Talk Amongst Yourselves
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Chargelot Colossus seems to be the superior unit composition in PvP mid-late game. I have no clue how to play PvP right now though, every patch changes how the matchup is supposed to be played but every single time my opponent does some sort of 1-base all-in variation.
New TAY?? What is this madness? How are we supposed to hit 4000 comments on the old TAY now???
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*disables spam handle*
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You can still post there.
We just won’t notice.
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Spambomann.
[Slow clap]
Ok guys, I’ve run out of razors and have decided to stop hurting myself.
So instead, I ask all ye:
DARK SOULS….has it broken street sate yet ??
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I’m still waiting for the Ozgameshop pricing… What’s with that? It’s basically out and they don’t have a price available.
I plan on getting this mostly out of a morbid curiosity so I don’t really want to pay the get-it-NOW price at JB etc.
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hmmmmm stange indeed.
Maybe they don’t plan on getting alot of stock in and not sure how much to sell it for ?Normally I do opt for the ozgameshop route, but really couldn’t wait for this one. I’m a glutton for punishment as my previous message stated LOL.
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inorite
Strangely enough, their UK sister site/owner/whoever/(either Zavvi or TheHut) have theirs up for about $60 AUD, but nothing up on Oz. whadsupwiththat
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Who’s got ICO and SoTC? 😀
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I do !
Finished ICO on the weekend, finally finished it. I’ve had the PS2 ver. sitting in my cabinet for some time, but decided to wait and finish the HD ver. after they were announced.Need another Long Weekend to delve into SoTC I reckon.
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How do they look?
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Loops, they look incredible !
ICO looked really sharp in places, and alot better than it’s PS2 counterpart.The only thing that still kind of plagues the game/annoys me is the blurriness that can be seen when moving the camera by using the right analog stick.
The beauty of these two gems presented in HD, feels like they haven’t aged at all. Like a glorified PSN / XBLA title. And alot better than titles out there.
Couldn’t check the 3D I’m afraid. May have check at my brother’s place.
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niiccceee
3d is a waste of space, anyway
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MEEEEE! *hugs his copy*
But Ive barely played more than an hour of it, been busy finishing up my own game.
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I do. Finished Ico and only got 1 colossus left to go to finish SotC.
The games are absolutely beautiful. I had been nursing a little seed of doubt in the back of mind that maybe I was remembering these games through the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia and I’d be disappointed to load them up and find they’d aged badly. But there was no need to worry – they’re both still absolutely magnificent.
The controls are a little strange (triangle to jump took a while to get my head around) – you do have the option to remap them but I chose not to. And the semi-fixed camera in Ico also takes some getting used to now that pretty much all 3rd person games have a freely adjustable camera. But other than that they’re still better than 99% of the stuff getting released this year.
SotC with a steady framerate… mmmmmmm 🙂
I don’t have a 3DTV, but I know somebody who does and he reckons SotC is the best 3D yet.
If you don’t have these games already, you need to buy them. If you’ve only got the PS2 versions then you need to buy them again in HD.
While we’re discussing it, though – has anybody been able to download the bonus stuff using the code in the box? It keeps refusing to accept my code… I’m not sure if I’ve got a dud code or if the content just isn’t available yet?
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Ooh, Braaains, I donb’t know if you’ll read this, but yes, there was some problem on Sony’s end with the dlc, and I think it should be working by the end of this week. I’m not entirely positive of the details though, because I just glanced at a sign that said something about it in JB.
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I think a little improvement needs to be done on minecraft’s baby animals… http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsie9d860G1qzd3eyo1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1317767641&Signature=OOz4xz%2FFeRtrhDmro6FWn%2FjqYMY%3D
Game of Thrones Genesis?
I see people saying its **** and people saying its amazing….
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It’s an RTS. and i suck at those. I’ll wait till the Dragon Age knockoff.
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Saw a gameplay vid and it certainly jumped up my wishlist ladder.
Seems they may have at least understood that it needs to be all diplomacy and doublecross. What I saw was basically using one of your noble ladies to seduce an envoy who then returns to your enemy castle and any units he hires there are secretly working for you
Not sure how well it works or if it is enjoyable at all but it seems much more than just a standard combat RTS
Aww man i was still poting in old tay! damn it!!!
hahaha
All my keep calm ands are now gone – GONE
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But not forgotten
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Although many people wish they could forget lol
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I put a new one up for you (see above).
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I REALLY like that one lol
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I’ve got nothing to do today. Wooooo! I guess my day will be filled with boredom and apples. Sweet, delicious boredom.
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I also have to endure the same fate. Farmers need to break more stuff!
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I left my apple (and my entire lunch) at home this morning… i really wish i had my apple 🙁
Copied from old TAY – Because TAY confused me
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So i forgot to tell you guys – over the weekend something brilliant happened and probably explains why i’m loving Space Marine so much!
In all the games i played i came, consistently, in the top 3 on my team (yes in a full team, not a team of 3 you smart arses).
This means that it’s officially the first ever multiplayer game that i’ve actually been half decent at.
At one point, while using an assault marine with a power axe and plasma pistol, i jumped directly into an enemy held point and somehow managed to kill 4 people (probably because i jumped in behind them) then jump away with a SMIDGEN of health, recover for a moment then jump back in to rack up a 6 kill streak… brilliant!
Then i did something similar in the next game with a heavy bolter devestator, racking up another 6 in a choke point supported by 2 tactical marines.
Such a brilliant game because it really is all about support!
*swoons*
GO AWAY EXAMS SO I CAN PLAY AGAIN!
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EMPEROR HOLT!!
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Glad you are enjoying it loops!
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It’s like my second girlfriend – only this one doesn’t beat me with a stick! 😀
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At least it’s not an iron!
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I would scald Mr. Perkins on the Iron, so i’m glad my Girlfriend isn’t i Iron either…
Oh.. you mean the beating implement?… right..
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I read up to “consistently” then had to leave my desk.
Those few minutes were quite uncomfotable.-
you dirty, dirty girl
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I was thinking “Man, he REALLY likes Space Marine..!”
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I thought that was obvious to everyone by now?
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Pushed myself up to lvl 30 last night. Still loving it all.
I love the double-shot perk for the Stalker Bolter – makes long range killing just that bit quicker. Unfortunately, it makes ammo consumption go through the roof :/After using tac marines for a while, I decided to return to that beast known as the Heavy Bolter. And it is glorious. Dakka dakka dakka.
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*swoons*
I’m only a little bit away from that Stalker perk, but decided to focus on some other weapons.. maybe i’ll go back to it.
When i’m tac i’m usually running around with a melta and bolter to bring those up a bit
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Dear Murderdolls – I <3 you
Comic book people,
I haven’t read any new graphic novels for a while, which ones should i get I have read most good batman stories, long halloween, year one, dark victory, dark knight returns. What do you think might be good.
Also i got my grandma to read daredevil yellow and she liked it.
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The Walking Dead
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I’ve been wanting to check that out for quite some time, but the omnibus is soooo expensive
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If I can trust you you can borrow some of my books as a fellow Geelongian 😛 I’ve got the hardcovers (6 of them).
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I REALLY love Marvel Zombies 😀
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Thanks dudes!
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Y the last man is quite good.
I really should try to resist buying both Rage and Dark Souls this week, so what do people recommend?
I love the post apocalyptic setting of Rage, yes I know it has been done to death but hey, I like things simple… like me.
However I love clubbing people in an open world setting, so Dark Souls is definetly looking good, at least until Skyrim comes out. SKYRIM!
So does anyone know just how “open world” Dark Souls is? Is it just a number of locked regions you can visit and re-visit, or are we talking Fallout/SKYRIM open world, anywhere-anytime.
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I’d say Dark Souls… i’d hold off buying rage until you see what people end up saying about it.. shooters like that have a way of being disappointing when they come out which is a damn shame – which means you might be pissed paying full price for it..
You really shouldn’t be able to go wrong with Sark Douls
I propose we find a way to teach Rocketman to type.
Actually, some sort of concerted effort to get the average WPM of TAYbies above 60 might be a fun little endeavour.
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But but… i dont wanna learns them.
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Too bad!
Now eat your vegetables and go to your room, young man.
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I hate your roof!
<3 the office
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I agree, my futile 25 WPM is left behind in the dust by possibly all of you, sans Rocketman, of course.
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I am sorry but i will not respond to you unless you change your handle to “Numb3rs”
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I refuse to accociate myself with that [INSERT APPROPRIATE ADJECTIVE] television program.
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Why?
The show isn’t that bad, i mean the math parts are stupid cause all he ever does in use stupid probability shit but other than that, the characters are all likeable! -
I never really watched it, so my opinion is neutral or indifferent until further notice
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then why don’t you want to associate with it???
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then why don’t you want to associate with it???
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then why don’t you want to associate with it???
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25 words per minute? Really? Jeebus. Last time I tested I was averaging ~90wpm (I’ve gotten a lot slacker over the last five years though).
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dude i think i am about thirty. But the spelling and the grammar kills me so about 12 in real life terms.
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You SOUND about 12 on TS 😛
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Yes but i am about 6 feet, i am an abomination of nature!
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Kill it with fire!
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You wouldn’t do that you would miss me to much!
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Hey, those 25 WPM were required in Year 10 IT, and being a bit of a perfectionist back then, I only just scraped through, though I do have my moments where I push past 30
I just did a test and i got 56 words per minute.. everyone should test themselves 😀
It’s a little unfair though because you’re typing stuff that you have to read and copy from the screen – i type a lot faster when it’s what i’m thinking…
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81wpm with 100% accuracy. [Best Murtaugh voice] I’m gettin’ too old for this shit.
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Dayum.. that’s insane.
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I’m stuck on a computer all day 🙁
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78wpm 100% accuracy (was correcting errors as they happened, so probably could have been better).
Annoyingly, I know that I type faster than that normally. It’s just the weird formatting some of the test has. One section of text has an em dash after a space, another has it without a space and so on.
I know that over about ten minutes, I can type 600 words of prose that I’m making up as I go along. I can also hit ~120wpm in short bursts over on TypeRacer.
Typing is fun.
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You’re a freak
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It’s tuesday morning and I’m not at school.
Help me guys, I’m scared
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Keep calm and grow a moustache.
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Don’t worry, I’m working on it.
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<3 Typo
Why did they stop making geeky stuff and started making girly stuff instead, though 🙁
Girls already have Smiggle and Kikki K… 🙁
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My LONG Weekend Report
Words by Jamie Watt. Pictured by Peter Parker.
So I discovered a strange attribute concealed within Minecraft. Morning arrives and I start playing, tunneling downwards and exploring the furthest reaches of the “earth”. This isn’t new. Everyone does this. It was when I looked at the clock and it was 3am. Taking the clock change into consideration, it was really only 2am. But still, I’m sure it had only been a few hours… Somehow Minecraft is able to alter space/time. It’s the only explanation.
Other Minecraft News: My PC crashed and when I started it up again and loaded minecraft, my world was gone. D:
I then took this ime to start a new, better world and so far this one is a lot better, but I’m still worried that it will happen again.
I also grabbed Castlevania: Harmony of Despair on PSN and had a blast playing multiplayer with my girlfriend. While it’s not the greatest Castlevania game ever, it’s pretty fun. It’s making me want to replay the older games (And finish Lord Of Shadow).
All in all, much enjoyable fun time was had.
Even if some sort of time/space anomaly made the long weekend go by in the blink of an eye…
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You on the Kotaku server yet? I tried logging in over the weekend but it was down.
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I think I keep breaking it. Every time I put a fully-explored map in a chest the server crashes.
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gee willikers kotaku has a server :O
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We sure do, new guy who’s name i find hard to pronounce, we sure do.
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Dude. ‘Dee-eleven-enger’.
Like how f4ction is ‘fuh-fork-shun’.
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Darn tootin’!
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This point seems a little ironic considering who i am talking to!
Fake Racism FTW -
my other handle is Squintay but i stopped using it after i got attacked in brisbane with it on my yr 12 jersey… vietnamese guy thought i was trying to be “funny”
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I still need to mail Fat Shady for the deets. I’ll definately give it a shot next weekend if other people will be on 🙂
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haha man, there’s no point in building something if nobody’s there to admire it!
Yeah, I keep getting Connection Refused: connect errors.
I’m back.
What’d I miss?
JAMESMAG did your package arrive yet?
Also, Melbourne is stupidly cold.
Also, also, I got called a F**k-head in Yarra Valley while I was hung-over and trying to walk between my hotel and McDonalds.
Also, also, also, ever tried ordering a Macca’s Bagel without meat when you’re hung-over? S’friggin nightmare.
Last also, the chick who served me looked like Zooey Deschanel…
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a win for you than
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It’s warm today, at least… so far
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Yeah Melbourne is a hole and is always cold, I seriously do not know why it’s apparently the most livable city in the world, I really don’t
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But doesn’t everyone love going to trendy hipster cafes and the shopping nightlife???
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When Victoria actually start doing ACTUAL POLICING and PROPER SENTENCES instead of a fracking slap on the wrist for crime in Melbourne and once Metro stops being such a pathetic excuse for a public transport system then I MIGHT start calling it a good city
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An how about that swearing ban they considered implementing, amirite.
But dood. Dooood, I’m willing to wager the three boxes of Shapes I have left that Sydney has a worse public transport system.
Also you guys have trams! Trams!
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Don’t forget the congestion tax
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oh yeah btw, if it was easier for me to move out interstate and if it were not so expensive there, I would actually really consider moving to Sydney.
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But Sydney has double-decker trains!
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Aw man they were epic when I was last at Sydney, but they look horribly cramped for peak hour situations though
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Yeah man. Hope you don’t like, you know, personal space or anything.
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In the days of facebook, what the hell is personal space nowadays
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Melbourne’s the most livable city? Since when?
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It’s been reported in the Herald Sun a few weeks back IIRC
Techy whats got your wires in a bunch you seem a little angry at everything lately? Surely Melbourne can’t be that bad??
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High amounts of stress at work and high amounts of stress from constantly losing on the games I play kinda make it hard to stay positive, human
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But at least you don’t lose all the games and live in a backwater town!
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lol my suburb is kinda in the middle of nowhere, unless you’re a golfing enthusiast 😛
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I like golf games!
I should move to your suburb!Only ridiculous golf games with power shots and special moves though. I assume real golf is like that?
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Yeah real golf is pretty fun, as long as you play with people who care about it the same amount. Otherwise shit gets real. My grandpa would play with me cause i talk to him to much when we play. He say he can’t concentrate. Also he doesn’t like it when i compliment his shots.
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I was deciding on how mean I should be to you, and I settled on this:
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ah bish
*wipes tears away
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Dude – really?
Melbourne is GREAT!
SOOOOOO many awesome Cafe’s, Trams, Resteraunts, ect.
OH AND PLENTY OF PLACES TO GET DRUNK – even though neither of us really drink 😛
I love it – although Geelong is better! lol
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I hate the CBD with a burning passion. With how horrible people are being simply let free for bashings and stuff, I’m bloody terrified of even being within 10kms of that cursed area when the sun goes down. It’s always lovely knowing that some random guy could come out of nowhere, stab you, steal everything you have on you, and he gets out of it with only a 2 year suspended jail term.
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In all fairness, that can happen anywhere, though.
I mean i would much rather be in the CBD alone a night that Broady or Thomastown lolI do pretty the melbourne outside of the CDB, though – the suburbs have the coolest stuff.
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Melbourne sucks. Geelong for life, yo.
Also, I agree COMPLETELY with your comment about policing/punishment and the public transport services.
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Good to know I’m not the only one seeing this. Yeah there’s a lot of cool cafes and all, but that means diddly squat since any of those places you could get bashed by some drunk animal(human) at any time, all thanks to our wonderful nightclubs 😛
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Yeah – melbourne becomes much better when you’re driving.. the PT system (especially trains) make me fear for myself.. and i don’t like sitting in someone else’s pee
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I’m actually terrified of getting in the car every day as well, since I’ve had so many close calls it’s enough to give a normal human death by heart attack
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Answer = road legal bumper car
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I want a jetpack
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But but they put them on the new trams and then told them they are not allowed to use them. So instead I constantly get held up while some car sites in the middle of a dedicated tram line.
Still waiting for the day when I hear
awoooooga awoooooga brace for impact
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Funny thing that. Turns out The world’s most liveable mid-sized city in 2007 was Ipswich http://www.ipswichliving.com.au/awards/
I was all like “Wat…” when I heard about it.
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I only heard of that place in passing while I was up in Thornlands last year…
So who’s buying Dark Souls and on what platform?
I’ll be getting it on PS3. Because Demon Souls was on PS3 and I’m like that.
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PS3.
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I still haven’t been able to get a copy of Demons Souls just yet 🙁
After Sydney, maybe
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Just skip it and play Dark Souls. It’s not like it’s a sequel.
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No can do – i have OCD hen it comes to playing stuff in order
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Same here.
But Dark Souls isn’t a follow up. It’s really just a very similar game.
Also, the servers for Demon Souls will be turned off this month. That means no hints, ghosts or invasions so you won’t even get to play the game as it’s meant to be played.
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Correction!
http://www.1up.com/news/demons-souls-multiplayer-stay-online-212Although, it is likely no one will see this, since it is on the first page.
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I will never ever invest time in that game. I am shit at normal difficulty games. How would i fare here? Terrible, just Terrible!
Getting it on PS3 through Zavvi so I can get me that shiny collector’s edition without paying extra.
Fun times shall be had.
I’m picking it up on PS3 at launch. . .
and I fully expect to be picking up pieces of the shattered remains of the aforementioned PS3 from my backyard this weekend
I want to just walk out of work and go and play some mini golf… who wants in?
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Fly me over, and I’m up for it.
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Play this again http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/lunchtimewaster-putt-putt/ 🙂
is anyone here studying at ANU? or any Uni for that matter?
this is a pretty silly question but was it hard to get into? and whats it liek living on campus if you do?
also i hate having to do the mail for work 🙁
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I’m studying at RMIT through Open University. There were no prerequisites I needed to have(‘cept for money of course :P)
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I wouldn’t recommend living in accommodation provided by the university. Living at Uni is more of an American thing the places that Aussie unis do offer are newly built and not that great.
You’re better off just renting a small place close by to the uni if your coming from out of state or something. The rent will be exactly the same, and you have a lot more freedom.
As for getting into uni, well every uni is pretty hard to get into.
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i applied for a bachelor in Digital Arts
and was going to try and get a place in UNILodge i know a few people in there already as i play basketball with them and go clubbing regularly with them so was hoping to avoid the smellies and the awkward ones
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I go to MIBT, which is a 1st year Direct Entry course into Deakin Uni.
I’m doing a commerce degree..Also, what Ruffleberg says is pretty much spot on.
You may think on campus = wacky hijinks, but it actually = awkward international students who don’t speak any english and funny smells.
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Getting into uni depends on the uni, honestly.
ANU would be one of the hardest in terms of ATAR scores, so you’d want to know that you could get a pretty high one before you apply.
Also depending on what you want to study some unis might be more useful than others.
Everyone else has replied about accommodation 😛
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My ATAR was from 2009 and quite dismal… lets just say i went to a catholic school and i had a bad religion exam
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Hm, maybe get in contact with the uni and see what the entry criteria is like…
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I studied at UC, and then did some postgrad at ANU.
I found UC to have a much more pleasant atmosphere. ANU was very… pretentious, I guess… which you would expect from one of the world’s top 10 unis.
That might suit you, I don’t know, but it bugged me enough that I dropped out in frustration.
I’ve never lived on campus, so I don’t know too much about it. I’ve had friends do so, though, and they pretty much sucked at studying because they had no quiet space to get work done (other than libraries, when they were open).
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oh really it felt pretentious? thats lame.
i was avoiding UC originally because i thought it would be like that… plus my GF goes there and everyone in her class is racist well the majority of people are
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At UNSW at the moment, I got in through international entry requirements, so can’t really answer you on that one. Currently living NEAR campus with a couple of friends, I find it much better than living directly on campus (less costly and more freedom). Hope this helps!
i would but the nearest mini golf course is 100 kms away!
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If we all meet in Geelong it should balance out
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Kotaku Geelong meat ftw.
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But Geelong doesn’t have a mini golf course
Totally up for a geelong or melbourne meat though
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Just out of curiousity, where is everyone from? I live in Highett(SE of Melbourne)
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Born in Carlton, lived around Aus (military family and stuff), living in Geelong for the last 15 or so.
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Built in Geelong, living in Dingley Village in the SE of Melbourne currently, moving to Dandenong in a few years time
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Don’t do it!!! Dandenong is terrible! You think Melbourne after dark is bad? Dandy after dark is a whole lot worse! That said, you’re pretty local to me 🙂
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The place I’m getting, swipe card entry, secure parking, one floor above the ground and non busy side of the highway. I think I’ll be okay.
Plus, the place is getting HEAVILY redone, by the time I move there, it’ll be a lot different, also I already bought an apartment on a plan.
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I go to Highett when I have a dentist appointment and I pass it every day on the way to work via train. So yeah you’re quite local
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Glad to hear they’re finally doing something about Dandenong. Sounds like you’re getting a good secure place 🙂
Up until last year I was working at Delta Force Paintball in Dingley and I still have a few friends that live there 🙂
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Hang on… that one on the Boundary Road – Centre Dandenong Road intersection?!
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Bee and i were meant to go there a few weeks ago but our reservation got fudged..
oh well.
Also, the only think that could fix Dandenong is Napalm – lots and lots of napalm
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Hey! My future home is there human!
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No, that was our competition…sort of…Delta Force is near there though. Keep going up Boundary rd towards Clayton, when you croos Old Dandenong rd, take your next right. It’s down there behind the plant nursery. 5 acres of battlefields 🙂
I’d be working there still but my wife and I had a baby boy 5 months back and now i can’t spare the time to do it 🙁
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Whyalla, SA
*Aside* It’s a bit of a Sh*t-hole
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Oh, born in Adelaide, SA (Elizabeth, IIRC)
Born in Roskilde, Denmark, moved to Wagga Wagga NSW *snicker* now live in Queanbeyan/Canberra, NSW/ACT
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that Viking name isn’t just for show! :O
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nope and neither is my horned helmet and drinking-horn 😛
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born in Murwillumbah Nsw (its 15 minutes from coolangatta/tweed heads) moved to lyneham ACT at the end of 2009
Born and raised in Melbourne (Elsternwick, then oakleigh, then mulgrave, then port melbourne) – but living in Geelong (Hamlyn Heights) now and VERY happy
Born in Melbourne, Live in Geelong.
(Well, the outskirts of Lara actually.)
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Yeah? I lived and worked in Lara (still get the train from there). What a small interweb.
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WOOO!!!
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So if theres a meat we gotta go to Geelong? Ye gods man! That’s miles from civilization!
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Born in Canberra, raised that way, and live here still… sigh.
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“round, round get around
i get around”
Born in Hong Kong (when it was still under British rule), lived in Sydney, NSW for a couple of years when I was a kid, stayed most of the years in Hong Kong, only came back to Sydney to do uni and probably planning to stay here after I graduate.
League of Legends talk stuff thingy, all people who do not care for it, may tune out in 3, 2, 1, GO
Rotation. http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1314242
– Fiddle
– Shen
– Kassadin
– Garen
– Malphite
– Kog Maw
– Morgana
– Vayne
– Nidalee
– Yorick
wotwot
Oh, Vayne in Dominion is pretty “grrrr”. Pretty much able to stun you anywhere.
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oh Fiddlesticks… it’s Fiddlesticks!
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One can only hope that free week Fiddle players are really bad at what they do.
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Isn’t Fiddle a jungler, the learning curve there is pretty steep.
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He’s a potential jungler but he’s pretty darn good regardless
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I own four of those already 🙁 Still, I was thinking of getting Shen so I might give him a try tonight 🙂
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faction are you going broke due to a free game?
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I’m going broke because I bought a motorbike on finance while still having a car and two computers on finance 😛
The money I spend on LoL is just food money, I don’t need to eat!
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Eyeing off a 32nd?
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Gotta catch ’em all.
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Hah!
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Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him, Heimerdinger.
How was I not aware that the PC Arkham City was delayed until November? This disappoints me greatly.
