in that position any more, and someone else took over the conversation with me. This guy, not as excited about Anna’s Quest. Kept asking to see more of the game.
So, on I went, sending him prototype after prototype. Kept getting the same kind of thing. ‘We like it, but we can’t tell much from this. When you have more of the game to send, let us know’. Fast forward to today and I get an email from him last night saying ‘we’ve noticed vol. 1 is on sale now! We’d like to help sell it.’ I find this rather well timed, seeing as the game’s been out since September, and the 4/5 star review on AdventureGamers just went up. The last version of the game I sent them was the retail version, and they said the same stuff about wanting to see more.
TL;DR, I had a guy from a big publisher who wanted to help make Anna’s Quest, he got replaced by a guy who doesnt and is suddenly backflipping on it after the 4/5 review on AdventureGamers, and I feel a bit sad about it all
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Aw, man! I’m really sorry to hear that. Sounds like your suspicions were correct, but would it help at all getting the other instalments made do you think? Don’t feel too bad either, you made something incredible, now they want a piece of it. They might’ve screwed you around, but there might be a compliment buried there some where, maybe?
Either way, man. Do what you think is best for your game. 🙂
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I can’t really offer any advice, so I’ll just say ‘Hope it all works out for you!’
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In the end it’s your decision, of course. There’s no contractual obligation (that you mentioned) requiring you to go into business with them if they don’t really appreciate your vision. Assuming you know this, but if you don’t think it’ll be worth it, or worry about their controlling influence on the remainder of the series, you can always walk away.
Edit #: Did they mention helping you get volumes 2 and 3 out? Put you on salary, or give you an advance or something? If you put out feelers on that, it might help you measure their level of commitment to you.
Edit #: Congratulations anyway! An offer is an offer, and it’s something to celebrate, even if it’s not quite what you wanted 😀
Edit #: Is there any way you can follow the guy you originally spoke with? Is he with the same company, or has he moved on? That kind of interest is worth chasing after, even if it means a bunch of legwork for you tracking him down…
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Yeah youre probably right about the edit thing, I’d hate for this to bite me in the butt one day because I woke up a little grumpy XD
Thanks for the input though ShaneEDIT: No, there hasnt been mention of any support as yet beyond them wanting to help sell it. I think the best thing to do now is to get feelers if they would like to commit to helping develop the future installments. Good call. I was after that to begin with, so this might be a good opportunity for that.
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Say the word, I’m sure we’d all be happy to edit our posts too! 🙂
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No worries, man. I had a sort-of-not-really-similar experience with The Lesser Evil actually.
I got a bite from a different publisher based on a 19 page sample I sent them. Then they asked to see the final artwork and I was like … “That is the final artwork” and they rejected it straightaway /o\
But one of the three main guys in the company had also branched out with his own publishing company, and because he believed in the work, he snatched up the broken pieces of my ego and offered me a contract.
I read that over, and it’s not at all like your situation except that the publishing world is a weird and fickle place. In my mind, the link was a lot clearer. I need to think about this.
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No way, it looks exactly like your situation! Blagh. I do get where they come from too, I mean, they must deal with a LOT of people like us, and they have to protect themselves at the end of the day. It’s just hard when you’re the little guy, and it means the difference between getting fast tracked or not.
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I saw “Blagh” and assumed you were talking to me.
Now I feel sad and left out.
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HI BLAGHMAN. BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THINGS
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HI SHANE! I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY!
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Hey, Blagh! I’m really disappointed you didn’t like Spec Ops more. 😛
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Look, D.C. don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it, and I feel like people should play it.
It just had a whole host of issues.
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What the hell man, I really don’t know what to say about people like that other than they’re disgusting.
I think there is an example of when you see the difference between “passion for their work” and “only doing it for the money” as very separate entities. Every time I see this I get sad for the human race.
Did that first guy you spoke to leave the company or just move to a different position?
If he’s still in the industry you should just contact that guy directly and have a chat to him. Couldn’t hurt to try right? 🙂
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zomg, just found he’s at Square Enix now. Haha, Anna’s Quest: Aerith edition
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Vivi edition*
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I say send him an email before you make a decision. You have absolutely nothing to lose. Even if he’s no longer in a position to assist, he might have enough enthusiasm to talk you up to someone who is.
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Done. I felt kind of awkward about it though, since I’m asking advice based on a previous company he was employed in :/
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Good luck, man. Here’s hoping it all goes your way!
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If I was him, I’d be pleased to have made that positive an impression. Hope that helps!
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Don’t stress mate, whether it’s his job now or not he had a genuine interest in the game, so hopefully he can help you out one way or another 🙂
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Dude – that is such a load of crap!
Really sorry to hear, man 🙁
This Twitter trolling of Americans who keep saying they’re moving to Aus is Obama is re-elected is hard work.. Just doing my bit to keep the country that little bit cleaner for you guys though!
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Once they see the candidates for the PM position here currently I’m sure they’ll run right back at 3 times the speed 😛
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Pretty much, and they would be even more appalled that both parties support welfare & public healthcare.
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It’s weird coming from the Republican perspective this time around, I remember when that was a Democrat catch phrase. 😀
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It’s pretty hilarious.
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It is. So many uneducated people out there..
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In fairness, he was a physical therapist and rural Australia is rabbit infested (betting he didn’t know about that though).
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Claims to be a physical therapist. I can claim i’m anything on the internet too remember, Bunny. Tbh rural Australia is more over run with wild dogs & roo’s atm than rabbits from what I am told. Well Qld at least.
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I’m sure they’ll abandon their statement as soon as you tell them that Australia’s PM is an atheist, and a woman 😀
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I never thought of that actually. Damn it! Also I should’ve mentioned the gun control we have & the tax laws, etc 😛
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Haha! It’s funny that their endorsement for Australia is an endorsement for universal health care too.
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Hey this is hilarious, some of them have started following me now!
Edit: that last long, they unfollowed me already LOL.
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I wonder if it is our 45% tax rate or the socialist public healthcare system they are interested in?
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It must be! I can’t think of any other reason why they would want to move here!
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*gracefully stumbles in poorly shaven looking sleep depraved* H… Hello everyone. It’s been over a week since I last posted. Thought I’d say something now before I ape d the next two days playing more AC3 still havnt finished it yet. (I’m actually on a choo choo)
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CJ, my ol’ pal. I hope life’s treating you good and proper?
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Not too bad DC. It’s getting a bit hot down here in Sydney to be a barista. But I enjoy it too much, think I could do it for life.
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Need moar CJ logs
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If another hits me spur of the moment like the first then it shall be.
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I think I might end up in trouble with my employers.
Probably shouldn’t have snapped at that customer but they were being an unreasonable poopy head.
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Details?
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🙁 Hope everything stays good in the hood, ol’ pal!
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Your work is no going so smoothly this week, eh?
Totally need to go over the shops and buy a birthday card to send to my friend & see about a cake for my other mates birthday /o\ Just that requires motivation >_>
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You’re a good friend, Virus. 😀
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Haha, thanks man.
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I appreciate it buddy, but you don’t have to go to all this trouble.
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You’re welcome Flu!
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Is Virtue’s Last Reward out in Australia yet?
Because I am totally bustin’ to talk to someone about it.
We will vomit ROT13 code everywhere in all the places.
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I don’t know if it’s coming out in PAL areas at all? I’m still on 999 (finished first playthrough last night! Axe Murdered!) but was thinking I might grab the US release ASAP since it seems like it was a really small print run. Undecided on 3DS or Vita, probably Vita since it’s a better system.
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Wikipedia sez ‘November’ for Aus and November 23 for Europe so I’d expect that means around or after the 23rd for us locally.
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Even if it is, I probably won’t be playing it until next year or so! 😛
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I probably wouldn’t be getting my copy until after Christmas, anyway. Maybe vomit your ROT13’s now and then we can all come back and decipher them and join in in a month or three. 😛
Hellscream’s a bad man! 😀 http://potaku.com/2012/11/07/galaxy-of-fear-2/
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So true. That poor, poor woman.
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I just watched that. I felt like a horrible person for laughing.
BUT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING AND DID IT ANYWAY!!!
So my procrastinating studying was disrupted by a few loud knocks at the door. It was the postman who had a delivery for me. I didn’t remember ordering anything but it was addressed to me and it was in a book shaped cardboard box. That’s when I remembered that it could possible be one of the art books I ordered!
I get handed the box and it’s way too light to be a book. I then look at who sent it, perhaps it’s a long lost Kudos prize? After seeing who it was from I knew exactly what it was… (hence the “I don’t care about this” tearing to shreds of the packaging)
I… uh… what do…?
I just left it ontop of my dad’s iPad… I’ll think of it as a present 😛
And here’s some context: Catch of the Day had a free giveaway thing. It was bullshit. I did, however, manage to get something. It was that. Probably not worth it.
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You got your headset you were asking about?
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Unfortunately these are only headphones 🙁
Much better looking than the ones Virus suggested though!
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They are not!
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Oustanding!
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HAHAHA! Holy crap! I nearly got one of them too, it was the closest I got to winning anything. So, you know, you did one better than me.
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It was weird cause someone suggested using the iOS app would be better (it was) but when I installed the app they showed as out of stock. Did a quick refresh a few minutes later and they were back in stock o_O. So got one as quickly as I could 😛
Came close a couple of times using the iOS app as well. Pretty much reached the end of the ordering process where they just needed to reconfirm it and it said the Blender sold out :(. The other time I had FIFA in my cart and just before going to the PayPal stage I got told it sold out.
Would’ve been much easier with a credit card since you don’t need to enter you PayPal details every time.
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Halo 4 secured \o/
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Great success.
…what the hell?
So a few years ago I started randomly recording myself playing some songs using some shitty in-built webcam and microphone on my Laptop. I uploaded some pretty horrid videos to YouTube and it was more for myself to see how I sounded and so that if I ever forgot how to play a song I could re-watch videos. Obviously because I was using some pretty crappy recording equipment and instruments the quality wasn’t that great on my guitar videos and I never felt that they reflected my actual playing ability. I didn’t care though since the videos were for myself and over time the recording quality got slightly better. I then moved on to piano stuff because… why not! and since I used my iPhone for them the quality was a bit better.
When I first started uploading them it was a pretty frequent thing since I already knew the songs and all I had to do was record them but for the past few years it’s been like a two videos a year sort of thing and just whenever I could be bothered learning a new song and recording it.
Out of curiosity I decided to see how many total views I have…
83,566 o_O
WWWWWHHHYYYYY? and HOOOOOOWW?
I think one of my most popular videos was one I literally recorded in like 10 seconds just to test out a new guitar I got. Last time I checked it was at something like 10,000+ views.
Conclusion: people are weird and should go watch better things 😛
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Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_WI41GviM
It didn’t get the ten million views I tried to drum up for it last week.-
For what it’s worth, I pimped The Lesser Evil on twitter this morning. 😀 Too bad all my followers are TAYbies, except for one. Haha!
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So you did. You’re awesome. Do you already own the whole trilogy? Because I want to send you a book.
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That ain’t necessary, man. Thanks, though.
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Even if it’s not necessary, can I though?
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But you can get it signed with a personalised message!
Unfortunately he doesn’t do purple pencil editions if you weren’t at the meat (UGH 🙁 ) and limited edition typo ones have run out 🙁
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Indeed!
I don’t usually “Like” (clicking the button) videos but when you tried to get 10 bajillion views I wanted to “Like” it but turns out I already did :D. It was that compelling!
Link. NOW!… Please? 🙂
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http://www.youtube.com/Greenius
Wow my last videos were over a year ago :P. Yeah, like I said, it’s not something I regularly update and I just pop on videos whenever I feel like it. Unfortunately I already forgot how to play most of the songs on there so it’s a good thing they’re up there for me to look at later :D.
It started mostly with some basic guitar stuff then I moved onto some video game songs on piano.
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Dude. I hereby take back what I said. This is WAY better. You have skills.
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Get out of my house with your filthy lies.
You have skills too!
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These are pretty cool :), listening to them all now.
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Yeah probably my best video methinks :P. Completely forgot how to play 60% of the song though!
Melodies of Life isn’t that bad either.
J-E-N-O-V-A is probably the hardest song I’ve learnt but it’s so hard to play properly on the piano I have. Would’ve been much easier to do on a grand piano or electric piano as they’re more sensitive with sounds. Cover was a bit rushed too but it’s still funky to listen too :).
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If I wasn’t so uncoordinated or short on free time, I’d try an instrument too
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You gave me the link a while back and it blew my mind, man. You’re fucking talented!
Whoooaaa, those PW covers are awesome! 😀
Hey guys, my Twitter account just got suspended. Lul.
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That’s the illuminati for you. 😛
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‘MURKA!
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FURK YEAH!
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The Man’s got you down.
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The man ain’t gonna stop this kid!
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You poked the sleeping crocodile too much sir 😛
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I love thrill seeking, what can I say? =D
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Someone reported your politically-motivated trolling??
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Yeah I think so..
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Got my account restored BUT if I do get suspended again, it’ll probably be permabanned >_>
I WILL resurface though!
Last week we were talking about covers, the Johnny Cash vs. Reznor thing came up for Hurt. In the week that’s followed I’ve made a point to listen to the NiN one more. Now I don’t know what to think any more. So brilliant. Also, the album version almost tells a different story to the older Reznor live version too. (Not unlike the difference between the album and Cash version, still not the same though.) I think we can all agree it’s just an amazing song in general.
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Hurt is really one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.
I saw Reznor perform it live at Soundwave, it was amazing. Still prefer the Johnny Cash version.
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I love this version, resonates with me for the same reason as the Cash version. I think it’s all coming down to tempo and aesthetics for me. At first I thought there was not as much depth in the album version, but just comes from a different place.
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Looks like it was recorded in 2005, right around the time he was sobering up. Gives it a very different feel than the album version (as does the slower tempo, which I really like).
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I believe I can see the future. Cause I repeat the same routine. There is no you only me but why do you get all the love in the world. These lights in the sky look like a Capitol G.
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The version from Beside You In Time. Holy shit.
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Link?
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It’s amazing, I love when the crowd kicks in, starts singing… (Some times it’s just that atmospheric detail that makes some thing!)
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Yeah, was very much like the performance he gave at the concert <3
EDIT: Dammit, links are awaiting moderation :'( gotten into a nin video posting frenzy
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Also, always found this song to be so underrated, easily one of nins best. Probably my personal fave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BfvPjsXXw
And this was also a great memory from the show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCgn18xDYVY
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Maybe while im waiting for those to moderate I can let through an old anime music video that I love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLx4vgS1nWM&feature=player_detailpage#t=16s
So angsty! Gotta love it
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Actually no screw it, I remembered this AMV. Much better http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DgAtXgM9wn4#t=16s
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I’ve never ‘gotten’ anime. Haha! Songs are good, though. 😛
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D.C. watch Baccano! it’s amazing.
AMAZING.
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GAAAASP. Thought you wouldve been an eva fan for sure! Well, yeah, just revel in the angst. Its like a nostalgia trip for me, was right into amv’s in high school
EDIT: I dont know, I kind of got bored of Baccano :/ Had good potential, but just really end up going anywhere interesting for me
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That hurts coming from a FFIX bro :'(
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I don’t know what it is, man, but Japanese pop culture has never really resonated with me — games, tv and etc. I think I just prefer the western aesthetic.
Edit: Haha! That sounded unintentionally racist. I meant aesthetic in story telling and design, obviously. 😛
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psssst D.C.! Baccano is set in America 🙂
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Haha! It’s not about the setting, it’s more the stylized way they tell a (batshit crazy) story. Plus I’ve never found the art style as pretty looking as western stuff, generalizations I know, but what you gonna do about it, Greenius? 😛
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Convince you to watch it using my amazing psychology skills!
Except I can’t be bothered…
and I have no skills
🙁
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Well … looks like no halo 4 for me till next week. I was so excited to get a copy after work … but then I saw the article about kogna having a portable games emulator/media player for $50 that looks uncannily like a vita and I needed to get it instead. Mostly for portable yoshis island and all the old snes games I grew up with and also just to screw with people on public transport
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… well I could always put it on my credit card for now.
STOP BEING SO CONVINCING CRACKS!
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It had to be said.
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Halof our what?
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Halof our awesomeness.
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😀 omg. Just got coffee from one of Sydney’s best baristas. Used to be 20min ques to get it so they bought an old storage hole or something in a wall next to the shop and made it into an espresso counter so be could stand in there all day and get orders done in 5. But that was awhile ago now cause phone rang while I was typing
So I’ve finally finished Sequence 3! In my opinion the first part of the game would have been better off as DLC. It did more to put me off the game than it did to draw me in. Sad to see my plot suspicions were correct. I was hoping for a “pay-off” way better than that.
But, onwards to the meat of the game. Looking forward to seeing how it plays from here onwards.
Edit: I’m talking about Assassin’s Creed III. Also even though I wished I wasn’t right, it was kind of cool to have a record of my suspicions and have them turn out to be correct. Usually when you say you weren’t surprised about something you have no way to back up your claims. 😛
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…Halo 4? 😛
It’s Theatehrhythemh you’re talking about, right? Or however it’s supposes to be spelled… 😛-
Or AC3 I suppose…
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Meat of the game starts sequence 6. But your at the better part of the prelude. I feel perhaps the story shouldn’t of been in order. To break it up a little.
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Wow that far in? :/
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4.5 hours for me. Would be less if I didn’t waste time doing a few side quests I could of just done later.
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i’m also a bit annoyed that it’s been over 4 hours i think of gameplay and i’m still not a proper assasin…
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Yeah, It’s taken me 4 days of playing the game every chance I could and I’m still not, either. Hence my rants at the game. It’s pointless and holds the player in contempt.
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Greenius, I demand you learn how to play this! 😀
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I’m shit and can’t learn stuff by ear 😛 (technically I’ve never really tried…)
It’s a lovely piece but I need me some sheet music and I prefer to play stuff I’m familiar with (never seen BSG).
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I think you can buy sheet music for it, but I wouldn’t expect you to if you’re not a fan. 😛
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Virus, for a second I thought you’d made the news. http://www.news.com.au/technology/if-obama-wins-im-moving-to-australia-americans-vent-on-twitter/story-e6frfrnr-1226512227734
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However, as yet nobody on Twitter has advised the pre-emptively disgruntled Americans that they could help decide the election outcome by actually voting.
Polls were closed or closing in the majority of states when this was a thing.
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It’s news.com.au – neither the writers nor most of their readers truly understand the concept of time zones.
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Oh, I know. It’s just amusing that they put in a little parting shot to the people on Twitter (like me!) and it was just completely wrong.
Par for the course, really.
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Every time I go to that site, it angers up the blood. 😛
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Hahaha, news.com.au have quoted me before actually :S But that was regarding something to do with Slipknot lol.
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Wow if I was evil and had a twitter account I’d be so brutal towards these guys threatening to move too 😛
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Ninemsn had some videos of ignorant voters. Like the woman who called Obama a commie Muslim atheists. Then questioned at the obvious conflict of ideas there she simply said he’s all three.
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Was that the woman how basically kept saying “You just gotta work it out! He’s a communist” over and over again to the reporter? 😛
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Not sure it was only 20sec clip. She’s from some controversial church or some such
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“Study it out” was what that random woman in the town hall debate thingy was saying. It’s a Mormon phrase that basically means think about it and if you agree with yourself then it must be right.
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Ah that’s the one! Yeah I doubted it was correctly quoted.
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Gather ye now for a tale of wonder
Of trouble and mirth from the land that is yonder
Of a man named Freeze
And his failure to appease
He was working his shop, cranky and sad
Hoping his day would not end up bad
When in came a lady with a simple request
Freeze promised his all and his very best
So he picked up his tools and got right to work
He even did more as a free extra perk
And it wasn’t too long, just a short while
Before he presented his work with a warm smile
The lady inquired “how much will that be”
“Only ten dollars and the extra is free!”
Her face then darkened, with rage it was fraught
And she came out with a blistering retort
“The other person has done it before
He was much better, he did it for four!”
Freeze was confused it didn’t make sense
To do such a job for only mere cents
“When was this done?” He asked her politely
“To get it so cheap you got off quite lightly”
“It was only last week” she said with a shriek
“I tell you right now that I will not go meek”
Freeze tried to reason, that it could not be
It’s only been him for the past month you see
“Don’t fill me with your lies that are vile
And also your looks raises my bile”
Freeze did go blank, he did not require this crap
But it did not take long for him to snap
“I really don’t care, the price is the price
Now begone from my shop, I am done with being nice”
She then left the shop in rather a huff
Threatening to call the boss in a manner quite gruff
So from this we can learn of dignity shred
That most clientele can be big poopy heads.
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That was amazing.
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This is why the upvote system was invented.
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Pfft bugger her. What do you do freeze. Also I get ransoms who just go off at you in my job as well. I wasn’t there for this one but someone complained we gave them too much drink and instead of letting us pour some out they just walked out.
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It’s an idle threat in all likelihood.
You got any competitors undercutting you that she got mixed up with?Also, more people need to turn their days into poems. This is fact.
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Well said sir, well said!
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A bit late to try and haggle over the price after the work’s done.
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Freaking amazing. Bravo.
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I love the “but I got it for $X here last week!”
I used to work in retail. By myself for more hours than less for the week.
I got stuff like that all the time. The best was “Can I have the discount? I’m the manager’s brother!” – he didn’t seem too pleased when I asked him why I’d never seen him before in my life if he was claiming to be my brother, even less so when I told him I wasn’t going to sell to him.-
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That’s so bloody brilliant! 😀
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*swoons*
Have i ever told you i love you?
Because i do.
So much sloppy love.
All I want to do is sleep at the moment, and I can’t even do that it would seem.
Went out for SCHNITZEL NIGHT and it seems the Schnitzel Overlords punished me for my sacrilege last week.
I can’t say too much for litigious reasons, but I was assaulted at the pub last night. Just got done with giving my statement, and it all takes a lot of restraint.
I’m all good, just a little bruised up and feeling rather down on myself.
So there you have it. Proof that the Schnitzel Overlords are vengeful beings.
The Parmagianapocalypse is at ham. Eat now, or forever hold your pizza.
You have been warned.
P’zout.
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Aw man, Aleph. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you’re alright. 🙁 You’re a good guy and you’ve got friends here! If you wanna talk any time, you know where I am!
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Just amazed at how emasculated I feel. Pathetic and powerless, and in the end it’s going to turn into a pissing match with “He said she said” bullshit, and no promise that I’ll be safe to enjoy an evening on my own in the foreseeable future.
Keeping my cool, just another reason I can’t wait to get away for a holiday I guess :3
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Sounds horrible, dude. If there’s anything you need…?
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Yeah, that trip sounds like it’s just the sort of thing you need, Aleph. I imagine the fact you’re in a remote area makes it that much worse too. I’m glad you’re not too hurt, atleast.
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And, thanks, D.C.
Really. That means a ton 🙂You’ve always something nice to say to all the TAYbies, me included ^.^
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I did schnitzel night on Monday and Tuesday. I thought of you as I consumed my meal and Jameson while watching ABC news 24 that I could not hear. The pub in north strathfield does good schnitzel. It’s inside part of the old Arnorts factory.
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Hope everything is alright man. TAY collective are here for you!
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Thanks so much guys, you’re all legends 😀
Except, you’re all real. Or most of you are. I think.
Iunno, can a legend be tangible, or are they in the same group as myths?Anyway, you’re all fucking amazing and I’m amazed and gushing.
Thank you.now eat your schnitzel, dammit
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I made schnitzel on Monday night. And made it into a sushi-esque dish. You’ll probably be disappointed in me because it was the wrong night and I turned it into something un-schnitzel-like.
Also: *supermegagiganormoussquashybutgentle hugs*.
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That sounds amazing \o/
The food does too, I guess 😛
Don’t think of it as desecrating the schnitzel. I’m not sure that’s possible. What you’ve managed to do is schnitzelify your sushi, which sounds even BETTER!(Now I want to try to schnitzelify things. By which I mean wrap them in veal, coat them in egg and breadcrumbs, and then deepfry the SHIT out of them.
Seriously. All the things)Thanks for the hugs Strange 😀
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So, apparently something has happened in America…
Can’t put my finger on what it is, though….
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Halo 4
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I only skim read the tweets but i think some guy got an erection.
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THIS GUY!
*does thumb thing*
*no not the thumb thing your mum likes – the OTHER thumb thing*
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Yeah, it was a hurricane and it was last week. Old news. Sheesh.
Dear spagetti monster, it looks like I will be without my phone for a week… I really hope Optus have a loaner today cause I don’t know how I can work without my phone…
I ordered a replacement screen, installed it, turned it on and it was terrible, the digitiser doesn’t work, and if you touch the screen you get the imprint of where you pressed, like if you press a laptop LCD screen, so I put my old screen back in and now it doesn’t display anything at all! the digitiser works but I cant see what I’m doing! So insurance claim away……
Guys, my Xbox console purchase fell through. Sucks. No Halo 4 for me anytime soon. Been buying V energy drinks hoping to win the comp. Won’t buy too many though, don’t want to end up spending $200 on Vs instead of an Xbox 360 4Gb.
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Didn’t you buy a Star Wars one?
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Yes, I originally did. Purchase made Sunday, payment went out same day, Harvey Norman rings me Tuesday to tell me there are none left in my state. ONE MONTH WAIT if I want one from interstate. Sad sob story aside, I just asked for a refund.
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Damn that sucks 🙁
If you don’t mind waiting I’m sure there’ll be some killer deals just around the corner. I think I saw the deal you were talking about but I don’t recall the price but there were some pretty amazing deals in the middle of the year which I think might’ve been cheaper (no special Star Wars branding though).
I know Boxing Day last year had some pretty good deals so I assume they’ll only get better. Consider it a late Christmas present 🙂
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Hey buddy. Both EB and JB have deals that completely Trump Harvey’s deal, anyway.
if you interested that is…Eb have the new white console with 3 or 4 (cant remember) games for $299
JB have the black 4gig with a bonus 320gig HDD and 5 games (i think – all downloadable, though) for $249!!!
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Not sure exactly what you were after but welbot was trying to offload one the other day
So I may seriously regret this, but I just had to do it…
Massively edited version because I said too much:
I got windows 8 via a promotion code redemtion for only $15 bucks.
http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-AU
Thats the link if anyone is interested.
With me getting an android and win 8 within 2 weeks, I feel like im back in school with technology, but I’ll get it figured out.
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Oh and for those who really need that start button, I was shown this
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/download.asp
There is a free trial, I have not done it, just sharing.
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Attendent: Umm… why are you photographing the serial on the display PC?
Me: …Because I’m a photographer?
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Artsy!
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I’ve seriously considered it 🙂 Would be a hard one to explain though.
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Isn’t it only about $40-50 for the full retail version anyway?
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I thought it was more like $80 and when i was looking at them, I was worried about my starting point…. thats why the $15 price tag was worth the risk of it not working. Perhaps you are right, maybe the lesson here is if you buy an upgrade it will work for you. Which was what I had assumed would not work in the past.
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The ‘retail’ versions are upgrades only.
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I probably shouldn’t have read this as I must now point out that you’re basically breaking the terms & conditions of the license…
If you were to pirate Windows 8 once this upgrade offer ends you can still buy a legit key from within Windows Activation – there’s a ‘get genuine’ option there that lets you buy a real legit key from MS. It’s I think $69.
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Oh I didn’t realise that.. and yeah maybe I should edit a bit of what I typed… 😉
Had I known that there was such an option at that (which is a reasonable price) I would have done that years ago. I’m so paranoid about what I do with official stuff I rarely look into it. I install no updates and thats it. Glad I was able to get a legit one and if I ever have issues I’d pay that much.
Cheers,
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THEY’RE ONTO YOU, SHADY! RUN!
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Yeah the Get Genuine thing is a new thing for Windows 8.
Anyway I am happy you purchased a copy since it indirectly feeds into my paycheck. 🙂
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Yeah the way I look at it is this is money that would have never made it out of my wallet and hopefully the start of a long paying relationship…
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The best thing about android is that you can make the home screen look like Windows Phone
#trolololol
TAY!
Who’s that Pokémon?!
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Fuglykillitwitfireo
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I did call my electric eel thing zomgwtf, seemed appropriate
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Gabumon!
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Pikachu.
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Koffing
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It’s Charmander! CHAR!
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Urgleblubser Snartiblabblefortner The Second, 8th in line for the throne of the planet Marktosn III in the Korbeejondi System.
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Next gen’s been leaked!
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No, no. That’s just my brain that’s leaking. It’s dribbling out my ears as we speak, thanks to the hot weather. 😛
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Cloyster!
Seriously, why is that thing in a kids game? Did no one notice?
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You’ve seen the anthropomorphised ones haven’t you?
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Not sure I want to.
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Most of them are fairly tame, but Cloyster is sluttin’ up the place, good ‘n’ proper.
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So… are we gonna find out what the Pokémon is or not?!
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Well, this was kind of like a Mystery Question Fun Time.
I guess it means the Pokémon ended up being Pikachu, since that was the first currently existing Pokémon named.
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I wont lie, this background I’m working on for Anna’s Quest Vol. 2 is looking fiiiine
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What’s a day in the life of Krams Design like? Do you do things on a schedule or work at your own pace? Also, can’t wait to play it! (I think I might’ve established that already. :P)
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It’s like when children play “shop” and pretend to have jobs.
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Pretty much.
EDIT: Except all the other kids went home years ago and I kept playing.
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Nehhhh I just know what needs to get done and keep pushing it along. It has slowed waaaay down since I released vol. 1 though, I end up spending half the day emailing, whether its replying to people, chasing people up on reviews and stuff, or sorting out online shop stuff. Kind of sucks. Need a secretary. A sexy secretary.