Ahh, I really need to thank my boss for pushing through my contractor to permanent transition last week so I could enjoy the public holiday yesterday. It really charged the batteries to know I wasn’t losing money for staying at home.
Picked up a new TV over the weekend. My wife was no longer willing to tolerate our trusty 32″ and after lengthy discussions we picked up a 46″ LED LCD 3D-Capable Bravia, with a list of features my wife has spent the last two days studying comprehensively. She has figured out how to get side-by-side picture in picture so one of us can play on the Xbox using headphones while the other watches TV. I don’t see this happening often, but it’s possible. What’s important to me is that we no longer have to squint while playing games split-screen.
So that was my weekend. Surprisingly low amounts of video gaming, though we did pick up Fruit Ninja Kinect which (like it’s iPhone/iPad counterpart, I imagine) is surprisingly fun for such a simple concept. It’s also a bastard on your arms and shoulders.
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I dunno, I dont swing my iPod around when I play Fruit Ninja…
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You’re not playing it properly, then.
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Picture in picture would be really annoying I reckon. This is part of the reason I bought a gaming laptop.
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Possibly, it’s something we’re going to experiment with, see if it’s useful.
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ALSO, I have a proposition whilst the TeamSpeak server is down.
Steam group Kotaku AU chat. On the left side of the group page, there’s “Enter chat room”. We can just use that to hang there and let our presence be known, I guess, but since the voice chat isn’t great, we won’t use that until we break into teams for games or whatever.
Y/N?
Also I have lasagne.
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I loves me some lasagne
Also, Steam group chat is a good idea, I’ll try it now!
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Skype! or steam chat. That’s cool. Then I join in. And by join in I mean I’ll just sit there and listen. I’m cool like that.
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You may sit and listen as I vocalise such popular emoticons such as “\o/” and “ಠ_ಠ”.
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For now yeah we’ll do that, getting kinda annoying without TS, no mute function so I couldn’t block out the sounds of Numbers’ fidgeting
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oh, sh*t, sorry there dude
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DELICIOUS MICROPHONE
OM NOM NOM NOM
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I repeat my offer of a Ventrilo server. My computer is always up and I’m on a good cable connection with a static IP.
Or I could run some other voice chat server, w/e!
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I got Vent, I tried running my own server for it but it’s not very user friendly.
But I would be in on this offer
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really? My mates and I run a vent server (the cost works out at like 3 cents a week or something ridiculous like that) and we’re all finding it very awesome. I actually prefer it a lot over TS. TS is too outdated.
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Well.. CLI and never used it before, I didn’t read any Wikis yet xD
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I’m fine with either TS or Vent, both seem to do the trick. I’d just need to relearn a few tricks with Vent because I haven’t bothered with it for a very long while.
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But can it run Crysis??
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Mine can, at max! 😀
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Oh man, I remember running it back when I had a 8600 GT. It ran on Medium settings at 1280×1024 resoultion and I was all “Frick yeahhhhhhh”.
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oh dude, I too used to sport an 8600 GT. Good times. /hi5
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Mine had passive cooling though, so during Summer it was all “OH GOD WHY”
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Bish, your name reminds me of a Kiwi girl who used to work here and would say “bash” a fair bit.
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I do my best!
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If I start hitting on you don’t take it personally. Or do, if you’re so inclined.
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All this LoL talk has me intrigued…off to find out more…
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Well if you’re interested in signing up (Completely Free!), tell them Tech Knight sent you by doing this!
http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4e49c2218a086893009002
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I’m on the Lol wiki now…there are a LOT of characters to choose from…i’ve already seen a couple i like 🙂
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Do tell! I would love to hear it
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Probably the ones with the boobies?
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Caitlyn is the only woman I’ll use cuz she’s so awesome. Could do with a less revealing skin, hence why I’m going for the arctic warfare one.
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Ok, signed up, after this post i’ll change my handle to my LoL username. I’ll have to download it later on tonight though(at work atm)
I’m thinking of playing a ranged type character. When I used to play WoW i rolled 5 different toons and just didn’t like any of them until i got a Hunter 🙂 Queue the huntard jokes 🙂
So just picking champions i like the look of here(without even reading their abilities etc)…
Cho’ Gath
Fiddlesticks
Kassadin
Renekton
Warwick
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Your LoL username does not equal your summoner name (What we all see in game) so don’t worry about it
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But I like my new name!
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A bit lacking in ranged AD, but still pretty good lineup, I got Warwick myself, which I’ll be using to jungle one day
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Well none of those are ranged except for Fiddlesticks who is a mage 😛
But all pretty good nonetheless.
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I used to Use Veigar, Ashe and Yi alot because ima noob like that
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Hah at least they’re all awesome ones, Master Yi is my designated melee AD
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Gotta say I might pick him up after that 3v we played.
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Hahaha yeah you went solo hero-mode and destroyed the nexus alone xD
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I think it’s just a matter of finding people who you do well with, really.
As a compulsive “I have IP to spend *buy random champion*” guy, it’s disheartening to pick someone who reads really well but find you’re pretty balls with.
And I’m old, so I don’t have the patience to properly learn characters, so I just roll with whoever I can play decently well in my first few tries.
Anyways, 10 free-to-play Champions each week, so you can always sample a few champions and see how they are.
It’d be on it, but my PC is a hunk of junk, so i just sit here being bitter while everyone talks about how great it is
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You don’t need much of a computer for it!
•2 GHz processor
•1 GB RAM
•750 MB available hard disk space
•Shader version 2.0 capable video card
•DirectX 9.0 capable video card-
HAHAHA
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Thanks for rubbing it in lol
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aww Chuloopa I would gladly send you my old rig. If it didn’t weigh so much and stuff.
But in all seriousness, even mid-range parts are going as cheap as chips today. You get a lot of bang for your buck.
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I got a spare graphics card and high end dual core 775 CPU if you want it 🙂
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Loops, I too have spare stuff. A whole spare computer (can’t really remember the specs but it’s a 3.2GHz Prescott core PIV with 512MB DDRRAM and some low-profile GeForce card I bought last year). I also have 4GB of spare DDR2 RAM if you start scavenging off Kotaku people.
Free if you want it. Just pick it up (I can give you my addy).
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So who got the free game yesterday? Cardinal Quest?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/your-free-game-of-the-day-is-cardinal-quest/
I managed to snag a copy just before i went to bed last night and played around for about 5 minutes (if i go to bed straight after studying i get very angry as i feel like i’ve wasted my day) – and OMG it’s AWESOME!!
You know what it is? It’s basically Castle of the Winds but newer! My God it’s so awesome!!!
I love those really old school rpg adventure games… so brilliant! 😀
oh and those whom do not know what castle of the winds is – for shame – see this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds
GO GET THAT GAME!!
Even if you missed out on it being free, it’s a steal at $5
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Yeah man, game is awesome!
Alpha Protocol AKA The greatest game I’ve played all week.
This review is pretty long; the short version is that everyone was right. And Alpha Protocol is a bit shit.
2 Weeks ago I asked my Twitter chums if Alpha Protocol was worth getting. The spectrum of opinions on that game couldn’t have been anymore one sided. AnonymousPessimist was very quick to remind me that it was definitely the worst game ever made and I was a moron for even considering it. But I went ahead and got it anyway. Firstly, because your opinions mean a lot to me; and secondly, because it was going cheap on ozgameshop.
From the moment you put in the disc, you can see what everyone was talking about. This game looks horrible and could certainly pass for late era PS2 game at some points. The game tries to hide its very boxy models and low res textures with one of the most irritating motion blur effects in gaming history. It’s seriously intense enough to make you nauseous (i turned it off instantly) The character models don’t look terrible, but they certainly aren’t hitting the Mass Effect 2 heights this game was clearly inspired by.
But screw graphics, I’m not one of those superficial gamers that will dismiss a game simply because it looks like the art design and animation team was manned by a person that clearly had no idea they were making a video game up until the final week of development. If the gameplay is good, the game is good. Well, the gameplay isn’t good.
Firstly, let me say that the most defining feature of this game (the conversation mechanic) does work well, you do have a variety of options and what you say genuinely does make a difference in the later game. That part of the game is well done.
What isn’t well done is the balance of specialisations. Alpha Protocol has a lot of specialisations, but when it boils down to it, you have the option of being a guns blazing run in and shoot everyone type, or a stealth, don’t let anyone know you’re right behind them type. Unfortunately both of these options are rendered useless by poor design choices. The choice you are actually offered is only cosmetic. The twat main character you play as will always alert boss characters in a cutscene so you can’t stealth them up. Alarms will trigger by themselves as part of the mission. And sometimes you’ll be locked in a room forced to hack a door with a 10 part code in 20 seconds despite the fact that you haven’t put a single point into technical aptitude. As the game goes on, it becomes clear that this game was a little too ambitious. This game certainly gives you the options, but it doesn’t give you the freedoms to use them. You play the game the way the developers intended, not the way you want.
As for the story, it starts off well enough, but so many secret factions are introduced by the half way point that i stop following the plot. The conversations toward the end are so full of acronyms that they become unintentionally hilarious.
Alpha Protocol is the perfect example of a game that could have been something excellent had the developers not faced problems. The ideas are there, but the polish just isn’t. Who knows if the publisher wanted a strict deadline, or the budget wasn’t high enough. But one thing is for certain, had Alpha Protocol had another 6 months in development, it would have been a fantastic game. As it stands the game has now been permanently moved to the bargain bin of most sites/stores and will be remembered as nothing more as a glitchy mess. It’s a shame, that game was better than that.
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I bought Alpha Protocol for the PC off steam for $3 USD (about $3.30 AUD) a couple of weeks ago and it’s so clunky (and stutters a bit even on low settings since my PC is a few years old) that I think I’d rather have bought a cup of coffee. I doubt I’ll go any further with it than I already have, which is basically the tutorial.
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I think the game is worth one playthrough. If nothing else, just see how the story plays out with the dialogue mechanic in place.
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Okay someone on Page 1 asked about Game of Thrones: Genesis. And I know some regular TAYbies were wanting to know what it’s like. I played about an hour and a half last night, did all the tutorials and the first couple of missions.
Okay, the graphics are absolutely terrible, I expected bad but man they are bad. It also has very slow loading times for a game that has average graphics (this will probably be fixed with a patch soon though). The gameplay is pretty awesome. It doesn’t so much focus on the battle side of things like your regular RTS, it’s more about the politics and intrigue. It’s quite a bit of fun, but it’s not a fast-paced game. Building alliances, secret pacts, infiltrating enemy castles..it all takes time. Personally, I love the game, it’s a refreshing change of pace from your regular RTS and I love all the betrayal, intrigue and lack of loyalty in the game. It is a lot like GRRM’s writing. The AI are pretty predictable so far, which isn’t really anything new. But I think it would be a LOT of fun playing against other people. Especially with the secret alliances, etc that are involved.
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You know with that game… I’m picturing an Evony backlash all over again, people getting it thinking boobs will be there…
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Haha there is a distinct lack of boobage. And even if there were…they’d be hard to see, as the graphics would have been not bad in 2004..
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Hahaha there aren’t even any cutscenes 😛
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Sounds interesting, I might even check it out.
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Yeah I’d say it’s worth a go..don’t hold it against me if you hate it though 😛 but if you’re a fan of the series, you should be fine..
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I an going to give in and read those books once I am done with The Malazan BOTF.
For all of the hype I have heard it better be the best thing mankind has ever written or I shall be very disappointed.-
Haha well I love the series. Especially as it doesn’t use a lot of fantasy cliches. Things that you expect to happen..often don’t. Instead the story turns around and f**ks you, hard. And you’re left in a dirty alleyway with blood running down your thighs, sobbing.
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@DAN
I have not yet received any package…when did you send it?
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Last week sometime…
It’s literally gotta cross the country.
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Haha yeah. Well Australia Post are terrible anyway…they never send me packages in a timely manner.
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*imagining australia postman standing near Ayers Rock with a map in front of his horsecart* yeeeeaaaah that could take a while dude 😛
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Hahahaha that would be awesome 😛
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I lol’d.
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So, last week I asked people for anime recommendations. Well it turns out buying the correct show even when you’re looking at the cover is rather difficult. You guys recommended a Gurren Lagann. Well i found 6 different Gurren Lagann dvds plus a special boxset just for the movie.
Why don’t they just label these season 1,2,3 ect…
Next meat, can someone rock up to a JB hi fi with me and actually point out the ones I’m supposed to be buying?
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BUY EVANGELLION!!!
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There is only one season of Gurren Lagann.
The series hasn’t been collected yet. But each DVD is numbered
and the movies are re-edited, condensed versions of the series.
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This is a lie. the series has been collected. Ignore this guy.
Before buying, I’d suggesting watching some. Madman have the first couple eps for streaming here.
http://www.madman.com.au/videos/seriesHome/14986/gurren-lagannThis is the DVD you want to buy.
http://cdn.madman.com.au/images/slicks/very-large/mmb974.png
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Get the ones where he has a drill and stuff.
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The one with the robot with a drill was better.
Man, that robot.
You remember that other japanese cartoon with a robot?
That was a good show.
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Buy nothing, torrents and video streaming are your friends
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And also what’s killing the industry.
If you like a show, buy it.
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I’ll admit I did try to download some of these shows, but the torrents just aren’t widespread enough. It’s less of a hassle just to buy them.
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Gurren Lagann should be easy enough to find a torrent for. It’s a pretty popular show.
I download a lot of anime as well. But if I like a show, I always buy the DVD/blu-ray to add to the collection.
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Have you ever watched Cowboy Bebop? Brilliant show.
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I’ve seen the movie only. I thought it was great.
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So PunishingHand/the Hand that Punishes the Emperors enemies is gone…’dis my new handle 🙂
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I don’t know what jokes to make D:
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Ohhh so that was who you were! 🙂
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I remember the first few times I fought Spider Splicers and I was all “SWEET JESUS WHAT IS THAT ATTACKING MY BEAUTIFUL FACE AND THEN SCURRYING AWAY INTO CEILING HOLES”.
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Yeah but once you see them up close and in the open, they lose their fearsomeness…is that even a word? Especially with the upgraded shotgun 🙂
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Yeah.
Just let ’em land and shoot them in the face.
Problem solved!
Did like the harpoon rifle from Bioshock 2. You’d just pin them and they’d hang there. Good times.-
Yeah, i used to save my rocket harpoons for the Big Sisters. Handy becausee of timed detonation and a stun. Just keep hitting them with the rocketpoons and they can’t move 🙂
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Hello!
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Hi
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Yay, my experiment worked!
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If you said goodbye I’d say Hello.
I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.
Greetings and Salutations!
I went for a drive yesterday to Lamington National Park and Morans Falls. Took some pics with my sexy camera! Some of them turned out kinda shit, but I did get some really nice ones too! Here’s some links if you’re interested.
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/fallen.JPG
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/twisty.JPG
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/morans_falls.JPG
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/bush_turkey.JPG
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/rosella.JPG
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/ikuko4.JPG
It was a pretty damn nice day. Weather was fine but cool. Didn’t get back home til like 7pm last night cos I stopped to eat Some nice Dolsot Bibimbap! mmmmmmm
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/dolsot_bibimbap.JPG
Not a very gamey weekend, but I think it did me good to get out of the house for a bit 😉
Last night I watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
I honestly don’t know why, but I kept watching. There really is something magic about it. Maybe it’s just the foalishly excessive horse puns :p
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why the hell did you even start watching it… 😐
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ponies are imba thats why!
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To see what the fuss is about.
Also because ponies are imba.
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I’m going through such horrible withdrawals…
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“AY’M NOT FINISHED WITH U YET SPAYCE MAUREEN”
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But *I* am finished with *YOU*
*BLAM*
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“OI SPAYCE MAUREEN, GE’ OFF MA SHIP”
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I’m not on your ship.. i’m on a boat!
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“Orkses is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don’t count. If we runs for it we don’t die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!”
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everytime i close my eyes
i see mahreens in shiny lights
ohhh yesss the world better prepare
for my man in armor aint debonairhes a SPAYCE MAHREEENNN
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well that sounded good in my head and looks shit to my eyes…. 🙁 regardless i too have withdrawl…damn you mind numbing work why cant it be 5 already
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finished the campaign, with a mix up of multi to not finish it too quickly… starting campaign again tonight + i’m going to get to lvl 20 damnit!!! 😛
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i will probably be on later tonight around 9
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I’m upgrading my PC so I can play BF3 in all it’s glory \o/
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but now I have no monies /o\
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I wish I had the monies to upgrade my computer. But sadly…I do not. So I’ll just sit here with my 3 year old parts :/ so outdated. Only my graphics card is decent 😛
So what’s everyone reading at the moment? I started reading The Wheel of Time last week (had read the first 8 books or so previously but then moved to Perth and somehow never started reading it again). I’m about a quarter of the way through book 3 (yes I read very fast :P) and loving it. I actually think you could make a good game out of the series (I know there’s already a Wheel of Time game but it wasn’t very true to the story plus it was over a decade ago so the graphics and gameplay are pretty terribad).
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Man this whole no internet thing is making you read. You have my condolences. But im reading book 2 of game of thrones. i watched the tv series bought the first 4 books then didn’t read them till i went on my flight to Canberra. Then i finished the book and went straight to the second. SO intriguing!
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Haha I read regularly anyway dude. During lunch at work, if I’m eating by myself at home. Before I go to bed, in the mornings before work. And I frequently read when I’m hungover because I can’t stand fast movement 😛
Yeah those books are epic. I finished the 5th about 2 weeks ago and then realised that it took George 6 years to write the last book so I could be waiting a while for the next installment!
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i would like to read more. The only time i do read is before bed and when i am travelling long distances. Its only like half an hour every night unless it really hooks me. I am suffering from ipod syndrome. To many things to do so i end up picking none.
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Haha I know what that’s like. Well usually when I can’t decide what to do, I read. Also, pretty much all the books I read grab you and are ones that you can’t put down 😛 It’s good for your brain dude 😛 and helps you with vocabulary and spelling 😛
I was the best at spelling in school up until the end of highschool, all because I read books a lot. I remember my teachers being shocked when I was bragging about my spelling in year 2 so they asked me to spell ventriloquist and I spelt it perfectly without hesitation 😛
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i used to read alot more than i do now. At school i used to read all the time. Now as my income grows the possibility to buy exciting things arises. SO i do that and my books just sit there staring at me. My whole family reads alot, my little sister reads like 3 novels a week. To bad its all shitty teen vampire crap.
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Ugh! Shitty vampire crap :/ that sucks.
Yeah when I first started working I found I read a lot less. Because I was buying all sorts of new toys. That died down after I left home though, because my income was going to things other than myself, and books are a relatively cheap entertainment option.
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Sparkle sparkle!
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The second Space Wolves 40K Novel, pretty cool atm 🙂 only just started on it
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I’ve got a bunch of 40k novels if you want to borrow them Tech…
I’m re-reading Stephen King’s The Stand because I don’t feel like buying any new books and this was the first I picked up.
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That’s where I love the Kindle. You can just hear of a decent book. Buy it straight away for a fraction of the cost of a real copy and have it on your Kindle within a couple of minutes..
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I’ve been very tempted to buy a Kindle for some time now.
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I held off for a long time, mainly because I didn’t know if my eyes would get sore reading it off a screen. Until I actually saw one in use on the train and realised it’s pretty much exactly like looking at a page in a book. I can’t recommend getting one enough. They’re so cheap and you get so much value out of it. Plus it’s good for travelling if you want to read. Rather than taking up a huge amount of space with different books, you can carry your whole library with you in what is essentially the size of a 100 page novel..
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I think I’m sold on getting one after reading up about it again.
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YAY! DO IT!
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I have a Kindle…it’s brilliant. No eyestrain, cheap books and very portable.
I’m reading The Stand too!!
I’m about 900 pages in, and to be honest, I am losing interest. I LOVED the first 300 pages – they were FRICKING AMAZING.
The 300 pages after that were very good… then the next 300 were a bit meh, and a little ridiculous.
Hope it picks up again, but I am well aware Snr King was never very good at endings… 🙁
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Yeah, to be honest, the first time I read it I was not impressed with the ending.
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It’s all about the journey, not the destination, man! Just enjoy 🙂
I don’t regret reading it, really. Endings for books are never quite what I hope for is all.
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Oh, I know, I’m all for journeys – it’s the only reason I read his books. He writes the journeys SO WELL.
But Stephen King endings send his books from 5 star efforts to 3.5 at best, and it makes me sadface every time.
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Your mind.
On the 8th book of the Malazan Book Of The Fallen.
Great read if you like your stories long, complex and bleakly brutal. The author is a bit overly poetic for my tastes though.
I have read the WOT too many times, once the series is done I doubt I will ever read it again – the early books are just excruciating to go through now.
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I love long, brutal stories. They’re awesome. But I’m not overly fond of poetic authors. A little bit is okay but after a while it makes books a struggle to get through.
Yeah…I can see how that would happen, I’m sort of wanting to get through to the end of number 8 so I can start reading new material. I mean I’d forgotten quite a bit but now I’m reading it, it’s all coming back to me. Still enjoying it though.
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He is not tooo bad. Sure every chapter starts with a poem or flowery historic excerpt but you can skip that.
It’s the few occasions where he uses half a paragraph to describe something irrelevant like the scent of the wind that gets annoying.And he loves his Thesaurus. Who uses the word loquacious instead of talkative? Certainly not the gruff, probably illiterate soldiers whose perspective he is supposed to be showing I would have thought.
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Yeah it’s all about context really. That sort of language is acceptable if it was describing nobles at court, that sort of thing. Unfortunately a lot of authors feel that using uncommon words to describe common things, make the story better. But it’s all just a facade. If the story is a good story, it will be good, even if you just use plain language (albeit it would be harder to describe scenery, etc).
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TAY?
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Seconded
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In all seriousness, I’m reading a fan translation of Zero no Tsukaima (The Familiar of Zero) after I watched the anime when my friend reccomended it
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I’m reading Game of Thrones at the moment. Getting towards the end of it too.
I remember reading Wheel of Time back in year 8, blitzed through those doorstoppers over a few weeks.
Can’t remember much of what went on though. Something about a dude using women’s magic and very elaborate details about clothing. I’ve looked stuff up about it since reading it and one of the main criticisms seems to be an excess of purple prose.
That’s all I remember.
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Yeah but purple prose isn’t always a bad thing. I read mainly fantasy, probably 98% of the books I read are fantasy so there is an excess of purple prose 😛
They do have elaborate details on clothing, but I find it easier to picture the characters that way, although sometimes it gets annoying. And by the way, it was a guy using guy’s magic, but it had been tainted by the Dark One and so you couldn’t use it without going mad… 😛 there was a guy who was resurrected as a girl by the Dark One but still used saidin (the guy’s magic) so he was undetectable by the female Aes Sedai.
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Yeah, such prose makes for a detailed picture in your head the first time round but try reading such endless repeated minute descriptions multiple times and it will drive you mad.
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Haha yeah I know what you mean. In those instances I tend to skim read past those bits..
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i can heartily recommend “The Saga of the Seven Suns” series by Kevin j. Anderson…
I just finished Toll The Hounds (8th book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen) and I’m now reading City of Fallen Angels, the 4th book in The Mortal Instruments. I figured after reading about 3 Malazan books in a row I’d take a break and read some light hearted vampire teen romance stuff before jumping into the final 2 Malazan books. Yesterday though I learned the 4th Eragon book’s coming out in a month and I’m going to be all over that. Malazan will have to wait a little longer.
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Really?! Shit, I’m going to have to re-read all the previous books again! Is this the final book in the series?
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Eragon? Yeah this is going to be the last book.
I know it’s gotten a fair ammount of criticism in its time but it’s one of my favourite series. Absolutely can’t wait for the last book.
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Yeah well I suspend reality whilst reading books so everything makes sense in the world of the book. I don’t like what people say about it, or maybe small mistakes in the writing, to get in the way of a good story. I’m really looking forward to it as well 🙂
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Yeah I have read though 7 Malazan books straight so far.
I would take a break from all the death but there is so much to keep track of I don’t want to get distracted and forget half of it.-
I know what you mean. Toll the Hounds mentions a lot of stuff that took place in the first book and I struggled to remember all the details in the first book.
I also kept getting three of the female characters mixed up but it’s totally not my fault. Two share similar names and I think Erikson meant for the reader to get two of them mixed up.
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I can’t wait for the next Peter V. Brett novel either. The Demon Cycle is an awesome series!
I have lost track of the number of times I’ve tried to read that series. At one point I made it all the way up to book 10.
My latest effort, I stalled about 100 pages into book 5.
PS: I own them all, even the brand new ones by the different author.
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I found number 5 to be one of the best of them IIRC. They’re well worth a read but I find that I have to keep reading them regularly. If I change my routine, and don’t keep reading every day, I don’t know if I’ll get through all of it..
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Oh yeah, agreed. 5 and 6 were very good from memory. I don’t think the series really stalled until book 7 or 8 (forget which), when important things stopped happening.
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Is the /o\ guy crying his eyes out, or is he hanging his head in shame? I can’t tell.
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i thought it was like hiding your head in your hands with your head on the desk…like some sad people do o.0
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http://www.pbase.com/image/29067605 like so?
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Hands over head in dismay, is the way I use it.
Crying is ;_; or TT, where the stems of the T in the latter are tears streaming down.-
T T?
Unless you’re a cyclops, I guess.-
I prefer TT^TT
Also, because of this: ^o^ I see /o\ as the same face, but hands over the eyes.
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Man I gotta say the first time I saw that emote I thought the / \ looked like legs… needless to say I was very confused about what people were trying to say.
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When I first saw /o\ I thought it was supposed to be a weight. You know like the ones they have in the old cartoons.
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Hahahaha! I think that TAY is about to (d)evolve into a punctuation pr0n contest…
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i want to watch all of the animated batman tv series/movies
anyone got any recommendations on finding them all? tried once a while ago to just DL them but the link failed repeatedly (100 times) so i gave up
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Complete box sets are easy to come by and pretty cheap now…..
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Email me your postal address
dcrowd(one two)(at)gmail(dot)com
I can help you out.
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I have them in .avi format…now how would i get them to you?
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Some sort of data transfer, is that what you’re getting at? I don’t think such a thing is possible.
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I dunno…how else to do it…my burner is cactus atm so some kind of digital transfer or a portable hard-drive of some sort.
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So being one of the few people on the planet that never had a 360 or the original xbox, I’ve pretty much been unaware of the 3rd person shooter genre for years.
…then i bought Vanquish. That has to be one of the fastest f=paced, batshit insane games I’ve ever played. I’m really digging this game so far. It’s bloody hard, but at the same time so rewarding.
@Splicer101
You better bring your shit with Fiddlesticks! He’s a very good character if you use him right. Look on mobafire for a good build for him. You really need to farm a lot at the start though as he is pretty squishy and to get an advantage you want to try being a couple levels higher than the opposition..also best to have a tank with you so they can take most of the damage.
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Hmmm…good to know, thanks for the heads up. Any suggestions on a good ranged or mage character for first time players to start with?
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I used Ryze when I first started (I only played for about a month before I moved so haven’t been on for about a month :/) but I found him pretty easy to use.
Put your first level on overload and try to last hit minions to farm. And then put a level or two on Spell Flux as this will bounce between up to 5 enemies. So if your minions have gotten a group of enemy minions down to low health, you can last hit them and get the gold and XP. Once you have got to say level 10, head into the jungle and you should be able to take on the blue buff (ancient golem) by yourself. Get this and try not to die 😛 as it boosts your magic power.
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Did I get that mainly right Techie?
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Pretty much, you should start practising on last hitting the creeps with your autoattack as well (Just before death so you get the gold), I’d use that Spell Flux ability when there’s champions in the middle of it, cuz it could hit them too, so you get farm as well as harass at the same time. I do that with my current champions that do AoE, even Master Yi. Prioritise using that strategy whenever you got enemy champions in the lane with you.
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Ok, once i get it installed and running i’ll hit you guys up for more info. Cheers
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Really hope my internet gets connected this week. From what I’ve read, most people with TPG get it connected before the 10-20 day period they tell you. So I’m hoping it’s the same for me. It’s been over a month without internet now…I’m getting the shakes.
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I’m gettin’ the fries!
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Meet you in a half-hour?
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I’m here man, where are you?
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I haven’t had a thickshake in so long.
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Or a sundae.
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Or a sausage and egg McMuffin.
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Or anything remotely healthy in the past decade, to be honest.
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Chuloopa – when are you and SteveO in Sydney again? It was this month, right?
time to get plannin’
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30th – last Sunday of October, I think?
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Beat you to it, Z! 30th or 31st of October
We be meating up at Galaxy World again. Unless there is anything awesome and halloweeney on that anyone here knows about.
‘loops said he won’t have a great deal of time, so bumper cars and Animal Kaiser seemed the best choice.
Also, peeps have work the next day.
Still not sure it we’re doing it on Sunday or Monday as no one has had a problem with either. So it’s whenever suits Chuloopa/Bee.
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Oh J. You sure did.
If we have it Monday I’m find with that too, just need notice so I can put in leave in advance.
OMG HALLOWEEN!!
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fine*
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We’ll have to make reservations ahead of time if we want to play Animal Kaiser.
Also, I am down for any Halloweenage.
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I’ll sneak in and put up an Out Of Order sign. That’ll do the job.
We just have to make sure Shiggy’s rude son doesn’t appear again.
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Yeah, thats right. We land at like 7-8am on the sunday i think lol
Jetstar gave us notice yesterday that they’ve screwed up our flights, though – so we need to leave a night earlier.. soooo lame!
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So you arrive on Sunday and leave on Monday??? That’s not much time at all. Do you wanna hang out on the Sunday evening instead then?
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no we leave tuesday night, i’m pretty sure.. that’s if we can chage the shit flights they gave us.
I’ll let you guys know for sure once we’ve spoken to jetstar again
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I just realised! This TAY is tagged incorrectly no wonder why it wasn’t in my bookmark D: I was still posting in the old thread thinking we weren’t getting a new one ha.
anyway;
OMG Valve posted this on Facebook just before. Best 21 minutes of amateur film I have seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mDxz9BXDk&feature=player_embedded#!
This should some how get a mention other than in TAY 😀
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How about an article on Kotaku? You want more?
How about an article YESTERDAY!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/go-behind-the-scenes-of-portal-with-this-documentary/
Boo yaa! See what I do* to keep you guys happy?
*I didn’t do anything.
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Woo! I haven’t been browsing the articles much of late, I am so behind with things D:
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i feel like being a dick to Neo-Kaiser but i feel bad at the same time… hmmm what to do
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hmmm *nods approvingly* classy start to new page
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Feeding the trolls again Pixel…Tsk tsk
For shame good sir! But I do like to see trolls get (t)rolled, where are you posting?-
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/community-review/#comment-390238
i dunno, everything he says just irks me…
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Equal parts harsh and funny and somewhat deserved (not for that particular post, but for others). 🙂
On balance, I have no problem with that.
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well that pretty much equates to the amount of dick i can be, i’m just too nice a person to take it further and if i ever do i always end up apologising… damn my good-naturedness
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To be fair some of the stuff in Gears is pretty depressing.
Neo-Kaiser does generally tend to get on my nerves though.
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agree to both points… just my mood today… i think the lack of caffeine coursing through my veins is adding to it *grinds teeth*
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must admit, his reply was all worth it, i feel better… and noooow… coffee
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Haha I can’t believe he didn’t understand what you said to him 😛
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i find it funny that it’s you he’s trying to flame, not me 😛
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Haha yeah, he hates me though. Because I always “zing” him when someone makes a funny comment 😛
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hmmm lets hope this goes viral and every TAY starts doing it when they see a Neo-Burn 😛
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I’m just glad he doesn’t post in TAY.
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His head will explode once he knows how notorious he is 😛
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bahaha ^^this, oh so much this…
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Maybe he does, under a different name…
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is it you?
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It’s actually me, I’ve been so insulted by all your comments criticising me that I’ve gone quiet. >.>
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I call bullshit. You’ve argued with him in the past, and complained about him on here as well..
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Maybe I was just joining in, trying to feel loved. You just can’t accept the real me, so I hide myself away, and place a façade over my façade. But the truth is now out.
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But you know I accept the real you. And you are loved! You hosted an awesome meat!
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But how do you know what is real? Who am I? Who are you? Do we really have emotions? Is what I’m feeling real? Why am I here? How do I speak?
When will this pain end?
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“Who am I? Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Okay okay, calm down calm down get a grip now. Ooh, this is an interesting sensation. What is it? Its a sort of tingling in my… well I suppose I better start finding names for things. Lets call it a… tail! Yeah! Tail! And hey, what’s this roaring sound, whooshing past what I’m suddenly gonna call my head? Wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do. Yeah, this is really exciting. I’m dizzy with anticipation! Or is it the wind? There’s an awful lot of that now isn’t it? And what’s this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ‘Ow’, ‘Ownge’, ‘Round’, ‘Ground’! That’s it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it’ll be friends with me? Hello Ground!”
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kersplat
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Also, there’s a pot of petunias here saying ‘Oh no, not again.’
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oh god it is isn’t it?
IT’S A CONSPIRACY… YOU’RE ALL HIM!!! GET AWAY GET AWAY *Hides in couch fort*
@f4ction
Sorry man, got caught up. Be there soon.
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Does Jo know about this meetup?
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Jo is the filling in our sandwich. If you know what I mean 😉
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Tasty
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0.o…….o.0…….. wait WHAAAAAAAAT?
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Okay, I officially suck at DE:HR.
**SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO STILL CARE***
After the prologue, I spent so long fanging around in the base that all the hostages died. Ooops.
Then I keep wanting to do a Mirror’s Edge and just hand-to-hand combat everyone… and realise only too late that there is no generous checkpoint system.
Sigh. I’m sure it’s a good game, but at the moment, we’re just torturing each other. 🙂
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Haha yeah it can get a bit distracting and I tried to hand to hand combat everyone for a while there. It really doesn’t work though, you don’t have enough energy cells to do that. You’ll be fine 😉 just keep at it!
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I did that, and I couldn’t accept it, so I restarted the whole game. :/
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I’m going to accept it, because it’s kind of funny how snotty everyone is at me right now.
Whatever happens, I’m going with it. Going to try for the Pacifist achievement, just because, but won’t cry rivers if something fatal happens. 🙂
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Only 137 posts last week, shame on me.
Also did anyone else notice the timestamps are now DST?
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Probably because Kotaku is HQ’d in Sydney.
… and the (southish)-east coast of the country is where the civilised folks live.
Tried to resist trolling, but failed. Sorry 🙂
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No, no. I agree all us civilised folk live in the south east of the country 😀 (don’t believe my Twitter location :P) I actually live in NSW. I noticed it took them a few days to adjust the sites time was all 😛
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Hi all.
I am off work today because my son is sick (4 day weekend!)
I saw an awesome hip hop concert on Sunday night.
I am going back to the ABC tomorrow for some stuff (all im saying right now).
I got an apple tv
I jailbroke the apple tv
I am now watching hulu, CBS, NBC, etc etc on my PC and apple TV… Its far from perfect but its a start..
Good weekend all round!
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Hi Fatshady.
Who did you see in concert? Aussie Hip-hop or imports?
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See below
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Hi Fatshady – does your Apple TV play Space Marine?
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Good to hear you had a good weekend – i got to ride in a ferrari and Collingwood lost the GF – so i also had a good weekend… minus study…
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Forgot bout Celph Titled, how was it?
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Yeah saw Celph titled, Blacastan and a few others. Overall it was a good show but not great. Still a 4/5 but it just felt like something was missing. Perhaps I’ve grown to expect too much?
It however is always good to see live music, and my stuff is very rarely live here!
Also a dude you gotta check out
Tah Phrum da Bush… have not heard that much of his album and what I have heard is not that good.. but LIVE he was awesome.
here is some video.. i should upload mine..
still worth checking out this song and perhaps others. good freestyle and a nice bloke too!
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Six seasons and a movie!
This may have been mentioned before but Mighty Ape in NZ are offering THREE Batman costumes as a preorder bonus for Arkham City.
Anyone tempted?
http://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/PS3/Batman-Arkham-City/8230892/
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http://www.ozgameshop.com/ps3-games/batman-arkham-city-collectors-edition-game-ps3 -
I really loved AA, but i’m just not that huge of a batman fan to spend $100 on the new game just for the sake of some costumes.. 🙁
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Yeah these ridiculous fanboys and their silly obsessions…
Who really buys this stuff!!! 😉
How was the replica Purity Seal?? 🙂
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Don’t worry – as i typed that the irony was so thick i could taste it in the back of my throat. 😛
And i was just saying i’m not that big of a fan of BATMAN!
Now it it was Batman Space Marine :p lol
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Take.My.Money.Now.
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Tempting… But couldn’t handle waiting for postage.
I went to JB for mine, easiest to get to and from on the day of release.-
It’s cool. I preordered mine at JB too and it seemes they’ve added Animated Batman and Earth 1 Batman dlc to their offer.
WINNING!
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maan, you got my hopes up, i thought you meant ACTUAL costumes… they should do that, insta-buy if real custome is included… because nothing would together with a chainsword (which i will get at some point even if i have to murder someone) and my GoW flag better then a Batman costume… ultimate vigilante 😛
Last night, after spending most of the afternoon listening to the Sucker Punch soundtrack, I decided that I needed a “pump up” playlist to listen to while gaming.
Inclusions include: Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen, Vicarious – Tool and Make A Man Out Of You – Mulan Soundtrack.
Who listens to what music to get pumped and if Make A Man Out Of You isn’t included, why not?
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herderh! You got the touch – Stan Bush…
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FYI… damn you, now make a man out of you is stuck in my head
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bahaha both!. man i love TFS… nappa is especially excellent
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Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon-
-_- thanks…. just, thanks 😛
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Eye of the Tiger
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Dubstep. The dirtier the better. Never fails to get me pumped 🙂
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wub wub??
We used to get dubsteb interludes in TAY…-
A mate of mine introduced me to Skrillex:First of the Year the other day. I’m in love…but before that i’d pretty much just listen to dubstep mixes of anything really 🙂
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i love skrillex sooo good
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Hello strangely dissatisfied looking emote! I really have no idea what you mean though! Can someone please explain this little guy?
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Disapproval
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Oh dear…Trjn, why u no approve?
@TechKnight- Did you see my post re: 40k books on page 2?
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Because it’s dubstep?
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Yeah i thought that might be why lol
Well it isn’t all I listen to, I listen to a lot of different music, but the last 2 CDs i bought were Funkoars: The Quickening and Neil Young: Harvest. My music tastes are somewhat eccentric…I tend to like most music but mainly listen to dubstep when gaming…
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Just read it now, thanks for the offer but I’m in a good position for access to the novels thanks to some connections with some allied humans in the US
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I honestly listen to Nyan Cat when I’m playing TF2 most of the time. Otherwise it depends on the game. I listen to UNKLE when I’m playing a fair few games and Chemical Brothers & The Crystal Method for others.
When I’m playing Minecraft sometimes I play the LOST soundtrack 😛
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Crystal Method is great gamer music 🙂
AHNULD MOVIE QUOTES
GET TO DAH CHOPPA
IT IS NAHT A TUMAH
After chainsawing someone: He had to… split.
After dropping someone off a cliff: I let him go.
etc.
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You’re fired.
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McFly?
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AHM HIERE! AHM HIERE… you ugly m*********er
hastalavista bahby… AH’ll be back etcetcetcetcetc -
“but honey, i’m your wife”
*Shoots her*
“consider that a divorce”
inb4 Loops
Blood Bros
TIME is racing towards us! To defeat the huns, HYAH!
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Did they send me daughters, when i asked, for sons?
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You are the saddest bunch I’ve ever met,
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and you haven’t got a clue!
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How can I, make a man, out of you?
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Actually the next line is:
But you can bet before we’re through
The line you said comes after:
You’re a spineless, pale pathetic lot
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oh wow, yeah i suck! 😛 my mulansk is getting rusty, QUICK TO THE MULAN-MOBILE *runs off*
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and you haven’t got a clue!
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DOH!… thats in the song
I feel like I started something magnificent.
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BE A MAN!
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BE A ROBOT! 😛
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The distant future, the distant future.
The year two thousand, the year two thousand…-
bahahaha
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Binary Solo!
0000001, 00000011
000000111, 00001111
0000001, 00000011
000000111, 00001111 -
YEAH! Rock those bits!
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Everyone must watch this now:
http://youtu.be/B1BdQcJ2ZYYNOW DAMNIT!
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“The humans are dead!”
I wish!
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hah, I love their songs (Have all of them on my phone) and the TV series they did was amazing.
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You have indeed. Best song ever. Also in answer to your alst question. I have Make a Man out of you, Don’t stop me now by Queen, Hollywood by Art vs Science, Eye of the Tiger..and a couple of others I can’t remember right now..
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also adding to that is highway to the danger zone, but then i just sorta wanna start walking in slowmo wearing aviators, and for some reason people stare at you when you do that… dunno why
TPG connect my f**king internet already!
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Thought that said “TPG connected my f**king internet already!”.
Then I was happy.
But it does not say that.
Now I am sad.-
Emotional rollercoaster.
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I had a dream last night that the DSL light on my modem had come on. I was very happy. I woke up, and was sad.
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You dream of your modem? I thought you’d be dreaming of Miss Fortune cuz of how much you miss LoL 😛
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Haha if I dreamt of any LoL character, it wouldn’t be Miss Fortune. Her laugh is the stuff of nightmares..
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hahaha true
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~~I was thinking about TAY, thinking about Tweet.
Thinking about LoL, who we gonna play?
Open my eyes; it was only just a dream.~~~
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I’ll give them a call.
You just sit tight kiddo.
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Thanks Flu, you’re the best dad ever!
Awww I’m moving next week and will need to reconnect my own TPG. This news doesnt bode well for my future…
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Have fun human! 😉
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Call them now! It might be easier for you as the house you’re moving to has probably already had an existing connection. My place is brand new, had never had a phone or ADSL connected before..so it’s taking forever.
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Ohhh I see… well, thing is we have to get a new number. Which I have, but its not connected until we move in on Monday. So I thought it might be best to wait until the line was actually connected? No?
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I’m getting my home phone set up through them anyhow. Just makes everything simpler (and cheaper). Already paid and moving in a bit over two weeks, so it should all go through roughly about the same time I’m moving in.
Also through TPG.
Us Briswegians love TPG, except when they don’t connect us :p
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Yeah better to wait until the line is connected. They won’t go ahead with it until it is anyway. But don’t call until 24 hours after it’s connected. It won’t show up on their system as being active, they’ll tell you they’ll process it once it’s shown up but they’ll just leave the application until you call again. that’s what happened to me.
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Oh laaaaame.
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Pretty much :/ was very unimpressed with it. With Telstra, my strate manager and TPG all stuffing me around, it’s all been one big headache and has cost me $600 so far, just to get the internet connected. It’s ridiculous.
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Yeah got an sms from Telstra saying ‘New landline connected so and so date, so and so address. Cost – $299’. Ahhh, what? Called them up and the girl was like ‘oooooh…. yah, about that… yeah it might be 299, might not, depends on whether the phone lines been in use the last 12 months or blah blah blah’. Gah, I hate surprise costs :'(
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Yeah it’s really shit. $299 to connect the line with Telstra. Because there had never been a line present before, I had to get Telstra to do it and TPG couldn’t handle it for me. So connecting with Telstra meant I had to go on a 3 month contract with them for the home phone, I opted out early so I could go phone and adsl with TPG which cost me $100 to opt out of the contract as well as the $30 for the first month line rental.. Then a $99 set up fee with TPG, the first month’s plan cost $59.99 and then a $20 deposit for the landline with TPG.
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after trjn’s admission i will say it as well
i am indeed a Bronie, i watch and enjoy My Little Pony: Friendship is magic.
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Bronies unite! *Bro-hoof*
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There are even more bronies?
Kotaku just got 20% cooler
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There’s something weird about that show. I just couldn’t stop watching. Admittedly, every 5 minutes or so I’d just say to myself “what the hell am I watching?” but I didn’t stop…
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Sister misbehaves? SEND HER TO THE MOON!
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The Mare of the Moon, Nightmare Moon!
I challenge anyone to watch that bit and keep a straight face.
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You know what happens if you keep a straight face?
TO THE MOON!
I’m not sure Princess Celestia has a firm grasp of adequate punishments and responses.
(Sister wants friends, so she sends her to the moon)
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I believe you mean:
To the moon for a thousand years!
Let’s not undersell Princess Celestia.
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In fact, I’m pretty sure that, like with the punishment for Discord, it was supposed to be for eternity, it’s just that Nightmare managed to worm her way out.
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Daylight Savings sucks. Most of the TAYbies are going to be gone even earlier 🙁
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You still have Zoidberg.
You all still have Zoidberg.
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Yeah but he doesn’t talk much..just rides up on a sperm and says “you’ll never guess where I’ve been”.
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(\/) (°,,°) (\/) WOOBwoobwoobwoob!
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Afromag.
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I should never have shown you that picture.
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You sure shouldn’t have!
Shame I didn’t save it or something. Could have refreshed my memory of that luscious head of hair.
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Haha well you could find it eventually if you searched through all the previous TAY’s 😛
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I’ll always be here don’t worry bro! o/
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-o … o-
\o … o/
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FUSION!
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That’s win Cracks!
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You are a god among mere mortals my friend.
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/flex
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If this were Reddit, you would be showered with karma.
But it isn’t.
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dammit.
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Don’t fret. There are some of us who love being miserable and work late on a regular basis.
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D: Why would you work late on a regular basis?! That sounds horrible!
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I’m thinking about leaving this job, but I have no idea what I’d do…
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What do you do currently? And I’m in the same boat..
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I work for a company that redesigns and refurbishes hotel interiors. We have a design fluff team and an “operations” team. I have a pretty broad role on the operations side of things, but I have to be aware of what’s going on with both sides. A bit of budget/finance stuff, a bit of inventory management, some proj. management elements, I manage all the purchasing, partly involved in freight/logistics, etc. I do on-site work sometimes, but most of the time I’m in the office staring at spreadsheets. I’m also the nice-guy/mister-reliable so I’m often the office whipping boy (To the point that last week I ordered and arranged delivery of a new television for my boss’ sister – What the f***!?). Plus I have no “commitments” so, if someone needs to be sent to work on-site for a month or so, I’m the one to go.
I don’t get paid much and I work long hours. All my friends get paid more than me, often for much easier jobs.
Basically it’s a high-stress/low-reward job.I’m pretty sure I should quit. When I got back from my trip last week I was certain I should quit.
The problem is, the industry I’m in is pretty niche and my role here is difficult to define. I’m a jack of all trades, master of none, which doesn’t help in the corporate world.
Basically, I’m scared s***less.
I have no idea what I want to do. I’m getting old. I feel deprived of life.
I no longer have any “hobbies”
I’ve started ignoring my friends
I stress about everything
The most frustrating thing is I only have myself to blame. (I’m not sure what/when/why I did, but somehow, somewhere along the line I just f***ed my life up…)Man, this post is getting really glum. That was unintentional…
So…
Rectum! http://bit.ly/oWdDtF
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You haven’t f**ked your life up. It’s never too late to change careers..sure it might mean starting from the bottom of the ladder again but you’ll get up to the top soon enough in another career. The hard part is deciding what to do. But if your job is affecting your life that much, it’s time for a clean break and a fresh start..
You probably know all this already and I probably haven’t helped. But I really think you need to start looking for another job. Even if it’s just browsing SEEK and just looking at something you think you wouldn’t hate that much…and as for experience…a lot of the time it isn’t all that necessary. You’ve been in a niche job and had your hand in doing a lot of different work because you don’t have an official job title, you can sell that in a resume/interview. A lot of the time they’re not looking for qualifications, they’re looking for someone who will be good at the job..
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dear mr. Effluvium Boy, you rock! but that’s not all…
dude saying that you don’t have any specific “area of expertise” is a good thing, that many employers value, because believe or not no matter what area you work in, it is almost essential to know what happens in other areas, and the fact that you have your feet in all of them just builds a rock solid foundation to build upon to get further… if the job stresses you that much it time to get the hell out of there… there’s a huge difference between doing the hardyards to work to something greater and then just sitting and grinding gears… find what you are good at and enjoy (or maybe even just tolerable) and build on it… put it like this; at can’t hurt or make your job situation any worse then what you’ve already described… do it man, take a stab at life, bite the proverbial bullet, you will not be sorry that you did… that is all
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Can anyone suggest any awesome webcomics? Hilarity must ensue.