EDIT: Here’s a little snap of the vol. 2 inspirations on my wall. The list on the left are all the characters, the graph middle top is the puzzle layout, the one underneath that is a diagram of the different rooms, and the pics on the right are some fo the characters and locations. You’ll have to squint to see, but the whole vol. 2 is there! Granted the puzzle design is majorly compressed and generalised, it is longer than it looks. http://kramsdesign.com/misc/aq2wallconcept.jpg
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I can show a bit of leg, if needed.
I can show a LOT of leg too.-
TL;DR
Hire me, dammit. I’ll spend all day on TAY because Marketing Machine.
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Thanks for the insight, man! 😀
Edit: That’s awesome! I imagine getting reviews like Adventure Gamers keeps you extra motivated the days after too!
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Deeeeeefinitely! Drew like a madman yesterday! Day before, not so much.
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I hate you and your disgusting amount of talent and professionalism.
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So I guess a bunch of American’s are going to pack their bags and move here, that is, if they haven’t been put off by virus_.
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I wonder how the local populous will feel about the next generation of Boat People.
Fun times ahead!…they do realise the similarities between Obamacare and Medicare, right?
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Personally I don’t think those American saying such thing have a clue about Australia other than we’re over run by rabbits.. apparently.
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Apparently there’s little knowledge of bogans outside Aus.
I tried likening them to “rednecks” or “hicks”, it kindasorta got the point across. Video footage is a far better descriptor though ;D
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Show them Housos and point out its more a doco than a spoof.
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Well as I have said before it is an accurate depiction of my neighbours.
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I’m scared to ask… :S
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Haha, they aren’t as vocal anymore. But damn when they use to be Houso’s reminded me of them.
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I’ll try harder I swear! I won’t let our beautiful country be engrossed by people who think helping others is evil!
http://pokemon4real.tumblr.com/
Wow this is actually pretty cool!
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Greenius is gonna get his dress on?
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Hellz yeah!
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Now you too can dress like penispig
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That’s surprisingly cool 😛
Hello everyone.
So my day has not been productive mainly because I feel like crap again. This cold seems to love me and won’t go away.
NOVA! I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU.
CONTACT ME, IF POSSIBLE, ON SCREE(at)Y7MAIL(dot)COM
OR GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL, WHATEVER SUITS YOU BETTER.
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU PLAN TO WEAR UNDER THE CAPE AND MEASUREMENTS.
Thank you.
ALSO, WOULD YOU MIND IF I DOCUMENT THE PROCESS LIKE I DID WITH MINE?
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CAPS CAN MAKE A POST SEEM AGGRESSIVE OR HYPE. I LIKE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS ALL HYPE-LIKE AND HYPER AND SUCH.
CAPSCREE IS HYPESCREE AND NOW I WANT TO JOIN IN WHICH I THINK I ALREADY HAVE I GUESS I’LL STOP NOW KTHXBAI-
IT IS IN CAPS BECAUSE I’M HOPING THAT NOVA WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO NOTICE IT!
I DON’T NORMALLY USE CAPS SO MUCH
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I think you asked that last bit before and he said go ahead with it :).
As for quickly contacting him have you tried his email, Steam, Twitter or replying to one of his comments on an older page (so he gets a notification)?
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Don’t know it, yes, don’t know it and what? Where? =P
I didn’t see it so I am asking anyway. Must be sure D=-
Email – Haven’t you spoken through email before? Nova had my email and forgot about it so maybe you just forgot :). Hint: it starts with J!
Twitter – TAY names :P. I’m pretty sure he’s just @NovaCascade though. Some people have twitter notifications on for their phone so it lets you contact them instantly
Find a comment of his and reply to it. That way he’ll get a Kotaku notification.
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Oh, you need to know Nova’s measurements? I …don’t have them yet, sadly.
Wooo… First comment over 2 sentences in a long time and it went into moderation. It had lots of rot13.
Guess maybe I should get me once of those fancy accounts for the times I can post from PC.
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HI BEAVWA!
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HELLO!
It took me a little while to find the reply button there. I’m a little behind on the new interface.
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You’re obviously not posting enough then =P
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I mostly read and post from mobile.
And given how fast TAY is moving again, my little breaks during the day are barely enough to read what’s going on, let alone respond. I’ve relapsed into mostly lurking again lately. -
Yeah, I don’t bother with the other pages unless someone has replied to it.
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I was just thinking about you and the guitar earlier today :P, how’s it going? Given up yet? 🙁
If it’s in moderation and still visible (so not eaten by the TAY monster) you can just edit it out of moderation by changing a few things. Like if I accidentally add 2 or more links if I edit it again the original post will go out of moderation and still show.
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No account, no editing, not visible. Ah well.
Got a bit of time with the guitar last week, just starting to establish a bit more of a regular schedule/routine so I can set a bit of time aside every week. Found a decent youtube set of tutorials which helps a lot too. Living in a shoebox doesn’t help but I’ve cleared some room in the ‘study’ (piled with all our crap we never unpacked) so I’ve got a bit of personal space for it now.
Larger amounts of free time have been for smashing through Tales of Graces – even then it was a good 3 – 4 weekends (with one of those being a 4 day weekend).
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I look forward to your next guitar performance 🙂
Ah, if it’s not visible then it’s pretty much gone forever 🙁
Why no account? So many awesome features, especially notifications! Perfect for keeping up with TAY.
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Can’t use accounts on mobile.
If it’s gone, ah well, no big deal. There weren’t going to be many reading it (maybe @negativezero) since I don’t know who has finished Tales of Graces yet.
He can tell me about all the things I missed when we both make it to Monday trivia one of these days. -
Ah, so you’ve got an account but you’re just not using it. I thought it was either that or you just didn’t make one yet.
You can access your account on Mobile TAY but you can’t do anything special with it so there’s no point really. It just posts comments under your account instead of “Guest” so you can edit them later.
Just go to desktop mode and then log in normally then switch back to mobile and you’ll be logged in. Looks slightly different but nothing special.
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I’ll give it a go tomorrow. Thanks! (Haven’t even signed up for one yet)
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Guess I was right on both fronts! 😛
It’s great on desktop with edits and notifications but they’re still working on implementing it on mobiles so features are lacking. At least if you log into your account for mobiles you’ll post under it which allows you to get notifications later.
So if you pop in while you’re free at work and leave a comment you can go back home and check your notifications to see if anyone has replied. Makes it so that previous pages aren’t so ‘useless’ any more 🙂
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Get an account! Then you’ll get notifications so you can know if you get replies to your posts on older TAY pages etc.
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I appear to now be accountable.
Or accounted for.
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Don’t, it’s terrible 😀
Enjoy your notification!
Only thing is, if you’re already on the page it counts as you having viewed it. This makes it easy to miss some replies.
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For what it’s worth I didn’t bother doing the extra dungeon in Graces. I was really happy having finished the game and felt like I got a complete and fulfilling experience which I enjoyed immensely, more than any JRPG I’ve played in the last four or five years. Doing something grindy to get max levels or whatever would have taken away from that for me so I didn’t do it. Bear in mind that I went onto it straight off the back of ME3, and before that I’d been struggling with the grind and everything in The Old Republic so a long grind – even with such an amazingly fun battle system – wasn’t going to be fun long-term.
Parted from it with happy memories instead.
Good point. Might just be time to shelve it since I think I’ll like it less if I grind for more achievements.
And time for both of you to move on to bigger, greater JRPGs like Xenoblade! 😀
Yeah…?
Guys…?
NOTIFICATION!
It doesn’t work if you’re not on your account and it shows “Guest”. This happens on Mobile TAY. So just go to mobile TAY, switch to desktop mode on it, log in as usual then switch back to mobile TAY and you can post with your account from your mobile.
There won’t be any extra features but it’ll allow you to see notifications to comments made on it 🙂
You can also click on your name up the top right to see your notifications. It only counts whoever directly replies to your comment so this should get you one but if someone replied to me, I’ll get a notification but you won’t.
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It worked.
And that comment was posted before I even had an account. It all looks like it’s playing nicely for me.
With the news that Matthew Vaughn is currently Disneys top pick for the Star Wars reboot, DAN!, D.C and I (McGarnical jumped in to) started talking about who we would like to see direct it.
The names thrown in so far:
Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code)
Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pans Labyrinth)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
JJ Abrams (Star Trek, Super 8)
Joss Whedon (The Avengers)
Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent)
Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Cowboys and Aliens)
Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead)
Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods)
Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In)
Who would you like to see direct it? One we’ve already suggested? Perhaps you can think of someone else.
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How about David Lynch (Mulholland Drive)?
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Michael Bay
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Beat me to it, damn it.
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Tarantino, just because.
I wonder what Stanley Kubrick would make of something like the Star Wars franchise if he was still alive & was given the chance.
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I doubt he would have gone anywhere near it.
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That is true. But you never know! Though you’d only get a movie about every 8 years if he was 😉
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Wasn’t Kubrick originally going to direct Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi? Turned it down to do something else.
I might be thinking of someone else, but I’m sure some famous director turned down doing one of the original trilogy.
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I don’t recall that, but he was going to make a film called Aryan Papers about the Holocaust but he took too long and Spielberg ended coming along and making Schindler’s List in the same time frame and Kubrick felt it was pretty much hit on what he had for his movie.
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Paul Verhoeven could probably pull it off.
Then – how about a Tim Burton remake of the original (episode IV) with Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Leia, Johnny Depp as Luke, and Brad Pitt has Han Solo? [/joking]
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Honestly? Spielberg. Might be obvious, but I think he’d do great!
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Although people are probably hoping for a clean break and he’s best pals with Lucas. *shrugs*
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I think he’d do a great job too. But I don’t see him getting the gig, or even wanting it.
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Pretty sure they’ve basically said that Whedon is off the cards b/c he’s busy with the Avengers which is set to release same year.
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Thaw out Irvin Kershner and get him to do it, obviously.
That was a good episode of RFobot Chicken.
Blowing NES cartridges, Team Fortress 2, Masters of the Universe babies and Tin Tin riding a Velociraptor riding Jaws.
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Freeze – just want to say I loved you poem about that ****head customer from earlier.
Also, I haven’t kept up with TAY this week, but I hope you sort things out with your boss re; moving you to another store, and cancelling leave. About the leave, just call in sick. I’m sure you can find a “Dr Howlong” at a bulk billing clinic who will give you as much time off as you need.
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Oh, I called the state manager about my leave being cancelled last minute and my area manager got his ass kicked. Hence why I’ve been moved to the crappy store.
I’ve decided not to let it affect me too much as it really is only a stopgap job and far from a career. Just turn up, do my job and collect my paycheck. Although I can’t help myself and keep trying to outperform myself,
If I don’t make the police (knock on wood) I’ll probably actually commit to some study for a change and actually do something useful with my life. I think most of my depression bouts come from me knowing how much I’m capable of and the fact I’m not doing it.
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Your last sentence sounds so familiar. It’s why I started night classes learning Auslan (Australian sign language). If i can get out of retail and do work that helps people, it still won’t make me rich, but it may make me happy, or at least provide some extra level of satisfaction.
Good luck with the police thing man!
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Blergh this unit is run like shit… I’ve complained about it before and I’ll keep doing it 😛
*sigh*
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Sounds like it’s the Assassin’s Creed 3 of the university world. 😛
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Except I can’t just give up on it! 😛
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Complainius
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Freedomlen 🙁
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Toobadius
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Juggius you’ve still got exams too don’t you? 🙁
If I recall you’re in your 2nd year as well?
We’ve got a long boring road ahead of us…
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Mild Pokétalk:
Woah. There’s an achievement in B2W2 for getting one million EXP points in a single day. That’s… certainly a number. You’d have to kill roughly 110 of the highest level Audino (one of the highest EXP-rewarding wild pokemon) to meet that number. Yeah, no…
EDIT: Woah, woah! 110 Audino at roughly 3 minutes per encounter/battle (which is probably being generous :P) would be about 5 and a half hours worth of gametime! Maybe it’d be easier just to defeat the Elite 4 over and over again…
OTHERTALK:
I have nothing much to say! Hope everyone is well! I’m finally hitting some sort of stride in XCOM. I found that I was rushing way to quickly in most missions (I’m used to games scoring me depending on how many turns you take in battle :P) so now that I’ve slowed down a bit I’m finding it more enjoyable/less people are dying :\ The same goes for progressing the story. I was going way too quickly and falling behind, but now I’ve stopped doing story missions right away and levelling up a little first. Much easier!
WIIUTALK:
WIIUWIIUWIIU! The hype ambulance is pulling in! The Japanese Nintendo Direct starts in 20ish minutes!
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Use a traded Pokemon with a miracle egg shouldn’t be to hard or exp share with a traded Pokemon with the elite four.
Didn’t know Nintendo direct was so soon thanks for the heads up.
Man, I really want to like FTL, but I just can’t seem to progress. I keep losing and never find any new ships. Is there something I’m missing? I got the Engi one but just haven’t found any other.
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A lot of it is tied to luck, and to being flexible with your tactics based on the items you find. One thing that consistently worked for me was focusing on survivability (pump your shields up 2 or 3 levels as early as possible) and you may find it a bit easier.
In terms of finding ships, most of them require specific actions to unlock. If you want to get new ones, focus of getting those things done rather than finishing the game.-
I have, I’ve explore almost Jump thingie in each area but still nothing. Except one time when I almost got a Rock ship then the game bugged and it didn’t tell me where the next quest location is.
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So Ubisoft has announced the Assassins Creed Anthology: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-07-assassins-creed-anthology-costs-119-99-out-this-month
Genuinely curious as to who is meant to buy this. You’re sinking £119.99/ $AUD180 to buy every major installment in the franchise. If you’ve never played an AC game before, that’s a huge leap to buy every game. What if you don’t like it, wasted money, right? But if you’re a fan and you’ve bought each installment as it came out, then you obviously don’t need to buy it again. Which leaves people who have played one or two of the games, but have stopped playing the games some reason. Probably because it doesn’t gel with you.
So who does that leave as a potential customer?
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Also announcing it when AC3 has only been out for a little over a week seems like a poor marketing move.
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I think they may be pushing it out now so people who have joined the franchise on AC3 may rush out and buy this based on the one game they have tried.
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I think it’s pretty good timing. Announce before the WiiU lands, ride on the AC3 hype AND combat the AC3 negative reviews, and get gamers new to AC to comit to the franchise on their current console, all right before Christmas. I’m certain that this will be a seller.
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Actually if this is also / only on Wii U it makes a ton of sense. However I’d have thought that porting all four of those older games, including QA and everything would cost amazing cash that would never be recouped.
Marketing AC3 on Wii U by releasing a bundle of games on other systems?
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Not to mention that the price is far in excess of what it would be to pick up each game individually…
Edit: Screw it I’ll just dump it on a Halo stream.
So the WiiU Miiverse is looking really cool! Though probably not for people who don’t want any social networking features. I love the look of it though. It’s like a Twitter feed built in to the system and you can post screenshots/messages mid-game. Video chat/direct messaging with friends, too. Looks fun!
Now they just need to bring all this user account/Miiverse stuff to the 3DS and I’ll be set!
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I just want them to link accounts with content :/. I hate that feeling that if I lose my 3DS, I lose everything on it. There’s no way to re-download the stuff I’ve purchased or obtained (ambassador games) which is a really outdated and stupid system…
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Yeah I think they confirmed that. Accounts hold everything like save files, browser history, system settings, etc. Allows multiple accounts per system, as well (though I’d be surprised if they allowed the different accounts to access different region eShop’s like the PS3 does :P).
They didn’t mention 3DS, but I’m assuming it will come for that as well.
EDIT: Oh, I forgot my favourite thing! You can access the eShop from your PC and smartphone (I’m assuming they’ll make an app or something?). Finally I won’t have to boot up the 3DS to check the price of a game 😛
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Ugh Dishonored :'(
At 9 hours in I’m still on the first Assassination Mission. I’m taking it slow and I’m just derping around, taking my time exploring everything, talking to everyone, reading all the books etc. ya know, just small little tasks. I’ve pretty much went through all the surrounding areas without killing anyone and getting everything I could when suddenly… I noticed some bodies went missing. Odd.
Oh… RATS! >:(
So I reload a save and there’s no rats eating anything now but there’s still bodies missing… weird… I suspect it’s rats again and I might’ve missed them but I don’t see any around. I left two unconscious bodies next to each other and yet still one is missing (it was there in a previous save). I know rats would most likely move onto the one directly next to it so it seems unlikely that it’s rats this time and it still doesn’t explain the missing body :/. This better not affect my whole no-kill thing :'(
Also the first Assassination Target is bugged. As soon as I enter the meeting room the target and whoever he’s with will stop talking mid-dialogue and everyone immediately runs out of the room. Every time. 🙁
It also likes to have a loading screen that doesn’t end (the game just crashed on one as I’m typing this)
Woe is me!
/complainius
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The bodies disappearing thing is not always due to rats, there’s a problem which generally appears if you put a number of bodies in the same area, where some will just disappear. There’s an ini tweak for it, though it never bothered me enough for me to try and fix it.
Can’t help in regards to the other things…
Actually: Npghnyyl, ner gur crbcyr va gur zrrgvat ebbz? Orpnhfr gurl fubhyq or va gur ebbz arkg gb vg, naq gurl’yy jnyx va nsgre n yvggyr ovg.
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Ah phew, guess it wasn’t rats then. Hopefully this won’t affect the “no kill” thing.
Gurl’er va gur ebbz arkg gb vg ohg abguvat jvyy unccra hagvy V bcra gur qbbe gb gur zrrgvat ebbz. Nf fbba nf V ragre naq rira vs V’yy uvqr gurl’yy fnl yvxr gjb jbeqf gura fnl “V’yy svaq lbh!” naq rirelbar jvyy whfg eha bhg. Xvaq bs naablvat pnhfr V jnagrq gb urne jung’f tbvat ba ohg guvf nhgbzngvpnyyl znxrf zr snvy gur cbvfba gnfx ohg cnff gur xrrc Pheabj nyvir bar (juvpu vf jung V jnagrq naljnl).
I did Google it and I saw that other people had it. Not sure what the cause is though.
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Scree – I sent you an email. Pretty sure I sent one a week or so ago, maybe it got caught in your spam filter. But I’ve sent another one just to be sure
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THANK YOU! \o/
So … halo 4 I think I’ve fallen in love with the light rifle
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Dat SAW.
Hnnngg
‘sup, you beautiful people?
Odd question. Or rather, not odd, though perhaps invasive/revealing should you choose to answer it. Speaking of which, feel free not to, as I wholeheartedly understand you may/may not want to share with us.
(GET ON WITH IT ALEPH)
So, I want to know the one videogame that you’ve sunk the most hours into, and how many hours you’ve invested in it. My money’s on MMOs making up a large chunk of this number, but we’ll see should we get enough responses 🙂
This comes as I’ve just tipped over the 100hrs mark on TF2 (106, to be exact), and the fact that I’ve put in a substantial amount of that time in in just 2-3 weeks.
To get things started, I can safely say that RuneScape holds the record for most hours invested for me. Started playing over 7 years ago, stopped earlier this year. 3 separate accounts over that period, all with at least 4 months in-game time accrued, although one had a little over 400 days accrued.
Again, feel free to tell me to shove off (though I’d much prefer active contribution, a direct answer is not necessary!) if this is probing a little too much.
Love to all :3
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I stopped reading after the first sentence, since it clearly wasn’t directed towards me.
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ruggedly handsome Blaghman’s*
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Silly powalen, it’s Blaghmen.
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It’s in the eye of the beholder, friend! If you’d rather, I can pretend I’m blind?
You’re all beautiful souls. I… yeah.
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YOUR HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL AND DON’T LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE
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After that build up, I was expecting a much more personal, non-videogame related question to answer 😛
I never really got into MMOs other than Runescape, so either that (is there a way to check how many hours an account has played?) or, much more likely, TF2. I think I’ve got about 300hrs in that now? Can’t say for sure, but it’s probably TF2.
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There was a feature introduced a while ago known as the “Adventurer’s Log” in which it tracked various stats within the game (I killed X boss monster X times! I got X rare drop! etc) along with total ingame days. I believe it’s only available to members though, so buggered if I’ll see that functionality again 😛
A friend of mine had over 1000 days ingame o.0-
Days, as in real-life days or some sort of in-game ‘day’? Because 1000 days is just insane o_o
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24000 Hours? Wha…. How…. But…..
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Yup, 24,000 hours spent in that game. A little under 3 solid years. I have spent well over 1 year in-game, though I wouldn’t say I hit 2.
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Are you all fully max level, 99 in everything? Not sure how long I spent, but I was mid-80s combat and a total level around 1200 I guess, though I quit not long after Construction or Hunter was introduced (which ever was later)
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Hunter came out last of those two. I think Construction was originally in Classic, though had no purpose (or way to train it)
My 2nd account was mostly maxed, less Agility, Mining and Runecrafting, if I recall correctly. My last account was more or less a toon/twink, so I ended up putting more hours into it for a lower combat level (I hit the peak at around 45 combat with 99 prayer, hitpoints and defence) and worked more on gaining money than experience. I think I stopped playing at around 112 combat, 2100+ total level.
In hindsight, I’d like to have that time back to put towards more constructive things, however I guess it’s the hedonist in me. I enjoyed it at the time, I don’t enjoy it now. -
Oh I had a great time with it too. I was even a P-mod for a while 🙂 I was always very cautious about some of the higher level stuff. I remember the first time I did a Barrows run, I had studied up on it so much, all the different combat methods, specifically training my Slayer skill so I could use the staff, then blitzed through and was wondering what I was freaking out about. Helped that I scored one of the special armour pieces on 2 of my first 3 runs. Of course those were the only 2 pieces I ever got
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My biggest ragequit was surprisingly not when I lost a HUGE stake (x2 partyhat sets) but when I tried to complete the fight caves as underlevelled as possible. I made it to Jad after 4ish hours of taking it slow and steady.
I got 1-hit KOed the minute Jad stepped into the arena.
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I think 120 hours for Fallout: New Vegas is the longest on record, but it’s hard to say pre-Steam. Never been one for MMOs, I can see how they’d be a time sink, though!
Hmmm, that’s difficult. Possibly Super Mario 64. I completed it to 120 stars several times, and spent so long just faffing around doing triple jumps and butt slams… or Shadows of the Empire. I lost track of the number of times I played that game. Or maybe Super Mario Kart, the go-to co-op game for me and my bro for most of my childhood.
In recent days, though, it’s rare for me to sink more than 40 hours into a game, and usually only one playthrough. Honourable exceptions include Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2, both of which I have played numerous times.
Edit: I have never played an MMO.
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Hmmm, that’s a good point about Mario Kart. So many hours playing the same Super Mario levels over and over again. Would be interesting to see how that all added up.
As a series, definitely Pokemon. Though because I restart games a lot, I couldn’t give you an exact time on any of the games. Collectively across the series I would say at least 500 hours, probably more. Could even be closer to 1000, soooo much time has been spent on that series. Its probably a good thing I will never know exactly how much
For an individual game, I would say at least 150 hours into Mass Effect 2. Four complete playthrough, plus 2 partials. My Steam games list says 50 hours on TF2, but if I load it up and add up all my times as X class, its around 120 hours. And Terraria has got 76 on it as well
EDIT – Just read Pow’s post and Runescape comes to mind as well. Probably a good 100-200 hours on that too, but its really the only MMo I’ve put any sort of time into. Now I just get emails saying I’ve been suspended or banned (multiple times :/ ) for macroing or various other shenanigans that some hacker has got up to. Don’t really care, haven’t played in a good 4 or 5 years
Also double checking my steam list, 71 hours on Audiosurf. I don’t even… How have I spent so much time on that?
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Yeah I was going to say Pokemon as well, but I thought collecting 10ish games into one was cheating a bit haha. As a series though, definitely.
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I know I had at least 200 hours on my Ruby file, where I was only 3 off completing the entire Dex. So it probably is closer to 1000 all together. Hell it could be more than that
Hold me *foetal position*
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Yeah, same. I know I had at least 250hrs in SoulSilver, plus almost 100 so far in White 2, so that’s overtaken my TF2 record already in two games 😛
We have to stay strong and wait for help!
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100 in White 2? Wow, I’m only at 50 I think. Beat the elite 4, so now I’m working on Catching and evolving everything (lucky Egg + Audinos). Stupid transfer system needing 2 DS’s. I really wanted to bring all my Platinum pokes across, work on those mono type teams to get the elite 4 badges
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Haha I’m doing exactly the same thing. Did all of the post game stuff I could find, now training a normal type team (Porygon Z is a beast!). Total game time is closer to 90hrs, but I rounded up 😛
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My jellicent is getting a fair bit of exp as well, I always switch to it because Audino “can’t touch this”. Super jealuos of your P-z. I want one but I don’t have anyone to trade with. I need to get your friend code so we can trade over wi-fi *wink wink nudge nudge*
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P-man posted the other day offering a bunch of Porygons which were up for grabs 🙂
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I wouldn’t pay any attention to those emails, they’re all phishing attempts. Jagex (to the best of my recollection, disregarding shady undertakings and mitigating circumstances) will only contact you via the in-game system only.
I’m really unsure about Steam’s quantification system. If I count up the times played per class in TF2, it ends up being 30-40 hours or so, and that’s it compared to Steam’s calculation of 106hrs.
Compare that again to games where I KNOW I’ve put in more (50 odd) and yet Steam states it as being in the single digits. Weird :S
I still think clocking in somewhere in the realm of 300 hours on morrowind is my best / worst.
Pokemon probably takes second place but far too long ago to attribute any sort of accurate number to that statement.
Never really did the MMO thing.
I have friends that complain that Pip is responsible for half the total playtime of all friends on Terraria. That’s a scary number she’s got up on steam now.
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I really ought to add Pip /o\
Morrowind was a decent number of hours for me, although buggered if I can give even a rough approximation.
Man, my house was FILLED with shiny stuff. Couldn’t leave a stone unturned in that game. The walks back to town while overencumbered were hell. -
I know you guys helped me catch the Terraria bug 😛
Last time I checked she was like 780 or so? I’m sure she’s hit 800+ by now 🙂
For a single game, probably World of Warcraft. For a series, probably Pokemon.
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I love that Pokemon is still considered a kids game, and yet nearly all of us have mentioned it as a series we’ve sunk a ridiculous amount of hours into over the years
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For a long time I still thought Pokemon was a kids game :P. I was even embarrassed buying LeafGreen when I was like 11 :/
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Hundreds of hours in Dark/Demons Souls (multiple characters with 50-70hrs each) would put it up there but who knows in my younger days. It was never a thing to worry about hours spent on a game. It seems to be a more modern concern.
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Come to think of it, the amount of time wasted away with friends on Goldeneye/Doom/Quake would probably make a few hundred hours look like a warm up.
Well depending on your definition and such it might be ogame for me. Have played solidly for a number of years. But it is a browser game and I can be done with it in a day in around 5 minutes. But I generally login every day to check on things. So total time would be right up there.
There have been a number of MMo that I played a bit but non that really got up there, I tend to jump around games a lot.
According to steam the two games I have spent the most time myself in are Mount and Blade and just cause 2 at almost 100 hrs each. My combined torchlight play time would be higher but we both play that.
Totally smashed by my wife and puzzle pirates with her 800+ hrs in that
I’m not sure, but it’s one of World of Warcraft, Marathon Infinity or an obscure shareware Mac RPG I used to play all the time.
That’s a perfectly fine question :P. Doesn’t feel invasive at all.
As a single game it’s probably… Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 D:. It was the first real game that I played multiplayer with friends on frequent basis. I think we played nearly everyday for a decent amount of time so I easily racked up 200+ hours.
I did play WoW over a few months many, many years ago so I have no idea how long I actually spent in that game (any way to check?).
As a series probably Pokemon, Final Fantasy or Zelda. Kind of cheating though since each one has so many games that they all add up in the end.
Probably Halo Reach. Soon to be Halo 4 probably 😛
A single play through? I sunk an incredible amount of time into Dragon Age. Even though there wasn’t much exploration, I did a lot of backtracking looking for additiional side-quests and things.
In general? I’m not sure. I think it would probably be Zelda: LttP, Zelda: OoT, Suikoden or Super Mario World.
I’ve clocked over 2000 hours in Guild Wars, with 10 characters, played the lore expansions so got some exclusive weapon skins. I don’t regret one second of it, as I spent so many hours making builds to perfect every one of them. By the end of it, my warrior was next to unkillable, my assassin was able to win any physical combat encounter, whether it be 1v1 or 8v1 in PvP, and other things like that transpiring.
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Yeah, I was much the same with RunEscape. It’s a new kind of game when you understand the mechanics to such a point that you can manipulate them to your advantage. I had what was known as a Defence Pure, which was the immovable object. I could happily tank 15+ opponents simultaneously on a good day.
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Very impressive :). Runescape was my high school days.
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WOOO different computer, I can actually reply!
As for your question… MORROWIND!
Ha! probably expecting SKYRIM!, well it comes a close second, but so far MORROWIND still outranks it by about 50-70 hours.
However with new dlc coming for SKYRIM! I think it shall soon top the 650+ hours i put into MORROWIND!
Let’s see my most played game would be WoW.
I have 153 days of /played time clocked on my main character…
Other than that my most played game is GTA IV at 163 hours. This should be TF2 or CSS but Valve reset my hours a few years back and I lost what I had already sunk into them =/
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Yeah, I saw you were Elite on TF2 rankings within Raptr, was wondering how you’d managed that with so few hours 😛
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Probably all the achievements I have tbh. Only started using Raptr this year y’see.