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I heard Asinine circus is pretty good and the guy that writes it is a handsome devil.
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It’s written by you isn’t it.
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It’s not written by Bunny, it’s written by some Adam guy, who is definitely not Trjn. You can find it here: http://asininecircus.com/
While I’m here, may I recommend reading this. This one is done by Bunny, as not even my poker face could get you to believe that something on his own bloggy things isn’t by him.
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oh man, i haven’t read SMBC in years, it’s awesome
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Link fixed for you, Trjn.
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I dunno, I heard that Procrastoonation is pretty good… >_>
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Can’t find that one..or is this some sort of joke at my expense? 😛
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That was actually really good 😛 need more though!
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Yeah thats my comics, it’s a bit of a newborn. Not too many there, its true… maybe I’m just not procrastinating enough! 🙁
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wait, you’re the artist? YOU’RE AWESOME!
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Too bad VGCats updates more often than it does.
OOOOH I WENT THERE
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Snap!
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Why is there nothing since May?
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We put up content as recently as May?
Long story short, I’m lazy. The good news is that I’m moving in with the artist so there’s a slim possibility things will continue.
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BEAVER AND STEVE!
http://www.beaverandsteve.com/
They’ve been on hiatus for a few years now, but it’s always worth a look.
Flintlocke’s Guide to Azeroth
I read that religiously, but I’ve never played WoW
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man flintlocke ROCKED… i still want a beaver stick FYI… and he managed to prove that a squirrel is a perfectly good replacement for standard ammo 😛
Looking for group
Least I could do
Dueling Analogs
Cyanide and happiness
8bit theater
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oh and after a more serious one that;s quite epic, Dominic Deegan… plus Moogie is awesome <== that's the writer/drawer artist guy
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C&H \o/
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“COMIC SAAANS”
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Dark Legacy (WoW Related, it’s a good lol), Manly Men Doing Manly Things & The Daily Blink (not really a comic just gives me a good laugh)
Hey folks, glad to be back from not-so eternal damnation. I hardly think hiding under a rock counts as good behaviour and hence redemption, but I will not argue with James Mac.
Anyway you can be sure that there will be no repeat of my sin, which I will not mention for fear of further damnation.
Jeez it’s bright out here in the light…
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/remember-this-413/comment-page-3/#comment-390713
Hahaha. Ha. Bahahahahaha.
Silly, silly people. Trying to set rules for “Remember This.” Do they not understand how it works?
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It’s just a way for them to prove their superiority 😛
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what i’m hearing from this is that people are just as petty here as on Xbox Live… “no you can’t kill me like that it isn’t faaaiiirr, i wasn’t ready wahwahwah *insert random rant here*”
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Same, thank god they’re not in TAY
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i think they would quickly implode from the pure awesomeness that oozes from this board 😛
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We are pretty awesome.
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We ooze awesomeness like pustules ooze, well, puss.
How’s that for an analogy? Stitched up with some real good imagery too. -
I’m inclined to agree. Great imagery btw 😛
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Who doesn’t like pus!?
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well i deliberately left me out of it yet, haven’t been here long enough to unlock the rank of TAYbie yet… but i am inclined to fully agree that all you guys are awesome 😀
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You shall get there soon, my son.
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my philosophy has always been “learn from the best” so tadaaaa here i am :P… on a serious note though, this is always a pleasant place to come, even on shit days so thank you 😀
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No worries. I tend to escape here on shit days as well 🙂 TAY is awesome 😀
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Or… Maybe they are…
Oh wow someones butthurt that they didn’t win.
Someone want to test out my Ventrilo server? 203.208.101.48 should work…
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I would but work would probably kill me :/
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You’re alive so far!
Also, guys, it’s working 😀
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Sorry I had to leave dude. Work’s finishing up..
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I’ve been Kot Blocked at wurk again! NOOOOO!!!
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WE…. ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A GREAT MAN… WHO WAS UNJUSTLY KOT-BLOCKED AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT… ALAS THIS MAN CANNOT COMMUNICATE AT THE SAME FREQUANCY THAT HE USED TO… AND SHALL BE DEARLY MISSED… now join me for a ceremonial head-bowing in his honour /o\
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SLEEPY IS ME. GRAMMAR NO IMPORTANT WHEN NO SLEEP.
Yea, I replied to a few posts back on page 1 & 2 but couldn’t be bothered with the rest…
@Jamesmag: The web comics I regularly read are Cyanide & Happiness, The Doghouse Diaries & The Oatmeal.
@James Mac: I got a note from the post office today that I have a parcel to collect. Hope it’s Deus Ex \o/ If not, I don’t know what else would be mailing me stuff at this time of the year hmm.
And also, bawble & I bought some Assassin’s Creed merchandise from UbiWorkshop. Can’t wait for it to arrive! And I’m quite broke now. Need more work shifts. Less time to read TAY, more free coffee/ice cream/ waffles/ crepes/ pancakes etc. and moniessssss!
Yea I really need some sleep ASAP.
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free coffee \o/
less TAY /o\
Free icecream \o/
less dawdle! /o\
also just observed; the /o\ looks like STEVE HOLT doing bungie jumping… just saying!
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Awwww : )
I think a comic based on STEVE HOLT \o/ is impending! Sughly? 😛
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Oooh, what did you get from UbiWorkshop?
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We both got a Desmond Miles t-shirt (the design with a pair of eagles wing print in the front), one in black & the other in white, bawble caved in and bought the Desmond Hoodie in white (US$90…) and I got the ACB Doctor design hoodie. Our total including shipping is around $200?
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Dinner or sleep?
Or nap then dinner?
I think I’ll… snooze for a while.
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Interesting piece on Good Game just then about Team Bondi. Anyone else catch it?
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Yeah, it’s nice to see they’re doing some Action Journalism™.
Kotaku et al were all over it when it happened, but great to see Good Game covering it (and some of the recent developments).
I didn’t agree with one of the people interviewed at the end though: they seemed to suggest ‘bad press’ about Team Bondi would make foreign studios less willing to invest in Australia, as if people should cover up bad work practices for the good of the local industry.
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Yeah, it’s not like they’re the only studio in the world to have been treated like this, a bs for them to say the shit they did at the end. Considering most of the team got picked up already anyway, they were hard workers as well. So if anyone sees that as a bad thing then I don’t think they should be welcome here.
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Ok i can’t study anymore – i have economics exam in the morning and after doing abysmally on one of the practice tests i am now feeling an absolute impending doom… Emperor have mercy…
-sigh-
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luck good to you , good serrrrrrr………..
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Nah man, you got this. If not, I’m sure drawing a chainsword as an answer is a completely valid response.
In all seriousness, don’t stress to hard about it. Just continue reading your notes, read through and understand what you did wrong in the practice exam and most of all, keep cool! Good luck!
just thought i’d let everyone know that moonbase alpha is the best terrible game i’ve ever played
Step 1: Open up Steam.
Step 2: Click on Community
Step 3: Click on Kotaku Australia
Step 4: Enter Chat room
Step 5: ????????
Step 6: BSOD
Step 7: щ(゚Д゚щ)
Step 8: Resume having a surprising amount of fun playing Resistance 3
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Oh hey we saw you.
Then you left.
Then we were like “Oh”.-
I wasn’t gaming so I talked to him a bit before he went to sleep : )
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And now I am awake at this ungodly hour.
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Jackie Chan singing “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” from Mulan IN CHINESE, while TWIRLING A FREAKING STICK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t80k2sBZmY
You’re welcome.
(also in Cantonese! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SLJJc8siyU&feature=related)
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PAGE FOUR GET.
[happy sob]
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Change that happy sob to a sad sob, it’s not a new page yet!
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Wait, what?
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oh no numbers, it looks like you have dethroned me as the god of TAY pages…
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oh my god that’s the first time that the reply button hasn’t worked for me…
now i am truly a TAYbie!
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what just happened, I’m scared and confused.
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As am I, friends, as am I…
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well SOMEONE *glares at Aidan* broke the internets… OH THE HUMANITY, HOW COULD YOU?
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No, no, it was Jackie.
this chain is getting mind-numbeling confusing -_-
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I’m helping!
I would just like to point out that I link to this video all the time.
Because it’s awesome.
Reply Button!!!!
KAHN!!!
^ CONFU…CIOUS?
No, lame joke. *hangs head in shame & walks off*
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*pats shoulder* it’s okay, you’ll get’em tomorrow, once caffeinated
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I better sleep soon if I’m not planning to skip the 9am class tomorrow…
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And this seems to be the only proper reply chain on this page so far.
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OH XENU WHAT HAVE I DONE TO TAY
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\o/ GO US
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I better not sleep if the new champion rotation is on tonight!
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Then you better come over!!
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Here’s dawdle, impersonating CrabJiffy per his request, to thank the TAYbies who wished him a happy 21st in last week’s TAY!
I said I was going to sleep, but watching some pro Starcraft II matches cast by HD right now.
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Did you watch the GSPA Pro losers final games? One of them was 58 minutes long. Of real time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXP-P2o7rZ0&feature=feedu
Though honestly, I wouldn’t recommend watching that much of it, as it stops being interesting about 30 minutes in…
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I saw it in my subscriptions box. One hour is way too long. I get bored sometimes in 30-minute game if the two are just macro-ing and not really attacking each other much…
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About 15 minutes of this one was the zerg, while completely mined out, sitting outside the miraculous defense of the terran, also completely mined out. So dull. Still, early on there was some good Nydus worm play and stuff.
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That was a fun game of LoL: http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6079/assistsq.png
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I hope everyone appreciates my no boots strategy.
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It won’t beat my Sona Six Boots!
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Late game Vayne is great. It’s GETTING to late game with her that sucks.
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I HELPED
Jesus, I shouldn’t play Assassin characters.
Even Nidalee “I don’t know how to play” did better than I did.-
I want to play as Kassadin tonight. Or Shen again. I really like that giant ninja.
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So Leviathan armour is pretty risky (I don’t really care for snowball items that reset on death) but man, by the time I had it finished I was untouchable (combined with other stuff). I could just dive in to four champs (not counting Ryze, who would lock me down the instant I got near) with taunt, pop my little shield then taunt out again when it refreshed 10 seconds later!
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Yeah, risky indeed especially for a tank who may not get the kills to buff it up and is generally first in, last out of a fight.
That said, very cheap for the maxed stats which is good since you would not get much farm.-
You still get stacks for assists. 1 for an assist, 2 for a kill. But yeah, probably won’t take it unless we’re already ahead.
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Apparently imageshack is now phishing at work… right…
Hmm, so it seems we’ve decided teh reply button is a virus? (no offence intended, Virus__)
so p.4 is time traveling TAY?
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dun dun dun BACK TO THE FUTURE!
Oh man, I miss Chuloopa’s TAY version of BttF written long ago… loops do you still have a copy of the script?
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Actually, FatShady wrote it, and you can find it here: http://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/k/2010/12/Back-To-The-Future.pdf
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Oh darn, FatShady, I’m sorry!
Loops writes the Kotaku Chronicles. Right.
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This is actually pretty touching, for a really short flash game:
http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/summer2011/aclosedworld_play.php
Something could be said about how it forces this particular protagonist on you (I guess it’s educational?), but it’s 1am and I’m sleepy.
It’s morning /o\
Portal 2 DLC is out! \o/
Won’t be home til 10 /o\
Uncharted 3 Multiplayer demo downloaded! \o/
Still doesn’t change the fact that I get home at 10 /o\
Oh man. It’s going to be a looooong day.
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That poor dog.
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\O/ /O\ \O/ /O\
I call it “The STEVE HOLT! Cartwheel”
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haha nice, i greatly approve of this
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Die2Nite down for maintenance right as I’m 6km from town with a full load of useful items 🙁
Home sick, that means I can troll TAY, yay!
And I can make rhymes.
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Hooray for Pestilence! \o/
Tax finally came through.
It’s all gone straight to the credit card :/
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On the bright side I’m a few weeks away from being debt free*. And that’s a pretty sweet feeling.
* Not including HECS/HELP.
Fuck that noise.-
I need to do mine again.
Somehow I failed and it said I earnt $0 and got taxed $0 ??
I did it online. Funnily enough when I was doing it, it gave me an estimate, so I’m assuming I had the numbers in there. Maybe there is a bug with e-tax sometimes?
Either way, I hate being an adult.-
I actually submitted mine ages ago. Waited months for a return and got nothing, when I checked my E-Tax again it said I hadn’t submitted it.
So yeah, E-Tax is screwy.
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Just yesterday, I had 1.2gb of download quota left before I got capped. Despite my best efforts to do nothing, that was used up.
Xbox Live should be in the freezone, as was the Day 9 daily. So I honestly don’t know what chewed up my quota.
Hohum.
It gets reset at midnight tonight anyhow.
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Who are you with?
I know IINet have free Xbox Live Bandwidth, I used to be with them (great for DLC and Demos) but I swapped to Internode for the value.-
iiNet.
This won’t be an issue in two weeks because I’ll be on TPG’s unlimited plan (although that’s assuming I don’t share Jamesmags’s fate) but it’s still amazingly easy to go over 100gb downloads during peak when you watch the odd stream.
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Yeah, I’ve capped my broadband too. It doesn’t get reset till next Tuesday though…
So here I am doing cheapskate with dial-up, playing Minecraft hardcore while waiting for pages to load. So it’s not too bad I guess.-
I have a simpler solution to my dilemma. It’s only one day, so I shall play some more Batman. Getting near the end of the game, but I can’t put out any more videos until I fix the recordings that went haywire.
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I have 200gb between 2 people. We have never gone over and we are on fiber optics (hello 11mb/s game downloads)
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I thought Xbox Live was in the Freezone for iiNet :S
I haven’t really used Xbox Live in a long time though.
Dear PuppyLicks,
Your “Winged Soldier” design kicks transcendental anus.
Kind regards,
– Effluvium Boy
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Thanks man,
Been spying on my folio hey? 🙂
Actually that thing really needs an update now that I think about it.
Are there any good android simulators out there? The one in the SDK runs like crap, and Android x86 is taking its sweet time to install and boot, and the only android handset in the office is gone out. Sure makes me appreciate the iOS simulator. Even though it runs on macs only, it runs as fast as an iPhone.
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I have no idea in regards to Android emulation, but in relation to the iPhone stuff, I was always impressed with the Unreal Development Kit. Its iPhone emulation runs blisteringly fast.
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LoL!
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He’s totally sucking in and tensing here.
Dear Effluvium Boy,
Saw your post regarding career choices etc. on previous page. It’s never too late to do something you want to do.
Regards,
Rear Admiral Eats-a-Lot
Admirer of rears.
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Glad that’s an admirer of rears, not a eats-a-lot of….
I’ll shut up now.
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I love you.
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I do believe it was Chuloopa who granted me that title. What he saw in me to bestow such a title, I’ll never know*.
*I may know
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How big is the Kotaku TS server?
You should all just totally get Vent. I have a 25 slot server that’s only used by a few RL friends at the moment (even I don’t use it much)
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With the TS server down a few of us got vent last night and used f4ctions kind offer of hosting a server. If you have a dedicated one that could be a good option instead of chewing up f4ctions bandwidth.
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Yeah I actually pay for a Vent server, using darkstar.
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So how is it in terms of sound quality?
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Good. I usually preferred Vent sound over TS sound personally.
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Alright might give it a shot, want us to email you?
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V67.DARKSTARLLC.COM : 4049
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I just made a Kotaku channel in there
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Do you use it to game, or just chat, both?
I can password it for you guys, if you like.
I have a few random friends that log on, they probably wouldn’t just join the channel, but you never know 😛 -
All the above really, we use it to chat and game together(Sometimes against each other). What we usually have is at least 2 extra channels so that we can do our Kotaku vs Kotaku matchups.
Also yeah we need a password on it, I’m always paranoid of voice spammers coming on and ruining it for everybody with sound looping and stuff.
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Can’t reply to you, have to reply to myself.
I haven’t had a problem with spammers coming on, it’s not public or anything. I have a few friends who use it for SC2, WoW and just chatting playing on my minecraft server.
I can password them though, if it makes you feel safer 😛
I’ll just make a Kotaku2 and 3 channel too.
Twitter dm me what you’d like as a password or something.
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The TS server is 20 slots currently and we can go larger… TS is about half the cost of Vent which is why we never looked at it. I only upped it to 20 slots last week.
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Has the invoice gone through and more importantly for us (Being selfish, I know), is it back up?
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As I said, you’re more than welcome to use mine. I’m paying for it, someone may as well use it.
Wow. TAY has tricked me. I’ve been posting in the old one wondering why everyone was ignoring me. So-Ronery.png
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Haha yep me too
Shameless Re-post:
Cheers to Techy, F4ction, Bish, Blaghs, Numbers, Rocketman and Pyrean for a pretty epic game of LoL last night. It was 4v4, all random. Techy somehow got his main, Kennen (HAX! 😉 ) but it was still a competitive game. At least until he got a penta-kill. Still, good times.
Also got some mates into playing Minecraft on a server I’m hosting. After I left the game, it was quite hilarious watching them try to put in cheats in the server console. I had some fun replying as the console to make them think their commands were almost working:
Player: Fly
Console: You are too heavy to fly. Drop all of your items to fly.
Player: Spawn pig
Console: Spawn is not a pig. Spawn is dead-man resurrected with magic as a Hell-Spawn.
Player: Admin Mode
Console: Player 2 has admin mode. Kill him to get admin mode.
Player: Give player wood
Console: Error: Nasal spray not found!
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Bahahahahahaha! Did your mates eventually realise what was happening? 😀
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Yeah,eventually. The nasal spray one was a bit over the top. The best one was when they were trying to fly, they wanted to fly over a lava pit. When they dropped their items, they threw half of of it into the lava! XD
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Steve-O is officially KotakuAU’s designated troller xD
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b’v’ Nice one
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Well played my good sir, you deserve an internet bikkie for that.
*Item “Internet Biscuit” removed from inventory*
*Stevo-O the Deve-O received item “Internet Biscuit”*
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*crawls out of hole, nibbles biscuit*
*biscuit is good. takes biscuit back into hole*
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Quadro kill, there were only 4 of you in a 4v4, unless I killed one of my own team… not surprising considering how destructive Kennen is. I was so surprised how much stronger I got with the new build I put together.
It was a good 1v1 mid duel Steve-O with your Karma, I gotta remember not to jump for you if we’re both low on health next time 😉
Still, all randoms makes a hell of a match!
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Twas a very epic mid-lane duel! She’s a great mage early game, but can only really run as a support late game unfortunately. Wasn’t the best champion for a 4v4 but am keen to use her when we team up against randoms next.
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Damn you people with your LoL adventures 🙁
My internet has been very, very slow the past 2 weeks and I have no idea why. I haven’t been able to play ANY online games and I am dying inside. I’m very annoyed whenever I’m at home – slow browser page loading, can’t play online games… why, the other night I hit 10,000 ping. That’s impossible.
Think I’ll give my ISP a call today.
/end rant
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Sorry to hear that Harli, I already miss having you in our LoL games with us 🙂
Yeah give them a call, that’s just crap!
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I miss you too Harli. Farming off Numbers and Rocketman just isn’t the same 😛
Jokes of course….
Farming off Numbers and Rocketman is just as fun 😉
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Ouch burn!
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hahahaha!!
Oh Rocketman.
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That is too cruel, Steve-o.
It almost made me cry.
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LOLOL!!!
Steve-O, you are a comedic genius.
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Dear Effluvium,
I am afraid that as your posts continue, the less I understand. First the turkey baster, and now this. Am I losing my mind?
Regards,
Eats-a-Lotp.s. Who is Big Cheese & Pixel
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I’d assume Pixel would be Pixel the Ferret Viking.
No idea who Big Cheese is, unless it’s a new nickname for someone.
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Ah, I get it now!
And thank you interwebs. I now understand 2 of the 3 pictures ‘Flu linked. The military tank one however still remains a mystery.
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My wife loves watching cooking shows, especially Nigella. I showed her this last night and it still makes me laugh. Sorta NSFW if your boss is a prude…otherwise, enjoy 🙂
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HAHA!
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BAHAHAHAHAHA! Thats awesome! Now to explain to my co-workers why I’m laughing at my computer…
*passes on internet cookie to Splicer*
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*Takes a bow
The Jamie Oliver one is also pretty funny.
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@ Steve-O
Getting a Penta-kill in LoL within a 4v4 is pretty impressive but unfortunately you weren’t Lee-Sin. Lee-Sin can get hexa-kills in 5v5’s
Best Champion Spotlight Ever!
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/lee-sin-blind-monk-champion-spotlight
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He did get 5 kills – four champions and the fifth kill was my pride 🙁
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Dude, that video, oh my god, can’t breathe..
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LOLWUT!? HILARIOUS! XD
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Just watched the video – that’s hilarious! Now I’m left wondering who would win between Lee Sin and Chuck Norris…
Just pre-ordered my copy of Skyrim…thought i’d pay a little more and get some books with it.
So now i’ll go sit in front of the mailbox Scott Pilgrim style…
Can someone just confirm that the TS server and MC server are back up and running???
It should all be good now. If not, then let me know and Ill chase it up later today.
thanks
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I’m at work but I’m willing to do my part for the team. Will check out minecraft soon.
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MC server still appears to be down 🙁
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TS is not.
Unless I put the details in wrong (very likely).
This comment is almost helpful!-
It would be awesome if you guys could give me a link to your details, so we could do some heavy crafting!
email me morfling(at)gmail
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Stupid old guy at work who has been here 3 months thinks he knows more than me after I have been here 3 years. Hahaha no old guy just take a nap and do a crossword.
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As a general rule, I do not trust old people.
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I live with old people. I have old people dinner at 6.00 clock. Hell i even go to bed at old people times. But this guy thinks he is top stuff cause he used to work in the industry.
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Dinner.. at 6? MADNESS!
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i can’t tell it this is sarcasm or not. but usually dinner between 5.30 and six and i finish work at 5.30.
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Yeah, that’s way to early 😛
I get home from work at 4:30 and still don’t eat until 8 or 9 -
I don’t eat until about then as well.
We should all synchronize our eating so we throw the Earth out of orbit with our chewing.
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What industry do you work in?
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GPS for agriculture and stuff like that. I repair what is broked.
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Sex industry.
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Oh, I thought that was like an open question to everyone.
Disregard.
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lol doofus 😉
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DAN!s on the avenuuuueee……He’s trying to get you in…Strolllin’ by, with his rosebud smile….
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What’s ‘Old People Dinner’?
As in, what’s on the menu?
I assume alot of mashed vegetables?
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Mashed Liver and Onions I believe
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Lamb’s fry
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Um alot of roast meats and stews
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Sounds English.
My ‘rents are the same. Whenever they visit it’s all Roast’n’Stew.
And BBQ’d breakfast. Every. Morning.
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Really They make it every morning. Way too much effort to do that.
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Mmmmm, it freakin’ sucks because it’s my house, I have to get woken up with Mum creeping into my room, gingerly waking me up
“Dan, where do you keep the oil?”
“In the pantry”
“Thanks”-footsteps walk away, abruptly stop, footsteps approach-
“Sorry mate, me again.”
“Mmmm?”
“Where’s the pantry?”
“In the kitchen”
-silence-
“Near the dining room”
“Right! Got it! You guys sleep in”-footsteps walk away, abruptly stop, footsteps approach-
“I’M FRIGGIN’ UP!”
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This happens with me but it is computer fixing early on sunday morning when i am at my mums house.
Hey Sweety i know its early but i have work stuff on the computer and the internet is playing up.
Me: Have you tried turning it off the restarting.
Her: Okay i will try that!
Dinner made from old people?
You won’t believe how far one old person will go its like 14 meals or so. But it should be it is a hassle to fetch more of them!
“Catch him! Catch him, dammit! Look! He’s very slowly walking away from us with his walking frame!”
I don’t think you’re doing it right.
I don’t know how the conversation managed to get to old people cannibalisation but it’s awesome that it did!
Mummy! Grandpa’s got a bruise!
Well eat around it then.
*snort-laugh*
Too chewy.
You’re grandparents are wookies?
An alot of mashed potatoes sounds deliciously terrifying.
-slow clap-
Anyone on here going to get Payday: The Heist on Steam?
I’m going to buy it soon but I’m looking for some reluctant co-op buddies.
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what is this game?
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Left 4 Dead with cops instead of zombies, they say. Bank robbery game.
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I thought it was like banned in Australia to have a game that focused on shooting cops, or am I mixing up some other countries over the top censorship laws with ours?
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Yeah, I have no idea how this passed and L4D2 was banned. Oh well.
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i probably will!
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I’ll get it.
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As a matter of fact, I just bought it.
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I’m jealous. I’d have it already, but I’m trying to organise with some friends so we can get the 4 pack.
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I’m getting it on corn soul though.
Anyone else getting it on PS3?
My ICO-Shadow of the Colossus arrived today!
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OMG,
Just had a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” moment at work.
I hate work.
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‘splain.
Aaaannnnnnnnnnd.
Go.
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I was asked to issue some information for a project I am doing to some of our clients (as I am the only person on the project in the office the responsibility falls to me and I’m only a third year apprentice). After discussing it with my higher up and saying something along the lines of “I will cop shit from the client as this job is not complete” he decided that we need to give the client the information even though the real project boss is in on Friday (I mean 2 days can they really not wait that long).
So I got a call from the project boss today asking why the project issued to the client, he wasn’t happy.
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Was it a toliet paper issue. Cause asking someone for some through the door is a lot better than the alternative.
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I often consider wearing a tie to work for just that occasion…
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guys, i am sad
Rune Factory tides of destiny was delayed by about 2 weeks…
why didn’t kotaku report this?
oh that’s right, i’m probably the only guy that cares about the game! 😛
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Just looked it up – Harvest Moon/Monster Hunting sounds interesting, I might check this out.
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3 on the DS is the best bits of 1 and 2 but combined.
New Harvest Moon too yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I love crop growing and efficient growth patterns. No for srs, I have spreadsheets and everything for it.
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Dude! Duuuuude. Some of the recent iterations let you walk over crops.
God damn revolutionary.
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Harvest moon is serious business!
however i just realised, i dont think they have released a home console version of a harest moon game since a wonderful life…
that’s sad, i’d pay good money for HD harvest moon…but rune factory is still awesome, and i’m glad that its at least on PS3 so i can play it!
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thinking i should pull a chuloopa and convince everyone to get it 😛
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Holy crap – that’s the longest i have spent in an exam ever – i almost used up all of the alotted 3 hours :s
Soooooo glad i’m done with that now though – i think i did ok, considering how stressed i was last night – soooooo tired.
Thing is, the MC questions were sooo much harder than the SA (go figure). Damn you economics and your confusing possible responses!
Hopefully i get the Distinction i’m after. Bee thinks i’m crazy to stress myself out trying to get high marks – but damn it woman, i want to be better than everyone else! 😀
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P’s get degrees!
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I used to be like that. A very very very long time ago. The i started not caring. I”ll admit i have had better ideas.
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I read that as “the Minecraft questions… than the San Andreas (go figure)”
AHAHAHAH. I only just found out about a lovely village in Austria that starts in F and rhymes with bucking. I don’t care how, but I am somehow going to that village in a few years.
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Their sign got stolen so often they had to make it unstealable.
I think…
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Yeah, I’m going through the Wikipedia page right now.
“One version of the sign features the village name with an additional sign beneath it, with the words “Bitte – nicht so schnell!” (“Please — not so fast!”).” =D
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DAN!
Handbrake won’t open some of the videos I recorded, so I can’t convert them to 30fps for iMovie. What are some alternatives or how can I fix the files?
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Hmmmmm, that’s weird as Handbrake uses VLC…
What format are they in?
Do you have Perian installed?
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The files open in WMP and seem to be fine. Haven’t tried in VLC although I tried converting them directly through VLC and had no success (entirely due to my own lack of knowledge about how to do that).
Don’t have Perian installed. Trying to do this on my Windows computer (I record on the Win PC, convert them to an iMovie friendly format and then edit on the Mac).
They’re in H.264 encoded something or others. Some of the files work, some don’t. That’s the part that is really annoying me, all of my Gears footage is playing up, some Batman footage is but not the stuff I recorded after discovering this problem (but I didn’t change anything).
Long story short, I need a witch doctor.
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What’s the file extension?
If you open it in Quicktime and press CTRL + I or (CMD + I on MAC), an inspector window will open with details in it.
If you can screen shot that for me and email it, I can help further.
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I’ll poke around tonight and send you what I uncover.
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I swear I have game ADD, maybe just proper ADD.
Can’t concentrate on one game at a time, have to be playing multiple games for a couple hours then something else. And instead of playing all the new games I have I keep playing games like Baldur’s Gate 2 and Brood War.
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I do that to but i think its a symptom of our generation. So much to do i wanna do all of it. Then i just go back to playing super mario and minecraft!
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Soooo many games – not enough hours in the day
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Yeah, but still I’ve spent my day at home sick doing nothing but posting in TAY and on Twitter, haven’t even played a game 😛
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Any Xperia play owners might be interested in this. 4 games for free from EA. One of the is the Mobile dead space.
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Thanks, I’ll grab those games soon. It’s really hard to pass up free stuff.
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Though the first thing I saw in the Terms and Conditions was “By Purchasing an Xperia™ PLAY, you accept and agree to be bound by the following:”.
The way I read it, they’re trying to make me bound by their rules even if I don’t participate in it :/
Ok.
Deep breath people…
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/04/beware-the-batman-animated-series-cartoon-network/
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Maybe it’s because when I was growing up there was no such thing as CG cartoons, but I just can’t get into the whole CG animated series of anything.
I don’t mind the Pixar movies and all that, but just something about the series never clicks with me.-
I just hope that they’re slightly higher quality than the CG used in the intros for the DCAU shows.
The stuff from Justice League still gives me nightmares over how bad it is.
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That’s probably a reason too. I remember when I was young and they first started to have CG cartoons. They were so bad, it was creepy.
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Those JL graphics are over ten years old now.
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They were terrible for their time too.
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I’m more excited about the Super Best Friends Forever.
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Sounds promising doesn’t it?
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They should just keep making Brave and the Bold episodes. That show’s awesome.
@Harli
That Tank picture Flu posted is meant to be Tanks, as in Thanks. He was thanking u for our kind words 😛
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AT LAST! THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED
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Haha not a problem. I helped!
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I would appreciate it greatly if some of the Kotaku LoLers would help me show my little brother the ropes in bot games later today/tonight
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If I get time tonight after bowling I would love to but I’m pretty sure I’ll be occupied the whole of tonight.
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I can’t join in but if you’re really desperate you could just get him to watch your screen and tell him “do exactly the opposite of what I’m doing” :p
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Condescending comments help nobody, Trjn.
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They help keep me amused. That counts.
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Me three
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I wouldn’t call that condescending, dude’s just having a joke.
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UR FAISE IS A JOKE
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YOU’RE MOMS FACE IS A JOKE!
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THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!
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Sure, it may be a joke, but it comes across as implying that my gameplay is terrible, and has no chance of ever improving, while indeed it has.
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Don’t take it to heart Numbers. I improved so you can too, although you’ve probably already surpassed me by now 😛
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Dude it definitely does have a chance of improving. We just need to learn what game sense is. Also i think i need to improve on the whole running in while i am nearly dead thing.
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My strategy to learn the game was very simple, first, I worked on being a coward, as I mained on a melee mage character, it meant I had to focus on running away at appropriate times(as I couldn’t just hang back all the time), now, I’m working on when to be brave. That one still needs work though…
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It just implies that your gameplay is terrible. The lack of improving is entirely in your court.
As a general rule, when I’m being a dick, I’m not being serious.
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Plus bunny did the whole tongue-sticking-out emote. 😛 It automatically negates all ill-will in the interwebs.
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That is entirely true and why many, many sentences I write online end with it.
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You’re worthless, you will never amount to anything, I wish you nothing but harm for the remainder of your hopefully very, very short life.
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You are human tennis elbow. You are pizza burn on the roof of the world’s mouth. You are the opposite of Batman. :p
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@ Trjn (replies maxed)
That’s exactly the thing I needed to break my bad mood when I made that last post (my bad, unrelated issues)
Minecraft hardcore is for wimps, so I decided to play what I call veggie-hardcore. Basically, you have to be a vegetarian, no eating meat.
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How about no eating vegetables, only meat?
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I’ve been playing this game for years.
-flicks fringe-
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Hey Dan, do you know what I’ve eaten today?
Bacon.
Only Bacon.
Delicious Bacon.
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That’s fine.
S’not a moral issue, I just dislike meat.
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You dislike meat? But that includes Bacon! Scrumptious, delicious, heart-attack-inducing bacon!
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THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID
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Disliking meat is never a moral issue, but you are a bad person because of it.
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I like the idea of Super Hardcore mode: once you die you no longer own the game and have to rebuy it 😛
Hope this hasn’t already been posted….but if anyone is interested Rage has broken street date. Just got my copy from Game.
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Ordered mine through Ozgameshop so it’ll be another week yet for me 🙁
Just enough time to finish Dead Island 🙂
So what’s the go with our team chatting now? Are we abandoning TS for Ventrilo or?
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Well if TS is back I’m going there, since I can mute people and it can detect my voice better 😛
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You can do all that on Vent 😛
Anyways, keep the details sown so you can all use it as need be!
It needs some love-
Yeah I went through the options setup REALLY skimming through it so I must have missed a lot of things
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Oh cool. Hopefully my net is connected this week so I can get back on there. I miss you guys!
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We miss you to Mags.
(In the non homoerotic way)-
Not for you maybe, but for Jo.. 😛
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So that new iPhone 4S, was it too much of me to expect better features/more power? I think so. Apple if you want to win me over you need more power! Better AUD pricing too!
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If they called it the iPhone 5 instead of the iPhone 4s everyone would be clamouring for it 😛
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Plenty of iSheep will be getting the 4GS anyways, it’s how it usually goes
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Techy i have a question for you. DO you hate apple because you think their products are shit or the fact that people like there stuff. In no way is this critism , i am just curious? People are always either one side or the other with this issue. I want to see some insight. I will admit i got my phone because of the sheep factor as well as the features.
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I think they strated off good, but now, there are cheaper phones with more/better features.
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But the main problem I have with Apple are the consumers themselves; how it’s turned into a social clique in human society. Every phone article you see in a newspaper or something, and you see some woman holding an iPhone with the most over-enthusiastic smile, like it’s the only mobile phone that exists anywhere, and she’s got one therefore she’s accepted in her social groups. Every time I pull my phone out in front of humans I know, always the first question “Oh you got an iPhone too?” You get this every single time and it just ends up infuriating me.
It’s going to happen again pretty much, this is what I see in a majority of iPhone users (Majority, not all):
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Yeah so true. My friend is excited, but she’s going to be smart about it & wait until the new year before bothering lol. I can’t say much about my other friends who will be first day buyers lol.
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I think it will still sell like wildfire. But i won’t be upgrading. MY iphone 4 is good i don’t really want or need any of those features!
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Yeah the only features I’m really interested in are all available in iOS5 anyway!
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More power you want, eh?
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/03/an-a5-powered-iphone-will-have-much-faster-graphics-performance/ 🙂-
Oh cheers dude. Shall pass that on to my friend, she’s still unsure lol.
I dunno I think Apple might have lost me as a consumer of their products minus the iPod.
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Whoopsy, meant to post it here rather than Ask Me Stuff:
Anyone here gotten Holy Terror by Frank Miller yet? Thoughts?
Haha, anyone see the article on LH about fair skinned people can’t produce vitamin D as easily, poor Mark being show half naked in the article picture lol.
I have a turtle beach headset X31 for sale. I won it last week but it is screwing with my wifi set up at home. I just bought a X11 so i want to get rid of it.
I want to try and get back the $71 that i paid for the x11 so I was thinking $50 sounded like a decent deal for the X31, considering it is going for over $100 at JB even when on sale.
So. TB X31 wireless headset (PC & 360) – $50.
Let me know if you are interested. Ideally I want to avoid postage so Sydney CBD is ideal.
If batguy doesnt want it, then its up for grabs.
Funny story, at 12:40pm I popped down into the JB in the Galeries Victoria since I work in the citigroup building right above it, ion the dim hopes that Rage broke street date. Ith ad not. I was mildly sadface. I started talking to the guy at the games desk about his issues with Deus Ex, since he wasn’t enjoying it much – his issue being that he isn’t really into stealth stuff. Heck, neither am I really (with Hitman being the exception), so I told him it’s a lot more fun if you just approach it from a brute force perspective. Prepare for combat instead of treating it like a last resort for when you inevitably fail at stealth – it’s easier, and you can learn the game better for when you do a stealth run on your 2nd/3rd playthrough.
While we were talking, an announcement came in over their email system in bright pink text “GUYS START SELLING RAGE IMMEDIATELY”. BAM. Picked up my preorder on the spot.
I don’t know who broke street date or where, but word has gone out. If you’re waiting to get your Rage on, now is the time.
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That’s a really good story.
Management must panic when they hear the release date is broken… hence the bright pink 😛
I think I just found the most hilarious depiction of Australian in video game history.
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A link, or even a decription, would be helpful.
😛
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I don’t know, the sense of mystery is pretty awesome.
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This game is so ridiculous. It actually grades you on your Australian-ness at the end.
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Nah, I don’t want to give it away, it’s just too good. I’m gonna include it in part 3 of my Aussies in video games project.
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Aww come on dude, share it with us 😀
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Let me give you an idea of how absurd the Ausitralians in this game are. They top the list where a kangaroo wielding an uzi only makes it half way up the list.
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LOLWTF. I want to see this!
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It’ll be similar to this http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/australias-video-gaming-heritage/
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BISH TALES: Tales of Bish
I went to the bank to do bank-related stuff, and not just hang there like people my age used to do in school holidays (not really). Anyway, I rocked up to the teller thing to the lady behind the awkwardly positioned screen plastic and I was all “Hello, how are you today” except in an attempted Scottish accent for some reason and she was all “Good” so I was all “Tha’s goood”. I suppose hearing a (bad) Scottish accent in a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighbourhood must have been weird for her because she seemed confused. Instead of just coming clean and saying that I didn’t even know why I was speaking like that, I (falsely) explained to her that “Ahm frooom Sco’lund”, because you know, I guess that makes sense. And then I continued on with the transaction keeping up the charade but trying to speak as little as possible, and when all was done I bolted out of there.
SO THAT WAS AWKWARD.
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Hysterical. 😀
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Oh Bish, thats brilliant.
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HAHAHAHAHA! That’s awesome Bish! So good!
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Lol, I do that on the phone sometimes, randomly talk in some fake accent that clearly sounds fake but keep talking that way to keep up appearances
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It’s just kind of like “Well, if I stop now, I’m just going to look/sound silly.” It’s almost logical.
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hahahaha awesome!
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Nice! For an entire term in year 10, I spoke to the new guy in a jamaican accent. My friends supported my lies that I’m jamaican. It was great. Spontaneous accent changing is fun.
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A god among men.
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Amazeballs.
So..uh, any chance of Dark Souls breaking street date as well?
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I hope not, at least, not unless Zavvi starts doing instant shipping and will also break street date.
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Come on man. Pity me, I have no internetz. I need something to play!
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No!
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I would be okay with Zavvi doing instant shipping and breaking release dates.
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Not sure if I want it to, still waiting on my copy of Gears 3 to turn up, need to play that first!
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I want it to! I don’t plan on getting Gears 3 at all so I want something to play!
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Finally managed to get hold of Child of Eden for PS3 at lunchtime! Yay!
EB told me it was “special order” ie they’re not getting any stock but they’ll order it in for you. And I checked JB last week and didn’t see it there. Then today I was in JB again and completely by accident stumbled across it. It wasn’t on the new release shelf, it was on the PS Move shelf! No wonder I never saw it! I check that shelf about as often as I check the Wii one.
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Braaains! You finally posted in TAY after a long absence : ) YAY
I’ve been wanting to try Child of Eden, but my friends don’t have Kinect on their 360s yet.
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He does post in TAY, but rarely ever past page three. For instance, he had 15 posts last week. 15!
Which reminds me, Braaains, did you see my response to your thing about the Ico/SotC dlc stuff? Apparently it’s some problem on Sony’s end.
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Yeah, I saw it, thanks. I figured it was probably something at Sony’s end. I’ll just wait until the weekend and try it then. If it doesn’t work I’ll ring up and ask them. Or maybe just write a sternly-worded letter to the editor.
And yeah, I don’t generally read TAY much past the first couple of pages – just too much stuff to wade through, takes too long. Especially since I often read Kotaku on my phone, and that gets REALLY slow once the number of comments starts going up. Last week was a slow week at work so I had a bit of time to read it (and post!) on the PC at work 😛
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So, I just played a bot game in LoL, and bear with me here as I explain how I lost to basic bots.
My score at the end was 27/1/0, that one death happened about40 seconds before the end of the game, as I tried to hold off three bots by myself, while they were in my base, with my inhibitors down, and large minion waves behind them. Amusingly, the killing blow was a basic attack from a mage creep, if I had been attacking anything, instead of running like a little girl, I would have survived said attack.
Where were my allies you ask? Well, yeah. This was a custom, 3v1.
And I came so gorramn close to winning.
Oh, and I was playing as Vayne, who is just ridiculously OP v. bots.
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Hahahaha nice man. Still it looks like you held your own. Give it another shot! 😛
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It’s aggravating, because this was the challenge I set myself vs. ai in Dota, and I could never manage it.
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Well you almost won that one…I’m sure if you give it another try, you’ll be able to win it this time!
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And you were right! Admittedly, I set them to characters that would be bad against Vayne, but still.
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tonight me and you vs team of 5 beginner bots?
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Maybe because DoTA is a harder game? Heh, yeah I went there.
Also I’m still working on that vid Blaghman. Just you wait. Stupid not-enough-time thing.
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You know what the best item in Dota against multiple bots was? The rod of teleport, or whatever it was called. They’d all charge down to attack you, so you could just port to the opposite end of the map, and get in a few attacks before bailing to somewhere else. The only way I could beat two bots was to keep them running.
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If i read another Gizmodo article with people arguing about the iphone i will eat my face off. Why bother comment you idiots its clear that both android and apple fanboi’s will just keep shooting each other down. I swear every time there is a apple event gizmodo becomes the holy land between the two groups of extremists.
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You obviously don’t read engadget 😛
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I am kinda glad that i don’t to be honest. I think people need to get some perspective. Its a phone, not the source of all evil in the world! I mean i like technology but really calling each other names over what product you buy really??
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I agree completely. I had a brief look at it to get the details I wanted to know, apart from that, I’m staying off Gizmodo today. I’m not a big fan of it’s community..
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Its not a community, Not really its just a bunch of angry people saying that something something is better than other thing. Sometimes they are cool but only when kotaku people join in!
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Yeah you’re right. They’re all so angry!
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Whitenoise has been growing over time (They average around 30-35 comments these days) so perhaps their community will blossom from that.
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then there’s one Windows Phone 7 dick, WDK_II or some shit. He really annoys me.
Christ almighty people… gone half a day and we’re already 2,5 pages ahead… how am i meant to keep up with this madness? 😛
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You can’t, it’s easier to just drift in and out 😛
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that’s what she sa-…. no!
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*giggle*
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So I’ve broken down! My friend is loaning me his spare Xbox360 so I can buy Gears 3 (from EB with their returns policy) to try out Horde mode. If I want it, I keep the game and buy the 360 from my mate. If not… everything gets returned.
Going to have to create a new xbl avatar though, stupid MS banned mine after I refused to pay them for Gold after I told them to cancel.
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You can get the XBL thing fixed over the phone, I was temp banned when they tried to take a payment for gold from an expired debit card. Told them I don’t want gold anymore, to revert me to silver so that I could have access to my DLC again and all was well with the world.
A pain in the ass, but at least it lets you keep what you had.
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Oh, it seems it’s not banned. It only took them a year of sending me automatic emails to revert me to silver like I asked.
My ~6 year old Live account lives! Well this basically does it. I think I’ll have to go back to XBL & Gold (using only those Gold card things, not my Visa!).
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http://live.xbox.com/member/f4cti0n
Excitement.
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Send a friend request my way, gamertag is TrjnRabbit.
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me too..
FatShady Live
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Mine is niewho if anyone wants to add me : )
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So many new friends.
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Trjn, FatShady and Hugo: sent!
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do me next! (wait what?) Dider88
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Consider yourself… done. Oh Gosh I hope I remembered how to italic things. The innuendo is nothing without italics!
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oh…….my yes indeed i am 😛
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Mine is Di11enger if anyone wants to add me 🙂
Since everyone else is doing this this way, add me. I’m “Blaghman”. I know, it’s such a shock.
So we’re posting our XBL gamertags are we? 😛
I now have an avatar for XBL/GFWL ^_^ just realised I could do it on the website.
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/member/virus%20mw
Feel free to add me, even though I don’t use GFWL often.
XBL: Klutar
Steam: Klutar
PSN Klutar- (which jerk stole that)
There really is no point in me using the fridge in the lunch room for leftovers.
Every once in a while, I’ll buy some lunch and not finish it. So I put the leftovers away with the intent of eating them the next day, or possibly the day after.
Several weeks later, a co-worker will tell me that my food has attacked the milk and tried to claim sovereignty over the top shelf.
Every damned time.
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i do that regularly, sometimes on purpose, in hope that i can grow miniature zerglings
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Teacup Zerglings?
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So what you’re saying is that you’re trying to 6 pool your office fridge?
…nice.
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SC2 reference FTW!
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Careful.. it might attract roaches
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well ultimate goal was to grow me an ultralisk but i got impatient… although the substance i threw out was starting to resemble creep 😛
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I guess this happened before the latest patch, because they dropped the Ultra build time.
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Fricken nerfs…
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That was a buff.
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oh yeah it is too…
Well.. this is awkward, I think I’ll go to bowling
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My food is constantly stolen. And I mean I’ve had an entire loaf of bread stolen from the freezer. And a six pack of ciders!
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i’m sure it just developed legs and walked off… now prowling the airciditioning vents waiting to eat someones face…
Minecraft Pro Tip: When you’re standing on a 3×3 platform way high above the ground, and it’s dark and you’re scared, put a pumpkin on your head and pretend that everything’s alright 😀
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This also applies to real life.
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Is this something you’ve experienced first hand? 😛
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This kills the pumpkin.
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I love pumpkin. it’s the best vegetable ever.
Neo-Kaiser is definitely not allowed in here:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/ask-me-stuff-99/#comment-391542
The sacrilege!
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and my Axe.
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I thought Scots don’t have pants.
FYI
Minecraft server is up and running.. I assume TS is also!
ON a no so related note, I heard a true story of a dude who quit his job because someone sent an email with FYI in it..
The dude flipped out because he thought his boss said F$#@ You’re an Idiot!!!!
lololololol…
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Thanks mr Shadester, you should join us for a game of something sometime when you get the chance!
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BAHAHAHA!
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Abbreviations should be avoided in proper work emails.:P
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My chemistry teacher thought LOL was lots of Love. She thought we were some weird students typing LOL in our emails.
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It’s pretty common for something to be forwarded with just “FYI” if the person receiving it should have been CCed but was not.
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A “professional” email? Perhaps.
A “work” email? Abbreviation City.-
Ah right. But I’ve never properly worked in a office environment, so I wouldn’t know : )
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I’ve never properly worked in an office environment, but I’ve been employed in one for some time.
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i’ve seen the office… does that count?
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so i downloaded 4 swords on my 3ds. Another game to add to the pile. Seriously this is getting stupid. I buy these games and some are still in shrink wrap. Instead of making it better i just play League of Legends. haha its like im a little child who wants to play with the box of a toy!
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Same here! High five!
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o/\o
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HEH, I’m the same too. Just bought Gears of War 3 last friday got home all excited and my xbox needed to update so I though “Maybe just 1 game of LoL” 10 games later I decide I’m too tired for Gears 3.