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I’d have to check but I’m fairly sure it’s Dead Island with about 97 hours
Final Fantasy 8. Lost count of how many times I’ve replayed it. And it’s been around 100 hours each time. Probably the only other game that would be even close is Morrowind.
Hello Aleph-Null! Not much, just work and stuff 🙂
Either MMO – Ragnarok Online
or DOTA… the original on WC3… so Warcraft III, technically.
Longest I can ever remember being on a file of anything was actually FF8, I think it was around 120 hours or something. Dont think I usually sink too much time into one game.
I’ve definitely invested many many hours into WoW since launch, but I couldn’t give you a number.
I just went past 375 hours on TF2.
The next longest play time from my Steam library is Dragon Age Origins at 84 hours. It’s odd, I don’t feel that I put that much time into it, and I never even ended up finishing it – so I should probably go back and do that one day. Actually, that’s wrong. My Borderlands 2 playtime is past DAO now, about 120 I think.
But, like just about everyone else, it’s got to be Pokémon:
Blue 999.99 (clock maxed)
Silver ~250
Sapphire 999.99 (clock maxed)
Emerald ~500
Leaf Green ~350
Pearl ~600
Platinum ~500
Soul Silver ~400
White ~600
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Those numbers are crazy! Especially Blue! Wouldn’t have thought there’d be enough content to get that many hours. Kudos for dedication, though!
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For Blue, I think most of those hours came from me glitching tons of Rare Candies, and then being disappointed with my army of level 100’s, so I decided to got and catch a whole bunch of replacements and levelled them “manually”.
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Dayum.
Probably GTA San Andreas, but no idea.
Wait wait wait.
No one told me there was a brand new Universal Soldier movie out starring both Van Damme AND Lundgren.
Why was I not perviously informed of this?
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It’s almost 3 years old! WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN IT CAME OUT!
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No Doc, this is the Trilogy making movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659343/-
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
Also, what do you mean trilogy? You mean you DON’T count Universal Soldier: The Return??
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Oh, I had totally forgotten that one. Damme super computers
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Twitter is a silly place.
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Saw that this morning, fantastic work 😀
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I played some Halo 4 multi last night after spending about half an hour entering codes and downloading DLC. Played two games of 8v8 slayer (I think they call it something different in the selection menu). I think I did okay considering how out of practice I am playing Halo multi. In the first game my team won but I came second last on my team with only around 160 points. Second game my team lost but I came first on my team and about 4th overall with about 280 points. I have no idea how many kills that is. Maybe around 6 – 10? Back in my Halo 3 prime I’d get around 25 – 30 kills on 8v8 games. Hoping I can eventually get myself back up to that level with Halo 4.
I found the multi fun, but one thing I didn’t really like is how bare the maps felt. In Halo 3 you’d find weapons and items scattered all over the place. From what I could see, there was none of that in Halo 4 and it left the maps feeling a bit empty.
I also tried out one of those episodic Spartan mission things. I decided to play solo just to get a feel for it first. It’s pretty much what I expected, completing objectives on reused single player locations. Still rather fun. Unlike another sci-fi shooter whose multiplayer consists of completing objectives on reused single player maps (ME3), these actually have some story elements about them, which is nice. The opening cinematic was also rather cool.
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There’s less weapons on the maps because they decided to remove their points of differentiation from CoD, it’s now about the weapon loadout you start with (which you unlock by gaining XP) and the weapons you get via ordinance drops because you started with better weapons and are doing better in the game.
It de-emphasises skill and knowledge of the map, and instead emphasises being a no-lifer that plays it constantly. Such a shame.
Zombie movie screening on Saturday! \o/
But we still don’t have a location /o\
Batguy might have a solution \o/
But at this stage it doesn’t look like it’ll happen /o\
Number 35 thinks he can get us a projector! \o/
But we still have no where to plug it in /o\
The film will still go up on youtube as planned \o/
But… uh…. I’m almost out of Shapes? /o\
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SOMEBODY GET THIS MAN SOME SHAPES
If it ends up being in Ctown, I doubt I can make it, btw. Would be too long to travel there then back, I’d barely be there for anything. Damn Tad’s birthday *shakes fist at sky*
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I really don’t want to do it in Ctown. I was even tempted to find out if I could use the office at work. the other idea is my place, but that’s not much closer. 🙁
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This is all Tad’s fault!
Seriously though don’t change anything for me, do what you need to do.
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Can’t wait to see the final product =D
Hope the screening goes smoothly for you!
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I can get you a projector!
Though, I dont know if I can make the screening on Saturday 🙁
So, if you want a projector, let me know & I can get it to you after work today or tomorrow. -
Maybe we could have another TAY Cinema night? There’s a program we used to all watch a YouTube movie at the same time, can’t remember what it was called though. I’ll ask Masha!
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You guys should do that! At the same time WE watch it!
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Let me know the deets and I will try!
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The site is http://www.synchtube.com/ You need one person to be the ‘host’, who loads up the video to be watched (just copy/paste from youtube) and then send everybody the link to watch. It was really fun last time we used it (also gives the group the ability to add any random youtube video they want as pre/post-show entertainment which was amazing).
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WAIT! YOU LIVE IN SYDNEY! YOU’LL BE ATTENDING IN PERSON! *shakes fist*
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Hey! If you’re having a physical screening, I’ll be there! (hopefully :P)
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(tf)2 eerie crate, or not (tf)2 eerie crate, that is the question
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Don’t fall for it! It’s a trick!
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I may or may not have eerie keys, I’ll trade you reg. crates for eerie crates?
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If you want my crates I’ll give them to you. They are worthless to me currently unless I buy keys. If you have keys without crates no issue in sending them your way
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Played Halo 4 for the first time last night, didn’t like it so I’m returning it today and boycotting 343 studios for life.
Haha I’m just kidding the game is totally awesome.
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I’ve only ever played the games for co-op campaign but what stuff I’ve seen with the multiplayer looks worryingly non-Halo-esque. Like they took the changes made in Reach and kind of ran with them in the wrong direction.
Not having played it, I could be wrong, just the impression that I get.
Mainly, I’m just curious if this is going to result in a CS1.6/CS:S style schism.
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Perhaps, multiplayer feels different, but not too different.
To me it feels like a fresh take on the same Halo formula, but I’m sure many purists will reject the changes and keep playing Halo 3 until the end of time 😛-
True purists play Halo 1.
No-shields pistols-only CTF on Hang ’em High.
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Yeah they’ve basically ruined multiplayer for the people that were most into the multiplayer, so they could chase an audience that doesn’t play Halo. 🙁 I was worried about it back when I played in the closed beta (I can talk about that now yay!) but I thought maybe they’d also offer a ‘classic’ mode too. No dice.
At least the campaign is okay (though Halo’s plot is pretty garbagey a lot of the time honestly) and the co-op element should be fun too.
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You had me for a moment there!
Tomorrow I hand in my honours thesis, and then I am theoretically finished with uni. Assuming I don’t fail things. It’s making me incredibly nervous and incredibly excited.
I just need to proofread it and make a few changes, but I just absolutely, positively cannot be bothered. Someone send motivation!
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Go Saur! That’s an awesome accomplishment – congratulations!
There should be a shiny new book waiting on your doorstep tomorrow after you hand in your thesis. Motivation?
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But like sleep and stuff. And then i can play assassins creed 3 (I’M ENJOYING IT, DAMN THE HATERS) and XCOM and Dishonored and Borderlands 2 and oh god I also bought GTA IV yesterday because i’m stupid and and and and yeah that’s about it. No wait, need to catch up on Walking Dead and Homeland and start watching Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire and Dollhouse and Community and still want to see Looper and Argo and Safety not guaranteed and then imma explode into nothingness.
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Wow, turns out I’m really bad at motivation 😛
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Congrats, man. That’s all kinds of awesome!
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Oh I know that feeling. Not handing in a thesis or anything but I’ve got one more assignment to finish for tomorrow and then it’s all over. o/
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HOORAY FOR FINISHING TOMORROW
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BEST FRIENDS.
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I hate you both >:(
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HAI GREENIUS!
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HEY FREEDOMPANTS (as of tomorrow) >:(
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GYM CHICKEN WILL SOLVE ALL YOUR WOES
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YOU’RE LYING AND YOU MADE IT ALL UP
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That’s awesome too, Alex! Way to go!
Handing it in is such a great feeling, even though I got a mate to do the actual physical handing in.
Motivation – get it done and out of the way and you’re officially a free man!!! 😀
ALL THE PROCRASTINATION!!!
Grats, buddy! 😀
I remember the day my Thesis was due.
I was up until 4AM until I was all NOPE, SCREW IT, THIS IS DONE, WHATEVER.
Enjoy the feeling of dumping it off in your school office then moonwalking away, Notoriousaur!
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Probably won’t be up until 4AM. I hope. Oh god I probably will.
Thanks Bish!
Handing in that thesis was the best feeling.
For us it was on Melbourne Cup day itself. So we handed in our theses, watched the race on a projector in the lobby of the CS building, then a bunch of us went to the cinemas at The Glen and watched / MST3Ked Doom.
hey guys. so im b ack at work after spending my public holiday in the worst possible way.. so basically i was working on monday, not much was happening so by about 1pm i decided to leave work early. got home with lunch for my wife, my bro in law who was staying over the long weekend and myself, and by about 3pm, was feeling really ill. mind you i was in tip top shape earlier.
so by 4pm my stomach was no longer home to my earlier lunch for obvious reasons, and half an hour later, my fever reached 42.3 degrees. back pains kicked in, i decided to jump in the shower, at which point i was drained completely of any energy and collapsed in the shower. quite literally had to call out my missus to help me up, then spent about 28 hours in bed seeping on and off and drinking lemonade. its funny when you’re sick how apathetic you are towards food.
i forced my missus to sleep inside as i didnt want her catching anything, but she was awesome constantly checking up on me 🙂
also equally awesome was that my kitty didnt leave my side at all and she stayed snuggled up to me keeping me company. damn i love animals.
so my plans to finish ass creed 1 went down the toilet, ah well, there is always the weekend!
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That’s not good, man. Hope you’re feeling better now atleast. Cats are amazing!
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Hope you get better duder! Also deep heat is amazing at the whole back pain thing I find. Although I don’t know if it’s clever to use it while sick.
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Sorry to hear, mate.
I hope you’re feeling better.On the plus side, our cat is an absolute prick. So you at least got one that isn’t the spawn of Satan.
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Damn, I hope all is well now!
Seems like the loving family and cat made it a bit more bearable though! 🙂
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Dude, 42.3?! Hope you’re feeling a little better soon!
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42.3? That’s grounds for getting checked at a hospital IMO.
Was anyone here a console gamer back in the early/mid 90’s?
If so, do you have any memories about the Sega/Nintendo console wars? From what I’ve heard, there really didn’t appear to be as much rivalry in Aus as there was in the UK, but maybe one of you chaps and chapettes have some stories.
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I was! But I was a Sony kid, so i’m not much help here :S
Infact I never owned a Nintendo or Sega console heh..
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I had NES/SNES, but I remember it was pretty civil. People had their preferences, but nothing to get riled up over.
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Yeah, there was always the odd comic / article in game magazines that had some but it was very little.
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You fellas obviously grew up in different place than me. We had a big fort in the playground which was alternatively Sega or Nintendo domain depending on who got there the fastest after lunch started. Then the while lunch was spent trying to cram as many as your side as possible into it.
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Haha! That’s crazy, I loved these consoles but I think by this stage I had already fallen for the Amiga and the humble point-and-click adventures that came with it! 😀
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I was all fired up by the magazines I read, being an impressionable kid, but couldn’t find anyone who cared as much as me to argue with, so it kind of went nowhere 😛
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I just remember one guy I went to school with who owned a GameGear, while I had a GameBoy. he made fun of me because his was in colour & therefore my B&W gameboy was inferior to his 16 colour handheld.
but yeah… that dude was a twat. & sega hardware sort of disappeared… so I’m gonna assume I won that argument.
Edit: spelling.
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I was more a sony man, but our family did have a Sega Master system.
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Yeah, I was a subscriber to NMS (Nintendo Magazine System) which routinely had fanart of Sonic being brutally butchered by Mario. When I think about it, it’s probably best I let my subscription lapse…
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I have some guys sending me art and letters from MM, MMS and NMS for the article I’m writing. The part the magazines played is going to be a large part of the story.
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I can’t help with the art examples, sorry – I threw all my mags out years ago. But if you need some words, feel free to shoot some questions my way, and I’ll do my best to answer.
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Like I said, I have all the old art sorted (hopefully) But I’ll shoot you some Q’s about your recollection of the time! 😀
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Most definitely was there. Sega for lyfe boy-o!
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YOU KNOW IT! o/
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As I recall it Nintendo was for younger kids, Sega for teenagers. Sega had all the good fighting games, and games like Motely Crue Pinball.
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Rastan. The enemies would die in an explosion* of blood. Take that stupid kiddy Nintendo!
*More like two large drops of red. Could have been anything but to a 10 year old, giant fountains of blood.
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Rastan was brutal! It’s amazing how much our imaginations shaped the visual details from what was onscreen to what we “saw”
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“Sega had all the good fighting games”
Like Street Fighter II Turbo? also MK2 on te SNES was the better version (Which was surprising given the crappy version of MK it got)
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I had a Snes, Master System and Mega Drive – i loved them all ohhh sooo much!!!
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But your split personalities got into so many fights
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That’s only because other me is a dick.
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It wasn’t a bitter rivalry personally, but it was a rivalry nonetheless. Remember the fan-art that would get sent in to the Nintendo and Sega magazines? There was some dark shit in there 😛
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What’s a SEGA?
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Get out.
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oh man the arguments and literal punch-ons that occured etween me and my friends over sega vs nintendo…. i remember 3 of us got suspended in grade 5 after we accidently broke a window in the heat of one particular argument
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I was a Nintendoian, but I would play pretty much any thing, but then again, my first console was a N64, as even back in the early – mid 90s I was a card carrying master race member.
Never really got into Sega, thought Sonic was alright, but Mario was better!
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My first console was an Atari somethingsomething. It took myself, my little brother, my mother, my stepfather and ALL their friends, and presumably many cartons of XXXX to figure out how to get a plane in the damned sky in the flight sim we had. Awesome stuff 🙂
The first console I truly played was the MasterSystem II, had so much fun with it!
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Sure, my group in school was massively divided! I remember some debates getting pretty heated too, as ridiculous as that sounds. It became like mud slinging contests really, dissing on each others consoles.
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I was happy to play games on any console, but I focused on, and barracked for, Sega all the way.
Not until the Game Boy Pocket did I ever have any interest in owning a Nintendo product.
I was fine playing on Nintendo consoles at friend’s places but if there was a choice between the two I would always go for the Sega console.There was a vague rivalry. Everyone took a side, but it wasn’t impassioned to a substantial degree. I was still pretty young, so maybe people a little older than me would have witnessed more contention.
Like others have said there were the separate factions at school. I don’t think it got as heated at my school as it did at some others, but there were moments.
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There was no rivalry when I was a kid. Sega had presence and marketing, Nintendo was way uncool and no one had one.
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Note that this was in New Zealand, not Australia.
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Have any TAYbies seen Argo?
If so, what did you think of it?
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I really want to see it.
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Was going to see that or Frankenweenie, ended up seeing nothing. :S
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Brisbanweenie meat?
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Would be in if I hadnt seen it already. Def recommended though, really enjoyed it
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I read that as Agro and in my mind yelled “Yes!”
True story.
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Is it strange that i did the same?
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It’s really, really good.
I wrote a thing about it here: http://redartifice.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/thoughts-on-argo/
if you’re at all interested, but basically it’s well told and the fact that it’s mostly true is astonishing. -
I liked it. I recommend it I reckon. Really well built tension and stuff. Although you do really have to question how much of it really happened, and how much is dramatised, I had that awkward feeling a lot of the time. But yeah, overall its good.
Morning.
So I need to learn how to install a hard drive into my computer.
On the up side, I am learning things.
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its really easy.
which one of these does the cable look like?hopefully the one on the right.
plug a the cable into your computers motherboard, plug the other end into your hard drive. done.
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not true, if he still has IDE, he has master/slave jumpers to worry about…
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If Scree is using IDE drives, then I think installing a new HDD is the least of the problems….
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It’s SATA I think
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SATA is the standard these days. Most new motherboards won’t even come with IDE ports.
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1) Open computer.
2) Insert HDD somewhere it fits and secure it.
3) Find a cable that fits into the HDD and plug it in.
4) Close computer.Installing parts is remarkably simple.
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In practice, it is indeed quite simple, though it looks stupidly intimidating the first time you try it.
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I’ve had to walk people through installing extra sticks of RAM into their work computers over the phone. The conversation boiled down to “open computer, move the CD drive out of the way and then shove the stick in the only place it fits.”
It still took a while because people were intimidated by the idea of tinkering with their computer’s innards.
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How do i know which one to buy /o\ It’s so confusing
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I really have never noticed a difference with RAM. I will generally get the one that is in the middle price range of the size I want.
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‘sup, scree!
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Not much, just slightly terrified out of my wits
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Haha! That’s me on a daily basis, you’ll do fine! 😀
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Into a tower?
First off, make sure you have a SATA cable.
Then, after opening your computer, you have to unscrew the side of the 5.25 inch bay.
Insert the drive and screw it into place.
Plug one end of the SATA cable into the drive, and the other end into the motherboard.
Then, take one of the cables from the power supply, and plug it into the other slot on the hard drive.
If you have any trouble, consult this page:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-hard-drive-replace/
Hope this helps. 🙂
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Thanks. I’m sure it’ll help once I figure out what to buy
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Buying a hard drive shouldn’t be too hard scree there are basically 3 things you need to decide on (Type, size, brand)
SSD or SATA: SSD are solid state drives and will run faster but be a lot more expensive. Personally I wouldn’t worry about the SSD yet and just get SATA 3.5″ Drive
Size: Again it will depend on what you need it for but it looks like a 1TB drive is about the sweet spot for value for money.
Brand: As long as you pick a known brand you should be ok (Seagate & Western digital are the two I use)-
Thanks! I’ll make sure it’s SATA before i do anything though.
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DON’T PUSH THE RED BUTTON!!!
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CUT THE RED WIRE!!!
(this is bad advice)
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NO!!!
NOT THE RE…..*****BBBOOOOOMMMMMMMM*****
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WHICH RED WIRE? THEY’RE ALL RED!
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CUT ALL OF THEM
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Just be careful when handling it, lots of PC parts have sharp pieces or edges, I’ve slit my thumb open with the edge of a hard drive casing once. Wasn’t a bad or painful cut but it was enough to draw red oil for me.
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Ha red oil 🙂
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I’m beginning to think Tech Knight might’ve spent some time in a robot insane asylum and isn’t in fact an actual robot! 😛
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It’s always fun to play “why the hell is there blood on this component?”
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My CPU cooler gets the better of me more often than I’m willing to admit…
Guess it doesn’t help that there’s next to no room between the cooler and the case for my hands to fit 😛
NEW SUPPLIES!!
I AM SO EXCITE!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152218065915062&set=o.270825842955174&type=1&theater¬if_t=photo_comment
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At first I thought they were cupcakes.
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They are far more delicious than that! 😀
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Awesome!
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I know, right?!
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To the uninitiated (i.e me) that looks bloody intimidating.
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To the initiated it’s still bloody intimidating.
Seriously ,this morning before the stuff arrived, i was looking at all the stuff i have to paint and thinking “oh… god… where do I go next?!”Still it’s great fun! lol
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ANYONE GOING TO BRISBANE SUPANOVA AND WANTS TO HANG AFTER!!!
THE PLANS ARE AS FOLLOWS!
Meet at CyberyCity in the Valley for dinner after Supanova at around 6:00 – 6:30. (let me know if that time doesn’t work I’m just guessing from the last time I went to Supanova)
It’s BYO but for that to work we each need to get over $10 of food. (Which shouldn’t be hard)
There’s a Bottle-O nearby so don’t fret about getting booze. If two people are keen I’m good to split a carton of beer three ways to reap the cheap benefits.
Boyfriends, Girlfriends, Husbands and Wives are welcome (no Nannas please)
I’ll be there from 6:00ish (if the time doesn’t change) so feel free to give me a call if you can’t find it. (Lemme know if you don’t have my number)
I’ll also need approx numbers so I can get a table when I get there. So reply here or someone send me a total on Twitter. I’m guessing around 8 – 10?
Also, if you’ve never been to a thing before, come along. Open to all.
Love,
Dan
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I’m looking forward to it, man. Don’t drink, though. Obviously don’t mind if you guys do, just letting you know I’ll be extra strength nervous from the lack of liquid courage. 😛
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It’s cool man, I have basically given up drinking too. We can sit and silently judge all the alcoholics. =P
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Losers.
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JKS!
But seriously, like you need to be nervous! You’ve met the majority, right? ‘Cept me and Jimu?
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I actually have never met jimu too!
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Yeah, didn’t actually speak a whole lot to Strange, though. I was frightened. Haha!
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Stop that, or I’ll give you something to be frightened about! 😛
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She’s pretty intimidating.
Or do I mean intimidatingly pretty?
BAM! SUCK ON THAT COMPLIMENT, NERD!!!
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Sometimes I fear I may actually be an alcoholic.
When I feel like that I go down 1 of 2 routes. I drink away my apprehensions, or I go without grog for a week or so. Which is still probably less time than I should.-
For what it’s worth, not drinking isn’t a judgement thing or any thing with me. Just like to stay in control, is all. I have reasons. My head’s a mess at the best of times, I like to keep it clear.
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If you can go without for a week or so, you are probably not an alcoholic. Alcoholics tend to not be able to do that. And they’ll hide the fact that they drink from people as well, which you are not.
You seem like a binge-drinker though. Which I used to be. In which case I would say, if you’re worried about it, try and set limits for yourself on when/where/how much you drink. Don’t feel mad at yourself if you go over your self-imposed limits, just try again. 🙂
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I guess I can make an appearance.
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Awww yeah!
Count-a me in!
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Whooooooooooooooop!
Not only am I in, but I want in on that beer. Imma gon get it on in cybercityyyy
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It’s gonna be a Sassy* Dan & Dane kinda evening!
*Mean
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Drunk and mean and abusive and probably inappropriate
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If you guys are still going strong after 9 I can drop in unles Mrs. Freeze wants to “celebrate” a bit after then I won’t be available until 9:10.
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You’re in the big smoke!?
Just text someone and we’ll let you know, boo.
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So assuming it takes you 8 minutes to get to us, that’s 2 minutes worth of “celebrating” huh. Nice.
EDIT: Also highly doubt we’ll be done by 9. If everyone else is, I wont be.
I shall most likely be joining you. Most likely without Mr. Strange. Because he is allergic to fun.
I downvoted because I can’t go! D:
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I downvoted you for downvoting
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OH YEAH!?
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I off-set your down vote, What. How do you like them apples? 😛
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Not our fault you’re not doing the screening of your movie at Supanova…. 😛
Who’s actually going to Supanova?
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Not me!
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Me!
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Me! And without kids for the first time ever! No more will I have to worry about inconsiderate convention-attendees knocking my kids out with their backpacks or trampling them underfoot.
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I think Jimu’s going too!
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Why noone join me last year? :'(
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Isn’t it obvious?
(I’m getting an early start on the sass)
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I’ve got another meat type dealy on at 6:30 … but if you guys will be there for a while I’ll try to make it after 8
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For sure, yo!
Do you know where Cybercity is? It can be a little difficult to find, is all.
Tweeter me when your making a move (@dkzeitgeist) and I’ll let you know where we are.
So, its been 1 day without my iPhone…. instead Optus gave me a basic (well, actually its an insult to basic) Huawei phone. This thing is terribuble! I’ve become use to having decent gear, and phones that have features such as bluetooth, email, mp3 ring tones, exchange sync, and its really offputting to have a phone with none of the above! But I can send and recieve sms, and make and receive phone calls, which is the basic needs to do my job, and I have my iPad to fill in the other areas (except no 3G tethering….). So I’m going to slowly slip into more peaceful time, where my phone was just a phone, men where men, cows where cows and try to forget about the future that I know is coming once my phone comes back to me.
Yes, I am ranting that I have to use a low end phone instead of my iPhone, but I have gotten use to having a device that I can use for so much, and it has so far been unsettling to not have that there. 10 – 15 business days cannot pass quick enough.
Also MIDI!!!!
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What the hell is Huawei?
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That company that got banned from NBN work.
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Chinese electronic manufacturer, supposedly connected to the Chinese military, so all my phone calls and sms are being added the Chinese intel on me.
Enjoy my texts you sneaky buggers!
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Start texting the late night TV ladies then!
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Make sure to include the words “revolution” and “uprising” as much as possible.
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Also, conspire with the Dalai Lama!
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Hey Mr Dalai Lama, would you like to join me a for dinner party to discuss uprising techniques? I think we can get a revolution started!
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Also don’t forget to mention how shit Pork Buns and Spring Rolls are!!! AND RICE!
…They totally aren’t, but it’ll be fun to see what they do.
…Probably nothing.
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I love pork buns.
Also rice.
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Its the noise you make when you cant go poop
I am looking forward to playing Assassin’s Creed III today because tree-running is fun. Still bitter about the first unnecessary four days of play, and missions are still excruciatingly unfun, but at least I’ve finally managed to find some fun in the game. 😀
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I’m thinking about reading the wikia today, but not sure. What if I some how like it next time I play?
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Guess you’ll never find out and it’s time to move on to Journey : )
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Play it! Just rush through the missions without trying to do the optional objectives for 100% sync. It’s way better if you do that. That’s not usually my playstyle but it’s the only way I can get any enjoyment out of the game.
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Reading it really isn’t the same as playing it. 😛 There are certain points I think you’d rather experience properly in this game!
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Riled me up so much, though! You saw my twitter ramblings! 😀
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I know. I’m talking about specific moments though, that would be better played than read, like SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER
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That’s how I felt about the first game. Didn’t really like the missions, but running from building to building was pretty great.
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I loved the first game. The missions, the sidequests, the exploration, the way Altair moved so fluidly, the story, everything. It remains my favourite AC game.
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I prefer AC2, but I know how you feel about Ezio. 😀
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I’m with most people in that I found it incredibly repetitive and thus, felt pretty boring 🙁
However, animations were superb and moving around and climbing was so awesome!
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I didn’t find it any more repetitive than any other game. The nature of gaming is repetitive actions. Just look at JRPGs or FPSs for instance…you repeat the same type of action and battle over and over again. That’s just the way games are. I’ve never understood why people found Assassin’s Creed objectionably more repetitive than any other game.
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I’m with you, Strange. First AC is best AC.
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It’s been years since I played it but if I recall, you had to do some small tasks before the next assassination target opened up? (correct me if I’m wrong)
I think the repetition came from having only a like 3 or so tasks to do and you had to do them again, and again just to open up the next one. AC2 addressed some of these issues where they added more variety in the tasks you could complete but it ultimately still felt a bit repetitive for me, just much less so than AC felt.
Again, I’m not sure if that’s how the game worked but I finished both a long time ago so memory is a bit hazy 😛
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I would agree with you if it wasn’t for the fact that AC1 required you to do those goddamn races all the time. Hated those so much. Also preferred the way they took those set systems and worked them into a story instead in AC2+. But the setting and everything in AC1 is vastly better.
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I really, really enjoy seeing that huge green SUCCESS!!!!!! bar show up every time I post a comment. As if TAY is congratulating me on my contribution however asinine it may be.
Some days, it’s the little things :3
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Haha! Me too, does any one have that weird thing though, where you refresh a page and it says your post was successfully… uh… posted? (Even though you didn’t write any thing?) Some times I’ll scroll down to the comment box and it’ll have someone elses ramblings in there! :S
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wtf?! Can’t say I’ve seen that man.
Ghost in the shell!-
Scares me a little every damn time. Must intercept it some how. Maybe I refresh TAY too much. 😛
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Happens to me occasionally, too! You’re not crazy! (or we both are)
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You are the lifeblood of the refresh game 😀
I play the refreshlurk game over weekends. Same but different 😛
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Aww, I want to intercept cool messages :'(
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Sometimes it’s rants about Halo!
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Uh-uh, DC doesnt believe in anime.
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Any one who says it exists is a damn liar! 😛
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Sometimes its a big red bar saying YOU ARE POSTING TOO FAST, and Im all you cant tell me what to do youre not my real dad
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And then you get sent to the naughty corner even though he’s not your real dad and adults are poopy.
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DUPLICATE COMMENT DETECTED
Shutup! I do what I want!
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DUPLICATE COMMENT DETECTED
Shutup! I do what I want!
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DUPLICATE COMMENT DETECTED
Shutup! I do what I want!
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I resent the fact I can’t post “:'(” as many times as I want.
:'(
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You can! Trjn and Blaghs know of a way but I’m not sure if it’s different from my technique 😛
You can also just post whatever and edit in the :'( in later. You love editing anyway! >:P
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It’s true, I am cursed with awesome.
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They have witch powers, this is how they do it.
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Time to assemble a TAY lynch mob?
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BURN THE WITCHES WHO AREN’T ME
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C-C-C-Combo Breaker
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GORRAMIT
DUPLICATE COMMENT DETECTED
Shutup! I do what I want!
I like it too, but I just made a post and no bar showed up. Maybe it doesn’t like me anymore?
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But with that comment it’s now back and all is right in the world.
Rang my boss this morning apologising for leaving work early yesterday arvo, and she gave me the day off and marked it as “working from home”. Best sleep in ever!
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Hopefully today will off-set yesterday’s unpleasentness!
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Also, best boss ever!
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Jesus is a lady?
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Apparently. Who knew?