It’s like a drug!
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I think part of the appeal is the social aspect . I probably wouldn’t play it by myself and i rarely do. But with the gang there its like fun group game that everyone has!
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Exactly this!
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James Mac: The handwriting on the postal box is quite nice ;3 me likey! And who is Anthony…?
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Ooops, totally forgot this means Deus Ex has arrived in my hands!
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Excitement!
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Whoa! Cool!
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The future is here! What is this madness!?
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That’s awesome! One step closer to having an invisibility cloak. Booyah!
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An extremely hot invisibility box…
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@Blaghs. Jamesmag is my name, encouragement is my game.
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No I think your name is Afromag.
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No.
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I’m pretty sure he’s right.
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Yeah, I read it on the internet somewhere, so it must be true.
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D:
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Oh, also @Blaghs:
I saw a kid who pretty much looked like a smaller version of you.
It was frightening.
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That would be terrifying. So, so terrifying.
Couldn’t have been the younger, time travelling version of me though. He didn’t drink Fanta.
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Maybe he will drink Fanta… In the past!
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so this morning i woke up and i was very excited because after work i has plans to finish space marine and watch alien, aliens and alien3 order pizza and polish off the challenges in AA. but nooooooo i rang my other work to check if our pay was in only to find out i have a shift tonight until midnight yay for 8.30am-12pm 🙁 which will most likley be 1 am because all of the staff before me are lazy. i dont wantz your pitty i just need a hugz
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*hugs*
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\o/
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You mean you’re not going to watch Alien Resur–pfft, no, I can’t even keep a straight face asking that
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that movie NEVER happened, mmkay? never!
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id watch “it” for humour value but the humour value wears off quickly if you try and watch it more than once in a decade
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Sending Hugs NOW!!!
Internetz Hugz Uploading
1% … 2% … 3% … 4% … 5% …
*Half hour later*
96% … 97% … 98% … 98% … 98% …
Upload Failed
ARGH, son of a …
I would like to do a short video of me and someone else doing bad play by play commentary on something video game related.
Suggestions?
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Don’t?
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Failing that, the EB Expo’s coming up.
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That would mean I’d have to go…
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I will do a commentary with you on the condition that the game is Hugo’s House of Horrors.
Dammit! I keep forgetting about bloody DST! Virtually everyone will be going by now again :/
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I won’t be!
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Yay! So what have you achieved today? 😛
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I beat 3 bots in a game of LoL, and I defeated 2 mighty Collosi.
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Defeated 2 Colossi but got rolled by the rest of the deathball.
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Is that from Shadow of the Colossus? I never played that but watched that gameplay trailer posted on here a while back. Looks like a lot of fun..
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Indeed, I was going to hold off on buying it, but a friend of mine pestered me into doing so. And wow, I am really bad at it. It took me twenty minutes of faffing around before I worked out how I could even get ON to the second Colossus, and another few before I found its second weak spot. So fail.
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Haha I can’t imagine I’d be any better. I bought Little Big Planet 2 on the weekend and my girlfriend and I have been doing co-op on that. She’s pretty bad at it but I’m not that great either. Had to defeat some beast thing in it and took us like 15 goes 😛
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I’d make the Zoidberg joke again, but let’s face it, that would set the precedent for me doing it every day that there’s daylight savings.
So let’s not and say we did.
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I’m okay with this 🙂
I am leaving in around eight minutes.
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I leave in 3 hours :/
Well, on the flip side, [insert positive aspect here].
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Wow! I hadn’t thought of that! Thanks Bish!
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I should take up a career in motivational speaking.
[Begin Seminar]
“Don’t worry guys, you’ll be right!”
[End Seminar]-
Too complex.
How about simply: “Things!”
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Hmmm, “things” makes me think to much. It should go something like this.
*Bish enters seminar*
*Bish gives thumbs-up*
*Bish exits seminar*
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Just seeing Bish motivates me.
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*Motivation increased by 120%*
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DING… wait, i think i just leveled up just by your pure awesomeness
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Somebody posted above about “Hugo’s House of Horrors”.
It is, indeed, an awesome game…
…but it has nothing on Hugo getting lost in the jungle!
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That was me. And so true.
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So many times I thought the dog was my friend. And so many times: “Oh No! It seems the doggy has eaten you all up!”…
Does anyone work for iiNet or know anyone that works for them? Contemplating applying for a position with them as a customer service representative but don’t know if it would be a good idea or not.
LoL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=ML2NjOUQgUw&v=K5kfhg-30UU&annotation_id=annotation_195594&feature=iv
Some nice LoL plays, keep watching the other episodes too! Some of them show case sick juking and map awareness!
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Great stuff, puts our play to shame.
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Lies. Some of you guys are pretty decent.
Actually, I’ve found when watching matches that either end of the spectrum is extremely entertaining to watch – really, really pro teams and really, really n00b teams.
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Hehehe…reminds me of a few noob dota team videos I watched (could have just been trolling). A Bloodseeker kept putting bloodrage on allied units at bad times which silenced them.
Slayer: Why you silence me?
Bloodseeker: I giv you attack dam! Y you no attack?
Slayer: I’m a mage noob! I need my spells!
Bloodseeker: You have attack speed buff! Use it with extra dam!
Slayer: I need to cast a spell to trigger it…Other good ones were Vengeful spirit ‘saving’ their sand king when he was in the middle of the enemy doing his ulti, Tiny tossing his allies into the fountain to get a kill and a venomancer accidentally trapping his team-mate with venom wards XD
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wooow what a productive few days i’ve had…. sunday: finished space marine
monday: finished Gears 3
tuesday: finished conviction….
lesson learned: break hand more often to get out of work and play games
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Congratulations! Maybe I should try that 😛
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But…but…how do you play games with a broken hand???
Something seems a bit fishy here…
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aha… funny fact, it’s my my little and ringer finger that is broken, and whilst they do smell a bit fishy having been stuck in a cast for over a week my index and thumb are still good and an xbox controller fits perfectly in a cast 😛
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You lucky thing, you 😛
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Space Marine?
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SPACE MARINE!!!
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just finished my mock exams…
*deep breath*
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!
now all thats left s you know, the exams that pretty much determine my future next month…
but for now, VIDEO GAMES!!1
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
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Congratulations dude! Mocks were a bitch!
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\o/ STEVE HOLT!
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Nice. When they’re all over you can relax and do nothing for four months 😛
So guys… Alan Wake’s DLC. Worth it? I’m currently about halfway through Chapter 4 of the main game and I have enough of a Pile of Shame sitting here that I think if I don’t get and do the DLC during this session I doubt I’ll go back, but I don’t want to waste my time with it if it’s not worth the investment…
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I *think* it comes with a code to download the first one for free?
Neither one was hugely popular, I think, and they didn’t really reveal anything about the game’s final bit.
If you’re a fan of the story and want to find out a bit more about Alan’s mental state I’d say go for it, otherwise I don’t think the DLC was particularly special.
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pretty much agree with what ^^ this one said… i got 2 DLC packs, the first one is pretty disappointing… bunch of cheapscares and no real story to suit… the second one is a lot more interesting and if you are interested ties up some ends from the original story regarding mr. Wake
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It could have been the fact that I played the last 20 minutes about a week after I’d played the rest of the game, but I did not understand the ending of Alan Wake.
Also, the alcohol potentially did not help…
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there’s a lot of O.O going on at the end of that game, but the second DLC “The Writer”? shines some light (dohohohoho) on what actually happened and clarifies a few aspects… i tried being as unclear as possible to not give away spoilers, but i do apologies for revealing that there actually is an ending 😛
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plus it’s only like 500 mspoints and goes regularly on sale for a lot less so why the hell not 😛
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I should try and find my copy of Alan Wake, though I think the download code for the first dlc is now invalid, which is a bit stupid on my part.
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Second and final exam for the trimester tomorrow – this one is going to be insanely hard – bloody business law… -sigh- i’ll be glad when it’s done…
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business law 101: it’s that guy’s fault *points at random person*
So sad they’ve pushed back the release of Payday: The Heist. It was listed as “Now Available” when I went to buy it from Steam but apparently SOE have refused to allow the release. Even the Overkill staff can’t say why (but they’re trying to help people via facebook etc).
Words cannot explain my excitement after discovering this game (which has a most magnificent trailer ) has been released. I strolled into JB, lo and behold, here it is.
Effluvium Boy! Mission accomplished. I finded a Big Thing just for you! Photographic proof will be provided whenever I manage to get the pic off Mr. Strange’s phone.
Oh yeah, and don’t post sad things when I’m not here to cheer you up! *belated hugs*
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I really hope this all works out. I think I’ll end up passing on BF3 if it’s not on Steam (even after using Origin for the BF3 beta).
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I hope we don’t end up in the ridiculous situation where it uses both Origin and Steam.
It wouldn’t be the first time.
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As long as you can play with your Steam friends, I don’t think I’d mind too much.
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I tried looking for you on Origin, but all I got was one “NotoriousRay”. Wat do?
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Before I go to bed, I would like to leave you all with a chemistry joke.
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sulphur, Sodium and Phosphorus walk into a bar.
OH SNaP!
You’re welcome.
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That was probably too blunt, but all my Shapes argon.
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i love it.
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I thought you were going to make a good joke, but that was [B]oron.
Better then that joke is this one:
Q: What do chemists call a benzene ring with iron atoms replacing the carbon atoms?
A: A ferrous wheelFe – Fe
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Fe……Fe
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Fe – Fe -
“Why do chemists call helium, curium and barium ‘the medical elements?’ Because, if you can’t ‘helium’ or ‘curium’, you ‘barium!’ Heheh.”
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HA!
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All credit to Heimerdinger.
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I laughed 😀
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Oh dear oh dear. 🙂
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Sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium Batman!
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What do you call a joke that is based on cobalt, radon, and yttrium?
CoRnY
Whatup homies?
Trying to finish Castlevania: LoS again.
Patrick Stewart makes the pain bearable.
But only just.
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I think Robert Carlyle is a pretty cool dude too.
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That accent single-handedly kept me watching SGU.
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Yeah, me too. Rush was the only one I actually liked in that whole series
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But…
I’m Scottish. I have that accent. Most of my friends and family have that accent. It’s not interesting, exotic or novel for me.
Hearing it on TV normally just makes me cringe for some reason.
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He doesn’t talk much in Castlevania.
But I do like Carlyle also.
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So The Hut sent me an email saying “Well we were going to ship your copy of Dark Souls, but your card expired so we didn’t”
щ(゚Д゚щ)
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WAT DO
Dark Souls LE is $88 at GAME, which seems to be the cheapest local price.
Pretty bum situation, though. :\-
Yeah I would prefer cheaper, still need to finish Demons Souls before it arrives anyway.
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I’ve been thinking about this. Can you do the trade in 3 get a new release free for Dark Souls LE at JB? Couldn’t you just buy 2 from their 2 for $40 at JB, and find another cheap game and trade those three in for Dark souls? This is just hypothetical though. I nominate Bish to try it out.
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Depends. They have an exclusion list for trade in deals.
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Depends, they have a trade in exclusion list I believe so probably the 2 for $40 games are on the list so you can’t do that.
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Depends.
TRIFECTA!-
That said, it is possible.
JB doesn’t have a fully comprehensive exclusion list (although it is pretty big – http://www.jbhifi.com.au/images/games/excluded-games.pdf), and you might be able to snag a few bargains for trade in. You have to be pretty thorough in your search though.
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I’ve done that before at EB. Had one of those “trade in X games, get game Y for free”, so I went to their preowned table, found two copies of some DOA title for ~$5 each and got me something that I can’t remember.
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Zavvi sent me an email saying my copy of Dark Souls has been despatched.
I like that word.
“Despatched”
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Yeah you can picture the game flying out the door with all the staff yelling “GO GO GO GO GO!”
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Would that I could.
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Yes.
I got my email at 3AM.
I am okay with this.
The nearly 3 weeks of waiting, not so much.-
Emails arriving at 3am are less of a hassle when you don’t have an outrageous fanfare play every time they arrive :p
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All these new spiffy phones advertised EVERYWHERE make me want to buy A new one… But I don’t need a new one. Damn them and their mind control… Anyone else have this problem? Or am I just weak minded? 0_o
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My Samsung Galaxy S (not the II) feels in need of an upgrade. It’s so sluggish and unresponsive. But I think I’ll buy a cheap pre-paid (although I’m looking at the Telstra Tough 2 as all I do is message and call, no games etc) rather than going to an iPhone 4S.
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Doesn’t the Galaxy S II have similar specs to the iPhone 4S?
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Yes. But like I said, I don’t have the SII.
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I’m be looking into getting my first mobile phone sometime in the near future. I’m looking forward to seeing what Nokia releases later this month 🙂
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f-first m-mobile p-phon****? *thwomp*
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I’m only 16…although I probably should have a mobile by now, I’ve just never had the need for one 🙂
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*one eyed squint* i can’t talk, i’m still dead
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just makes me feel old when this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/umpcportal/4055248018/
was my first mobile phone… the one on the left that is 😛
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Anyone played the Orcs Must Die trailer? Delivered what the title promised, can’t wait to pick up the full game next week!
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That should have been demo, not trailer.
another morning dawns in TAY…
found out a funny fact this morning… yes it is possible to drive one handed, but no you shouldn’t and gear changes are a b*tch
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I had to drive like that for a while after a car accident put my arm in a cast.
Changing gears is fine, just make sure you don’t have to turn at the time!
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this was pretty much my assessment as well :P, just sound like an old granny driving when you go around a corner in 1st gear and 5000000 (this is an awesome car) rpms
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This person doesn’t seem to be having trouble driving
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can you keep the steering wheel straight with your knees? sometimes i use them to turn big corners as well
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Only when riding bumper cars.
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I drove a bumper car once.
I was involved in multiple crashes.
True Story
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wait i wasn’t driving bumper cars? THAT explains why people were so cranky when i hit them in the highway
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I kept trying to get insurance information from the people I hit but they must not have had insurance because they just stared at me blankly.
Now that I think about it they did look too young to own a license.
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*grumble**grumble* stupid underage drivers *grumble**grumble* youth today i tells ya *grumble**grumble* bit of extra grumbling for good measure *grumble**grumble**grumble**grumble*
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How bout this:
LoL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5MmuMJ2qU
I wanna play the new long ranged mage. Although Phreak always makes new champions look OP as hell.
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i love his dance…and yes i want to try him out as well
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Have you played with the Kotaku’ens yet Noobheadshot?
I’ma try get a game in tonight.
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nah Ill do some tonight if you guys are on. If you don’t mind the level difference 😀
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That’s what I was mainly worried about, I can give you the TS details over LoLchat if you’ve got a mic
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I’ll play a random/champion I’ve never played before if you want 😛
But yeah I have a mic I’ll be ready Ro-LoL
(see what i did there?)
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I did human, very nice hehehe.
Well we do all randoms now in our kotaku vs kotaku matches anyway, it’s much more fun!
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Except for when Techy gets the Electric-Ninja-Cat! 😛
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In a 1 in 12-15 chance? xD
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Pffff, Noobheadshot vs everyone else.
See, balanced!
What level are you noobheadshot?
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level 30
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Oh yeah thats right. Well I think CrabJiffy is lvl 29? I’m still at 23 and at last look so was techy. Doesn’t worry me too much though, it’d be good to play against some high level people to get used to it.
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You kids and your levels :p
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It’s the new e-peen measuring device!
Want.
I do like. Even considering paying moneys.
Yeah I got drawn into that with Talon, I’m weak as that guy!
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I love Talon!!! Hes my favouritest assassin in the world, plus his dance is funny.
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Yeah it’s more likely I’m a horrible assassin, I’m sticking to Kennen as my main
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Re: OPness
This one more than usual though, IMO. His Riven one was good; he was ducking and weaving effectively, which at least from what I’ve seen, a lot of Riven players can’t do, but in this video he was just nuking the crap out of everyone.
Plus, that passive. Really not keen to go up against a Xerath.
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Mmm dat passive. Looks like a good mage against physical dps. Haven’t tried Draft Mode yet but my understanding is that you ban champions then take turns selecting. If thats the case then Xerath would make and awsome anti-ad mage with his extra armor and I’d keep Veigar for anti-AP with his ulti to cover both bases.
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I sincerely doubt it’ll be THAT high of a percentage from AP->Armour, probably just only going to be 50 extra armour at maximum build or something maybe less. I’m thinking Rammus here
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I don’t mean as the total anti-ad role, I just mean if the team needs a mage and the other team has mostly AD heroes Xerath would be the go. If they have mostly AP and we need a mage I’d go Veigar.
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I’ll buy him. HE can be number 32. Shen will be 33.
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Shen’s 50% off though!
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Then swap those numbers around! I think I should probably buy one of those champion packs…
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How much money have you spent on LoL so far if you don’t mind me asking?
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It’s been done before, but still appropriate:
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I guess on the bright-side I can, in theory, fill in any role. Maybe not the greatest, but somewhat.
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Very true, you can practise all roles with different characters as well, try to find out which one fits you best for all situations. You’re/You will be more a jack of all trades than I am!
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I have no idea. A lot? I don’t keep track of my money, I just assume it’s evil and spend it until it’s gone.
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That’s a very healthy attitude that I also share.
Evil money needs to be locked away in those cash registers!
Anyone like The Goon?
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Theres more!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLCSs1HVY0&feature=related
Never seen it before but looks pretty sweet.
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Awesome!
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I think you do too, flu.
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If you don’t like The Goon, you’re dead to me.
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Also, didn’t these come out a few years back but Fincher stepped away because he wanted to Social Network?
Are there updates? Is it actually getting done now?
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The one I posted is new. They’re still looking for funding, I believe.
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Just watched a New Zealand ad for Peanut Slab. I’ve never had a Peanut Slab, but it has the word “Peanut” followed by “Slab” and this sounds, to me, like something I have to have. Right now.
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They are quite good, they’re just more peanut than chocolate though 🙂
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I fail to see the problem with that.
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Indeed.
If this was not the case, I’d demand they change their name to Chocolate Slab.
DEMAND IT!
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No problem with them, just stating the obvious 😉
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They sell them in convenience stores all around here. Expensive, but very tasty.
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I’m gonna go looking at lunch time!
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They ae amazing.
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Simple, but effective.
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Just how I like my women.
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A bit nutty
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Slab like?
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Slab like girl?
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Schwing!
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Bound together with chocolate?
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I meant “Simple, but effective.” but yours works too!
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This one’s for all the Metroid fans out there.
http://www.dwellingofduels.net/dodarchive/11-08-Recover_Month/01-PrinceOfDarkness-SM-Crystal-DoD.mp3
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Fair warning: It’s a 20 minute long epic.
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20 minutes of AWESOME!
Okay, this Subway ad isn’t the GREATEST commercial ever, but I chuckled. Inside.
Okay Eff, as promised I made it my mission to find a Big Thing for you on my trip and take a picture of me being silly in front of it.
We got lost in Wodonga searching for this World’s Biggest Rolling Pin http://flic.kr/p/atgMn1 but even though it was actually rolling it was on a roof so the search continued.
We found the World’s Biggest Price for a Platinum Game at Wangaratta’s K-Mart: http://flic.kr/p/atgMLw but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t really qualify as a Big Thing so onwards we went.
Just as I was beginning to give up hope and admit your quest defeated me a sign on our way home promised The Big Strawberry. http://flic.kr/p/ate8BT In front of the Strawberry you can see a board with a couple of steps, it leads to one of those boards with a hole for putting your face in to make silly photos. I climbed those steps for you.
So here at last is a picture of me being silly in front of a Big Thing…http://flic.kr/p/atgLd5
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Awwwwww-Yeeeaah!
For some reason I thought it was a bowling pin. That is a damn big rolling pin, I’ll give you that.
HA! $98 for a platinum game!? That’s just bonkers!
Congratulations for discovering the Big Strawberry! And for taking a photo infront of it! \o/
YOU WIN INTANETZ!
(I hope Mr. Strange was too grumpy about it all)
Blaghs, I couldn’t find the VODs for Nestea vs Virus but someone on Reddit has kindly posted some GIFs of the Baneling hits.
It’s safe to say that we need to nerf Nestea.
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Nestea is imba too?
It does look somewhat unbalanced. It could tip at any second!
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It also appears to defy physics (Unless it’s frozen)
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defying physics would make it pretty imba.
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Indeed
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Look at that green goo annihilate everything!
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Wow. Nestea needs a nerf.
Maybe he’s a pony.
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A Korean pony?
My god, that’d be unstoppable!
Far too imba.
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Whoa, Steve Jobs…
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yeah. damn… poor bloke.
Huh, Steve Jobs has died. According to Herald Sun and Kotaku…
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And Reddit and Apple.com.
I am sadface.
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I really didn’t think it was that far-gone… he really did give it his all before stepping down as CEO. Really makes you admire him for sticking to his ambition for so long
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Dunno what I should say really.
On one hand people die all the time and we shouldn’t hold one man’s death as significant over all others. On the other hand we have just lost an inspirational man who has left a huge legacy to our generation.I think I’ll just say RIP and leave it at that.
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I know that feel, bro. I know that feel.
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This is a terribly, terribly cruel joke, but “iDied”?
RIP Steve Jobs, you’re impact on technology and society has been immense. We’ll miss you.-
Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn’t have made that joke 🙁
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Nah, that was a good un!
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HA! Nice one Lambo 😛
Saying that, major fist-bumpage to Jobs. I never liked Apple (Just having iTunes on my PC annoys me), but the man was legendary.
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iLaughed. iMaBadPerson.
His wiki has already been updated with his death too – talk about quick!
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Hah, maaaan, ever since the news went up, I’ve been trying so hard not to make a joke like that, and then follow it up with a “Too soon?”. I’m just a terrible person like that.
RIP, Jobsy.
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I made a joke pretty much as soon as I heard.
You have to get in quick before other people beat you to it!
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Yeah one of the guys in the office that I don’t know decided to pop his head up and say “Steve Jobs is dead!” like he’s trying to grab attention, ignoring that I mentioned it to the guys near me already… Geez some humans can’t show a little respect for their own?
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Respect for the dead?
That sounds like something a human would say.
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As a knight I do have respect for the dead as well. It’s within my programming
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I actually think Aussies are fantascit at using humor as a way of dealing with sadness and loss. It comes across as disrespectful, but it is just a coping mechanism.
While in poor form, it does serve a purpose. I would not suggest doing stand up at a wake, but this kind of stuff should be taken for what it is.. just people dealing with sad news.
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I’d say it’s the same everywhere, not just Aus. Except maybe in the US where they can be a bit uptight about things like that.
The Irish are probably some of the best at making light of a dark situation.
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fair point, I guess my experience is just locally… Comedy should have no limits.. if it gets a laugh, then go for it..
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I was living in London during the 2005 bombings. At work we were watching the news as it broke, and when they showed the bus that had been bombed I made a joke about open-top bus tours.
In other words, comparing this:
http://bit.ly/olYXeP
To this:
http://bit.ly/qQze0r… I got in a little bit of trouble.
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Well if anything was going to save the 4S 🙁
I don’t mean that with any disrespect, but I find it sad that his last memory of his beloved company was possibly a bunch of whiny ifanboys.
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It’s the only real reason I hate Apple, cuz of that community attitude impact
Yeah that was NOT the news I was expecting this morning. It’s a huge shame he has passed.
My first computer was a Macintosh lol. That thing was awesome, since it had games and such on it. I was a happy child back then lol.
Why does Riot do the imbalanced pricing options thing like M$ points? Surely the amount of money gained from it is outweighed by people like me who are turned off by it.
I mean, people like F4ction will spend the money regardless but are many people really suckered in by the “Don’t have quite enough so buy more and then have not quite enough for the next one” thing?
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I’d say it’s all got to do with how their free-to-play model works, yeah it does seem like milking the consumer, but remember, this is the only way they’re making a profit for future updates, support of the servers and the actual running of the servers
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I like to think f4ction’s purchases averages out amongst all of us and justifies me not paying for anything.
That said, Astronaut Teemo.-
I bought those skins cuz I love the game, and Riot deserve my money in exchange of my appreciation.
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That’s why I give them money!
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Yeah skins only, not getting boosters cuz then I feel like I’m cheating
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Wait, People can buy boosters that affect the game? Is that like health/attack/ap boosters? That sucks if it is.
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No, XP and IP boosts.
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IP and (summoner) XP boosts.
Generally people are okay with IP (I think it’s ‘Double IP for X amount of days’), but they argue if you use XP boosts, you’re just cheating yourself out of game experience, so when you hit level 30, you’re going to be less prepared than if you slogged out all 30 levels without boosts. -
It can be for X amount of games, X amount of wins and X amount of days for the IP/XP boosts
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Oh yeah sure, and that’s fair enough.
I just have this thing where I just like having physical proof that my money went towards something. I don’t like buying digital copies (Portal 2 and Deus Ex were exceptions – they were cheap and I wanted them) and I don’t like buying DLC, because all I get is an extra entry on my Steam list, rather than a box. I look at these skins and other things when I used to play F2P MMORPGs, and I’m just “C’mon, it’s just cosmetic!”. By all accounts, they deserve money for how much I’ve played the game, but it’s a hurdle I need to overcome.
Yeah but I would spend more money if I got my moneys worth and I suspect many people are the same.
If you could say pay $10 and get a full price champ and a half price skin exactly then how many people would do it more often?
I would wager for every person who just goes for it currently there is one or two who see it for the robbery it is and spend less or nothing.
Change it and I reckon they would gain customers and easily increase profits.
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Yeah that I can agree with you on, that would be pretty neat if they did do that
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And the thing is, do you know how close it is?
82.
The $10 option gets you 1380 and 975+487=1462.щ(゚Д゚щ)
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Wow that is annoyingly close
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So I’m looking for the cheapest xbox 360 I can find (new, obviously, I want that warranty) and I found this: http://www.ebgames.com.au/xbox360-154063-Xbox-360-4GB-Rugby-World-Cup-2011-Bundle-Xbox-360
I don’t think I’ll get a better deal but do I really want a 4GB 360? Help me, TAY! Help me find the cheapest 250GB 360!
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Big W will do a 250gb console for $398, stores don’t usually stock them but get someone else to pricematch?
http://www.bigw.com.au/entertainment/video-games-consoles/xbox360/xbox360-consoles -
Thats a pretty cool deal. for $300 you cant really go wrong. But 4gb might be a bit small does it accept portable hardrives for storage??
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they all do, but only up to 16gb. flash ideally.
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I could probably get by with a 8gb USB for storage!
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Sure you could do that, but having a larger hard drive is a much simpler approach.
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If you want to put a hard drive in you have to buy an Xbox 360 one, it’s not like the PS3 where any old 5400rpm 2.5″ HDD will work.
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Dude, Im just looking at the 23 September harvey Norman catalogue…
We have a winner!!!!
$378
250gb console
KINECT + kineck adventures
AND
GEARS OF WAR 3http://www.harveynorman.com.au/product/1256980101897/xbox–gb-kinect-bundle
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Alternatively they do the 4gb bundle with either rugby or kinect for $276.
But I strongly suggest you get the above 378 deal with gears and a 250gb HDD and kinect for an extra 100 bucks.
large HDD is the best thing i ever got. Never worry about demo’s, DLC, installing games to HDD etc.
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I bought this exact bundle from EB for $10 more and the main reason for it was to have access to a bigger HDD after having to suffer with a 20gb HDD for so many years.
Being able to install games and completely ignore disc space is a godsend.
Also having my console no longer sound like a washing machine about to achieve orbit is a nice bonus. And it goes “ding” when you open the disc drive.
Get it.
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Damn, I just did the sums and with my current bills I won’t be able to afford one this pay 🙁
Silly me, jumping the gun abit. Oh well, two weeks.
You could always try to win one…I am 🙂
http://v-energy.com.au/v-gaming/promotions/v-gaming-promotions-xbox-giveaway/
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good luck.. but a competition to say its awesome to drink high energy drink while sitting for extended periods!!! not a great idea actually.
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Cool comp if you like V & MW. Might pick up a can just to enter, would love a 360 but can’t afford one 🙁
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V is the best drink for gaming because it forces frequent nature breaks, reducing the rate of rage quits. I have a few words to spare.
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It doesn’t really do much for me. Makes me want to piss like a race horse about it. But Rockstar seems to keep me alert.
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That’s the joke.
V makes you pee, so you have to take breaks from gaming, allowing you to calm down and rage quite less.
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But I don’t get ragey during games. Mainly cause I steer clear of MP FPS games, apart from CSS & TF2 which I play for fun. People usually rage at me though haha.
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I thought everyone drank Earl Grey Tea whilst play MW
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English Breakfast FTW!
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I believe you mean Irish Breakfast.
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If that means tea with whiskey in it, I need to start drinking more tea!
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I know I do, old bean!
pip pip!
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Morning everyone! So Steve Jobs passed away, that was not what I was expecting to see this morning. Just want to add my opinion to Steve-O’s above. That is the good thing about Aussie’s, especially in eulogies at funerals that I’ve been to. The people always tell funny stories and jokes to celebrate the life they lived, not the fact that they’re gone. I’ve always found it a lot easier to deal with grief if you can make jokes about it, even if they are dark jokes.
Also, what are the chances of Dark Souls being in stock at any store by tonight? I didn’t preorder but really want to get it if I can work out my budget to afford it!
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Dark Souls released today, right?
Should be out!
Said it before, just in case you missed it: $88 at GAME for the LE seems to be cheapest local.-
Yeah I know it was released today and there’s a GAME just down the road from where I live. It’s late night shopping tonight and I was planning on going down there. Just wanted to know about the likelihood of them having stock. I should probably just call them and find out..
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Sometimes you can get them to hold it for you if you mention a time when you can pick it up.
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Yeah I might give that a try…or maybe I’ll just leave it. If they still have copies tonight, then I’ll get it. If not, then it might be a blessing in disguise to my bank account.
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I’m interested in this game, but all the marketing seems to be focussed on difficulty and dying and what-not, which puts me off. I don’t mind a challenge from time to time, but if it’s just constant punishment and death I’m not interested.
Give me your best pitch, Bish.-
Want to borrow Demon’s Souls to see if it’s to your liking?
That’s sort of a pitch, right?
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I never played Demon Soul’s but after reading reviews and seeing the trailers, I’m sold on Dark Souls.
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Oh and wow sorry. Meant to say FatShady’s post above! Looked at the wrong handle!
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I share that opionion with FatShady too. My Grandma always said if you can’t laugh you may as well lay down and die with the rest of em. Shes 79 (big 80th this new years) and is always telling dirty or politically incorrect jokes at big Country Music Festivals that she sings at.
One of my favorites from her:
An Irish man is drunk at a pub attempting to pick up a barmaid.
Irish Drunk: C’mon luv, why won’t you come back to my place ay?
Barmaid: I can’t sir, you see, I’m on my menstrual cycle.
Irish Drunk: Thats alright! My mopeds out the front!
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Morning love!
(>^^(>00)>-
Morning! Nothing like a sneaky poke to wake me up!
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I have a blister on my fingers from writting so much in my business law exam. holy crap 😐
I’m sooo over it and sooo glad it’s over for another trimester.
Soooo space marine tonight – hopefully
Man i miss it so much..
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I miss you too!
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GGGGOT THHEEE SSSSHAKES YYYYYET? 😛
EVERYONE WHO LIKES TEKKEN (for example everyone at Can’d Meat, seemingly).
Ltd ed of Tekken 6 for xbox is $9.99, starting in about SEVEN HOURS at ozgameshop. (My guess is at 7:30 pm EDST)
http://www.ozgameshop.com/xbox-360-games/tekken-6-limited-edition-game-xbox-360
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http://www.ozgameshop.com/deals is the real link. they have advice and everything. I didn’t know they did deals. How cool 🙂
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“UK Mainland Delivery Only.”
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Did not see that. Sorry.
Just assumed that OZGAMESHOP, which has its prices in Australian dollars, would sell all its products to Aussies. :S
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Collector’s edition Arkham Asylum in 6 and a half hours.
I just set my phone to go beep when that happens so I can make my purchase.
I am mad now. I had a customer ring up yesterday who had a wierd problem with his GPS thing. I said i would send a loan one to them on the bus yesterday. The bus people agreed and i thought it was sorted. Turns out the morons didn’t send it and i just got a 20 minute lecture on why i should of told the truth and said i was bringing it down in the morning. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Dude, your job sucks. I can tell.
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I don’t know why but i think all the stuff here makes it my ideal job, it intrests me keeps my mind working i enjoy the work. But i never seem to get to do the stuff i like about the job it gets bulldozed with talking on the phone and frieghting stuff and paperwork. Also the people i work with are mostly jerks.
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you should hire a somebody to do all your not fun work
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I have a aprentice and he does all the fun work:(
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The hoodie that comes with it are the ones Dr What and I were wearing at the Meat, in case anyone was wondering what they looked like.
Xbox 360 = white hoodie
PS3 = BlackhHoodie
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dammit supposed to be a reply to Shane.
NOOOOOOOOO broke my record of never neglecting the reply button.
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Haha, I figured you would already own a copy 🙂
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How so?
Is Eats a Tekken fan???-
What’s a Tekken?
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It’s the opposite to a givin’
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that joke was truly tekken it to the next level.
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We were so cool in our matching hoodies!
Lambo.
iTombs.
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They’ll change the way you see funerals.
… and just one more thing. Braaaaaaaains.
Well, at least I know I’ll be nice and warm in the afterlive.
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Guys isn’t it a little too soon. I mean it was only very little time ago.
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It probably is, but at least I’ve acknowledged I’m going to hell.
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i don’t think your going to hell, because i don’t believe in such things. I just think its a moral grey area to poke fun of the recently deceased.
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Eh it’s the Australian way, just like paying out close mates.
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Maybe, but its not completely like that, ITs like this quote from the office.
I would never have called Oscar faggy had I known he was gay. You don’t call retarded people “retards”. That would be in bad taste. You call your friends “retards” when they’re acting retarded. And I consider Oscar to be my friend.
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I’m sorry if I’ve offended you Rocket.
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You haven’t, i am only a little defensive because someone at work the other day made some bad taste joke about my father who died a little while ago. I don’t like disrespecting the dead.
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Perhaps but Steve Jobs was not your friend or the friend of the people making Jokes. He is a personality – well known and respected but emotionally detached.
Making the jokes to people that were close to him would be a douche move but for the rest the quickness of it is a sign of how well known he is. The jokes will outlive the obituary and thus so will his memory.
We don’t know him well enough to cry so we laugh while we remember him.
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I agree with Rocketman.
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Me too.
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Three.
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I was going to bitch about Steve Jobs’ death filling up my news feed and sound like an insensitive person, but then I found two possibly-offensive jokes on it. I laughed at them so I’m probably going to hell.
Apple is now like the rest of America: Jobless.
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but apparently not cancer.
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Nice. We had birthday cake at work and everyone made Steve Jobs jokes.
It was touching.
@Effluvium Boy
Re: Dark Souls commend on previous page.
I put off playing Demon’s Souls for ages because all I heard about it was how hard it was and how you’d die heaps.
I finally did get around to playing it and to be honest it wasn’t half as difficult as I expected. I mean I did die quite a bit and there were some really challanging fights but once you got the hang of things and understood how the game worked it wasn’t that bad.
I’m expecting Dark Souls to be similar. Hard but not as hard as people claim it is.
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Demons’ Souls is a very hard game if you’re impatient. It rewards being careful and paying attention. That’s the best thing, it isn’t unfairly hard, any player who is sufficiently adept can tackle any situation as long as they handle things correctly.
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Thanks!
I think I talked with Strange and Bish about it at Sydney Meat 1.0 and they said something similar.
I enjoyed Ninja Gaiden’s difficulty (On Normal I think…) so if it’s on par with that, or even a little harder, then I’m keen to give it a go. -
For srs, ‘Flu.
Shoot me an email with your address and you can see how much you like Demons’ Souls before jumping into Dark Souls.
People know my name, I guess? and[dot]wt[dot]ho[gmail,all that jazz]
I guess other people are free to email me if you want to say hi and stuff.
What a classy way to start page 8.
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Effluvium Boy: Keeping it classy since Steve Jobs died a horrible, horrible death.
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Sorry guys, it was pretty cold. Feel free to report the comment.
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I won’t, mine were probably a bit bad as well.
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Best start to a page this week.
So GAME are holding onto a copy of Dark Souls for me…not sure if it was the right decision for my bank account or not. Whether or not I pick it up depends how angry my gf is at me when I tell her 😛
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Man its great being single, don’t have to justify purchases to anyone but myself. Also the constant lonliness is cool too !
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Haha I didn’t have to justify purchases until we moved in together a couple of months ago 😛 and even now I wouldn’t have to if I didn’t have that big bill from Telstra coming, otherwise we’d have plenty of money.
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Thanks dude, your making single life look really awesome!
“I am kidding your making it look shit”
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Haha I’m sorry man 😛
Single life can be great, just like being in a relationship can be great. They both have their ups and downs and there are aspects of both that I love. But you don’t want to be in a relationship just for the sake of it, then you won’t be single when the right girl comes along.
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Dude its fine i was being silly. I am perfectly fine the way my life is at the moment. Maybe i could get out a little more but i laugh alot and have fun so i am happy!
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Well that’s good then. As long as you’re happy, that’s what matters!
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His making did what?
I’m starting to think your inability to differentiate between your and you’re is deliberate :p
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You know i really just don’t care enough about my writing to re read it. That is a terrible attitude to have!
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You should know when you’re typing!
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I look at the keyboard when i am typing. I never learnt to touch type and i am okay with this!
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I mean that it’s like there/their/they’re, you should know which is the correct one to use as you’re thinking of the sentence, not upon reviewing the sentence :p
Silly North Queenslanders, can’t grammar.
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If she’s angry at you just tell her she can watch you play as you suffer and rage through the game.
That’s punishment enough.
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Hahaha probably 😛 well I think mum still owes me some money because my 21st didn’t cost as much as we thought it would. So maybe I’ll hit her up for that and use that money to get Dark Souls.
Good idea getting them to hold a copy, I just picked up the second last copy from GAME in Parra. Damn thing is selling like hotcakes.
How much is it in store? I got mine at JB for the free wall scroll!
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Wall scroll is only for pre-orders I think…
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Yes. I pre-ordered. That’s why I get a wall scroll that’s for pre-orders.
That’s how cool I am.
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You are a cool dude.
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Ice, ice, baby.
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It’s $88 in store.
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Turned out JB dropped the price from $94 to $89 so that was fine.
Hi,
If you are interested about Trials Evolution, here is an exclusive interview that some forum members got about the release.
Contains a stack of information that had not been released previously
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I’m just replying so you know that someone paid attention to you 🙂 <3
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I dont even spam here half as much as I used to… still only you care.. thanks buddy…
Everyone is afraid to talk to me now that im all famous and what not.. you know with the TV work im doing… haha.
Anyway, once the Trials Evolution release date is announced, i dont care if anyone is listening or not, FatSpammy is back baby!
Everyone better get that damn game. Seriously if you are on my friends list and i can see you have not played Trials Evo I might boot you off! … (not really).
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@Steve-O, that joke was hilarious! Your grandma is awesome!
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Out of context reply FTW.
To rock on from the Dark Souls convo on the last page:
Where do you think I can get the cheapest Limited Edition of the game online? And Ozgameshop is out because they don’t have it.
I was going to buy through TheHut too but I hear they’re part of Zavvi so screw that.
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I bought mine through Zavvi, came to $62. Can’t really help you if you aren’t going through them (which is fair enough).
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Well I’m in no rush so I might just crack and try TheHut to get that cheap Limited Edition. I want dat artbook 🙂
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This is one of those few times where I simply must get the limited edition.
Normally, I don’t care. Sure there are a few limited editions in my collection but I never paid extra for them (and I didn’t this time either, shut up) but this is the first time I saw a limited edition and was willing to drop the extra cash.
Then I found out I could get it for the same price.
That was a good day.
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According to Sir Bish Bishington of Bishteshire, Bishland, $88 from GAME is the best retail rate.
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D’OH!
“Online” … Such a dufus… /o\-
Well I’m happy to get it local too, I just want the lowest price 🙂
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Hey, this is me!
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Dungeon Crawl have it for about $68 I think? Not sure if it’s the Limited Edition though..
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Not the limited edition.
Shame Aussie retailers seem to be charging extra for the limited edition despite most places charging the same price as the standard edition for it.
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So the $88 copy at GAME? Is that the Limited Edition?
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Booyah!
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That damned Korean pony, so imba.
@ Jamesmag as you seem to know about them (and or may sell them) what would you recommend as a good wireless modem/router for gaming? Will have the xbox and ps3 and laptop connected to it. Would like for it to be able to do decent xbox and ps3 online at the same time. Moving out soon with my brothers and need one, if it matters any the internet connection is with iinet. All on the same floor, probably 10m away max as it will be centrally located in the house.
Open to anyone and everyone though, much appreciatd for any and all help in advance.
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Hey dude. Long time no talk! Where’ve you been hiding? Not doing work I hope? *shudders*
Well if you’re with iiNet, the BoB2 is pretty good, but if you don’t want to spend all that money. The Netgear DGN2200 is a pretty good modem. It’s wireless N so faster than your average wireless and seems to be pretty stable. It’s what I was using at my previous place for online gaming on PC, XBOX and PS3. It even has a bandwidth monitor so you can see what quota your online gaming is taking, if that interests you at all 😛
We sell it for $139 but if you come see me in the Service side and tell me who you are..I can probably do it for $125. But you can get it from nearly any retailer than sells modems.
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haha yeah pretty snowed under atm, money isn’t an issue i was looking anywhere between 2 and 3 hundy but if there is something cheaper that does the job better then thats fine.
I just don’t want a router that will drop out regularly (or at all) as at home currently with a dlink it will cut out if utorrent (Probably about once every 5 minutes) downloads a hell of alot. is that the isp (telstra) or is that just the router?-
Well Dlink aren’t very good so probably the router. If the DSL light keeps changing between flickering and solid, it’s a possibility there;s something wrong with the DSL line to the house..
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dammit spam filter taking away my replies or something, i dunno. is there any point in spending more money on something like the Netgear DGND3700? i would like it to stream fairly well too and also hopefully it will last at least a couple of years
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*stream video dammit,of any quality
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It’s up to you dude. It has gigabit local ports, so if you were plugging in any of your devices, it would make data streaming across the network that much faster. Which isn’t a big deal for internet as internet is too slow in Australia for that to make a difference, it’s mainly for copying data across a network. Apart from that, the dual wireless networks isn’t really necessary, unless you want to implement it. It’s completely up to you. I personally wouldn’t spend the extra money on this because the extra features aren’t any I need.
And either modem will do you until the NBN comes to Perth, unless there’s a power surge or something similar of course.
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I’m also in need of a new router, so that solves that little dilemma.
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I helped!
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Looks like umart has it in stock for $94, so there’s another dilemma solved.
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Wowser. That’s cheaper than we buy it in for 😛
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There’s a reason I buy computer gear almost exclusively from umart. This is probably that reason :p
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Awesome! I currently have a Modem -> Wireless Router setup which seems to create problems. I picked up a schmancy netgear modem but it kept dropping the connection. Can’t remember the model no but it seems alot of people had the same issue. Also, it looked like the modem had been used before (previous owners settings were still saved) and returned.
Trjn, that alot was for you.
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If it was the DGN2000, that model had a LOT of issues and they basically almost had to do a recall of the entire line. The DGN2200 is the successor to that and all the issues have been fixed as well as a new design.
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Yeah, that sounds right. I called them up and they blamed my DLink dongle. Like that was also affecting every other wireless device in the house.
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Yeah they tend to do that. Netgear support are horrible to deal with but they make really good quality modems at an affordable price generally.
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Story behind “Huntsman”
25-1b words.
Go!
(Anything to do with Jack West Junior?)
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Nailed it, read every Mathew Reilly book and cant wait for next week!
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I thought it would be something like that! What’s happening next week?
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Scarecrow and The Army Of Thieves! I thought that was next month for some reason. AWESOME!
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AAWWWW-YEAAAAAAHHH!
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Boo Yah, i will be all over that book as soon as it comes out, no sleep, no work, just the book, “my precious”
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Bish after trying to send you a pointless email..I’ve come to the conclusion that either a) I’m retarded and can’t figure out the code you put it in. Or b) your first name is not actually Bish 😛
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I’m pretty sure his first name is Bish, otherwise why would we have called him that at the meat? It definitely wasn’t Ruffleberg’s fault.
AHAHAHAHA!
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I sense there’s a joke I’m missing. And I think I’d call you Blaghs rather than Sean in real life 😛
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His name is:
& + http://bit.ly/oo0gdo-
aaaahhh IGETIT!!!
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I know most people by their handles and would normally call them that in meat space.
“You know what his name is? His name is Bunny! ” – Strange, to her son while I was playing pool.
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Yeah see, before the first Meat, I figured we’d call each other by our actual names, but when it came to the day, I know people by their usernames and handles, and referring to them as such just felt natural.
Rocketman was a special case though. He was all “Call me by my actual name!” and we were all “Haha, no.” So there was the added benefit of annoying him. -
Yeah, people kept calling me by my handle, which was weird. No matter how many times I asked them to call me by my real name … wait …
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I always wondered whether you called each other by your real names or handles at the meats. Now I know.
Do you ever get people giving you looks when you go out into public space and they hear you calling each other Bunny, Strange, Rocketman, Bish etc?
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They just think we’re even more awesome than they originally thought.
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Yeah, it’s just like being in a motorcycle gang.
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It’s really not as big a thing as you’d expect.
I’ve been going by this handle for so long that real life friends I’ve known for at least a decade will call me Bunny or Trjn or some other variant.
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I like people using my real name but i don’t want people who accidentally stumble in here knowing who i am. I have always been called my name by my friends and at work i am known by about a thousand nicknames. I don’t hate them all just most!
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How about we give you a nickname that sounds like a real name?
Like Alistair Webb?I lived with a guy named Christian, but we all called him Danny.
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My friends used to shout FACTION! out to me when I drove by or saw them at various places etc. My friend’s mum once asked “what kind of parent would name their child Faction?” thinking it was my real name for about a year. She eventually caught on.
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Your… name isn’t fuh-fork-shun?
/o\
Do people use Dr What’s first name, or has it been phased out over the last couple of Meats?
I thought his first name was Dr.
Even my Mum calls me Dr What now.
But you can call me whatever you want, Flu.
So, last night my mother drank a bottle of wine. When I told her to go to bed, she accused me of attempting to use Jedi mind tricks on her.
If I was, she would never have known…
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My mother once drank a box of wine then accused me of farfnargnbggrfd.
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Okay that one made me lol a bit
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my boss glared at me for my lol
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When i was much younger, my mum once drank half a cask and decided she’d teach my friend how to flip a guy because she “once did self defence”
After my protests of “no mum” it ended up with me going through the coffee table
Not one of her finest moments
The biggest lol came when my friend said “is she drunk?” – embarrassed is just said “no she’s, uh, happy…”
There is a company that create agricultural products. Their name is Dow AgroSciences.
This makes me think of people in lab coats yelling at each other and smashing beakers on the floor.
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i totally wanna work there
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In my head it’s like Aperture, only angrier.
Every day would be like this: http://youtu.be/Dt6iTwVIiMM
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Cave Johnson is now my mentor, that guy is awesome… plus, you know, science
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“i punch those numbers into my calculator it makes a happy face”
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LoL tonight?
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Hope so but I don’t know if anything funny is on TV
Iseewhatididthere.jpg
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Hope so, we’ll see if I’m free tonight
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I’ll join you guys if you’ll still take me.
What time do you guys usually do a game?
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We usually start gathering on TS at 7:30pm, maybe a bit earlier for others.
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I’m on around 7:30pm by glorious Victoria time. But I might be a bit late as I’ve got to check the tyre pressure and oil on my bike!
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Right, you crazy Victorians / NSW’ers are in Daylight savings right … So 6:30 for me, I should be fine for around then
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I’m keen as! The missus is on night-shift and there’s still one left-over pasta-bake so maximum gaming time!