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Meme.
I know someone who swears blind that it’s prononced Mem. Also that it’s a word for popular stuff on the internet.
/facepalm.
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I used to think it was me-me instead of meem but mem is a bit of a stretch 😛
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Some words I don’t ever pronounce out loud, because I’m afraid I’ll be saying it wrong. Like that time I pronounced avant garde at uni and the group laughed at me. :'(
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A-vant guard? Is that how it’s pronounced?
Tell me if I’m wrong so I won’t get ridiculed!
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That’s right. (Atleast I hope so, otherwise that incident would be for nothing. :P)
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How did you pronounce it?
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[Awkward moment repressed, try again later.]
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How did you pronounce it?
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See reply to Dire Wolf. 😛
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I always thought that the T was silent
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I’m terrible at the pronunciation spelling thing but I’ve always said it more like arv-on guard (but very subtle on the r)
How did you pronounce it? I’d pronounce it a-vahnt guard.
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I’m pretty sure I said the silent ‘e’… As I was saying it I knew it was wrong, but it was too damn late to abort. 😀 Had really never spoken it out loud before either. Damn pretentious film words. 😛
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Pronounced as an e or an a
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‘e’
Stop making me relive the moment. Haha!
Yeah. Ever since Facebook started getting all these ‘meme’ pages, I’ve heard “me-me” used an awful lot 😛
Yeah, I thought “memetic” was pronounced “meh-met-ick”, which mean “meme’ was “meh-me”.
Looking back, that was a bit daft, but I’d only ever seen it written down and English is terrible when it comes to this stuff.
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Wait, so is memetic pronounced meh-met-ick or meem-tic?
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Meemtic.
EDIT: Wait, I’m not sure anymore. It’s probably meh-met-ick and then “meme” is “meem” like “gene” is “jeen”.
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To be fair, when I first read it (In a comic way-back-when) I went with ‘meem’, but I was pretty sure I’d gotten it wrong until later in life. It was just the one I liked most out of the other possible ways I could have gone.
Actually I thought it was mem for ages. It looks like mem, to be fair. How does it not look like mem?
My mum pronounces ‘Mall’ not as ‘Mawl’ but as ‘Mal’.
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I do that with regard to “Pall-Mall” cigarettes. “Pal-Mal”.
When shopping? Mall. Maul.Also ‘meme’ is one of those words that aren’t words and shouldn’t be spoken. Like ‘pwn’.
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Meme is a real word, Dawkins came up with it to explain social phenomena like repeated catch phrases and whatnot (and other things in a religious sense because he is Richard Dawkins).
Somehow that got translated into pictures of cats with words transposed on them.
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Ahh, I stand both corrected and enlightened!
Thanks 😀
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Actually the term ‘Meme’ has been around for a long time, it has only taken on a new meaning thanks to internet jokes and 4chan.
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My mum says gen-ray instead of genre. :S Weird!
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My mum says Mal too!…
BROTHER?
Actually, I think it’s the british pronunciation. Mawl is American. But because of movies, I feel like a twat saying ‘Mal’…
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Monopoly time, do you say Pall Mall or Paul Maul
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pal mal
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*twirls moustache*
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Yeah, took a bit of getting used to the British pronunciation. Still sounds weird.
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I used to pronounce it mem, then I learned it was supposed to be pronounced like gene. Pronouncing it like that still sounds wrong to me though.
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Yeah. Me to.
Always said it as Mem.
No idea why, but just did.-
I still do. In related news Doc is horrible to me
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I’ve always thought it was mei-mei, kind of like how Simon called River that in Firefly. :S (I know that was Chinese, just thought it was similarly pronounced.)
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It means little sister in Chinese 🙂
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Man, I loved how Firefly did that. Random chinese sprinkled in the sentences. 😀
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I like the idea but the execution of it was terrible. They’d randomly say Chinese words or phrases, it wasn’t actually incorporated into the language.
A Clockwork Orange did it better, real horrorshow.
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Oh, true? Gave it a nice texture, though. Haha!
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I’ve also heard it pronounced as if it was Japanese, i.e. meh-meh.
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He had a good run.
This page is getting too long. I think we need a new one.
Or rather, last page was getting too long. This was an intentional page get, I just wasn’t fully thinking what I was writing.
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Triumphant in your page get!
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Super warning to everyone. Amini just posted an AC3 Easter Egg on the front page, so if you don’t want it spoiled for you avoid the front page.
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Thanks buddy.
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Another victory for /tags/au. Thanks for the warning.
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Thanks! I was just about to check the front page but think I’ll stay clear until tomorrow, now. I really need to email Tina Amini and ask why she doesn’t care she’s always spoiling things for people. Maybe it’s in her job description: “official spoilerer of easter eggs and whatnot”. 😛
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I seriously wonder if she knows that she’s doing it.
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Another day, another Salami!
EDIT: Woops, meant to be a reply to the Amini comment. Now I just look insane!-
Innuendo?
Now I feel dirty. This must be how Loops feels all the time. 😛
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In YOUR endo.
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Hmmm.. i bet you’d LOVE to know how i feel 😉
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For SCIENCE! & diabetes.. No regrets though, I swear!
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That’s one sweet pile of nostalgia right there
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Also, what’s the deal with hot Warheads?
I’ve heard that they’re still around, but have yet to spot them.-
Have not seen them at all. I’ve seen every other variant of the warhead brand though.
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Oh man is it ever! I swear the redskins & milko’s are smaller than they use to be though =(
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I think they made the redskins less hard too. I remember them being so tough and sticky they could rip out fillings.
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I ripped a baby tooth out with one, once.. Ah times were different.
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Jungle chews.
Also Big Boss Cigars.
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Oh man, Ghost Drops.
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Whenever I want to slice and dice the roof of my mouth, I treat myself to a Ghost Drop.
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My primary school used to have rules in place when buying Ghost Drops at the canteen. You couldn’t buy more than $2 worth at a time (kids were bringing in $10 notes and clearing the place out) and you couldn’t ask the canteen lady for specific colours (because kids started asking for all the blue ones [the coolest colour] which caused fights when they ran out).
Back in the day…
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When I was a kid and played basketball, whenever we played at a venue that had a canteen (some venues sucked and didn’t have any) after the game everyone would just go and load up on ghost drops and other cheap lollies.
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Hey guys, I think Powalen has gone insane.
I mean, LOOK AT HIM!
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Mobile TAY +1
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Certainly looks that way.
So in spite of yesterday’s lot that were saying they would move to Aus if Obama was re-elected, I saw this today, from people on Twitter spouting all sorts of hateful racist things toward Obama. I just can’t believe some people.
I would class it as NSFW due to what a lot of people simply tweeted. It’s quite disgusting.
Edit: I can’t close tags to save my life.
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Oh man…. seriously… Americans… WTF.
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‘MURICA!
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Coinensadince…..
@Strange
I officially disagree with you regarding the Honey BBQ Chicken Sizzling Summer Shapes.
They are clearly the best of the Sizzling Summer flavours and I therefore conclude your son’s nappies must taste delicious.
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I’m not sure which ones I’ve been eating, but so far the yellow/orange box is better than the blue box.
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Yellow/Orange: yeah, that’s nappy flavour.
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Hahahaa. 😀 You are obviously beyond help. 😛
And now, a dedication to Mitt Romney….
2 lessons I learnt from last years Supernova
1. If you see a booth full of Magic cards selling at a ridiculously low price don’t wait until the end of the day to go and get them. He won’t have any more.
2. Don’t inspect the mannequins too closely. They may not be mannequins.
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@ 2:
“Oh wow, this mannequins boobs feel so real!”
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Also don’t place your hands on what seems to be mannequins but some how feel very life like.
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Uni friend! Space Pyrates! Artist Alley! /end of plug.
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I *really* want to get back into MtG. Cheap cards may just do that.
Except the whole, y’know, removed from civilisation thing. Dammit.
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Surely there’s some sort of online version?
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/97330/
50% off currently-
It’s really just not the same. MtG will always be a TCG for me 😛
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Wow, that came off super-dismissive. Sorry :S
Thanks for the link man 🙂
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Why do you hat me T.T
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Hmmm, maybe I should go and buy a deck if its cheap. I have been wanting to play it since bunny showed me the basics of it.
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Ah thats right! Should try a multiplayer game too, havent tried that outside the steam version
I know a few here like the electronic genre of music, whatever flavour that may be, i’ve never been a big fan, my liking for the genre started and stopped at Daft Punk, but my mate who’s big into it, got me to listen to this one bloke Gareth Emery, and I must admit it’s pretty good. I quite like this song. Also the video is amazing. Simple, yet awesome.
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I like some electronic music, although I can’t say I’m a fan of that particular song you linked. (some of his other stuff sounds alright).
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I love how the person singing the entire song is only “feat”. Not just this song, its something thats bugged me for a while. I know that for this sort of music, people tend to be more interested in the writer than the singer, but even in more mainstream pop music, the Feat. singer always seems to be doing more of the work.
But I like this song, its a nice piece
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Yeah that’s always gotten me. Though I get in some cases, where the artist wrote & composed the song and only had some one sing on it, that’s fair. But yeah I get where you’re coming from.
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Someone floated an idea of a Secret SanTAY a while back. Is anyone actually organising that? If not I’m going to step in and start moving things along.
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I think Neg was, Aleph also expressed interest in doing it.
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ozgameshop vouchers for everyone \o/
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I’m happy to organize it but if you want to do it I won’t stop you. 🙂
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Or you could both conspire together and make it easier \o/
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Or have rival SanTAYs. Split TAY right down the middle into warring factions. And then we all get together in a particularly heartwarming and cliched way to wish each other a Merry Christmas.
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I’ll just sit in the middle & be the messenger.
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Hope you don’t mind if I opt out… for reasons… 😛
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You mean people finding out where you live reasons? There’s ways around that, now that you go to Meats.
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Is this why you didn’t want a book? I can send it to someone else for hand-to-hand
combatdelivery if you want-
Haha! Nah, that’s not it at all. I have (different) reasons on both counts. Sorry for being so vague… 🙂 Edit: But thank you, though.
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I’m going to start making guesses. It’ll be a bit of mental exercise.
First guess: you’re allergic to paper. That would explain a) why you don’t want a book and b) why you don’t want to wrap/unwrap a Secret SanTAY present.
Is that it? Allergy to paper?
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BECAUSE YOU HATE US
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If only. 😛
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Tellll meeeeee!
and I’ll tell you why I don’t really want to partake in it! 😛
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I will run it and put every name as Sughly and I will have the best xmas eva
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As long as it doesn’t work out too expensive :\
How is it going to work though? You’ll know who your Secret Santa is because they’ll need your address. Unless we just limit it to gifting Steam games or something? But then not everybody uses Steam. I dunno! You brainiacs can figure it out!
TAYbies and NaNoers. I seek your thoughts, please:
Is writing really hard work? Really?
I’m voting no, but I seem to be the only one.
Edit to add this quote that sums up my perspective:
Honestly, if the definition of “hard work” now includes sitting at a desk or coffee shop or library or on the grass, and having the option to write or not based purely on self-motivation, for as long or short a time as you like, then the term “hard work” has truly been stretched beyond any semblance of usefulness.
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I see writing as a long, enduring, painful slog that instead of leaving you hollow after completion, leaves you feeling triumphant.
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Sounds more like sport or sex than work, then 😛
Edit: I was going to edit this to better address the ‘painful’ part of the comment, but then decided it might be funnier to leave the original response up.
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Good writing is hard work. Taking ideas, throwing them against the paper until they stick and then wrangling them into something cohesive is taxing.
But that’s why it’s worth it. When you get something that works, it’s rewarding. If it was easy, there would be no satisfaction.
Writing is hard work and that’s one of the reasons I like it.
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I think I’ve got this perspective of work as extrinsically motivated. Pay, recognition, etc.
The corollary of this is that play is intrinsically motivated. Satisfaction, personal growth, etc.
Which one sounds more like writing? (Assuming, as I do, that both play and work can be easy or hard.)
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I don’t think that the work/play distinction is particularly apt here.
Rock climbing would be considered play but it is hard work. When people talk about writing being hard work, they’re talking about it in the same sense; that it’s challenging. Not necessarily that it is extrinsically motivated as opposed to intrinsically (although depending on the writing it can be either or both).
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Yeah, I agree with Trjn. I do understand where you’re coming from, though. I think most people are always their worst critic. To endure that and get some thing out of it is tough. (But rewarding too, like the others have said.)
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I agree with this. Framing what you’ve written in a cohesive and compelling way that will make others want to read it can take a fair bit of time and effort.
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Man, you know those not-very-big ‘ole stories I used to write and post in TAY?
Those took forever to right. [<- …What.]
It’s hard being a writer when you’re not a writer.
See, I even spelled “write” the wrong way.-
I’ve concluded that I have an odd perspective that if I enjoy something, it can’t be called work. Otherwise, how do I distinguish the drudge of my day job from the other obligations and routines I have in my day?
I would like to see more TAY stories from you, Bish, if it doesn’t involve hard work. If it does, I’d rather you take it easy.
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I understand what you mean and think some people are taking it a little personally. I fall into the mindset category, getting into it is far harder than the actual writing process itself. I was watching Six Feet Under last night, Claire’s aunt questioned her on whether she was really an artist or not. That defensive, knee jerk reaction Claire felt is probably what the others are feeling. It’s some thing they want and some thing they might feel insecure about. I do think that sense of discipline is a struggle for any one, though, writer or otherwise. (Oh, man. This feels like rambling. Disregard. :D)
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<3 for perfect SFU reference
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Haha! Six Feet Under wins Shane over any time! 😀
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Best show ev…
Wait, I think I’ve said this before.
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Only have six eps left, man. :'(
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But then we can talk about it \o/
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Whfg jngpurq gung rcvfbqr jvgu Pnyyvat Nyy Natryf ng gur raq. Gurer zvtug’ir orra tbbfr ohzcf.
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Pretty amazing, right? Season 5 is just incredible to watch – if the wife and I want a 6FU fix, but don’t have the patience for the whole lot, we’ll just watch season 5. Also, Senaprf Pbaebl unf na vaperqvoyr fvatvat ibvpr gung fur’f oneryl hfrq va gur fubj.
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That moment, kind of felt like you were watching something, understanding something about women you wouldn’t normally percieve. I can’t explain it. Sounds so wanky.
Now I feel like I need to hand in a man card. 😛
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I think that’s a really good way of explaining it. And spying on women is inherently manly, so you can keep your man card for now 😛
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I think Stiletto91 summed it up well with his comment. It is about the term work.
Writing is hard, getting something you are happy with, the physical and emotional states you go through to get that.
There is a reward for perseverance, and that is the reason people do it.
You seem to be associating the term work with a job and everything that goes with it, so it is a loaded term for you. Climbing to the top of a hill/mountain to see the view is hard in the same way that writing is hard.
Getting to the top I am likely to say that is was hard work getting up that climb, which isn’t to say I would prefer to be working in the office, just that there was reason to quit and I had to preserve to get the the reward at the end
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I do indeed like to make a distinction between ‘work’ and everything else I do.
I don’t mind if my recreational activities are challenging (in fact, that’s often part of the appeal), but the second I start to think of them as work, enjoyment flies headfirst out the window, and everything becomes a slog.
The whole argument I’m trying to make (possibly poorly) is that mindset makes a big difference to experience. If you go into something expecting it to be painfully hard (or expecting it to be work), you’re ultimately reducing your chances of enjoying yourself.
This is my experience, anyway.
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I hear you but where you are getting people getting upset is that they are not associating work with something they don’t want to do. Hard work is something that you do like going to the gym. You can go in with a positive attitude but knowing that it is going to be hard, doesn’t make it less enjoyable.
NaNoWriMo is hard, the word count is requires perseverance to get to within the month. But for some people the achievement in reaching that goal makes it worth while. I knew going into it that I probably wouldn’t have the time to reach the goal, so I am probably experiencing more of what you were saying. Just writing for the enjoyment of writing.Also you are going to get things swayed much more towards the, this is hard I need some support on the forums. When people are enjoying it and writing they don’t post of the forums. Often people have hit a block or are worn out and looking for a bit of pep or support. So the perception from reading the forums will be much more negative than the actual emotions
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You seem to be defining work as that thing you go to from 9 – 5, as opposed to just a challenge someone has had to overcome, and you also seem to be of the opinion that manual labor is somehow more “work” than mental labor. I can’t really say I agree with any of that.
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Fair point. I responded in more detail to Tigerion, but I am happy to admit the bias in my definition.
Thanks for the discussion, everyone! Great to get a range of perspectives – it was really interesting!
My ultimate conclusions:
* I am completely blessed to not see writing as work (given my definitional bias and negative connotation of the word work) – good chance that I was right write all along: this is my calling. Chances are good that I’ll always enjoy it.
* I can’t make others feel the same way. They either do or they don’t.
I don’t find the actual writing hard, but I mainly write non-fiction for work stuff.
Too lazy to follow the link, but to be honest the writing part of Anna’s Quest is like the cruisy part. It helps through that I draw all the settings and characters first, so they literally have a life, so all the writing feels very natural. Also it’s just dialogue… so ehhhh, guess my input sucks 😛
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That’s so cool, man. When I wrote something a while back, I drew basic set designs and lay outs. Really, really helped writing it. Knowing the flow of a room, stuff that can be interacted with and the like. Seems like a similar process!
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I was trying to make a distinction between fun/work rather than easy/hard, but the general consensus seems to be that this is a faulty distinction.
I ate all the boring stuff in my lunch first, so I could finish my meal with all the tasty stuff.
And now I’m too full to eat the tasty stuff 🙁
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Afternoon snack!
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Haha! That’s how I eat too, always leave the best to finish the meal on a high note. 😀
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Me too. My wife thinks it’s a weird way to eat (though she also says it’s cute, thank god)
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Cute?
Dude, you’ve been friendzoned.-
Now that explains a few things.
Shit.
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Is there a different way to eat? Gotta save the best til last
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This is why I use a divide and conquer approach, and have some tasty stuff first, boring stuff, then finish off the rest of the tasty stuff. This way I can finish on tastiness-high, but if I am too full, and cannot finish, I have still experienced the tastiness.
Proof reading is boring, shut up.
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I forced myself to eat it all, so I finished taste-high, although it was diminished by overexertion of the stomach.
Now I need to hibernate.
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You need lessons in eating, son.
I should teach you my ways.
My son came into the room when I’d just finished skinning an animal in ACIII. He proceeded to ask me “What are those bones doing there? Why didn’t you send it to the museum?*”. 😀
*(Animal Crossing reference, for those who never played it)
Literally yesterday’s news and probably on previous pages: impressions from the Nintendo direct Japan thing last night? I couldn’t get over how bad Reggie’s Japanese was (especially for someone so high up in a Japanese company). Some interesting Wii U features on display, anyone know if the Skype thingy will support conference calls or will it only be one connection?
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Haha, how good was it! Cringeworthy, but oh so funny. I overall enjoyed it though. Mostly because I was really eager to see what the WiiU UI looked like 😛 I wrote a bit more at the top of the previous page yesterday.
I don’t think it was confirmed whether video chat was just one-way or can handle more. I’m guessing it’ll probably be just one-on-one, but I’m not sure. The social networking stuff is what interests me!
Nothing like toasted sanga’s with molten cheese in them.
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Needs more hash browns.
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NEVAR!
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DC, come and upvote this post. I think Virus nulled my upvote.
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I’ve got your back, man! 😀
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Take that Shane! =D
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Now now children, play nice 😛
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I am, I haven’t started throwing anything at all =D
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I’ll report you to Twitter
again.I mean, I’ll report you to Twitter for the first time ever.
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Sure you will.. Seriously though, please don’t I don’t want to lose my account lol.
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Sir Serrels has apparently fixed the offending Tina Amini ACIII spoiler article. He says the front page should be safe again, now. 🙂
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I wont say anything spoilerwise, but not being an AC fan I dont really see it being a big deal. Seems like a weird little easter egg. I suppose its the principle though? Just yeah, dont really think it was a big deal :/
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Amini ruined some of the nice easter eggs in Borderlands 2. When part of the fun of games is discovery of that sort of stuff, its unacceptable
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Hit the nail on the head my friend. It makes finding it in game go from “haha that’s awesome” to “Oh there it is”
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Yup. I would have loved to find The Bane by myself
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I found it sorta spoiled by my co-op buddies, but super awesome because it then went on to infect EVERY weapon they had equipped. Pretty sure it’s not meant to work that way.
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Yep, pretty much this,. Sure people can still report on it, but just say it’s a spoiler and leave the rest of the details until after the jump.
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Ahhh I see, yeah good point. Fair enough.
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I have watched the DRAGONBORN! trailer, plus a scene by scene discussion of it, at least half a dozen times today.
I WANTZ NOW!!!1!!
*starts hyperventilating and frothing at the mouth*
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Will a horse armor dlc suffice for now?
I’m really finding it hard to resist going out to buy XCOM now, listening to the OST is making me so want to get it even more so than just looking at the gameplay.
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When you get it you’ll be all “Oh my god why didn’t I get this earlier? What’s wrong with me?” And we’ll be all “innorite!”
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Hah most likely, then I’d most likely be all “Ah yes! Sending humans to their death! Bliss!” 😛 It’s too bad you can’t switch sides or start as the aliens.
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It’s pretty good, and I don’t like much!
(omgpokemonfireemblemxenoblade)
Afternoon. Thanks for the help everyone!
I’m planning to save up for the hard drive and then I’ll try putting it in \o/
I wonder if it’ll make my academics greatly increase…Oh crap, too much persona =P
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This’ll give good xp towards your Tinkering level. Good luck! 🙂
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Hope so =D
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Our server has been poopy for a little while. Put in a call to IBM to see what can get sorted out. It was a painful experience.
“P as in Peter”
“B as in Beta?”
“No P as in Papa.”
M as in Mancy.
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S as in Shut the hell up and fix my problem.
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Just stick to the Radio code words. Its usually easier. At least for you, you obviously can’t help everyone elses stupidity
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That’s the thing, with the exception of Peter instead of Papa, this guy was using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
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How about:
“P as in Pneumatic”
Gotta keep ’em on their toes.
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Pterodactyl
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Pfeiffer
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Ptolemy
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No, no, not T like Terry, it is P like Pterodactyl
Evening Taybies, Fun story time. I get to wake up at some ungodly hour to catch a plane to brisbane tomorrow for supanova and a few other things. 4 day weekend for Tofu!
Also Halo 4 rabble rabble rabble
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Doing any thing Saturday night, man? There’s a meat on! 😀
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I’ll be meating some friends for dinner at Max Brenners, but after that zee sky is the limit … I’m sure I could manage two meats in one night
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Here’s the details, man!
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Heads up, Max Brenners sucks balls. Seriously. Pretentious, overpriced, doesnt even taste that special. But, you know, errr… have fun?
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Also planes can totally crash too! Helping? 😀
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I didn’t pick it … my friends all have crazy sweet teeth. I don’t really eat chocolate … so woo
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Fun fact: there is quite literally nothing on the menu that isn’t chocolate.
I hate chocolate except for the rare exception too but I can recommend the Dark Chocolate Mocha Frappicino. Rather nice, not really sweet and more bitter.
Also dinner there seems a bit useless. Isn’t it more something you go to after dinner?
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You sound like Zoolander.
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And it sickens me.
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The only thing I share with Zoolander is the really, really ridiculously good looking part.
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And it hits me. I’ve become a clown. A class clown…
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I just watched a review of Halo 4 and it looks so good!
Somebody buy me a 360 please (and all the Halo games that came out on it :P)
I also have to get up at some ungodly hour to catch a plane to Brisbane! But I’m doing it on Sunday, after spending all Saturday at a music festival. Fun!
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Also, if anyone has any bright ideas about what I can do with a Tuesday in Brisbane, I’m taking suggestions.
I do not believe that these allergy tablets I took are not what they claim to be that is; non drowsy & allergy tablets… Boy do I feel weird.
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Were they anti-virals?…. *crickets chirping*
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Lol.
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That took me WAAAAAY longer than it should’ve…
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If I’m reading that right, double negative means you do believe they are what they claim to be?
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Well they claim to be non drowsy and it sure does not feel like that one little bit, and they only kind of worked =(
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I am I, Don Quixote, The Lord of La Mancha, destroyer of starbust fruit cheewwwwwwwsss
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Lord of La Muncha
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Nice.
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I am Cornholio, do you have TP for my bunghole?
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Ain’t you them kids that have been whackin’ off in my toolshed?
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LOLOL! Oh man, completely forgot that bit
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That takes me back! Haha!
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@Shane
Just adding to my comments upthread
Something that helped lose the trepidation I had for writing (other than looming deadlines) was that I can word good- I word all day in person, writing is just doing it in text. It’s one of the parts of my job I enjoy the most, so much so that I’ve started doing it for leisure.
I’M ON MY FINAL ESSAY.
IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. DO DO DOOO DO DO DO.
This is why every man should have a moustache.
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Notice how this man does not have a moustache. See how things don’t work out for him like they do for the moustached man?
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I quite liked that movie. Haven’t seen the originals though…
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I’m not sure if its awesome or sad that I knew exactly what that was the instant I saw it.
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Glorious
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What is this movie!?!?!
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Singham.
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It’s like an Indian Nightwatch.
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Sick.
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Oh man, Nightwatch! Are they doing a third movie? They better be…
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Dunno.
Still haven’t seen Daywatch.
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15333660/man-fined-for-beating-puppy-to-death/
So sad. Some people do not deserve pets, ever.
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That’s horrible.
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Oh, man. I’m not clicking on an article with a headline like that. :'(
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I understand.
But I think that maybe he should have had a lifetime ban.-
Or a bullet to the head?
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What happened to Mr. Pacifist All Life Is Sacred?
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I’m a complicated man, Freeze. (Hypocrite too it seems. :P)
Edit: Actually you’re right. Now I feel bad… 🙁
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You shouldn’t feel bad. Some people deserve to die.
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Haha! The blood lust wants what the blood lust wants. 😛
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Having read the article, I can say with all honesty that I think this man deserves death. To beat a scared and defenseless puppy to death is one of the most cowardly and evil acts I can think of. I know it’s incredibly judgemental and who am I to decree who lives and dies, but when I read stories like this my blood boils and I can’t help but feel that some people just don’t deserve life.
The fact that he got off with a relatively small fine and can’t own a pet for 5 years (as Scree said, it should have been lifetime) is disgusting. I hate how light the punishment is for animal abusers in this country.
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His excuse was that dogs were treated differently in Malaysia. However, he also says he did the wrong thing. I think he should be made to help rehabilitate pets or some other punishment as well as the lifetime ban.
This wasn’t meant to make people angry, but I also hate people who abuse animals.
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Call me an ex-taybie, willya, strange???
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Obligatory “Who is this guy?”
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It’s that guy from twitter!
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“It’s that old guy from twitter!”
Fixed.
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“It’s that old woman from twitter that drinks low carb beer and does her nails”
Fixed again.
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JIMU!
I think you’ll find you actually called yourself an ex-taybie. 😛
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Welcome to TAY newbie.
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Something something fetch the oar something something.
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Emperor Jimu!
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Creative Director Jimu! (I think?)
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Hi. I’m not sure if we’ve really met.
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You only enter TAY when you want MGS 4 slip covers 🙁
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Fuck off we’re full!
I mean uh.. Welcome friend can we get you anything?
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I remember you! Sorta…
@Tigerion, just tweeted you RE: eerie crates.
Still cool if I get them off you mate?
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You’ve only got a day or so left to use them!
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Resident Evil…. CRATES
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Broken Sword 3 all over again!
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Hey dudes and dudettes!
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/83590
This dealio is back up and it’s where I got all my free uPlay games from! Super easy to do! Just read some comments for the codes 🙂
PRO TIPS:
– It didn’t work with AdBlock enabled for me so I went incognito (which turns it off) and it worked
– You can enter yourself as your “friend referrals” to get extra game codes. If you use gmail you can add numbers to your own email so even though it’s different, you’ll still get the email (eg. name(at)gmail . com can be name+1(at)gmail . com)
– You don’t have to use the code on only one game. Add one game to the cart, apply the code, then remove it. Do this for all the games then add them all back and they should be discounted. If not? Just apply the code again
Game list isn’t that special but there’s some decent games in there if you don’t have them already (Ass:Bro, PoP: Forgotten Sands, From Dust). Apparently uPlay codes expire after 30 days so get whatchu can!
(Virus__, Aleph you can sign up for your Ass:Bro codes and Masha can get your PoP)
Also PSN is having another sale! Jak & Daxter Trilogy for $17 sounds pretty good to me!
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I tried but it looks like a it’s a Facebook thing, so no free game joy for me.
But nevermind, I tend to just accumulate games these days rather than play them. I really need to stop doing that.-
Can always make a new FB account and not add any people (that’s what I did when it didn’t work with my main FB account).
I’m not fond of the social integrated stuff so I don’t usually bother with it… BUT FREE GAMES
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Also I have something like
– From Dust x1
– NCIS x2
– Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands x2
– Advanced Warfighter 2 x2I also have 2 Ass:Bros but Aleph and Virus__ haven’t really asked for them yet 😛
uPlay is stupid and you have to download and install the game FIRST before you can input the code and add it to your account.
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Good evening one and all! How’s every little thing, you awesome citizens of the TAYbiverse?
I’m feeling pretty good and I’m not sure why. Perhaps because my back isn’t too sore tonight, perhaps it’s the pint of Guiness I had after knocking off an hour early? Whatever it is I’ll go with it. 😀
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Hey SmurfyDog, same ol’, same ol’ around these parts! Want some rye? Course ya do!
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Yes! Yes I do! I love rye!.
I’ve got some polish sausage, cheese and pickles. Some good rye bread would round that out nicely. 😛
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All of the above!
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Man I really need to try Guinness, off the tap that is.
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It’s a tasty drop, not too strong and very mildly gassed. Not to everyone’s taste, but I quite like it.
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Yeah not sure if i’d like it, but i’m willing to give most things a taste.
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Mum was baking a pie and yelled at me to come help her.
I went to have a look at what the problem was and all her pie weights were stuck in the pastry.
I started removing them before coming to a realisation.
‘Mum, where’s the baking paper?’ She looked at me for a moment before she also realised it.
You’re meant to put baking paper under the pie weights =P
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Oops! Just call it a strudel and nobody will know.
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It’s alright. We just removed the pie weights.
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Do you have special pie weights for baking the pastry? I’ve always just used some dry kidney beans or lentils or whatever I have. Rice works too. And baking paper.
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Yes, we do have special pie weights. Mum bought a Jamie Oliver Pie case and it came with the pie weights. We also got some at a specialist cooking store
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They possibly distribute heat better/more evenly if they’re made of stone or metal.
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Most are made of ceramic, like Mums.
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That makes sense. By the way what are they made of?
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See the above comment =D
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Thanks Scree!
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No problem!
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Just Googled pie weights. Huh?! Anyone care to elaborate? 😛
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They’re used for blind baking pastry. It’s to stop puff pastry from rising when you’re using it for the base of your pie. =D
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I’ve never heard of pie weights either (see my post above) but you often need to pre-cook the pastry for a pie, and in order to stop the pastry from rising and cracking apart, you need to put something in the bottom of the empty pie to weigh it down. Rice or dried lentils usually does the trick.
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Or pie weights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_weight-
So… you bake it with the weights inside?
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Yes. You put the raw pastry into the pan. Place the baking paper on that. Put weights inside. Bake =D
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And then take it out, take out the weights, fill it with stuff and bake again?
Gotcha! 😀
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Pretty much ^^
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“Learn something new every day.”
Well, that’s today sorted. Pie weights.
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=D All done!
Also, nice to see you on TAY, don’t think I’ve seen you on here for a while. (I could just be blind)
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Because of my shift work I tend to be on at odd times though I do try to make an appearance at least once a week.
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Thanks to the notification system, i am seeing this!
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Ditto!
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The best thing about this notification system is that people who may feel intimidated by TAY can now keep up without worrying.
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Where’s the Halo 4 discussion? I need to make some new Xbox Live buddies to play through the campaign/various modes with!
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I’ve finished it in co-op!
But I don’t own it, and I don’t have Live Gold, and I’m lazy.
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I might play coop for its various cheevo’s if you’re up to it however come Tuesday the game will probably be dead to me, hit me up if you want, Xbox tag is same as my user here.
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What’s this Spartan Ops thing? Do I need a partner for that? I can definitely do a cheevo run with you if that’s what’s needed so I will add you distantdrop
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Theirs separate achievements to Solo it, never played it myself but I figure it would be alot like Fire Fight mode in Halo 3:ODST or Halo Reach.
Edit: I should add that it is a Infinity game so you can actually pool with random Online players unlike coop campaign where you have to form parties and Looking through the achievements theirs only cheevos to solo it only coop achievements are in Campaign.
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Yeah! Hurry up and have some rot13 discussions! I want to play vicariously through you all!
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A few chapters in the campaign, my GOD this game is pretty.
What’s new, TAY? Stuff?
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Nah – Stuff is old school man! Haven’t you heard? Things is where it’s at dude!
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I’ll know better next time, Smurfy. :'(
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Don’t be sad D.C.
Stuff is actually pretty good, but I’m easily led, and all the cool kids are talking about Things!I just want to be a cool kid too! One day, maybe…
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Peer pressure, man. Not every thing it’s cracked up to be. 😛
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Helpin’ a friend in England replace her optical drive. All I can say is FUCK YOU HP don’t use propriety ways of fastening shit to cases, phillips head screws are all you need!
So, uh, odd request time.
I need some character/personal referees for this police application. Not having a lot of friends of the trustworthy pursuasion whatsoever makes this a little difficult for me, so is anyone willing to help out? Probably should be more so the Brisbane folks who have met me to be a little more true but I may get desparate.
*holds hat in hands*
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What do they have against loner types? I know what that’s like, man. I had to get my neighbours to sign my passport application dealy back in the day because I had no friends to do it. I don’t think I’d be very helpful, though. I doubt any one would confuse me for a fine, upstanding member of society. :'( Written statement or interview, though?
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I think it’s a phone interview.
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The phone! My arch nemesis!
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Ugh. The phone…
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You ever get desperate, I’m your man!
That sounds just wrong.
What I mean is if nobody else comes, I still got your back totally covered dude!
Wait… that sounds even worse.
I feel like I’m chanelling Chuloopa!-
I HAVE BECOMING A LIVING PUNCH LINE! \o/
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I’d be all ‘Freeze is a great man’ and they’d be like ‘…who is Freeze?’ and I’d go ‘:O I MEAN [insert name here], YEAH THAT GUY’
HELPING.
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Eh I am happy to do this man. Feel free to throw my name & number into it.
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Maybe I can help I can tell the Officer how me and you fought in Vietnam and discovered a terrorist plot to release a deadly chemical called Nova 6 and that the trigger signal was under a freighter in the middle of the sea and that you shot down two battle choppers with one rocket launcher and got an achievement.
Had an exam today.
Have one tomorrow.
Last one (for a few months :/) on Monday.
I can almost taste the freedom!
Gonna watch the shizz out of Survivor tomorrow arvo when I get home and I’m ‘free’ for a while. Sughly – discussion!?
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Good luck with the exam, Greenius! 😀
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Good luck Greendude!
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You don’t need luck. Here’s a baseball bat and the lectures address.
Though in all seriousness, good luck.
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THE FREEDOM IS DELICIOUS
(like gym chicken)
There was no double post here, you dreamed it
BLATANT SELF INDULGENCE INCOMING
Howdy Tay
I’ve been doing some of that writing stuff, would love some feedback.
http://redartifice.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/cities-of-dreams-the-history-of-project-laputa-and-americas-arcologies-part-1/
I’m planning to do another part or two to wrap it up- idea is to emulate a magazine feature article.
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I really like the texture of it. (The detail, touches of realism and all that.) I loved Fourth Floor too, but I already rambled about that on twitter. 😀 You’ve got an awesome, matter-of-fact writing style! Nicely done, man. Be sure to link part two!
So, I promise myself I’ll try not to spend money…
One trip to Kmart later, and I’ve got the complete series of Daria on DVD, as well as Le Mans and Taken on Blu-ray, plus a big pack of Nerds.
…help.
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It seems like when you promise yourself to try and not spend money, you do.
Solution!
Promise yourself to SPEND money and you won’t!*
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Tried that, spent even more money.
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Spend all your money. Then you can’t spend any more!
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I love not having TAYbies as friends on facebook. I can steal all of the TAY in-jokes and claim them as my own.
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*types your name into facebook*
Found you.
I am Creepius.
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Haha. It’s not that difficult to spot my profile picture with my Meat shirt on 😛
I actually barely use Facebook anymore. It’s basically an event organiser now!
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Mine’s an international communications device. Barely use it to talk to local friends, just friends in the States/Columbia/UK/Netherlands etc
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Blaghman is the only person to have seen my FB (as far as I know)
D:
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Note to self, get Stalkius to find Powalen on Facespace.
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Challenge Accepted!
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Nope. Too hard 😛
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I am dsiappointed in you Greenius 😛
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Too many ___ ____ (his name) from Victoria showing up first :(. I’ve never found FB’s search thing very good anyway…
Bye bye lost childhood friends :'(
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Sucks to be Greenius!
Doesn’t surprise me you can’t see it though. The Facebook search is so heavily influenced by location/mutual friends. Plus it doesn’t help that I have a pretty common name 😛
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I’m not sure it’s influenced by mutual friends whatsoever.
PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW:
Tits McGee (0 friends in common)
BigDick Epeen (0 friends in common)
Anne Othername (0 friends in common)ALEPH, 0 FRIENDS HAVE USED FRIENDFINDER. 0 FRIENDS ARE WAITING, USE FRIENDFINDER NOW!
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ps. The subtle nuances of the classic “Who’s this guy?” is lost on Facebook friends.
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Mine are baffled by \o/
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Yeah, I’ve yet to use the “\o/” and “/o\” with any of them. I accidentally put it in a text to Fraulein Schon, she was somewhat perplexed by it!
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I thought I was the only one /o\
It’s also great because I can steal jokes from Facebook and appear amusing over here, too 😛
Pity that Freeze bloke doesn’t have any funny non-TAYbie friends to mooch some better jokes from.
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What are you talking about – those jokes are awesome.
I think this is one of the greatest things that can ever pop into your head randomly.
I was playing War of the Roses last night and ended up invention an entire new class.
The Pacifist.
The normal classes are things like archer, infantry, cavalry and various versions of these all designed for causing grievous bodily harm.
I decided I’d play without trying to stab or bludgeon anyone. At first I was planning to play as a medic but, as healing someone in this game takes several seconds, I usually found this was just getting me instantly killed. I soon found a similar play style that was both hilariously fun and actually helped the team.
You can capture flags, you can res friendlies, you can even tackle enemies to stun them in a nice non-lethal manor but the most fun I had was trying to jump in front of enemy attacks and protect allies.
Whenever I saw someone fighting I’d wait until then enemy was taking a swing and then jump in with a shield to attempt to deflect the blow (or block with a sword if shield is broken) and then get back out of the way.
Doing nothing but blocking and kiting also worked exceptionally well when there were friendly archers nearby. Just make sure they have a clear shot and you’re helping the team without getting your hands dirty.
I was worried enemies would start ignoring me once they worked out I wasn’t going to attack them but most of the time it actually worked the opposite. I think they must have figured I was an easy kill but as I was doing nothing but defend it would usually take them much longer to get through my defenses and a team mate would normally kill them before they got me.
I’m still undecided as to mercy killings. If an enemy is down with no friends to revive him can I execute? I’m not sure…
My hope is this play class will catch on and one day there will be a game filled with nothing but pacifist who end up standing around a contested point talking to each other.
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Haha sounds fun :). I like it when you can find your own ways to have fun within a game, something that I hardly do anymore.
I say don’t kill them as it goes against being a pacifist!
The game sounds interesting and I didn’t even know that these medieval (which I assume it is?) type combat games existed or were even that popular until I saw how much TAYbies love them.
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Apparrently the war started around 1455. Not sure if that counts as medieval or not but defiantly same type of combat.
I think I prefer RPG style more then the PVP War of the Roses. I love Mount and blade. I bought it whilst it was still in beta and have every version of it released since then. I love building up armies and taking over the world.
The amount of time I’ve clocked in Total War games on Steam also shows this.
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1455 is late Medieval/early Renaissance, depending on where in Europe you are. Since the War of the Roses was England, that’s still considered Medieval!
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I’m still waiting for an RPG where you can dual wield shields effectively.
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You can equip two shields in Dark Souls, but you can only block with one of them, I believe…
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Oh, I know.
Secretly I’m just envious because I’ll never be able to tell a dad joke quite like it. -
But you replyfailopus just like Freeze, so there’s hope for you yet.
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@gorzilla
Do you have a 1.4.2 minecraft server going? I think I’ve caught the bug again, but it seems a more justifiable waste of time if it’s on a multi server.
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Try using
gorzy.syndicateofgamers.com:25585
as the address.
I’ll need your username though because I’ve switched the white list on.I’ll try adding Beavwa for now but if if it’s anything different it shouldn’t let you connect.
I’m just running it off my home computer so lag tends to vary depending on how my internet is behaving itself. It’s survival only as well.
If you head towards x -500 and y 250 you should find where we’ve all set up so far.
Also, no trolling resulting in loss of property.
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Thanks!
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Or there is the camp of the free for those who don”t need to follow Gorzy and Numbers’ oppressive regime. Location is a secret at present (as Numbers will probably attack me for no reason again).
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Melbourne fronds: let’s go see The Hobbit at IMAX. Tickets are on sale now and we should make plans ASAP so we can go see it and not miss out like we did with the Dark Knight.
If you’re interested, email me. atomicstrawberry (at) gmail (dot) com. Most likely will aim for a session on Saturday 29th December.
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Notification to express interest!
You should have my email but it’s tan(underscore)stylez@the hot male etc.
On my phone now so it’s not easy for me to email you.
Morning everyone.
Who knew ladders were so bloody expensive? I didn’t.
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Morning Scree
Fun fact (well not really fun): Ladders are banned from all construction sites in New Zeland. They aren’t banned in Ausrralia but there are under heavy restrictions. Gorramit stupid WHS people teaching me useless facts.
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How will I put the christmas lights up without a ladder?
Also we have problems changing light blubs because they’re quite high up.-
I can ride in on my motorbike and stand on that to change your light bulbs!
Helping!-
Better then what I’ve got right now!
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Obviously you need to spend thousands of dollars and hire a cherry picker for the day.
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New Humble Bundle out. For Mac, Windows and Andriod.
Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP
Eufloria
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Splice
Waking Mars
If you pay more than average: Machinarium.
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What. I haven’t even downloaded the last one I bought yet 😛
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Most of the time I just redeem the games on Steam then never install them 😛
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I am also guilty of this
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This is the my official CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEXPANTS AND NOTORIOUSR thread. Great work guys. Now you can get very, very drunk.
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Sounds like I missed out on something.
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Finished Uni I think.
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Oh cool! Yay! etc, etc…
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It was one hell of a wedding.
No, just kidding. Freeze is right.
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I forgot to get a wedding present /o\
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THE WORST /O\
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THE BEST \O/
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HOORAY (except for the bit where i don’t drink)
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Drunk on capital letter excitment, high on life, etc 🙂
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Good morning all!
Would you all like some World War Z footage?
I think you would all like some World War Z footage.
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WTF is with the terribad zombie ocean thing O_O
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Yeah considering the book featured shambling zombies and focused on realism it looks like they are taking some serious liberties with the subject matter.
So I’ll probably watch the film only to see the Yonkers scene play out and then regard the rest as a separate zombie fiction.
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FINALLY I have broken the “not getting anywhere” wall in FTL! I managed to unlock the Zoltan, Stealth and Slug ship. The Zoltan ship seems really cool didn’t get a chance to test it out though.
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It’s good until you run out of missiles and have a really bad run of finding weapons you can use instead, like my first go with it 😛 lol
Good news, everyone!
Anarchy Reigns is finally coming to the UK in Jan!
And there’s a ‘day one’ edition that comes with Bayonetta as a playable character.
AAAAAAAAND (here’s the kicker), it will be available for 20 pounds (30 Australian).
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Computer Voice: This is Anarchy Reigns
PuppyLicks: This is Anarchy Reigns
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£20 for the game and Bayonetta?! Shit yeah!
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OMG 15 POUNDS ONLY MR. PUPPYLICKS!
http://www.zavvi.com/elysium.search?search=anarchy+reigns
I already pre-ordered 😀
Mornin’ all.
So I think I’ve managed to get my fill of being screwed over for this year and the next. On the bright side, my day off yesterday was mostly taken up by FFXII. Managed to smash through the Sandsea including getting a couple of rare items. Having a katana with 54 attack when your second strongest weapon is 35 is kinda…fun.
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Well, at least you got it out of the way early…
Hope karma sorts everything out for you!
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THIS GUY!!!
Also – Katana-rama baby! 😀
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CHIMICHANGA!
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PINEAPPLE SURPRISE!
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That’s MECTIC!
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You can get the Zodiac Spear super early in the game too, like IIRC about the point you’ve got a full party. It’s amazingly strong compared to everything else, I was one-shotting bosses for a while.
…. I have run out of coffee at work…
WHAT DO?!?!!?
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Don’t drink coffee cos coffee’s for chumps? That’s been my approach for years…
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(But I do drink lots of tea and some coke, so it’s not like I’m completely independent of caffeine… just never liked coffee and love the fact that I’m not dependent on like so many people are!)
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Rebbul
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I said “i’m out of coffee”
not “i want to kill myself in the most violently shaky way possible”
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New page repost because previous pages are for chumps.
So, uh, odd request time.
I need some character/personal referees for this police application. Not having a lot of friends of the trustworthy pursuasion whatsoever makes this a little difficult for me, so is anyone willing to help out? Probably should be more so the Brisbane folks who have met me to be a little more true but I may get desparate.
*holds hat in hands*
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Trust chuloopa? 😛
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I want to get into the police, not arrested 😛
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Oh. I must have read that wrong.
Oh well. Well you know who to come to if you need lude character references.
…or lude references in general.How awesome does the word ‘lude’ sound? It just feel so fun to say!
LUDE LUDE LUDE!
LUDO!-
(Lewd)
Lewd rhymes with rude, but not spelt as good.
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…… you marvelous bastard.
Edit: I’m not going to edit my comment and spell it right, because Chuloopa is only human.
I am no Tech-Knight or Welbot or Shane.
You marvelously magnificent bastard… -
Hey even my spelling isn’t flawless, 🙂 I have a log of it right here in my Self-troubleshooting guide:
Symptoms: Spelling and grammar goes to a lower human level of correctness, decision timing and accuracy impaired and also a higher craving level for pancakes.
Cause: Caffeine levels are too low to ensure high CPU efficiency.
Solution: Acquire and consume more coffee… also consume pancakes if they can be acquired. Because they are delicious! – Tastebuds – Stomach +1’s this comment
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Having never met you in person, I think my influence would be kind of not-so-helpful, but if I can do anything, sign me up. Even if I have to talk on the phone (shudder).
I’m willing to put my hand up as a referee man. Need me to send you any details?
I can halp!
I replied back on the other page, happy to help you out man. I hope you think i’m trust worthy 😛
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Aren’t you the guy who spoils things?
Also, I’m fairly sure a Twitter suspension goes on your permanent record 😛-
Hey man my persona online as Virus is very different to my real life persona. Just sayin’ =P
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I know, I am totally and completely joking. (You know that, right?)
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Part of the way through a four day weekend! I took yesterday and today off just because and have grand plans for it, including:
– Play Borderlands 2
– Play Halo 4
– Watch cricket
– Ring Nintendo and convince them to let me download my library of games onto my new 3DS
– Fill in an insurance claim for the flight from New York that I couldn’t use because I never made it there in the first place
– Write a letter to MS about how bad their 360 controller battery packs are (seriously – I’ve gone through about 8 in the past few years, and while I usually buy them cheaply, I’m had several that stopped charging after a couple of cycles, and the most recent one was DOA (but I’ve lost the receipt))
– Unpack my suitcase
– Watch all the videos and read all the articles to clear out my browser tabs
What I will probably end up doing:
– Play Borderlands
– Watch the ran delays on the cricket (what’s the weather looking like in Brisbane at the moment?)
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3rd party battery packs ftw! 😀
Also, i was with you until you mentioned cricket… yuckypoo-
Boooo
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Nice and sunny outside, my friend!
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Yay!
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Actually, now that I look more closely there’s a tornado/hail/snow storm on the horizon! 😛
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There’s currently a tornado / hail / snow at Brisbane. Oh well better spend all day playing Borderlands 2 =P
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Are you lying to me? I think you’re lying to me. That’s not very nice.
I have the ability to set up two screens, so I don’t actually need to choose one over the other.
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Oh wont you look at that. It magically cleared up =P
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I stopped reading after the first line as the rest of the article can’t be as amazing.
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Yup, same.
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Pretty much all I read too
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She had the spirit of adventure in her heart!
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hahahahah! 😛
Yep, that first line is pure gold. -
I also stopped reading after the first line.
Soooooo good. 😀 -
“She was jailed after being found guilty by magistrates in Torquay of aggravated vehicle taking last September”
That’s a thing?
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Aggravated vehicle taking… that’s the legal term, of course :\
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that’s pretty MECTIC!
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…wut?
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I AM SO EXCITED THAT I DO NOT EVEN FEEL THE 2 HOURS OF SLEEP I HAD (OR LACK THEREOF)
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/11/talk-amongst-yourselves-196/comment-page-15/#comment-867594
Also, that gif is awesome 🙂
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I SHOULD PROBABLY CATCH UP ON TAY BEFORE POSTING THINGS BUT THANKS SHANE!
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No worries. Also, while you’re here, I got an awesome package in the mail yesterday. CAPITAL THANKS RIGHT BACK AT YOU
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HAPPINESS FOR EVERYONE \o/
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Congrats, man. I hope you and Alex are happy together!
😀
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HE LIKES NAUGHTY DOG AND ASSASSINS CREED AND BEARDS THUS WE WILL BE HAPPY FOR A LONG TIME
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BEST FRIENDS
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YAYYYY!!!!
Congrats, mate!!!
Also, awesome gif is awesome! 😀-
WE SHOULD HAVE A BOUNCING CASTLE MEAT!
Also thanks 😀
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How good is it! \o/ Congrats!
(Though I have to find a job before I celebrate too much haha)
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FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS
(it’s a bit bizzarre. But awesome. Mainly awesome!)
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SHIFT KEY IS THE BEST
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IT REALLY REALLY IS
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@Greenius Ohhhhhhhh my god. OMG. You see Survivor last night? OHHHH MY GOD! Best. Tribal. Ever.
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…Greenius?
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Sughly, I’ve got some bad news…
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Haha! I think he’s got an exam today, man. I, for one, am shocked he’d choose that over Survivor, though.
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Priorities, pffft.
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The tribe has spoken.
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D:
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TRIBAL IS ABOUT TO START! D:
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My savegame for Saints Row 3 now reads 100%, even if I haven’t done all the challenges or any of the vehicle thefts. Love that the busywork extra stuff doesn’t factor into that number. Not that it matters, anyway.
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I want to get 100% on SR3, but I absolutely despise the Genki side missions. And insurance fraud is really annoying because there are never any cars around. But I do feel like playing through it again. For the third time.
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Protips: once you’re invincible (upgrades), Genki becomes a bit easier.
If you just keep spamming the fall-down button in insurance, the activity will never end – guaranteed success.
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MORNING ALL \o/
Few things for you this morning, all about me and stuff because egocentric and I’m important and stuff.
Groote Eylandt was mentioned in a television program last night \o/
It was 2 drunk indigenous people that crashed a car in Darwin, they were from here /o\
The price of fuel rose 50c this week /o\
I guess it’s still better than elsewhere, as it’s $1.20 now \o/
I saw Mr. Neanderthal this morning. Shat bricks, and managed to drench myself in diesel in the process /o\
I’m at work now, locked up safely in the office \o/
…I still reek of diesel /o\
So, how’s everyone else this fine morn?
Also, FRIDAY!!!!! We need some Luis up in here.
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Morning Aleph, my friend. Sounds like an eventful day so far!
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I’m having a good day thus far 😀
Or rather, I have a short working day, I don’t work tomorrow, and I’ve got a great night planned. I’ve nothing to complain about!
How are you today, sir?
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Decent! 😀
Edit: This the elusive date night you had planned?
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It is! I forgot to bake her a cake though /o\
I’ll have to do something in lieu of that. Iunno.
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As your wing man (still not sure that’s a good idea…), good luck pal! 😀
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I love that you’re my wingman 😀
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😀 Maybe one day I’ll post a mystery question and you’ll answer yes too. That’s all it takes!
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We need more people relying on blind guidance from TAYbies 😀
MOAR MYSTERY QUESTIONS!!!!
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How is it that one of the most remote places in the country has some of the cheapest fuel?
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Carbon Tax! Boat People! Etc!
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Don’t forget Global Warming and Climate Change
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We get some special fuel that has no fumes (can’t abuse it to get high (well, not entirely true, they just melt styrofoam into it now)) and is presumably cheaper. Or subsidised by the mining company here.
Either way, it’s terrible stuff. I get about 6km/L on highway driving. Hyup!
Good morning Aleph-Null. Fridays are pretty MECTIC, imo.
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Mectic? Hectic/Mec-something?
I’ma go with Mechtic because Gaige is balls-to-the-wall hectic in Borderlands 2.
How are you today, Harli?-
Mega hectic!
Also I am crazy busy today. How is it 4:30 already?!
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BRISBANE MEAT TOMORROW in case any one missed it. Here’s the details!
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Also Sydney Meat tomorrow! Talk to Doc What!
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Also Groote Eylandt Meat tomorrow!
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I’ll be there!
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Oh, man. That guy was riled up on twitter last night! :S
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He was on an all caps rampage! I saw that. Something about his movie being on private on youtube but people got to it somehow. Well, all you need is the url for it, despite it being private. Just means it doesnt show up in searches. So someone leaked the url :O
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WOOOOoooOOOOOooo!! But first, Radiohead!
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That’s tonight? Aw, man. Good times a-plenty for Sughly! 😀
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Morning All. Still having crazy week at work. Plus using a bit of my spare time researching photography techniques. Actualyl considering transforming part of my garage into a studio, Just to space to have decent lighting and back drops n stuff.
Oh and them games………i havnt played many at all. What little gaming time i have had has been spent on 2 rounds of cod, and a few games on my iphone. so sad. lol.
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Well casting is always important because you gotta know the niche you are aiming for, and make sure you have easily washable surfaces where you plan to shoot, a fluffer is always helpful too to make sure the male performer is always ready to, er… perform.
Wait… you typed photography techniques, didn’t you? Disregard all that then, I thought you were talking about something else.
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Does your other half know of your knowledge of the inner workings of the “dark arts” ?
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Listening to the new Deftones album.
Yep, it’s Deftones.
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A NEW ALBUM?! WATTT!
So how is it? Are they continuing to get softer aka diamond eyes (which was enjoyable, but i miss their harder stuff) or is it a return to their roots?
Either way, Deftones are MECTIC!
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Have a listen and find out for yourself 🙂
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I have it, but cant stop Crystal Castles long enough to give it a try. Kind of doubt it will compare to the amazingness of CC, very little will.
Downloading Epic Mickey 2 demo. You can do it Warren Spector!
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Somehow I misread that as Warwick Capper.
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Masha and I met him!
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You meet Tim Schafer too? (Then I’d have to be really jealous. :P)
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Who?
(Kidding! We didn’t meet him, no :P)
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Hey! We just stood awkwardly next to him 🙂
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Haha! I’d have loved to see the panel. The one with Tim Schafer too. I would’ve been too frightened to meet the mofo, though. 😀
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There’s a demo?
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There is on PS3 atleast!
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Yay! I didn’t think the game was out for ages, whichis why I was surprised about the demo.
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I thought the same about Hitman, but it’s just over a week away! :S
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So that GTAV article about the world being bigger than three other games combined keeps making me think there’s no new posts on the front page because its staying up the top and the new stuff is under it.
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Haha, yeah me too! I don’t blame them for wanting to hold it up at the top though! Even my non-gaming friends are going crazy for it.
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I think the same when Gizmodo sticky a review to the top of the site haha.
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See, one of the problems I had with San Andreas was that is was too big.
Too much nothing space.
Don’t get me wrong, countryside is nice, and I’m sure people who weren’t me lost themselves in it, but personally there was too much of it. It’s not a matter of there being space I didn’t ever go to, because that was my choice, it was that it felt like they had some space just to have space, and it took away from the intricate city design that I knew and loved from Vice City.-
But lots of space to fly around in the Hydra.
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CRICKET!
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BAT-SPORTS-BALL
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batGUY sports ball?
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*crickets*
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Word play!
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My words are nothing if not deeply derivative. I own that 🙂
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Where? When? Who’s playing?
Actually, who’s touring this year? I haven’t been keeping up
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Playing South Africa in Brisbane right now. It’s number 1 (them) vs number 2 (us). Two more tests against them, then 3 against Sri Lanka.
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South Africa v Australia.
Given our recent form I don’t like our chances.
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MECTIC!
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Hey guys!
As some of you are already aware I will be in Melbourne next month from Wednesday the 12th to Tuesday the 18th for The Living End’s Retrospective Tour!
So I was wondering, would any of you like to meet the infamous Virus? Or not so infamous Virus as the case might turn out to be =O
Now I can’t do evening/night meats, since that’s when i’ll be occupied rockin’ out to The Living End playing each of their albums live! So I was thinking something like an afternoon meat up on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday!
I’ll also probably be meeting up with my mates from the Pure Pwnage forums one of those days as well, so if anyone’s interested let me know and we can organise something! Hit me up on here or Twitter! The sooner we can organise something the better, because i’d like to let Christine know what I am upto so she can plan around it with work and such!
Would be cool to meet you guys and all that, and I don’t know when i’ll be in Melbourne next, since I probably won’t get to make it down for PAX.
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Virus is awesome! You should make a point to meat him! 😀
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…meh. 😛
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/o\
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The spoiler incident will never be forgotten it seems. 😛
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Apparently =(
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I just like to keep you on your toes. 😛
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Thanks, I think 😛
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Heh, meat him.
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I tried to meat Virus once, he wouldnt have any of it. Of my meat. Is anyone getting this yet?
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Sorry, it doesn’t appear Chuloopa is around yet. 😛
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I’m still scarred =(
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Persistence is the key!
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No, I think we need an embarrassingly detailed explanation of how meat is a substitute for penis in this particular instance, and exactly what you were trying to get at, expressed in such a way as to make everybody within 10000 kilometres deeply uncomfortable for no reason and suck any remaining humour out of the world.
Until then… what are you talking about?!
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dem delusions of grandeur
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You know it Harli!
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MECTIC delusions of grandeur.
(am I doing it right?)
(Also reminds me of the time in Primary School when Grant Wilson got in trouble. He used to say “gahmin” all the time as in “You’re gahmin” or “Tiny Teddies? They’re gahmin”. Anyway, he got in trouble in class and I knew it was my chance. I stood up and literally yelled at him “HEY GRANT! WHO’S GAHMIN NOW!?” and started laughing maniacally. No one thought it was as funny as I did.)
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Gahmin? What the hell?
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You do know they are doing shows in Brisbane too right?
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Yes, I am aware of this Sughly. I was offered the ticket for the Melbourne show & a place to stay. Plus I don’t know anyone that would be going to the Brisbane shows anyway. Going to gigs by yourself kinda sucks, in my opinion 😛
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Indeed it does. I went to a show recently before my friend was to join me to see the opening acts, oh man… nigelating doesnt begin to describe. Everyone talking to friends and stuff. Youre just kind of awkwardly standing there, drink in hand. On your own. Pretending like you have something to do between acts. Like… play with the drink. And look at the floor. Then the roof.
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Yep, I got ditched at my first concert by my mate so he could find his girlfriend. Man did that suck somewhat. Though I might’ve ditched Freeze at Soundwave, but I have my reasons, he wanted to see some band (Meshuggah I think?) and I wanted to see Alter Bridge!
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Depends, really. I went by myself to Robin Gibb in 2010, and had a really good night by myself. Helps that it was in a civilised venue with assigned seating.
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I’m such a fuddy duddy aren’t I?
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Yeah, I tend to have more fun when I’m by myself. I end up by myself when I go to gigs with my husband anyway because he’ll usually end up at the front while I like to stay back further and chill.
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Hey…stop editing while I’m replying!
You mentioned nothing about being a civilised fuddy duddy before, and I agreed with you which now makes it look like I’m saying you’re a fuddy duddy. 😛
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For the record, Strange is not quite as much a fuddy duddy as I am.
All better.
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I’ve only been to two proper concerts. (Arctic Monkeys and Linkin Park, got a ticket for free for that second one, so shut up. :P) Always good having someone to awkwardly talk to between songs. Not hear each other. Nod head and smile. 😀
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Ahh yes, the ol’ “laugh-n-nod”.
I have a friend who likes to talk real deep whenever bands start playing.
What a chumpo.
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Reminds me at Soundwave I had some inked up dude who was shirtless start chatting to me whilst Limp Bizkit was playing and was telling me how excited he was for System of a Down, I think he may have been on some form of illicit drug.
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At a music festival?!
The scoundrel!
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Haha, yeah he wanted to have a good ol’ chat about awesome System of a Down are lol.
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DELETE! DELETE!
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…Cyberman?
New Skynyrd album, get!
Watching cricket. Drinking beer. Eating M&Ms.
Screw video games, this is pretty damn good.
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id be happy with the m&ms and booze part. Anything better than work 😛
ARGH!! Trying to do a time lapse video of colouring a background for Anna’s Quest vol 2, but the program I’m using to capture is sooooo buggy. I’ve tried to save the capture in chunks, but some have spazzed out in sections of the recording. It spazzed out just then during a majorly important part of the colouring and has probably made the video kind of useless.
Long story short, can anyone recommend a good screen capturing program? I was using CamStudio. It’s done a good job in the past, so I dunno… maybe my Pc just needs reformatting or something. I think the RAM is kind of dying which probably doesnt help matters.
Got given a watch to repair. Nice watch I tell the guy. He tells me it’s not really his, more a keepsake. His son was wearing it when he was killed in a car crash.
I know it’s just a watch but knowing someone died violently wearing it creeps me out a little :S
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Don’t break it or you’ll be cursed.
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For sure.
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Jeez, way to kill the mood.
Seriously though, I got a little melancholy. Poor guy.
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And then there’s the extra pressure of not screwing up when you repair it.
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:'(
hello peoples.
stuff:
I encountered weird people on the way home last night. a guy shouting driving advice to the bus driver was the most normal. in a supermarket, a random middle-aged woman carrying a single carrot & a bottle of milk, walked up to me, pulled aside my bags strap & read out loud what was written on my tshirt. she then quite calmly said to me ‘oh, you must be a movie extra’ then she wandered off. i thought it a bit odd.
today is the last day I live alone for at least 2 months. I dont know how I feel about this. I’ve gotten used to talking to myself & doing whatever the hell I want, but then again, co-op wont play itself (thats a joke, my flatmate is an ok guy & I dont use him solely for gaming purposes)
GAY PARIS TONIGHT. RADIOHEAD ON TUESDAY. HARVEST FESTIVAL NEXT WEEKEND.
hype. i has it.
hope all is awesome with you fine lot. so whats new?
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What was the writing on your shirt?
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see response to Strange below
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So those sort of encounters are what I should expect if I ever move to the city? Sounds… cool…
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I shouldn’t think so. I have a knack of attracting crazies.
Like the time I was walking down the street with a coffee & this homeless dude gets up in my face & asks ‘IS THAT CARAMEL?!?!”
‘no’ I replied.
“GOOD. COZ CARAMEL ROTS YOUR GUTS”just for the record, this guy had two teeth & smelled like petrol. so he’d know all about rotten guts.
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“Today is the last day I live alone…” and “Gay Paris tonight.” seems like you’ve got a pretty swingin’ night planned.
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you know it 😉
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The question is…what exactly was written on your shirt?
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I was wearing shirt similar to this at the time.
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Got a little curious this morning and decided to see what my car is worth.
I bought it for $8500 about five years ago and now looking at similar cars, it looks like it’s still worth $5000-$6000. It has definitely held most of its value, which is rather dandy. Considering I don’t drive that often, my mileage is actually lower than most of the comparable cars I could find. Hopefully that means that it’s more towards the upper end of that bracket.
Interesting to see how that played out.
EDIT: For reference, I drive a 2 door 2000 Lancer.
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paint it red it will make it go fast so you can sell it for more $$$
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and speed holes
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Nice work. You thinking of selling, or just buy-curious?
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Neither.
I don’t really drive that much but I still need to have a car. Was just randomly curious.
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Wife andI did some sums: With the cost of maintaining a car, petrol, insurance and rego, you could catch about $80-$100 worth of taxi every week and break even. Terrifying.-
Fascinating.
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Cars are expensive but I think that simply because I bought it outright (woohoo, no terrible loan!) and that it is fairly low maintenance, the convenience gained by having it has covered the difference.
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Yes, convenience is one factor that doesn’t really get built into a purely-fiscal analysis like the above.
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HOLD THE PRESSES! I now have chilli peanuts to go with my M&Ms and beer and cricket.
I think this could possibly be the best day ever.
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And then I got scribbletaku.
And then I found $20 (hopefully)
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You’re on a roll! \o/
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Why don’t they make peanut M&M’s … with chilli?
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You’re a thinker.
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They probably do in America. They had all sorts of crazy shit. I’m eating imported dark M&Ms. Also have in the cupboard. I had mint ones there, and I passed on orange ones and pretzel ones.
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Salty & Sweet Peanut M&M’s? Awesome.
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If only this was a taco ad, you’d be riding on the shoulders of an ecstatic crowd of Mexicans.
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They sure know how to party
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I can imagine it now…
*Sees crowds cheering “Vamos Loco Hombre! “(clap-clap-clap-clap-clap)*
😀
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Pavlova in my fridge. Alone by myself here. It’s going to be gone in an hour or so, I know it. :S
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Ooh we have leftover team cheesecake in the work fridge. Thanks for the reminder, man! Might wait till the part-timers go home before I get it out though! 🙂
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It could be gone by then, man. Stand up and run to the fridge NOW!
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Nah, no one else has remembered. I can see the fridge from my desk 🙂
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When I was in a residential college, one of my flatmates scored a whole dining hall pav on a friday night and ate it with every meal for a weekend.
Couldn’t look at egg whites for like two weeks
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Haha! When ever my mum visits, she brings a stockpile of groceries — all of it junk food. She’d be horrified to know that’s my primary food supply for the week. 😛
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As would I, young man. As would I.
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Document it with photos and post them all here!
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… most of it’s gone already. :'(
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19 phone calls to 19 mobile numbers and not a single one of them answered.
Really, why do people bother carrying one?
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angry birds?
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Facebook on the go.
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Haha. Maybe I should just take their Facebook details instead of their phone numbers?
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Pretending to text at a bus stop so you don’t look lonely.
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I totally do that! I check my credit too! 😛
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People tend to use them as mobile answering machines, not telephony devices.
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Reply fail. :S
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Fashion.
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I carry one so I can contact people, but I don’t actually like to answer the damn thing. 😀
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I use mine as a clock.
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I may have discovered this note just before 6pm if you haven’t worked that out yet 😀
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Music and email
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I don’t have any other phone…
Thanks for the get well wishes all a few pages back… a crappy typo turned an extremely uncomfortable 40.3degree fever to a practically dead 42.3degree fever!
so whats everyone up to? my missus ended up getting me an ipad mini for chrissie, though i have to wait till BigW gets more in…
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Glad to hear the fever has come back down to more surivivable levels. That must be a relief 😛
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Hey Zetrox! Gadget Christmas presents are so damn awesome! You married a good one. 😛
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lol i know, past presents have included pc parts, 26″ led monitor, ps vita, im sure there are others but thats all i got now!
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@Aleph
That car accident in Darwin you were talking about…was that on Tiger Brennan Drive?
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YOU caused it?
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Ihavenoideawhatyou’retalkingaboutIhavetogomyplanetneedsme.
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I… don’t know Darwin at all.
It was shown on a program called “Territory Cops” last night, copper pulled over a car which subsequently ran for it. Chased it down, found it crashed into other cars in a carpark.Cop gets out to inspect the damage, and a woman pops her head out from the shadows saying “He ran that way!”. Cop wants to know if she was involved, asked who the driver is/was.
Woman responds with “Nah, I was walking and the car almost hit me hey. I don’t know the fella, he’s from Groote Eylandt hey.”…*facepalm*
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Wait, wasn’t there a death on that road a couple weeks back? o.0
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Crash last night that I can’t talk about for reasons. Fortunately no one I know was involved.
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I’m trying to piece it together out of sheer curiosity. It’s not working. We’ll leave it at that.
Hadn’t heard of that incident before now. Glad to hear no-one you know was hurt, can only hope those involved weren’t either.
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Repasta:
Melbourne fronds: let’s go see The Hobbit at IMAX. Tickets are on sale now and we should make plans ASAP so we can go see it and not miss out like we did with the Dark Knight.
If you’re interested, email me. atomicstrawberry (at) gmail (dot) com. Most likely will aim for a session on Saturday 29th December.
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Notage: Tix are $26.50 for full and I think concessions are $22.50 or so.
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I’m too lazy to email but I’m interested if I’m in Melbourne… 😛
@Virus__ (meat related)
Sure I’d meet up with you at some point if I’m not working and it depends on where it is and who’s there (scab some lifts! >:) )
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I’m interested, let me talk to Mrs Tigs and I’ll email you tonight
SNACKTAKU!!!!!
I’m really getting over steamed veges and tuna.
SNACKTAKU!!!!!
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Is that all you’re eating?
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For lunches yeah. Dinner is the usual home cooked stuff but only half serves and plain oats with made with water and not milk and fruit for breakfast.
It’s….not particularly fun. Especially for someone who likes his food.
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Bummer
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How come?
You’re not fat or are you trying to get all ripped for Policia?
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Ha! I’m carrying more than enough fat. It’s just all in my gut and boobies.
And yes, the polizi has a lot to do with it. Not so much ripped just generally fit I guess. It won’t last. I have dreams of emulating Wiggam 😛
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Riiight. Let me just type that up on my invisible typewriter!
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“We’re jamming”
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Ewwwwww….
I get the feeling fans of Halo 4 who havent finished it shouldnt look at the front page right now.
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Awesome. Thanks to both you and Trjn for the heads up. Please update us when it’s safe again!
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Good choice not checking it out. I did and I’m pretty pissed now!
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Problem is, I just saw it in the rotating article thingamajigger to the side of this page, too. NOWHERE IS SAFE
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Why? Seriously can someone answer that? What possible reason is there to post the ending of a game that had only been out for a few days. What the bloody hell does it achieve?
Can someone fire Salami? Out of a cannon? Into the sun? Except she would probably spoil that too so there wouldn’t be any point.
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Someone ought to write a “let off some steam” article on “Spoiled salami”.
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Maybe I should do that since I know all about the art of spoiling =P
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Headline:
This article about the secret unicorn made out of searing hot plasma i found when I was shot out of a cannon into the sun contains SPOILERS.Article:
When I was shot out of a cannon into the sun, i found a secret unicorn made out of searing hot plasma there. heres a pic.
/end
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I think that quite possibly someone has spoken to Tina Amini about her spoiler-laden articles.
EDIT: Oops, just realised what the thumbnail was. At least she’s consistent.
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What the hell. I am so sick of these, it has now reach a point where I am to scared to go the the Kotaku main site due to spoilers!
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How hard so you think it would be to get a program that blocks all thumbnails & rot13’s all the text on the main site from articles written by Tina Salami
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Kind of like a reverse Tina Amini tag? I think someone (Fled?) actually gave us a script once to remove one writer’s (Plunkett or Bashcraft?) articles from the feed, maybe they’d do the same for Amini if you asked nicely?
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The script I think you’re referring to blocked comments made by ‘Cheesus’, not articles.
I made this just now, though – replaces articles by Tina on the front page with plain text:
Click here to show “HEADLINE” by Tina Amini
There’s a line in the script that’s commented out to show how to add more (based on author).
Clicking on the text makes the normal summary/thumbnail appear.
Tested locally in firefox… chrome seems to have changed their policy with user scripts, and they can only be installed if they have been uploaded to the chrome store, which is a bit too convoluted for me to do.
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OH FFS
I don’t even play that game and that pisses me off
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…assuming this is the thing about the spoiler-heavy Legendary ending?
Saw it pop up on twitter, almost immediately thought it was Salami.-
Yup.
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Errrrrmahgerd. Tina. Tiiiina Tina Tina. Ermahgerd.
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Tina, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!… Tina, eat. Food. Eat the FOOD!
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Wait, would that make it Tina SaLlama?
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is that a picture of you in drag?
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If disabling Ad Block didn’t slow down my computer so badly, I’d upvote that.
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Ehhhhhhhhhhhh
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the fact that straight off the bat, they tell you something you see at the end of the game in the first sentanse. now granted, wont take long before its all over the internet, but they could say “want to know what you see at the end of legendary?” rather than “OH HAY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS…DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT? “
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Is this an issue with Kotaku AU’s thumbnails? Surely she can’t be that careless as to post a massive bold spoiler warning, and then spoil it in the article thumbnail…
EDIT: Yeah, it definitely is. The thumbnail for that article on Kotaku US has a ‘spoiler warning’ image. Kotaku AU might have to do something about that 😛
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More or less, Yes. She warns of spoilers for the end but the thumbnail has text spoiling it.
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She is in the right in this situation though. The culprit is Kotaku AU’s system for bringing articles over. The US site has it listed under a ‘Spoilers’ category as well as having a different thumbnail.
(Wow, who’d’ve thought I’d be on the side of Tina Salami, of all people!)
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Pow, Salami Sympathizer/Racial Profiler.
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Mario Kart Cheat
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Best thread!
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UNWARRANTED RAAAAAAAAAAGE
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That’s probably why all she seems to write is spoilers. The “Spoilers” category might be hers to fill.
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But who the hell posts spoilers about the ending of the game 2 days after release? Surely she could have waited a week or something.
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It’s a 24 hour media cycle, it’s that or crazed rants about Barack Obama. 😛
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Welp, there goes all my parents money.
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And risk someone else posting it first? That’s not how journalism works.
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wait, kotaku US do journalism? *troll*
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Still better than FOX 😛
Yeah, I just checked the US site and the thumbnail is another spoiler warning. Looks like this was a case of that not transferring over when the article was posted here.
My $0.02: Let Ben know. I guess he has a hand in the import process.
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Done!
So in preparation for ‘advertising’ my business, I’ve been looking for rather bass-heavy tunes. It all sounds like shit if I’m to be honest, (there’s some decent ones) and I’m looking for some stuff to really bring a demo CD to life. I’ve got some things that are really great, although music is difficult to come by while maintaining aesthetic quality. Thunderstorms provide a huge range of frequencies and have terrific low-end output, I REALLY love them just because of the power they portray.
That, and I don’t have to edit/slow the track or try to boost the bass at all, which is nice.
Speaking of which, I’ll be looking at fiddling around with Audacity to begin with, and depending on how I go with that, might step it up to Acid or another paid variant in the future.
Anyone got any film soundtrack suggestions? Would love to add to my collection, as it’s predominantly Yung Joc/Young Jeezy/Gucci Mane and I REALLY can’t stand that shit.
Except Gucci, because he’s fucking hilarious.
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Try this guy:
http://tinyurl.com/9wt2pcx-
Hehe, niiiiiiice 😀
I’ve already got his permission to massacre the tunes from the album upon release, I’ll see if I can chop/screw it without completely destroying the original vibe of the tunes 😀
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I was going to suggest that. Like minds think alike.
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Pez had some kind things to say about ol’ Shane last night on twitter too!
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Saw that. He did get a bit excited, didn’t he? 🙂
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In his pants.
I think you might be getting lucky in the near future 😉
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He wanna have my babbies.
Edit: No, he want me to have his babbies.
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How’s everyone’s lunch sitting today?
Really?
Not for long…
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4634284/Bar-serves-cocktail-with-real-human-toe.html
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You’re right – that settled much better now. Thanks.
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I love a bit of toe jam with my toe jerky & whiskey!
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Liquid lunch?
Don’t mind if I do!
holy shit. this storm has just come outta nowhere. its awesome 🙂
Edit: just found this pic of the storm via sydney morning herald. damn I love storm photography.
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I love a good storm, but they always seem to go around my house. People living a couple of kms either side get pelted and I get next to nothing 🙁
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Me too!
It’s good though, because when super-extreme weather happens, like floods and stuff we stay relatively safe.-
North side always misses out on the crazy storms. Probably for the best. Good atmosphere, though.
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-sigh- I miss the North side.
It is best side…
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Why’d you defect, man? Witness protection or something?
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We got a really sudden short one yesterday. Amazing stuff.
I would usually welcome it, but it has hindered my ability to walk to the post office during my lunch break.
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yeah, I was in the park next door on a break when it started. it was inconvenient.
but the speed at which it arrived & its (short lived) intensity was impressive.
Just started up Survivor!
Reserving this spot for Discussion 😀
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Too late, Sughly already gave up on you.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/11/talk-amongst-yourselves-196/comment-page-16/#comment-867800 -
No.
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I’m afraid we’ve already reserved this spot. It’s the spot where I talk about Johnny Cash vs. Reznor for the third time in a week. Sorry, man.
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Good song, right? 😛
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Johnny’s cover of Hurt reduced me to a sobbing mess the first time I heard it.
I was at work, I cried into the chicken*. Mmmyup, pretty pathetic 😛*I threw it out because of contamination, but yeah… those guys tried to get me to serve green chicken once, so I don’t think tears would’ve made a great difference
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cant improve on reznor. Game over.
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And yet Johnny Cash did. at least in my opinion.
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personally. My least favourite cash song. And still say the original is better.
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Haha! It actually triggered another conversation? Hells yeah! 😀
I find I alternate what I listen to depending on my mood!
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You said the magic word for me. Reznor.
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I’m not hugely into Cash. I only know a few of his songs, and as Bunny said below, the two versions are too different to really be counted as original & cover version.
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What do you think about this older Reznor version?
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havent heard it. but I’ll give it a listen when I’m at a PC with speakers & report back!
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That’s all I ask. 😛
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Reznor improved on Reznor.
Cash made a whole new song with almost identical lyrics that is pretty damned amazing.
I listened to the Beside You In Time version again last night. Damn that’s a great song.
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I agree, I like both the later Cash and Reznor versions to the album one! Still amazing, though!
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Same lyrics, same tune, very different song?
Can’t go past Slipknot – Vermillion and Vermillion Part 2 (not part 3, that’s more of an inbetween remix).
Discussion about everything apart from survivor?
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The problem with that Barack Obama, is he always tries to walk it in.
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Did you SEE that ludicrous display the other night?!
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Classic.
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You’ve just gotta want it!
HOLY HELL THIS BUILD UP TO TRIBAL IS AMAZING!
(I hate you all)
EDIT: OMG MY VLC PLAYER IS PAUSING EVERY FEW SECONDS! I NEED TO WATCH THISSSS
EDIT 2: OMG GUYSE DID YOU SEE IT! OMG!
OGMOMGOMOGMOGMOGMOGMOGM!
I need to poop.
EDIT 3: Good poop.
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That tribal, right! RIGHT! And that immunity. THAT IMMUNITY WAS THE BEST!
EDIT: Running commentary went something like “oh man, what are you doing Jon!? Do the freakin puzzle! Do the… wait… wait he is… is he… is he winning? HES WINNING!, and then skrieked in a really manly way
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(too lazy to rot 13, I doubt anyone cares anyway)
omg yes! I wanted him to win and I’m glad he did! So crazy after he won man D:
Bit sad that Jeff got voted out but I’m glad Malcolm didn’t play his idol and is still in, always liked him and Denise more anyway. I dislike Lisa now 🙁
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Yeppers, agreed on all the above. I mean, kudos to Luisa for trying to play a bit more, but… srsly, as if youd put your trust in Pete. Pete is a douchebag. It’s so obvious he’s a douchebag. Kinda wished it was him, but kinda glad too that Jeff is gone. He was too gung ho about getting off Jon, aaand hes a poopy pants millionaire already so whatevs. Loved how much Jon was enjoying tribal, haha. Def hope Denise and Malcolm go far too
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Agree with all of your above!
Peter and Abi are UGH. Artist is just a cranky old man but he’s not too bad :P. Jeff was good but why oh why did you want to get Jon out so bad!? I also would’ve felt bad if he won, especially since he didn’t need the money (unless he donated it ALL to charity or something). Go Jon, Denise and Malcolm!
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Definitely. Its weird that he had that mentality against Jon being an old ayer considering hes coming in as a secret success story. Kind of sort of hypocritical a little bit
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Hey guys! CTHCC is now available on steam!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/214610
Check it out! You never know, you might just like it!
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I was looking at that on Steam 20 minutes ago and was all “Hey that looks familiar”.
True story.And then I spent $80 on something not related to this at all.
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Actually, today I found a $1 coin in the note section of my wallet, and I was all “You’re not supposed to be there!” and then people looked at me funny for talking to a coin.
Finding $1 in another part of my wallet still counts as finding money randomly right?
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Sometimes I count money I find in an ATM after asking for it, and I think yours is a bit more valid because it has the element of surprise, so we’ll count it \o/
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When I first read this I didn’t realise you meant “count money I find at an ATM as an unexpected jackpot” and thought you meant just count the money you get out. I was tying to work out what was unusual about making sure the ATM gave you the correct amount of money.
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I throw $10 on the ground in front of me and pretend I “found” it and that still counts. So yes, it does still count!
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And then the wind picks it up and it becomes someone elses $10
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Hmm, the synopsis thingy reminds me a bit of clannad. (I never played it though did watch some of the show.)
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it’s a great game. As I said I played it several times to complete all characters and such. It’s probably my favourite Nyu media game so far
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So I caught wind of some 16-year old kid in Melbourne offering game retailers $15k for an early copy of Black Ops 2. Thought is was crap, until 3 retailers confirmed the story.
Apparently he even offered “profits” from his YouTube channel, where he apparently has over 6000 subscribers…
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This is why kids shouldn’t have nice things.
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If the money is self made, though, way to go kid! 😀
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$15000 is an investment for his future videos!
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Ahhhh, yes, you might be onto something there.
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I read the article and he also offered 300% of his profits from YouTube. So he’s not even going to make any money regardless. Don’t know if this kid is talking out his ass or just a spoilt rich kid. Regardless it still makes me cranky.
#OldManNob
#HashTagsForHarli
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so 6k subscribers = $15,000 in expendable income for ONE VIDEOGAME?!
By the by, THIS is what I originally thought the “there goes all my parents money” thing was about.
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For the sake of a day or two. $15000 for the sake of a day or two.
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I don’t think any regular person could value their time that highly, let alone a 15yo.
I realise I’m getting worked up unfairly by this. Quite likely due to envy, although something tells me that the poor kid has little to no concept of money in the first place. 15,000 of something is an arbitrarily large number. I’m hoping that’s all it is, as I certainly can’t fathom spending that much even on a car yet.Dammit.
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Totally understand. Wish I had $15 000 to spend recklessly. I could stretch it a damn long way if I used it responsibly… damnit. I think I got that wrong 😛
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After reading that article, I don’t think he’s actually got anything to spend at all, and is just testing the waters for nothing.
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damn, tay ate my post.
Long story short, if i had enough cash to piss into the wind without a care, id do the same.But i have problems. especially when it comes to cod
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I’ll do him one better, let him play an early Annas Quest vol2 for, I dunno, $20
Le Mans on Blu-ray…
*drool*
Favourite thing to order at a Chinese Restaurant! GO!
Mmm, Cashew Chicken.
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Food.
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Which reminds me, did Pez ever get those fried dumplings and soup dumplings?
Y’all should go out for an eating Meat.-
We should.
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This guy gets it.
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Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve been known to dabble a bit in the consumption of said item.
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Nope!
Don’t believe you!
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This will sound so lame, but spring rolls. I LOVE them.
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if they’re done well, theres nothing lame about a spring roll.
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Salt and pepper fish if it’s a big group meal and we all get to pick at it.
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Lemon Chicken.
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Dim Sim. Fried.
My dish is mixed Chinese vegetables in oyster sauce, but that’s usually when other people are ordering the interesting meat dishes. I like anything that now sizzles but used to quack or moo or baa.
Edit: …or oink, I suppose.
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Anything duck really. There’s a Chinese restaurant up here that may be the best one I’ve ever been to. It’s kinda hard to get into die to usually being booked out but their Crispy Duck in Orange Sauce is beyond amazing. Everything they have is.
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Mongolian Lamb
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Mongolian lamb is the best!
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Xiaolongbao or Baozi. Especially Char siu bau.
Actually dumplings in general.
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Also peking / beijing duck but only if the place knows what it’s doing.
Oh, and basically any pork belly dish.
Actually fuck it, I’m going to go with Bish’s answer.
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*chopsticksbump*
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Xiao Long Bao
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Dumplings
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I’m a fan of the cashew chicken as well
I also like ginger fish which is a regular. My favorite ever Chinese dish is a Cantonese fillet steak from a place out in Doncaster, big think chunks but so super tender in a really nice sauce.
But I guess if favourite is the most commonly ordered then fried rice. Entree wise a nice san choi bow is a good way to stat the meal, with a bit of chinese sausage to go with it
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5Treasures
Up to the final third of Darksiders II.
Might actually get round to cracking open ACIII this weekend \o/
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I dunno man, that game gave me cancer. All the cancer. It is literally the worst game ever. Its metascore should be -2. It’s that bad.
Cancer.
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See your doctor and tell them to bill Ubisoft. I predict a lengthy recovery.
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Does that mean that you finished the… uh.. skeleton country? Because if so you’re way further in than you think, you’ve effectively got two major dungeons left.
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Only collected two of my green floaty buddies so far.
Just dropped through the swirly hole.-
Oh then you’ve got about a third to go yeah. Maybe a bit more.
I wish they’d had more dungeons with the floaty buddies.
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Cumbersome cucumbers
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Luke Luck licks lakes.
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…Batman!
Shane’s Not-Yet-Patented FriTAY Farewell (SNYPFTAYF)
Well, all you marvellous people, I’m off to enjoy my weekend shortly. Congratulations to the Kudos winner this week – I’m (reasonably) sure you deserve it.
Thanks for taking my insanity this week – I’ll have it back now, thanks. Edit: much better http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/11/talk-amongst-yourselves-196/comment-page-17/#comment-868566
PS: Is anyone else finding that they’re working extra hard to earn extra upvotes? The pressure has never been this intense! I’m trying to relieve pressure by upvoting early and upvoting often, and I hope this has helped 🙂
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Have a good weekend, man. Hope it’s one for the freakin’ ages!
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Nope.
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Glad to hear that.
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Indeed!
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For what it’s worth man, I’ve been trying to show some restaint with the upvote thing, because otherwise every single damn post would get one. Haha!
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D.C. the restrained up vote
fairy 🙁tits guns killer rock and roll cars sports tits violence mandudebro-
Not the manliest of phrases. :S
😀
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So, so mad at the world right now. This may be payback for my gloating this morning, but:
1) iPhone
I just received a call from Telstra about a long-standing (over a year) issue where my iPhone 4’s camera doesn’t work any more. I was trying to get it fixed out of warranty as a genuine fault. Apple have assessed it will not fix it at their expense because they say there is water damage and scratches on the case. I don’t disagree about the scratches (though they were all after the camera stopped working), but water damage? The only thing that has ever happened to it is a couple of drops of rain, and if your hardware is so fragile that this could be enough to break a camera then there’s something inherently wrong with it. But even though I refute this claim, there is absolutely no way to contest it and I just have to accept their rotten decision.
So my options are to pay $280 to get it replaced, or $50 to get it back untouched. I’m going the latter and probably going to buy a Nexus 4 instead. I like my iPhone, but I have to find some way to punish this type of corporate behaviour.
2) 3DS games
I rang Nintendo about getting my 3DS games reinstated. They said that I need my serial number before they would even consider it. And even then, if I did have that, I “shouldn’t get my hopes up” because they probably wouldn’t be able to. Corporate policy, don’t offer any warranty for digitial purchases, and what-not.
So that’s dead in the water too. I’m annoyed at myself because I’d been meaning for months to write the serial number down but never did. Sounds like it wouldn’t have made that much of a difference anyway.
Now it looks like my only option is going to be trying to crack the system if I want the software I earned/payed for legitimately back. Half of can’t be purchased again even if I want to. Regardless, I’m not ever going to buy another piece of software from any of Nintendo’s digital stores until they fix this situation because, seriously guys, this is frigging ridiculous state of affairs.
In summary: Screw you Apple. Screw you Nintendo. Way to go rewarding somebody who buys your stuff.
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Wow, you really got shafted. By everyone 🙁
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Man that sucks about the 3DS stuff. I don’t know why they started pushing the eShop without an account system to go with it. Thankfully it won’t be an issue once the WiiU is released and they introduce accounts, but it really shouldn’t have taken so long 😛
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Sorry to hear that man :(. That’s one of my ‘fears’ with the 3DS as well. Once the games are gone, it’s gone. No account system to easily log-in and re-downloaded your purchase and obtained (ambassador) content and it’s just a very old and stupid system of managing it…
Is the serial number just the thing beneath the barcode on the bottom of the 3DS? I better take a picture of it, just in case.
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I hope they have proper accounts for Wii U but I doubt it, Nintendo live in a bizzare world where the internet has only just been invented I think.
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(Friendcode-less) Accounts were confirmed for the WiiU in the most recent Nintendo Direct.
Apparently it’ll have a unified account system with the 3DS as well, but they haven’t expanded on that for a while.
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I still haven’t seen whether this is just for identity, or purchases as well. My gut feeling is just the former.
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It definitely tracks your eShop purchases. You’ll be able to use the same account to access the eShop through a browser and on mobile phones as well.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3613256/nintendo-network-id-online-gaming-strategy
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So I see. Cool!
Will be devastating if they provide a way to protect past purchases mere months after I lost all of mine :'( Good for everybody else though!
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Man, that would be terrible :\
I’ll be chaining my 3DS to my hand until this accounts patch comes out. Don’t you dare delay it, Nintendo!
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That’s exactly what it is. I wrote it down for my DS because it was rubbing off, and I meant to do it for my 3DS just in case the same happened.
I strongly recommend that anybody seeing this goes to take a photo of their 3DS serial number right now. Seriously. Not later. I was going to do it later. RIGHT NOW!! I should go tweet something to this effect.
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Mine’s imported so I imagine if I do anything with it at all or need to get it fixed, Nintendo will fuck me.
Hope someone cracks the system eventually. I want that region lock gone.
Regarding the 3DS thing, is that even legal under consumer trade laws? For them not to offer any warranty for digital goods, I mean – obviously it’s up to them to decide whether to let you move goods locked to one system to another.
I mean does that mean if they released an update that bricked your system or broke your old games they wouldn’t be held liable for that?
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If they bricked it, yes they would be liable and they’d probably set up some way for you to send it to them for repairs.
But for everything else, I guess they’re treating if like physical goods. You buy one copy and if you lose that copy in any way, it’s gone. In the same way that if you lost a bag of 3DS cartridges it’s not their fault. It’s just that every other digital company in the world realises that you should embrace the added flexibility that downloads afford you to and provide ways to download freely in multiple locations.
So Nintendo are being dinosaurs, but I doubt that I’d even have a leg to stand on with any consumer group. Best chance I’d have would be to raise some kind of public complaint and convince them to give me download codes for all the stuff I’d lost. Which I can’t see happening any time soon.
What? Really? I’m on my 3rd PS3 and 2nd PSP and the worst I’ve had to do is redownload everything. It sounds like a bit of a ridiculous system and pretty sure ill just stick to retail copies for my 3DS.
Excuse for a new phone though? Bright side?
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That’s because Sony, like Microsoft, Apple, or basically everyone that isn’t Nintendo realised around about the turn of the millennium that it’s a really good idea for all your customers to have digital accounts which they transfer between their devices and buy & use products from your ecosystem.
ACIII gameplay spoilers ahead!
Whfg yvorengrq zl svefg sbeg.
Fb V envfr gur synt, gurer’f n phg fprar jurer nyy bs n fhqqra n mvyyvba Cngevbgf nccrne (frevbhfyl, jurer gur uryy jrer gurl jura V tbg fcbggrq naq unq gb svtug 20 thlf ol zlfrys!?)naq gnxr bire. Nsgre gur phgfprar svavfurf V’z abj fgnaqvat ba n yrqtr/enzcneg guvatl naq orsber V pna zbir bar bs gubfr Cngevbg thneqf jub V whfg sbhtug n ohapu bs Erqpbngf sbe jnyxf hc gb zr naq jvgubhg jneavat fubirf zr bss gur yrqtr jvgu gur ohgg bs uvf tha!
Nyfb, V vzntvar vg jbhyq srry jnl orggre gb “yvorengr” gurfr sbegf vs V jnf na Nzrevpna. :F
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I had that happen. I pushed him back.
Gura rirelbar va gur sbeg qvrq.
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Sounds justified. 😀
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I really hate doing engraving for teenagers. The spelling an grammar they ask for makes me twitch.
Skol Out 4 Eva Luv Dyl. *shudder*
Got told it was lame to do it properly. Kids these days.
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Some where that ‘skol’ failed ’em… 😛
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OH… SCHOOL!
I think it’s a good thing I didn’t know what it was 😛
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Thank you for clarifying that, my brain started to hurt parsing the sentence and I couldn’t figure out what the hell that was meant to mean.
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Teenagers are the worst!
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…skol…
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Icelandic bards right?
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You’re thinking of a Skald.
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Yes that was the joke. Then I realised it’s actually a word.
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Actually google tells me it’s a Scandinavian toast. Along the lines of ‘cheers’.
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Indeed it is. I think I learned that from Pixel or something…
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We should beat them up and take their money!
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You’re amazing.
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Waaaaaaay ahead of you.
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Oh wait, you mean that article. HA HA. So did I. HA HA.
*shifty look*
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Man, some jokes sound far better in your head. I wish they’d stay there sometimes. :S
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Now I feel bad for laughing? What does it mean if I found it funny? :'(
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I laughed too DC. I laughed too…
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I don’t get it 🙁
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Tell them you’ll only engrave what they want if they can spell it correctly.
Compelling arguments for eugenics / sterilization, engraved into metal so that subsequent generations will understand and sympathise with us.
my gran used to use the word ‘dill’ as a synonym for ‘bit of an idiot’ or ‘a silly person’
so i think Dyl fits well in this context.
& as someone who has just seen a group of highschoolers graduate, this does not surprise me & my hopes for the future are not high.
Edit: also, they’re gonna shit themselves when they realise that Uni / TAFE / actual work / real life is much much harder than high school.
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I dunno… I’m finding Uni a whole lot easier 😛
Should have just engraved it properly, and then when they returned, said “You know, that old skol gibberish is like soooo 15 mins ago. Get in the loop girlfriend” *nuh-uh finger wave*
If it helps at all, someone I know in Townsville got “Blessed by angles” tattooed on their arm.
Hyup.
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Are they symmetrical, atleast?
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Clearly he is a Scientologist and that’s referring to his thetans.
You should keep a giant water pistol under the counter for requests like that and keep shooting them and yelling “Come back when you’ve learnt English!”
@NOBOBOB
You mentioned tweaking Dishonored’s .ini files to fix some problems. Do you remember what you changed or thought about changing?
Blaghs told me about the body disappearing .ini change so I think I’ll do that as well as disable startup movies. If anyone else knows of some hawt .ini tweaks lemme know!
kthx 😀
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Don’t forget to press alt-f4 to enable god mode!
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On mah way to meet peoples for an early dinner so before Raaaadioheeeeeeaaaaad 😀 😀 😀
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Have fun, man! Sounds amazing!
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Thanks mang! So absolutely ridiculously excited
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My english, its good. Not used to phone taying yet :/
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Ur the best Sughly! Don’t ever change! ahahh
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I finished eating the pavlova, I repeat, I’ve finished eating the pavlova.
:S
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Excellent work soldier! Report back to HQ for debrief.
Do any TAYbies know where I can find Rise of the Triad?
I’m dying to play it again.
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I can tell you where you can find Rise of the Turd if that helps?
It’s a “foreign” film.
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I think it’s available on gog.com
I want to get a new kitty.
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Awkward page get.
It’s on Page 18 too. D:
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Don’t we all 😛
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Note: Please no one tell Mrs Freeze I said that. She’ll beat me.
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She will too!
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It’s Loops time to shine!
(Haha! Sorry, Loops. I know we’ve made you a punch line a couple of times. :D)
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I won’t disagree.
But I was actually talking about cats. I miss my cat. 🙁
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Wrote a paragraph describing how awesome cats are, but it all read like innuendo. :'(
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I was going to ask what his favoured breeds are, but now I don’t want to.
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Page 18 ruins everything.
Or makes it better. I forget which.
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Were you going to go to a shelter to get an abandoned cat? I think shelter animals are grateful for being saved.
If anyone makes this dirty I will rip you a fucking new one.
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Our previous cat was an abandoned kitten. Not from a shelter though, we got her from the lady (who was a cat breeder) who had found her.
I sort of maybe would consider it but I was actually leaning toward getting a pedigree animal. Specifically a Siberian because I love their look.
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I would suggest checking nearby shelters to see if there is one that’s been abandoned. If not, get the pedigree. A lot of pure breeds have a lot of problems though.
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Siberian is a super-healthy breed, it’s the ancestor cat for basically all the longhair breeds.
Also pretty rare in Australia so I expect there’s unlikely to be many in shelters.
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That’s fair enough then. You’ve obviously done your research. If it’s a rare breed in Australia, it’ll cost a lot. Do you know how much?
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I don’t know how much yet but I’m anticipating a fair bit. 🙁 On the upside it’ll probably be a wait for a kitten as well.
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It’d be well worth the wait then. I hope it’s not too much or too long. I think you could have the price lowered if you tell them you don’t want the papers (used for cat shows).
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Try the Australian Myst! My cat was one of those and it was a great cat!
I dunno, shelter animals? Aren’t they a bit… dirty?
they know what I mean
Just yanking your chain, Scree.
It’s a noble venture.
I’m sorry. I’m a terrible person.
You’re not… I’m not sure why you’d think that…
I don’t understand?
He’s questioning why you’d think that you’re a terrible person.
I…Don’t even remember typing that bit.
Soft kitty, warm kitty,
little ball of fur.
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Happy kitty, sleepy kitty
Purrr purrr purrrrrrr
I wish I could have pets
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renting sucks.
So Motley Crue & KISS are headlining the Clipsal 500 next year in Adelaide.. If I had money that would be tempting as all hell! Well it still is but no money lol.
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I can’t believe Dinosaur Jr went and announced a tour in aus just at the point where I can barely feed myself!!! BASTARDS!!!
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Exactly! Like Black Sabbath had the nerve 2 weeks back to announce an Aussie tour then put tickets out this week.. The universe obviously hates me!
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Dishonored is a sweet game!
It’s really one of those rare games where I’m taking my time with it. I’m not hugely fond of stealth games, don’t love em, don’t hate em but I was drawn to Dishonored for its art style and my-oh-my what an art style it has! I like how they keep some of the ‘paint stroke’ textures in and things really look like concept art come to life. SHWEEEET! 😀
At 9+ hours in, I’ve just finished the 2nd (which is really the first real) mission. No kills either!
Usually when I’m rushing things I’d skip anything I can’t be bothered doing and just give up and kill everything. The unconscious bodies keep getting discovered but hopefully that doesn’t really affect anything.
Go buy this game.
EDIT: still a bit buggy though… It’s a game about assassinating people and I FINALLY get up to the big moment of reaching my first assassination target and the game bugs out, EVERY TIME. I can still complete it but it makes certain tasks impossible because the game completely 100% of the time screws up in that moment. Oh well! Luckily it still gave me the result I was after but it would’ve sucked to have gone through 9 hours worth of stuff only to have it stuff up in the end 🙁
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Related: I tweeted earlier about wondering if the main problem I have with ACIII is that the last game I played before it was Dishonored. And Harvey Smith (half of the head honchos at Arkane) tweeted me back. 😀
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:O!
I hoarded 6 runes before I actually bought any new powers (first one I purchased was just the health upgrade and night vision) and OMG cool abilities are cool! 😀
Some of the ones I thought should be cool, weren’t that great but I like the freedom in determining what works best for your play style.
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So Here’s What You Missed On Potaku! The mobile version! Let’s see how this goes. You know the site – potaku.com
Vita Updates haven’t been going up lately. Dunno. But there’s the season finale for the podcast, lots of Phoenix Wright music there!
There’s a competition to design the season 3 artwork.
B-Funk’s music article was on early Mario Karts.
Another comic creator spotlight with Jimu! Chris Claremont? I think that’s right…
Shiggy made pumpkin soup!
I reviewed Assassin’s Creed III
lastQuestion’s wife has a strange phobia of platforming games
Shiggy’s friend PMD wrote about the anti-social gamer myth
Shiggy has an opinion about opinions
Redartifice coins the term Serrelsian in a look at Need for Speed
I had a brain fart and forgot to do my weekly Greenlight thing.
Anyway, good weekend ahead. Should be seeing some of you Sydney TAYbies tomorrow night!
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Thanks, Alex. Have a damn good weekend.
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And you!
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If I were to draw a picture with the three of youse with one on the left (facing left), one in the middle (facing towards us) and one on the right (facing right), who SHOULD be in each position?
Or two people on the left and right facing and angled forward and left/right but then where do I put Mr. Pants?
Or I should just not draw anything ;D
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I am not allowed to give feedback on ideas. Probably. I dunno man! Listen to your heart!
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Hi Pants! I sent you an email. Just as a heads up.
Please read it. Oh god, please.
You know, if you want to. No pressure.
Please.
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Will read tonight! Thanks Blaghs!
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No. Thank You.
*Stares at you for an uncomfortably long period of time*
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don’t forget quality echo effects in the podcast, IT WAS LIKE I WAS ACTUALLY THERE
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#7 should read thelastQuestion is a terrible person
I am kid-free as of this very minute until Sunday night. Freedom! Oh..uh…I mean, aww man, I’ll miss the little rascals. 😛
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Hahahaa…I totally should have done that. I only had 5 minutes of complete freedom before Mr. Strange got home from work so that would have been the most efficient use of my alone time. 😀
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So am I!
Kid free weekend five o/
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Can’t wait to see you tomorrow at the meat! 😀
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Uh, yeah…about that. I’ve decided not to go because you are too intimidating….
😛
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But- but- I CAN CHANGE! 😛
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But- but- you’re the winner of the double-whammy Kudos! Intimidating! 😛
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Sympathy noms, every last one. 😛
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We’re all too mean to bother sympathy-nomming someone. Well I am, at least. 😛
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I’m at least twice as mean as Strange, so her point stands.
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Yep pretty much. I take pity on you and your awesomeness.
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Hahaha, I know this feeling, its ok
I just had a mental image of you crashing the set of Braveheart
“They can take our lives, but they’ll never take our FREEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!”
“You’ve never had kids have you?”
I bought a copy of Age Of Empires 3 at my local JB for $10 and they left out the CD key. The guy at the counter told me he was missing a portion of the packaging and i specifically asked if the CD key was on it.
I have the best luck.
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Isn’t that the most important part?
They shouldn’t be able to sell it *unless* you really want the game case.-
It is the most important part if you intend on actually playing the game. Right now i have a pretty AOE3 box to look at.
Knew i should have just got it on steam
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Take it back and get the money back. Tell them that you can buy 10 DVD cases for $10. Without the game it’s only worth a dollar at least.
Plus you know, most places would give you the game case for free.-
I have this odd inability to take games back, even if it’s their fault that i can’t play it. AOE3 will just sit on my shelf for about 6 months before i can get around to downloading a crack of just finding a random CD key that works online.
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Yea, that is probably the smart thing to do. Then again I’ve never been the smartest guy in the world.
Plus I’ve been in a weird game buying mood as of late. I dropped a few hundred dollars worth of PS3 games on ozgameshop just this week. So i’ll have plenty to play.
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That’s fair enough. At least you’ll have plenty to keep you occupied.
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I have nothing to say except ladders are a pain in the bum.
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You’re not meant to sit on them.
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I mean trying to find one that I can bring home without forking out $200
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Well you could always follow a tradie around until he’s (or she’s) not paying attention. Though that would both be mean and illegal.
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And I would still have to get it home somehow
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Just closed my shop that I built up and got how I wanted it for the last time.
Have until Tuesday off then start at a dive of a shop that’s been plagued by problems since it opened.
*sigh*
A tad depressing. And annoying that I managed to get this shop up to a point where people were coming to see me because of positive word of mouth only for someone else to benefit from it from here on.
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That’s too bad, Freeze. Here’s hoping the police thing isn’t too far away atleast.
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Is it far? If you’re lucky, they might come there anyway. You’d be amazed how far people will go for good service.
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15-20 minute drive from there.
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I’m sure they’ll come to you then.
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If you build it, they will come!
So after channel 7 teasing us with ads of Grimm, I decided to download the first epsidoe to see if it was worth watching. Mum and I both liked it.
Channel 7 is still teasing everyone by saying “coming soon” but if it’s like Once Upon a time, we probably won’t see it until next year.
Also, the US has season 2 already. And they wonder why people torrent?
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yeah, i believe foxtel has had grimm for a while now
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Yeah, they actually air it the day after it airs in the US, iirc (surprisingly quick!)
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/o\ Bloody foxtel
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It is a great show.
With your mums ghost affinity there is probably a good chance she’ll like it. Lots of scary things.
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Mum does seem to like it. She enjoyed the first episode
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The first half of the first season is pretty bad, but it picks up by the end. We’ve been watching it and I now look forward to each new episode as it airs.
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You mean it gets better? I’ll get it then.
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Fist time I’ve fired up my Xbox 360 since the housewarming last night.
Apparently if there is a problem with your network the 360 won’t let you into network settings. Made trying to fix it a world of fun (pain.)
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Awww, poor gorzy. Yeah, sometimes the Xbox is uncooperative.
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Poor Freya having to listen to me swear on TS all night.
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MYSTERY QUESTION FUN TIME:
Yes or No?
This one is going to be interesting…
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Definitely no.
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Aww but I wanted to shave my head 🙁
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DAMMIT VIRUS
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VIRUS THE BUBBLE BURSTER STRIKES AGAIN!
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You have to do it Greenius!
All the best green dudes are bald. Kermit, Caterpie, Shreck… the list goes on.-
I’ll do it anyway but leave the top long :P. Unless I don’t like it, then I’ll shave the rest off anyway. Short hair is so much easier 😛 (hint hint BLAGHMAN)
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YES!
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2 l8
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It’s never too late. Trust yourself to the heart of the cards!
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Looks like we’ll have to shave Blaghman’s head instead.
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Please make this happen!
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You guys are monsters.
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Next Meat… don’t fall asleep.
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So long as you give my hair to charity, I’m okay with it.
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Yes… charity… Not a Blaghman wig for myself, no…
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Good enough for me!
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Snacktaku News Flash!
Amazing news! Egg Flip Big M is back!
And, (with thanks to Strange from a couple of weeks ago), Mars Ice-cream bars!
(Also – exclamation points!)
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Hold on a minute! Mars Ice Cream Bars!? Why have I not heard of these before?
Actually I remember they used to have Kit Kat ice creams. Whatever happened to them…
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Mars, Snickers and Twix Ice creams. \o/
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WHAT ARE THESE THINGS! :O
They sound tasty and I want them.
In my mouth.-
Make it so. Found it all at Coles. Dooooo eeeeeet!
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Did you just quote Picard? If so, I like you SmurfyDog! If not, I still like you SmurfyDog! SMURFYDOG!
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I certainly did! Picard is my favourite captain. 🙂
I like you too! D.C. your smile has left it’s mark upon my world.
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So South Park has been rather terrible these past few years (sorry Crazy and Freeze!) but this week’s Morgan Freeman Freckle episode wasn’t too bad. For me it was probably the 2nd best one over these past few years behind that zipline episode earlier this easier which is easily THE BEST the show has been these past few seasons.
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I dunno, I thought “Butterballs” and “Cartman Finds Love” were much better than the zipline episode.
But you’re right about this weeks episode.
Although it took a second watching of it to get laughs from me, just because it wasn’t making much sense on the first viewing.
I just watched Tomorrow When The War Began on TV. It was surprisingly good, and by far the most impressive Aussie film I’ve seen in a long, long time. I was nervous going in, because I grew up on the novels, know them backwards and have a fierce loyalty to them (and an inherent distrust of adaptations), but I thoroughly enjoyed the film.
Shame the sequel will probably never happen.
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You crazy future folk, still on right now here.
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You crazy past folk!
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Oh, man. You’ve contaminated the timeline!
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I also kinda liked it.
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I also have read those books so many times (everyone should read them at least once, so good) and while I found the movie ok, I still feel they cast it badly. These are supposed to be farm kids, rural kids, to me they looked too clean (as weird as that sounds). Like I could never imagine them working on a farm, dealing with sheep and cattle and such.
And I always pictured Fi being shorter, but that ones probably just my personal bias
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fun fact
those books got banned from my primary school library because one kids parents found out it had sex scenes in it… we felt bad for the kid, but were also not too pleased as well..
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Wait why do you say that? I just assumed that they would be doing them, why is this not so /o\
Dear Shane,
You have the right of it.
I feel like a simple plate of green vegetables in a Chinese meal is underappreciated. Chinese food is typically so heavy; heavily marinated or laden with sauces, salty, spicey, what have you. Even if it doesn’t turn out greasy, they usually use a lot of oil in cooking.
Simply fried Gai-lan is a good way to cleanse the palette; it’s crispy, it can be a little bit bitter, and it’s refreshing. If it’s good produce, choi in general can be a little bit sweet, so it doesn’t need soy sauce or oyster sauce to go with.
It’s good stuff.
Kind regards,
Bish
@gorzilla
I got some numbers from numbers, but I don’t appear to be whitelisted.
Handle is Beavwa.
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Hmm, I thought I added it. I’ll be home in about 30 min to see why it’s not working.
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Oh, I just remembered I think it’s caps sensitive. Do you remember if you used a capital B in mine craft or not?
@Alex
In AC3 you can somewhat block if you hold down B and are moving. Its a parry but w/e
I only just found out Potaku has its own sight.
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So long as it doesn’t gain sentience, we should be fine.
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All my belongings eventually gain sentience. Its kind of a bother.
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I HATE when my pen talks back at me. The audacity!
I mean really…-
It’s even worse when the house hold appliances get the nerve to leave the house on an epic journey…
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‘sup?
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Stuff.
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The sky!
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!
TAY refresh game commences now!
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You mean the rest of the morning has just been a warm up? Blast
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For me, I meant =P
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I’M HITTING REFRESH, BUT NOTHING’S CHANGING /o\
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I know! It’s horrible!
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Aww man, Just read the article where Silicon Knights were ordered to destroy all retail copies of their games. Nooooo! Need to buy a copy of Too Human!
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You might be able to get it pretty cheap if you look for it now
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Yeah, still only around $20 on eBay, time to save an extremely underrated game! =P
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Pretty sure it only applies to unsold copies, so there’s bound to be used copies around that you could find
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yeah, but this news means they will only get rarer / more expensive.
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I wonder what the legal status of pirating it would be now? Not that I’m interested in doing that, just wondering what happens in cases like this.
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I bought it new for $10 a few years ago. Only played it for an hour or so but it was surprisingly good. I thought it was pretty interesting that attacking was done with the analog sticks! A friend wanted to borrow it so I lent it to him years ago…
…and he still has it 😛
I do hate bad game design though and every time you die there’s like a minute long cutscene you HAVE to watch. UGH!
Looks like today will be spent packing up my life in preparation for moving tomorrow. Hoooh, this is gonna be harder than I thought…
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So are you coming to the movie screening tonight? If not, GOOD LUCK!
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I’ll be there. Specifically put off moving till tomorrow so I could go 🙂
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Nah, it’s fine.
Just remember to pack less clothes and more games.
Easy!-
AND DON’T FORGET YOUR CHARGERS
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Moving suuuuuuuuucks baaaaaaaalls. Going to have to do it myself next month. Feck.
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Oh, man. Have fun some how? 😛
Today’s been a stay-in-bed-day, and I’ve no intentions of stopping now.
Except hungry. But can’t eat. May as well stay in bed.
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🙁 Should make up some mashed potato and gravy. Not the same as your injury obviously, but it was the only thing I could eat when I got my wisdom teeth out.
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Oh man, mashed taters might be on!
I remember having oral surgery when I was younger, lived off Boost Juice for a week and a half. Damn near cried when I ate mashed potato and melted cheese for the first time after 😛
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Aleph’s moral of the day: If you can’t eat, there’s no reason to get out of bed.
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See, I’m learning!
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HOW WAZ UR D8!?
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Let’s not speak about that. :'(
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HAHA! Yeah, I was the 3rd wheel for an hour, then bought a bottle of scotch and went home.
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Aw man sorry to hear that 🙁
*shakes fist at Germans*
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I’m sure the Germans are immune to that by now 😛
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Angry fist shaking single handedly won the war, don’t you know!
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But since then, I’m sure the Germans have recognised that weakness and acted accordingly
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Man, D.C. quick on the refresh game!
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I really want to do a whole “I WON’T BUY ANY NEW GAMES” thing for a few months but Steam sales will destroy me. I can’t pass up a bargain 😛
I was contemplating getting the new Layton as well for $33ish but didn’t realise it was a brief sale so now it’s back up to $45 or so, d’oh!
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http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/ps3/anarchy-reigns-limited-edition/10650905.html
YOU’D BE INSANE TO PASS THIS UP!
I hear the game is good but given that it’s by Platinum Games, I’m sure it will be! And only $23ish!
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OH MY GOD GET IT EVERYONE THAT GAME IS HYPE AS SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
but really, i love that damn game
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Gonna buy it again? 😛
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That’s what I should ask for, for Christmas. Money for teh Steam sales! and Rocksmith.
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I have so far managed to stick to my no new games restriction AND managed to get new games anyway \o/
Must admit the not buying Assassin’s Creed 3 thing is hard though.
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Is it no “new” games as in not buying any games at all, or no “new” games as in not buying new releases? I’m going to assume the latter since you can’t really stick to your restriction and still get new games (unless they’re free :P!).
Your restriction was one of the ones that made me want to do mine but bargainssss! I usually don’t buy new games because they’re pricey so I wait for a price drop. Usually when that price drop comes I’m ready to play them but nowadays I just buy them when they’re cheap even if I don’t play them :/
/o\ you guys are such bad influences!
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I haven’t bought any new games but I got Halo 4 because company perks \o/
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Freebies ftw!
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D.C. did you sleep last night? :P. No more meat fears I hope!
I’m not sure what your (or others’) TAY refresh game system is but I refresh and see if there’s any new comments and then I FIND THEM AND READ THEM. Just saw how quickly you up voted Mr.Cascade D:
I figured with the meats on today(?) TAY would be extra quiet but you didn’t drop the ball. Well done D.C. and other weekend recruits in the TAY refresh brigade!
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I slept last night, but I’m extra strength nervous right now, I’ve got to tell you. :S Haven’t met Jimu and DAN! before, so kind of frightened…
Haha! Yeah, I might spend entirely too much time here. :'(
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Jimu is easy to get along with, even easier if he’s drinking 😛
Dan, well. He’s Dan, he’s quite energetic. You’ll be right.
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Don’t worry, DAN! is like a puppy. An excitable, loud, puppy.
I have no idea about what Jimu is like in real life.
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REFRESH.
Not sure where I’m meant to look for these notification things that come with having an account.
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They pop up next to your name on the top right of the page, however, the notification only appears if you haven’t viewed the page it is on since receiving the reply, so it’s mostly only for things on previous pages.
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I shall reply to an older comment of yours on a previous page…
DONE!
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There’s a movie screening tonight.
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Not in my state 🙁
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Is it in Sydney??
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I think so, simultaneous Brisbane/Sydney meats. Melbourne once again proves to be anti-social. 😛
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Yes! Are you on twitter? Talk to Doc What!
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Nope no twitters for me. Is it that zombie film??
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Kinda wanna go. Is it too late??
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Yeah, zombie film. I shouldn’t think it’s best too late. I’ll let Doc know on twitter. He’ll probably want your email to send the details through.
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Shouldn’t think it’d be too late* 😛 (autocorrect, amiright?)
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NOT TOO LATE! 6PM TONIGHT! Shoot me an email!
Doc[at]potaku.com -
Sent one. Hope it got through
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Ok I think I’m all set. \o/
Except for all the really important things like laptop, DS, phone charger etc, but I still all them today, so they can get thrown in tomorrow morning. It helps that the room is fully furnished so all I really need to pack is clothes.
By the way, if anyone wants me to buy them a game on any big title on Steam to cut back on the Australia Tax and pay me back, give a yell.
Rize floated the idea with me before, but I got Cakesmith AC3: fancy edition and it seemed to work out okay.
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I thought the idea was cool until I read “pay me back”. I kid, I kid. 😛
Great idea Bish/Rize!-
This past day or so, Cakesmith has been gushing about me not accepting his money and being nice, so I figured I’d quash the rumours before it got out of hand.
I have a reputation to keep.
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Is there anywhere to easily check the NA price? Bit hard to do it on Steam since it just defaults to the AU store but through some Googling I found the NA AC3 price which is a $20 mark-up (ouch). It shouldn’t be too bad to Google just one game but come Steam sales when there’s multiple titles :P…
I know in the past certain sale games are significantly different in each region and they even had some stuff we didn’t (like that Bethesda pack I believe?)
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Try this: http://www.steamprices.com/au
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http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=ca
Should give you the prices I see.
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TAYfilm! TAYfilm! TAYfilm! \o/ \o/ \o/
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Brisbane meat! Brisbane meat! Brisbane meat! \o/ \o/ \o/
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Canberran alone time. Canberran alone time. Canberran alone time. 🙁 🙁 🙁
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It’s okay Blaghs, we can be alone together!
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Well, we’ll be alone apart, technically.
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‘sup.
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I had a good sleep and I played P3P for a while and I’m still not awake.
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You can play games / post on TAY while you are sleeping? Impressive!
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I would give so much for this ability!
All I got was immortality 🙁
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I meant that while I was awake, my mind wasn’t. I’m still half asleep.
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Play the p3p on the ddv machine, with the vhs. I’m Dr Steve Brule, lets chunk it out!
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I know some of those acronyms and I still don’t understand it.
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@greenius the green man
in reply to your steam message, yes anarchy reigns is great, the singleplayer was alright, but the multiplayer is crazy fun. and i saw that zazzle link, that is an absolute steal.
EDIT: oh yeah and i do have it on ps3
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Only 24 hours late 😛
I pre-ordered it anyway :). I assume PS3 would be better than the Xbox version since that’s what Japanese developers prefer but Xbox Bayonetta was better :P… I hope I made the right choice!
I replied on the previous page but I might as well say it here, going to buy it again? $25 is reasonable. Smart move by them since their game prices drop quickly anyway.
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Sorry! i saw it earlier today but got distracted by shiny things and when i came back you were offline D:
and yeah, you could get nearly every game by platinum for about $15 each, and i know for a fact this game won’t sell well 🙁
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I dunno man! Pretty nice price point 🙂
Oh wait… doesn’t it come out around REvengengnegnancenance’s release? 🙁
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So who wants 50% off Alan Wake Collectors Edition & 50% off Legend of Grimrock on Steam? I have coupons for both! So yeah.. Who ever wants them may have them.
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If I didn’t already have legend of grimrock I’d jump all over that one! Highly recommend it to anyone who likes rpg’s!! You wont regret it! 🙂
Three guys walk into a bar. You’d think one of them would have seen it coming! ;P
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A guy walks into a bar.
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It’s funny because he’s an alcoholic, and it’s destroying his family.
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That’s depressing D=
Also, if you like telling jokes you can win a copy of CTHCC by telling jokes on Nyu media’s facebook page.
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Is it wrong that I laughed at that?
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If that’s wrong then I don’t want to be right.
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Just for kicks, Gilbert Gottfried reads Fifty shades of Grey (NSFW):
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Bad parrot. BAD PARROT!
Wow, I actually think this is an awesome idea (if likely to end somewhat sadly for 1 or 2 cats.) I can imaging it making a big difference for people on the inside. Potentially make the guards lives a lot easier too.
http://omginformation.blogspot.ca/2012/03/indiana-state-prison-lets-murderers.html
Edit: It’s possibly the main reason I like this so so I can think that, If I were to ever end up in prison, at least I’d have a cat.
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Excellent article, thanks for sharing :). I don’t usually read articles (especially not long ones) but I was compelled to keep going.
I too think it’s an awesome idea. Only problem is them being too attached to their cat. Someone was already killed over it and a hit put out on someone else. But I guess stuff like that is bound to happen anyway, just less likely now.
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Yeah, I wonder if it would actually reduce the number of murders though. They happen much more frequently in prisons then the population in general (for reasons that should be obvious.)
If a prisoner loves his cat and would lose said cat for killing someone then he’s probably less likely to kill someone. Also. Once word gets out that hurting someones cat is a sure way to get shivved then that’ll probably reduce in frequency as well.
I’m curious to see if there’s been a study on this sort of thing now.
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Great article! Greenius already said everything I was going to say 🙂
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Reply to the edit:
I’ve been to prison
on a school excursionbecuz im tuff and even though some of the better cells had some pretty decent things, I’m sure none of them would come close to having a pet. Prison seems incredibly boring (as it should be when your freedom is taken away) but a cat can give them that little glimmer of hope and happiness. From the article it really sounds like it’s working and more places should implement it. And yes, if we ever end up in there, at least we’ll have a cat.
QTEs should not be allowed at the end of games. If you can’t make it into actual gameplay, just show me a cutscene.
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Which game? 😛
EDIT: DERP Halo I guess 😛
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Off the top of my head:
– Space Marine
– Uncharted 3
– Every CoD since 4
– Darksiders II I think?
– Fall of Cybertron. IIRC the first one did too.
– Pretty sure Arkham City didIt’s a western ‘cinematic’ game trope that needs to die. There is nothing remotely fulfilling in the culmination of your entire game is a glorified cutscene where you have to press some random buttons to win. It doesn’t add to the experience or make you feel like you’re in control or anything.
Compare it to the end of Portal 2, where *that* happens. Completely gameplay. Could have been a QTE but it wasn’t. Developers should do that. The only game I can think of this year which I’ve finished which had a proper gameplay ending was sleeping dogs.
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Just to add to my post above,
Gilbert Gottfried roasting Rosanne (Again, NSFW):
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So much yelling 😛
Is.. anybody on?
…. WELL THEN FINE. I’LL MAKE MY OWN TAY, WITH BLACKJACK AND HOOKERS. IN FACT, FORGET THE TAY PART.
Also I’m too lazy to change my name now.
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Disappointing.
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Very.
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That is what she said.
And I’m so sorry for it. It’s time for you to realize that you’re in a abusive relationship, blagh.
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I’ll take the hookers!
Yay second meat. Zombie film was fun got to meet more TAYfolk. The end.
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Good to finally meat you!
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I take it your staying the night.
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Considering how confused I got trying to catch the train here during daylight, it’s probably for the best I didn’t try and get home in the middle of the night haha
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Nonsense you would be 100% safe!
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Also Blagh is Explo-sion
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Ha ha, that was really good.
Though, I was hoping at the end when the title card, EXPLOSION, came up the s-i-o-n would be crossed out and replaced with Sean to make Explo-SEAN.-
Nah, I was merely a deuteragonist, can’t name a movie after them.
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Dead Kennedys – Buzzbomb from Pasadena
Let ‘er rip!
Friennnnnndddddddsssss
Logitech G930 – Anyone have them (Beavwa)? How much did you pay for them and are they any good? (or G35 which seem to be the same just wired)
SteelSeries Siberia V2 – Anyone have them? How much did you pay for them and are they any good?
I don’t know anything about headsets but I do like the idea of a universal headset that works on PC, PS3 and Xbox. I randomly stumbled across the Siberia which appears to do that but if anyone else knows of any other good $100ish headsets that do this (or just good ones in general) I’ll happily take recommendations.
But then the more I think about it, I already have the standard official Xbox/PS3 headsets and I barely use them so I might as well just stick to a plain PC one. The G930s seem good since it’s #1 on Amazon but I’m not sure if it’s decently priced. I think Beavwa picked one up on a sale a while ago so I just don’t want to pay more than I need to :P. Being a cheapo, it hurts when I find the thing I bought is cheaper elsewhere…
I’d be using it for the usual suspects: TeamSpeaks, gaming, music, movies/TV shows. I’ve never owned proper headphones and I just use my desktop speakers which are decent enough.
/o\
(MEAT WRITEUPS GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!)
EDIT: Bought the G35s… 😛
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Sale on G930s was $99. The sound is great, but I’m still tweaking the settings to get around the occasional pop from the microphone due to wireless interference. Too many wireless things in one small room 🙁
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I got the G35s for $89 and I think it got as low as $79, so it wasn’t too bad.
I was considering the G930s for $95 from Amazon (not sure how much shipping was) but I heard that most people had a lot of problems with both models so didn’t want to risk getting it from Amazon because of the lack of warranty.
I forgot about the interference so hopefully the G35s don’t have that problem.
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I use as Siberia v2, the USB powered one.
The mic is a bit so-so but the sound quality is very good and they’re incredibly comfortable. Seriously like head pillows.
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They work for PS3 and 360 too don’t they?
How much did you pay for them? They were $100 on the site I was looking at but that didn’t really seem like a special price.
Head pillows do sound nice though!
Hopefully the G35s are good 😛
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No idea consoles, could probably give them a try later today and I think they cost $110.
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I have a pair of Siberia v2s (one at home, one at work), but only for PC. They’re pretty good. Make sure to buy online though, the only store I’ve seen them ever was JB and they’ve got about a 60% markup on them.
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I randomly stumbled across them on Catch of the Day mobile app but they mysteriously disappeared when I checked the normal desktop version. Too late now I guess, already impulse bought the G35s 😛
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Melbourne Taybies!
Feel like meating up on the the 1st of December for a christmas based meat?
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Perhaps, if I’m free 🙂
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Sounds good to me, any idea on what to do?
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I say we just get something to eat and hang out.
Do something Christmas like if we feel like it.
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I might be able to but might not, it depends what my friends & family are expecting of me as I am age++ that day.
JULIE VS THE DEAD!!!!
I’mma be spamming this for a while. But I’m done now. No more trailers or gifs.
TAYfilm is amazing. Everyone go watch it now. Great work by all involved. Thanks to Pez for hosting us last night, and everyone else who was there. But now, I’m off to the wild wild west, also known as Orange. Next time you hear from me, I’ll hopefully be all set up in a new house, in a new town.
See you all on the other side
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Happy trails Nova!
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Cya frond! Good Luck!
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Have a safe trip and good luck, this is just the start.
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Best of luck man! 😀
I’ll help out with ProjectNova next week when my exams are done. Once you’ve moved and you’re all set up I think it’s FINALLY time for some good ‘ole hard earned Xenos… ;D
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By “other side” do you mean other side of the world?
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Here’s hoping life treats you nicely, man. You’re a good guy. All the best!
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle has a Rabbit Training Simulator.
GOTY.
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Hey Bosch, when buying games in Canadia are you getting them retail? Are they around the standard $60USD price with Wii/3DS being $40ish?
Just wondering!
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Yes, sort of.
Canada has a HST tax that comes in at 13% though, so $60CAD games are actually $68ish, $40 are $45ish.
As I’ve said before, this RRP seems to be the norm, unfortunately.
The only variation I can find is on Steam; currently $45 and $50 for Hitman Absolution and Far Cry 3 respectively (vanilla versions).
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Oh, but Dishonored was $59.99 on Steam so I was all “Psch, might as well get it at EB for pre-order bonuses I will never use”. These Tarot cards, man. What do I do with them.
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Tenkyew! I was going to buy Rabbit Training Simulator 3DS but waited so long that the sale ended. Got me thinking about game prices and whatnot.
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Yo, TAY!
What’s happening this fine Sunday? (Depending on the weather in your locale)
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Not a whole lot, Crazyguy. Not a whole lot. What about you?
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Watching cricket, trying to draw (and figuring out what to draw), and just sitting around…
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Productive! 😀
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Studyin’ (trying to learn everything) yo!
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Not much. Watching the TAYfilms! 😀
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness, I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul.
YOU WANT A MEAT WRITE UP!? YOU GET A MEAT WRITE UP!
…tomorrow.
Spoilers: I’m quite tired. I don’t know when I lost the ability to sleep in, but I don’t like it.
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Brisbane meat write up. That is all.
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Oh, we know about the Brisbane meat. You wild kids.
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Weekend TAY sucks. 😛
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NO U
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I know. :'(
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pfft at least you were doing something for half the day! What about poor old me, sitting here refreshing TAY and not finding any new comments :'(
I went to Toyworld this morning. I saw this. http://instagram.com/p/R3yYpJRldY/ I bought it, because I just had to.
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Oh, and I also got this. http://instagr.am/p/R3yrXsRldp/ 😀
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I also saw a Headcrab plush and a Companion Cube plush at EB Games. The companion cube was $30 or $40 though, waaaaay to expensive.
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I once purchased a figure in EB when I was around your age. Now it’s all gone crazy and I have hundreds. Don’t fall into the same trap!
EDIT: Actually I should try and sell some of my older ones to make room for new ones.
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Still got that big box pile? 😛
Sort of similar but when I went to Japan in 2010/11 some friends and I randomly bought Gundams cause they were cheap. They were fun… so I bought 7 more :/
The only thing stopping me from going nuts with them is how expensive they are over here.
The future is going to be interesting if 3D printers ever go mainstream 😀
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It’s grown, and I have larger scale figures that are still boxed up now too.
3D Printers are one thing but you still need heaps of ability to paint them – or some kind of 3D painting system to paint the assembled model.
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I like the green one 🙂
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Yeah that one looks really awesome for some reason.
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I like it a lot, because something I always admired about the chief was the blockiness of his armour- it’s definitely futuristic, but it looks like it’s properly cumbersome and heavy because of how blocky it is. Not that I don’t like chief’s newest armour, though.
… I mean.. er.. yeah, that guy looks familiar. >.>
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No love for the pink one? 🙁
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Nup.
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ಠ_ಠ
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Photoshop CS5 get! \o/
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Oh, man. I’m not even that good at drawing and the like, but I fuckin’ want it. Haha!
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That self portrait was amazing!
Also legit Photoshop get? ;P
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😀 I was wondering the same thing! Cause that would be expensive. 😛
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Depends on your definition of legit… 😉
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So uh word is someone might be making a twitter account later.
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Head on over to TAYnames and follow away! Most people would follow back instantly. That’s what most of us did anyway when we got Twitter accounts 🙂
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I’m @danfortheages!
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I’m @JoelGreenius!
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CJ!
I must apologise! I accidentally deleted your text message and didn’t have your number to respond!
We only ended up confirming we had a spare ticket like 20mins before the show started too.
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Ah thats alright
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See, that’s where Twitter comes in handy 🙂
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Just had a squizz at one of the practice exams for my last unit and I’m feeling pretty good about it so far :D. I pretty much only spent this weekend learning the unit and I’ve done pretty well. It’s strange (HI WEEKEND STRANGE!) how quickly stuff changes :P.
Last semester the unit I knew nothing for during the semester became my highest one for the semester and when I was working out my grades, I would’ve got something like 90%+ on the exam to end up with the mark I got. It helped that it was my last exam and I had like 7 days to learn everything. This semester the unit I thought I’d do the best in, is probably going to be my worst and the unit I thought I’d do the worst in, is probably going to be one of my best.
This last unit was probably my worst based on my low marks for the first assignment and I did not expect I’d get so low… Then when working out the other pieces of assessment (assignment 2 and 10 online weekly quizzes), it now turns out my average for it is now a HD :D.
My overall units last semester was HDless (got HDs in individual assessments though) and I didn’t get a HD this semester until my last 2 assignments. Feed me those tasty HDs! Nomonomnomnomnom
My main problem with exams is how slowww I do stuff. There’s a few exams I didn’t finish… Hopefully I can finish this last unit and end up with a nice HD!
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Good luck, Greenius. So close to freeeeeedom. 😛
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Man, I don’t even know what I’m going to do. So much freedom in such little time!
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I kind of want to see the movie Two Little Boys… *shakes fist at Kotaku marketing*. I’ve enjoyed Bret and Hamish’s work but I don’t think it’ll be very good, hopefully it’s at least funny.
FUN FACT: Hamish went to my school and I hear he got expelled for dealing drugs
Penismonkey
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Aleph, my friend. How goes life on the Eylandt?
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Swell today, thank you sir!
Have done a whole lot of nothin’, and am feeling better for it 😀How’s your fine self today?
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I’m feeling a little down, but what you gonna do. *shrugs*
Can you eat solids again? 😀
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I’m currently eating a bacon and egg sandwich after smearing the inside of my mouth with bonjella. Hurts, but it hurts so. Damned. Good.
Why’re you down man? Post-meat blues again?
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Eh, I dunno. Sort of feel like I embarrassed myself last night. Acting all weird. Post-meat blues too. Haha! Oh, man. That sounds so damn good. I had lasagna earlier. That was good eatin’ as well.
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How so? If it was due to your singing, I’m not sure anyone’s going to hold it against you (they’ll just bring earplugs next time!).
I lurrrrrv a good lasagne. Can’t stand the premade throw-in-the-oven ones though :S
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Haha! Actually that’s what I feel kind of weird about, by that point in the night I was finding it harder to talk to people. Awkwardness and all that. Every one was awesome and I couldn’t have been around better people, but I still couldn’t man up and talk properly. Then I just sat in silence. :'( Just mad at myself, I guess. Was a great night otherwise, though!
I get the deli ones from Woolworths. Can’t complain!
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Lol. I hardly think you were the embarrassing one. Not with Dan!, Sughly and myself there. 😛
Or when Mrs. Freeze asked the pie face fellows if they were Chinese and started speaking Japanese to them when they said they were.
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D.C. I wasn’t even there but I know you’re being silly :P!
Wow, Mrs. Troll S. Preston!
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Wait… pie face fellows? What does that even mean? Haha!
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Pie Face. It’s a pie shop.
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Now it all makes sense. 😀 Was great seeing you, man. One of these days we’re gonna talk properly!
Edit: Also? Kind of sad no one sang this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwwbKJs1ZPU
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Aleph, buddy ol’ pal, I have a dilemma. I want to buy peanuts to make my own peanut butter after seeing a lifehacker article. However, it is either this or a haircut. I don’t really need a hair cut per se, but I suppose it is getting bad. I’m hitting the point where I’m pretty poor so that both are out of my reach.
Help choose.
Hint- I like peanut butter.
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Go the peanut butter mate, sustenance over sex appeal.
Also the fact that I’m in the “needs a haircut” boat too. It’s not so bad 😛Also also, DIY peanut butter sounds fantastic. I’ll have to check the article!
Hint- Go with the peanut butter.
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THEN IT IS DECIDED.
Course, now I’ll need to borrow a food processor. Ah well, baby steps.
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All you need is peanuts and a food processor. You want instructions? I’ll spare ya reading the article.
GET PEANUTS (FANCY SHIZ YO LIKE HONEY ROASTED AND STUFF)
BLEND IN FOOD PROCESSOR (IT’LL LOOK WEIRD BUT NAH MAN JUST KEEP BLENDING UNTIL IT REACHES THE DESIRED CONSISTENCY YOU WANT)You may also add stuff. I’m thinking about throwing honey in there, but I have no imagination.
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I’d go with a bit of chili and dried ginger, but I guess it’s up to the individual 😀
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CHILI? GINGER? Aleph, you are a man of sophisticated tastes. But in all honesty those two steps are what make up the recipe, so go to it, man. Tell me how it goes so I can have a test subj- I mean, a… a.. test subject. 😛
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Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!
I just saw the article and it was all artistic with cool photos and now I want to try it! Man it looked mighty tasty. Too bad food processors are like $500… damn :/
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Hair cuts are for the weak. Peanut butter is for the strong.
I’m not going to tell you what to do, but are you weak or strong? 😛
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Blaghman must be super strong then!
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Also, shave your head over the sink Max Payne style. That’s what I usually do! It’s free!
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Well free if you already have a shaver/clipper thingy otherwise you’ve got to buy one :P.
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One time expense, my friend. One time expense! 😀
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My hair is the source of my power.
Shave your head!
Hey Alephant. You should make a mini mockumentary of your trip and then screen it before next year’s TAY film!
Video camera/talent permitted.
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I also want more “see more of Angurugugu/Eyelandt/Aliensgula” videos!
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Looks like I need to invest in a multigraph recorder!
What price range should I anticipate for simultaneous recordings of the visual world AND complimentary audible snippets? I dare say portability would be a necessity, too.Additionally, there is NO skill here ;P
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I finally managed to get the eraser opacity working in Photoshop after a month of nearly tearing my hair out trying to fix it. \o/
So I went out and saw the recording of the Jesus Christ Superstar Arena tour thingy at the cinema today.
Not bad, not bad at all. It had Sporty Spice as Mary, and Tim Minchin as Judas, and they were both really good.
Jesus was good, but I don’t actually know who he is.
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Son of God, you heathen! 😛
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There’s another lord?
I may have to challenge him…
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Who is this other “God” you speak of?
I may have to challenge him to a duel…
Maybe a game of chess…
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Commenting system, next time you make a fool of me, I shall banish you to the deepest depths of R’lyeh!
Holy crap guys! I had a crazily productive day!
I mowed the lawn and put a fence up.
I placed pins into the cushion so it’s ready to sew.
When I’m feeling less hot, I will probably start sewing it.
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Woooo!
So, I’ve played like the first hour of Dragon Age 2.
What even? It’s not grabbing me at all.
Should I stick with it? I probably will because stabbing but it’s just so eh.
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Eh, hard to say. I wasn’t hooked either, but I liked it eventually. Still never gets as good as Origins, though. :'(
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I was the same, and never really got into it. Sank way too much time into that game, and got disappointingly little back.
PhotogTAYbies, halp! /o\
I’m looking for a video camera for the upcoming trip + snippets of life on the eylandt, and have been recommended the Go(at)Pro(stitute) although I searched up on it and wow. That’s… a lot of options and jargon and dollars and it’s all esoteric and Aleph is scared.
Ideally I’d like to spend no more than $150, but could be swayed (as is always the case with anything wherein a budget is set) for a little more either way PROVIDED it’s worth the extra dosh/saving. At the moment though, I’ve no idea what I’m looking at, what I SHOULD be looking at, and what I should be avoiding /o\
…penismonkey.
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Also TF2 talk;
Rize and I were able to play as the robots in MvM mode this afternoon. Very interesting. It’d be better with an impartial server admin, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Seemingly random spawns as any particular robot, from a scout up to a Giant Uber Heavy, and the Sentry Buster too!Definitely turns it into hardmode for the RED team, as quite a lot of the tactics used in MvM manipulate the (at times) terrible AI from the robots.
Lots of potential were it hosted on a proper server!-
Also also food. I started eating solids and tasty stuff again today (WOOOOOO) and am currently attempting to decide what to cook tonight.
Ideas/suggestions?
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Testicles.
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A most excellent suggestion.
I have no testicles I am willing to sacrifice nor consume at this moment, unfortunately 😛
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So I guess “penismonkey” is also off the menu?
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If ever a monkey had a spare penis, and it were prepared appropriately, I’d give it a shot, sure.
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Can’t really help 😛 Go ask the film TAYbies on twitter!
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If I recall Shady got one recently?
REFRESHERS ASSEMBLE!
Greenius here, reporting for duty!
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D.C.’s here. D.C.’s always here.
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Except when he’s out partyin’ at meats.
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Probably for the best I don’t have a smartphone, otherwise I’d totally still be here. 😛
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Ah, so that explains the blackouts whenever you’re at a Meat! I just thought you were having SUCH a good time that you didn’t bother checking your phone!
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Well there’s that too. I tend to play with my phone when I’m nervous, though, believe me… I was nervous.
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Hopefully you’re not so nervous anymore? 😀
Before attending my first meat I don’t think I’ve never had to meet and talk to new people in a group since I started high school back in 2005 (babby). I’m generally a quiet guy, even when I’m with close friends, I’ll just sit there chillin, doing my own thing :P. I used to be super social and not-quiet and hermity and stuff but it changed for some reason, not sure why!
I’ll probably explode at PAX when there’s so many new people all in one place at a nerd convention which I’ve never experienced before… definitely going to be out of my comfort zone!
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I feel like I can talk to people one-on-one now, but when the group’s all talking at once I kind of shy away. :'(
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You’re going to explode in a puff of Meat Overload.
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Yeah one-on-one is easy peasy but the only real group situations I’ve been in other than meats were like when you have new classes and the stupid teacher is all “EVERYONE GO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES” lolfuckoff
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@Greenius I’m flying down all by my lonesome self to PAX (Hopefully with some TAYbies though if we organise a TAYbie share house). Waaaaaay out of my comfort zone.
@D.C. You’re doing better than me. I’m not much good at talking one-on-one or to a group.
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I still need to meet you and TheL4stQuestion! 😀
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But you’ve met most of them before!
It’s alright I’ll be your buddy 🙂 (if I’m still alive by the time PAX comes around – it’s so far away, who knows what will happen!)
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Oh, there’s a lot of phone fiddling at every Meat ever. It’s an established tradition.
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Red Leader, standing by.
Scree’s also here =P
I’m always here… even when I’m not…
Damnit D.C. you’re friggen quick on the up/down votes!
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Not the manliest of phrases. :S
Wait, that doesn’t fit here. 😛
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“that doesn’t fit here”
That’s what they all say, D.C.
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Classic Loops… uh… Crazyguy! 😛
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So I’ve been watching talent show auditions and performances this past hour +…
I just watch one and I need to see their next performance or I see something interesting on the side AND IT JUST DOESN’T END!
Sometimes people cut onions infront of me. How inconsiderate of them.
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You’ve fallen down the YouTube/Wikipedia rabbit hole. :'(
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I hear that happens with TVtropes too but I can safely say I haven’t had it or the Wikipedia fever yet. Probably because they have lots of words and involve… READING *DUN DUN DUNNNNN!*
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Oh man all the onions…
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STILL GOING! LORD HELP ME.
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Farrrrrkkkkk youuuuu!
I was pretty much done and then I stumbled across this and I already have another tab open with another video. DAMNIT SMURFY I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW!
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It got you off the talent show / sliced onions cycle didn’t it?
Edited to say – Sorry Greenius. I didn’t realise you had an exam tomorrow. Was just trying to help. 🙁
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Haha yeah, was watching Louis CK winning Emmys.
It’s fine man I thought about putting an extra line in at the end but I took it out anyway :P. It was something like
DAMNIT SMURFY I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW!
“but I’ve studied enough for it and I think I know enough, so I wouldn’t have studied now anyway!”
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Any one doing NaNoWriMo/Movember? Updates!
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Dirty, dirty moustache with long strands on my neck, chin and areas of my face. Disgusting…
But Imma keep it anyway ;D
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Haha! Outstanding, Greenius. I shaved tonight. Once again, shavers remorse. :'(
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I had a bad dream last week that I stuffed up when trimming my beard. I kept trying to make it better, eventually ending up totally clean shaven, and I hated it. Then it started growing back really fast which was great, but it was different colours and all patchy! Then a Doctor told me I’d have to shave twice a day for the rest of my life, or just look like a freak!
Bearded folk will understand how disturbing this dream was.
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Mine’s orange with a hint of blonde in it.. Been thinking about shaping it into something more respectable (the beard that is)
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Orange beard? Dirty rang!
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It’s the Irish side of my family showing through. My facial hair starts out dark and turns orange as it gets longer heh & as a child my hair was blonde. I’m now a light brown.
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Mo is growing, slowly but surely.
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I’m not doing NaNoWriMo but seeing the awesome job other TAYBies did with the zombie Film and the other short films encouraged me to write a script for a series of shorts. I’ve already written one 2-3 min short and I’m hoping to write three more. Hopefully I can manage to get it done then get some people to help me film it.
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I need to write part three of my arcology thingo…
For all you classy lurkers out there in TAYland, I present, for your listening pleasure;
Jazz Sundays
So grab a martini, take a seat and melt away into the sometimes sultry, occasionally off-kilter, permanently perfect Thelonius Monk.
Life, is good. And this, my friends, is the beauty of music.
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Glorious! I love me some Jazz
EDIT:
Personally I prefer video and with other instruments 🙂
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Oh yes indeed!
Check out John Zorn (in particular, his Masada project) if you haven’t already. Those two names have shown me so, so much.
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“The content owner has not made this video available on mobile” :l
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SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A NOKI-wait, I don’t think that’s right.
Get to a computer, friend 🙂
This is some wonderful stuff right here!
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Jazz Sundays – I love it!
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Meanwhile I’m listening to a Folk Metal cover of Ievan Polkka.
Sometimes I love the internet.
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Oh man, that song…
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Hey, TAY!
What’s going on?
😀
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Jazz Sundays is where it’s at CrazyGuy!
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Got anything better than jazz?
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Dead to me.
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And me. >:(
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And to Sentarō Kawabuchi.
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I read it but I don’t get it 😛
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Are you crazy???
Jazz is where it’s at guy! 😛
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I always have, and always will be, a rock man.
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I linked you to a rather rock-infused performance, if it helps at all.
Like… it may as well be rock, only it’s better.
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The pianist is really rocking that beard.
I woke up and was all “yay freedom!” but forgot I still have an exam thos morning 😛
I also randomly woke up at 4:50am for some reason anf haven’t been able to get back to sleep :'(. Stupid noisy wind!
*wwoooooooshhh* SHHHHH!
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Open window, yell at wind like grumpy old man. Only reasonable thing to do.
Also, good luck with your exam. “Freedom” is a hell of a incentive to pass.
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Yey! Freedom! then you’ll realise you’re still a slave to the $
Apparently I’m an evil dream crusher.
I mean yey, freedom!
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Wow, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape again recently. Been doing resistance training for a while but only started doing serious cardio in the last month or so. Today was the first time I’ve ever come close to having my legs collapse underneath me.
I was a little disappointed as I stopped running a significant distance before my last run but when my legs threatened to give way going up the stairs at the end of my course I figured at least I pushed as hard as I could today.
The stairs are the really old sandstone ones that were probably put down by convicts. Walking back up them after the run is often harder than the run itself as they are so ridiculously uneven.
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Oh man, uneven stairs are the worst!
Ever been or seen The Great Wall of China? So uneven but it’s understandable since that thing is oooooold 😛
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I’ve never been there but I imagine it’s like the ones I was on today *a billion stairs and many years.
I can’t help but wonder if the stairs were originally that bad or if it’s mostly the ground shifting combined with a bit of uneven erosion on the stairs themselves.
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It can’t be that bad, surely. I mean, this is the GREAT wall of China, which held back hordes of barbarians- and having a bunch of soldiers go “OK GUYS THAT PART OVER THERE IS BEING ATTACKED LET’S GO-WHOOPS FELL ON MY FACE” wouldn’t make for a solid defence, I think.
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