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\o/ wohoo… night shifts is our scape goat :P… only time i actually get gaming done properly, otherwise it always goes:
“i’m going to go…*evil glare from missus*
…up…
*eviller glare*
…SHUT UP WOMAN IT’S MA PUTER TIME
*glare that would send the devil running*
…why of course i wanna watch home renovator
interior improvement designs 5001 with you honey”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdWkKKSckNk
Such an awesome advertisement, why can’t companies release these ads here.
I’d be happy seeing that ad in a cinema, and I’m not even what you’d call a PS3 fanboy.
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One bad ass ad!
@DAN
Just got the package you sent me. I opened it outside like you said. HAHAHAHA there is glitter all over the f**king carpark HAHAHAHA.
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That’s Amazing! 😀
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Side note:
Can we start calling you “Sparkle Tits” now?-
Dammit Loops don’t go handing out my stage name to everybody!
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Mags the Afromag Sparkle Tits. Wow. This is getting out of control.
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In my mind this package consists almost entirely of glitter, with a small amount of propellant to help spread it. The box is also around a metre cubed.
Please, don’t ruin my dreams with the truth.
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1.1 actually
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For some strange reason I pictured the Jokers giant presents from Batman:AA when you said this…epic 🙂
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It’s got an Xbox game in it, but the bag is twice the size of the game and over half full of glitter! The ends were taped up so the only way I could open it was to rip it about a third of the way down and all this glitter came out. Was hilarious!
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I pulled a nose hair out of my nose the other night while studying.
I cried manly tears.
Man was it ever a bad idea
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Crying? Really? I just sneeze violently(the only way I know how to sneeze) for about 10 seconds, then reach in to grab another.
Then I start crying.
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Well, it wasn’t outright sobbing – but tears were formed.
I also think i heard women lamenting.
Strange, that.
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I was not lamenting! 😛
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I cry all the time and pull nose hairs out to STOP
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Damn – that’s manly… not the crying the whole time part, though
I wonder if that’s what the dudes from gears of war are like?
“Dom – i think i feel a tear. Pinch my nipple!”
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There once was a marine from alpha prime
whom traversed the warp through time
but jamie durie appeared
it was worse than he feared
and now he’s on top power-armor design
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There once was an Ork named Mork
who usually looked quite the dork
his custom made choppa
was a real squig-stoppa
made of old newspapper bonded with pork-
you dear sir needs a solid shot of SPAYCE MAUREEN straight in the veins me thinks
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Have you guys seen the latest tweet from the Westboro Baptist Church? Those crazy bigots…
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Does any else find it weird that churches and the dalia lama and the pope have twitter?
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Well Margi J Phelps tweeted (from an iPhone, no less) that WBC will picket Steve Jobs’ funeral, saying he had a huge platform, giving god no glory and teaching sin.
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Wow the irony there it’s so thick I need a plasma torch to cut it.
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Meh.
They’re trolls and they’re trolling.
Seriously, their whole schtick is to antagonise people to the point of violence and then sue anyone who assaults them. Have you noticed how the majority of the members of the church are lawyers?
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It’s truly amazing how a church mostly consisted of one family who seems like they literally keep it in the family, can muster up the brain power to obtain legal degrees.
Yeah that’s pretty ranty of me, but I have reason! I couldn’t believe that this lot picketed the public memorial for Ronnie James Dio last year, a peaceful & loving man, more Christian than any of them are. It was truly disgusting.
Also I despised everything else they picketed before Dio’s memorial. But yeah, I am a huge Dio fan, so it was a vile act if you ask me.
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They’re trolls.
Highly practised and dedicated ones.
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Yep. It’s disgusting as well. Yet they’re allowed to do what they do under the US constitution.
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I like the idea of some lawyers/people knowledgeable about the law going there and counter-trolling them.
I know some american states have laws that allow non concealed weapons, so I’d love to see someone go and very pointedly not threaten them.
Laws are fun.
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There’s a biker gang that counter protests them regularly and similar groups set up who know exactly how to get in their way without crossing the line.
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If everything else offends this “god” chap then surely Twitter must!
Went to post the link to cheapskate on the cheapskate facebook page and was somewhat confused when it said that Adam Jensen was one of the admins…
😛
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He never asked for it.
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I changed my facebook name to Adam Jensen.. That’s why!!!!
I’ve now changed it to Tad Modsby (a nod to the HIMYM series) 😛
Why are people getting all weird about other people respecting the dead? The dead don’t care anymore, and if they did they might prefer the honesty and humour to the grim and grey sombreness. I know for a fact I would hate it if people started thinking I was a saint just because I’m dead. I’m flawed, just like anyone and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t want people to suddenly stop saying bad things or making jokes about me when I’m dead.
Seriously people, respecting the dead is fine, especially if you respected them while they were alive but it doesn’t mean when they they stopped being a real person and became a saint that you have to only say nice and serious things about.
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*there should be a ‘died’ in between those two ‘they’s near the end.
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Wait wait wait…. so you’re NOT a Saint, Strange? But I’ve been praying to you every week!
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*starts sobbing, takes down effigy from the wall*
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Hey! I was going to burn that.
I mean… err… nevermind, carry on.
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*starts to prepare the goats bloodleftover from the sacrificial shapes goat to the Greater Blaghs* guys which way is a pentagram again?
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Yeah maybe i am a little over sensitive when it comes to death. I just have been taught that way from my mum!
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the way i see it is that you do not make jokes about the death, like the actual event, but any humour that stood before about the person still stands…
as strange said, the permission doesn’t become a saint because of death, but making deliberate jokes about the death is wrong…also Death has a horse called Binky but that’s another story
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You are a wise man pixely.
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*adjusts monocle*
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Binky is awesome. Terry Pratchett ftw 🙂
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Terry Pratchett is a god among men. I love his books.
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^^ this… Terry Pratchett has taught me many things
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I learned a lot from Pratchett*. He’s one of the influences that made me want to become a writer and his use of pop culture references and stealth philosophy changed the way I view media.
*for example, how to use footnotes.
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that guy is pretty amazing, i wish i had a create mind enough to come up with even half the stuff he does… even his so called kids books (the wee free men) was amazing
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Death: I’M OFF OUT.
Albert: Where are you off to, sir?
Death: IT SEEMS I HAVE…
*puts on shades*
A JOBS TO DO.
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There is another side to the argument, and it’s that there are people in pain (obviously not the dead person) and it’s in bad taste to defile Facebook pages or plaster bad jokes on the internet for them to come across.
I respect pain more than I respect the dead, and death causes pain. That’s it.
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I agree with this whole heartly. Obviously the family of the people who die are in a hella lot of pain. That pain stays around for a really long time, longer then people who haven’t experienced death know. I think that was the main point i was trying to illustate. Although none of us know Steve Jobs, the family must still read the media and jokes like this wouldn’t make them laugh!
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I wasn’t trying to argue. I agree with you completely about respect for the bereaved, defacing Facebook pages of recently deceased people and other things like that is abhorrent. I just find the whole throwing around of the phrase “respect for the dead” confusing and used in completely the wrong manner.
I wrote a huge post talking about why agree with you, but it added nothing new.
Instead I’ll say:
Hear, hear!
Well when I’m dead I’ll come back as a ghost and wreak vengeance against EEEVERRYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAA
But no really, it’s just the way I’ve been brought up. Respecting the dead is a huge thing on my mum’s side.
I’m capped for like the 2nd time this year AND 2nd time in a row this year 🙁
Sure it’s nice Telstra shapes me to 256k, but Twitter won’t load for some reason even at this speed 🙁
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Telstra *shudders*
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Hey! Only provider in my area that doesn’t have a dodgy line (my mates on TPG and others in my direct area DC too often) & they don’t have this regional/metro pricing crap. Still can’t see how we’re considered ‘regional’ it’s the southern fucking hub of the Gold Coast for christ sake!
Plus I get awesome speeds with them 😀 Mainly why I am capped ha.
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I love getting capped (sarcastic).
The ISPs say you get capped to whatever speeds, except it always manages to feel so much slower than 56k.
Ah, those were the days. You could download a song in a half hour! 20 minutes if you were lucky!-
I know! I thought I could tolerate being shaped to 256k but I guess not lol!
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I endured being capped last night. Was looking at my little network monitoring program and I doubt downloads on my laptop made it past 50kbps.
Except when I was getting stuff from the iiNet freezone, which was cruising at a lofty 1mbps.
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So how long does this DST thing go for? Just realised it’s going to make playing LoL with all you guys even harder than it has been (once my internet is connected of course).
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a few months. I might still be on to play with you. I am a hour ahead here. and so is stevo and trjn and whoever else the qlders are!
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Yeah Mags you can play with the QLD’ers – we’re the cool kids!*
*may not actually be cool or kids
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Sounds like we need to have state v state grudge match…
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Haha you guys have to take numbers though!
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South Australia isn’t in Victoria, New South Wales, or the ACT.
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This changes everything.
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Awww, now I’m all sad
TToTT
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Pretty sure you’re 2 hours ahead, mang.
NSWers and VICians (?) have been bumped up to 3.-
Don’t forget ACTerarians.
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Yeah, good thing he lives in the ACT. Otherwise there’d be nothing here.
Nothing.
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You guys!
I’m blushing now.
But it’s all true.
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Yeah you’re 2hrs ahead. Okay I’ll just play with the QLD’ers 😛
i dunno, till people tell me i’m early to work i suppose :P… usually i think it’s somewhere in march or april… but then again i’m not very knowledgeable in this 😛
april 2nd i think
But I play LoL into the midnight range, surely that’s enough for YOU PEOPLE.
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What do you mean “YOU PEOPLE?”
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i think he means us white people. Nice going Faction exclusion FTW i am with you all the way!
Note: IT WAS A JOKE
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Haha I knew it was a joke 😛 I thought it was from Tropic Thunder so I was responding in kind 😛
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What do *you* mean ‘YOU PEOPLE’?
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That’s what I’m talking about!
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People capable of growing amazing afros.
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Sleep an I rarely see each other anyway so let me know if you will be on and I will hang around later.
So Huntsman better be happy. Saved him $24 on his modem just then 😛
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Thanks man, I owe you, you might get my email address from Mark or Tracey in the next few minutes or so but if not, hit me up as i dont check Tay much anymore and would like to be kept updated if there is a Perth Meat in the future
daniel(dot)millson(at)rcrtom(dot)com(dot)au
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Man you don’t owe me anything. I was happy to help. I’ll be sure to let you know dude. I’ll put you email address into my contacts 🙂
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peoples! lemme know what your favourite batman costume is?
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i believe i need more of an explanation sorry im in a rush…i have 6 minutes before i leave this work and have to head to my other job and as i have no interwebs at my other job and will be bored waiting for customers i want to draw batman for funsies…but i dont know which one i should draw hence the request 🙂
mkgo!
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I kind of like the Dark Knight Returns vision of Bats, which is why I’m going to play Arkham City with the DKR costume. Old guy ftw!
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dude he has a horse o.0
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Because he’s the god-damn Batman.
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I’m rather fond of the Young Justice cartoon version.
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ill try that one first i think 🙂 thanks dude
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I really like the art style they’re using for Young Justice, although I have to admit I don’t think Martian Manhunter or Superman look particularly good in it (nor Wonder Woman, for the five frames of screen time she’s had).
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Well I only have one, so I guess that’s it. Rides up in the crotch though.
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I’m a fan of drawing the animated series Batman, standing in the dark, with his eyes closed.
It looks kinda like this. But blacker. http://www.hdgamewall.com/wallpaper/black-2.jpg
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i read that as if you where being serious then i opened up the pic and loled. i feel stupid now
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Azraels suit from KnightFall is pretty sweet, or the other dimension one ( that Kevin Conroy voiced in The Brave and The Bold)
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I REALLLY wish i had something good to say… 🙁
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Oh great – and THAT’S how i start a new page?
Epic fail…On a side note – THAI PEOPLE ARE BLOODY INSANE!!
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AND IT’S FOR A VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL!!!
WHAT THE FUDGE?!??!?!
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Yo Dawg – i heard you like swords in yo face…
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JAMESMAG!
I’m glad you took my advice.
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Hahaha 😛 it actually made me piss myself laughing when I saw it. Funny thing as well. I “disposed” of the packaging in this box which I thought was the bin of the production area. Turns out it’s their box for printer paper, which is now covered in glitter. HAHAHAHA!
Sooooo sleepy today.
After seeing a guy kicking a football into the uni lawn area fence today and saying he’s a lone wolf, I tried making a metaphor by saying it’s just like one person playing squash against the wall. *HEAD DESK*
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i don’t wanna know what head desk is !
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Head desk, apply directly to forehead!
Head desk, apply directly to forehead!
Head desk, apply directly to forehead!
Head desk, apply directly to forehead!
Head desk, apply directly to forehead!
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Well, someone’s enthusiastic…
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I don’t… quite… understand.
D:
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It wasn’t a metaphor.
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Oh!
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I don’t understand the guy claiming to be a lone wolf. And how this relates to the fence.
Because I’ve seen that fence. It seems quite unrelated to wolves.
I think it’s time for me to go and buy Dark Souls. Au revoir, mes amis!
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Can you help Zavvi/Royal Mail/Aus Post to speed up my delivery while you’re at it?
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*uses psychic powers*
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Are you strong enough to apply that awesome psychic power to all pre-orders from Zavvi? I seriously had to spend my money on other things today just so I wouldn’t be able to be tempted to buy Dark Souls from a bricks ‘n’ mortar store.
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bunnings?
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What are you getting it on?! I’m getting it tonight too! Thinking PS3 but not sure if I should get it on Xbox maybe..
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I’m pretty sure the majority of the TAYbies are getting it for PS3, and I’ve heard that it runs a bit better on the PS3, so yeah.
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Awesome, PS3 it is! The joy of having both consoles 😛
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I love that feeling!
The main downside of course is that I only have easy access to the 360.
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That puts a downer on things. Well my PS3 was playing up on the weekend, but seems to be alright now. The HDMI kept cutting in and out. Was really weird..
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Could be worse? Could be JET ENGINE WHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Mine has started doing that 🙁
DON’T DIE PS3! PLEASE DON’T DIE!!!
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@Trjn
Iiin West Israel, in the Third Crusade,
On the rooftops was where I spent most of my days,
Killing guards, grabbin’ stabbin’ all cool,
And all shootin’ some archers outside of a school.
When a couple of guys, decked out in black hoods,
Started makin’ trouble in mah neighbourhood!
I got in one little fight and the Pope got scared,
He said, “Somebody stop that Assassin named Altair!”
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woow.. that… was actually really well done \o/
TAKE THAT WILL SMITH
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Wow that was awesome flu. Yo rhyming skillz aren’t smelly.
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AC!!!!!!!! \o/
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This. Wins. All.
+1000 internets to you good sir 🙂
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Well, I just got schooled.
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Not my intention.
You provided the inspiration.
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This. This is amazing.
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To Dark Souls or not to Dark Souls? That is the question…
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Do it! All the cool kids are doing it!*
*This depends on whether you see me and other Kotakuites as being cool
Also..Xbox or PS3?
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Good man. PS3 for me too! It looks amazing! And very frustrating!
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Managed to grab their last limited edition, won’t get a chance to play until tomorrow night 🙁
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We need to buy a new car-seat for my son so I’ve been looking at a couple of different models. I liked the look of this one http://www.mothercare.com.au/p-22205-safe-n-sound-maxi-rider-ahr-convertible-booster-seats-licorice.aspx#viewproductdetail and told Mr. Strange about it as a possibility. This was before I read the description fully: “-Speakers in headrest for audio pleasure
-2 rotating cup holders
-2 pivoting arm rests provide further comfort”
!!! Speakers? Cup-holders? Did they just throw those in at the end of the description to see if you were paying attention? Now I feel bad for my Mum who paid the same price for one for her new car so she can drive my son around but it doesn’t have speakers or cup-holders. 😛
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wooow, i feel the need for one of these all of the sudden… i don’t have any kids but i’ll be SO comfy on the backseat when we roadtrip 😛
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holy carp, luxury child seats! :O
I had an old thing with weird restraints and no cup holders 🙁
http://www.explosm.net/comics/2570/
I totally fell for that because I use Chrome ;x
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HAHA that is excellent… i was stumped for a minute there too 😛
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WHO’S THAT POKEMON?
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Pikachu??
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Nether ruins are cool, dial-up is not.
That is all.
I finally finished my video today. I have spent well over 20 hours working on it over the past few weeks and it is DONE! I have submitted it for final review and i hope to share it with you all soon!!!!!
God i hope it was worth it!
Anyway, off to play some sleepy Gears campaign… (me sleepy, not the game!)
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sleepy Gears campaign!?!? HOW DARE Y…….
Ohhh wait, you are sleepy and still going to play Gears?
WELL DONEE! SIR! WELLLLLL DDOOONNNNEEE!!!!-
haha.. so freaking tired but had to finish that act… onto act 3 tomorrow…
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Finished Arkham Asylum. Shame about the Killer Croc section… and the final boss.
Other than that, rather nifty game. Now I’m allowed to look forward to Arkham City.
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Slow walking is best walking.
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Yeah, I konw what you mean. Overall, I freaking loved the game. The only letdown was the boss battles. I mean, none of them really felt ‘epic’ or even noteworthy. I was especially disappointed with the Killer Croc section as well. Mainly because he’s probably my favourite villain(next to The Joker of course) and I love how they’ve visualised him in the game.
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Ivy’s fight was nice although a little too easy (most of the damage I took was because I rolled into her vines while dicking about throwing batarangs).
Scarecrow’s fight was a bit of a let down but made up for it by being the best part of the game prior to that point. And the hallucinations prior to the fight were brilliant.
Bane was basically a warm-up act for the titans you fought later on.
Killer Croc’s section just went on for too long. He wasn’t a threat, just a nuisance, at least once you work out that you can stop him from attacking by throwing a batarang.
Joker was just pointless. You get up to him, deal with his minions (Party Pooper achievement unlocked) and then the entire fight is basically: fight wave of minions, use gadget on Joker, repeat three times. Could have been much better, but still doesn’t stop the game from being awesome.
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Killer Croc was almost my favourite part. My absolute favourite was when you meet Clayface. So. Effing. Awesome.
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Wait, clayface is int it? I think I must have missed that somehow. But, yeah, that Killer-Croc section was awesome 😀
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I found him, it was a hell of a nice little surprise. It’s in the area where you get the decrypter thing, there’s a cell with Aaron Cash in it and then after you talk to whoever the important NPC is… the cell has that NPC.
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Yeah he turns into Warden Cash and then Commissioner Gordon.
Also if you look at him while in Detective Mode, he has no bones.
Oh god. I just got myself so excited for Arkham City…
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They were amazing at throwing in little details for the fans. The Riddler challenges were a big part of it but things like Clayface or posters for the Iceberg Lounge really made it feel like a real goddamn Batman game.
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So tired. Was playing Uncharted 3 multiplayer for a bit, and then was watching The Slap. Uncharted 3 multiplayer is just great fun, expecially the cinematic starts of each match. Then just climbing and jumping around makes the game seem a lot more open and fluid to navigate around. Plus it never gets old pulling people down from the ledges.
The Slap was also pretty interesting. I haven’t read the book, so I don’t know how much they’ve changed and added, and there were bits that seemed to set up future subplots that don’t seem terribly interesting. I would like know how the situation resolves. I suppose I could read the book, but that’s effort.
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ADD ME FOR UNCHARTED, YO!
hombre12582
I had a great time playing it as well. If anyone else has it we should try and make a KotakAU clan?
I’m not sure if I like Underground, though. The start is real cool with the trains but the actual map itself feels really big and empty. Especially that back section.
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I loved the train bit at the start, I didn’t mind the main map itself. The bit at the terminal was just dead and nobody was there, but the big open section was pretty cool.
You should probably add me, I’m probably going to forget as I’ll get home at like 7 or something. My PSN is NotoriousR, funnily enough. I don’t know of anyone else playing it, but I think there’s a good chance oggob will eventually get it and play it.
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I watched that too. My wife has read the book and I haven’t, and she was keen to see what they’d done to it for TV.
Interestingly I liked the show, she didn’t really.
Though, WTF is with every show these days containing redundant narration?? Not a single useful bit of information or tone was conveyed through that narration.
Damn you and your domination, Steve-O! Tristana was basically impossible to stop.
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So painful….
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Alot of the losing was my fault. Not attacking at the right times. Dying a fair amount! Sorry guys!
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No I also fed Blags a fair bit and generally played terribly.
They had a better team comp and used it well really.-
Yeah, not having ranged at all really hurt us. Oh well, them’s the breaks with random mode.
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Well I did say not Rocketman and Numbers in the same team… but did I enforce it? Not really. Ineffective leadership again also accounts for it 😛
Plus I screwed up my Skarner build, should’ve gone Randuins Omen rather than Force of Nature (Cuz yeah magic resist is tops against a team with 4 AD champions…), I would’ve lasted a lot longer, however it did defend me from Tristana more than anybody else.
Numbers’ brother was pretty good at not getting killed. His death count was surprisingly low. Truth be told I should’ve swapped with Numbers cuz I had a basic idea on how to use Kassadin, and since he was the only viable mid… yeah I screwed up in letting numbers go 1 on 1 with Steve-O
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I don’t think numbers did too badly, though I was not paying that much attention.
He was using a champ he had little or no experience with, in a role it was not designed for, against a more skilled player using a champ he knew very well.By the time the turret went down I think he had 3 deaths? Which is not too bad considering and I had two and died a third soon after.
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That’s still quite a lot of gold regardless to put him ahead of the rest of us, and a fed Steve-O is never a good thing for the opposing side
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True enough, I have seen people do worse in better situations is all I’m saying.
Like this Morde who was all “I’m a pro at mid” and 15 mins later the enemy Annie was 6 levels ahead and one-shotting everyone, without using tibbers.
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Kassadin’s just a weird champion.
Me and f4ctions tried him out, and for an Assassin, he just doesn’t seem to hit very hard. Some good skills (Numbers managed to Riftwalk his way out of a few ganks, and that silence hurts on squishy characters), but yeah, weird. Melee, Mage, Assassiny… thing. -
“f4ctions”?
OH GOD THEY’RE MULTIPLYING -
I am legion.
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Can you do the Robot?
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I can dance if I want to. I can leave my friends behind.
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You aren’t touching me f4ction or any other robot! You sick bastard 😛
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Next time you can pick the teams Techy!
I’ll be on tonight for more LoL’in FCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I did nothing noteworthy!
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Wait no, I let Harli die in that first bit.
How about that no damage output. Pretty cool.-
Not your fault, we were both squishies 😀
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Yeahhhh, still. Just watching you die after getting double exhausted and not doing anything about it but watch, really. feelsbadman.png
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I need to get Flash already, so I can run around Summoner’s Rift Flashing people and stuff. Flash.
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You most definitely need to do exactly that.
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Saviour of the universe!
DUN DUN DUN DUNDUN!
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Meh, no penta kill, not even a quadro kill, I am disappoint Steve-O
I am keen for some more LoL tonight – but are we gonna play more KvK or split into teams of people around the same level for PvP?
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I’m happy to do either. I am going to work on a Xarath build today if I have time (probably not). And try to sort my buy orders for Pantheon and Dr. Mundo.
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What f4ction said. Although it’d be nice to not just have the “1” next to my name, because it is LIES AND DAMNATION.
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Just lie and say that the ‘1’ is your current ranking in the Asia/Pacific region for competitive LoL play.
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If we do KvK what would peeps say to Draft pick with the bans and stuff?
Could be interesting.-
I can what would happen with that:
Team 1 has banned Kennen.
Team 2 has banned Garren.
Team 1 has banned Rammus.
Team 2 has banned Tristana.Still keen to give it a go though, would be good experience. As far as I know Draft Mode is all they play in Ranked.
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Oh yeah, you ban Kennen I’ll kill you all… with Caitlyn, or Master Yi, or maybe even Skarner when I get that build right! 😛
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Team 1 has banned Tech Knight
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Yeah Draft mode is pretty much mandatory for Ranked matches
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Yeah pretty much, I just want to see what it is like without jumping into pvp.
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Hey that’s an idea! We’ll see if we can do that
As a new member to the TAYbies group I am still learning the rules and behaviour of the memebrs around here (Sometimes I forget and still wear pants)
Would somebody please enlighten my to how you guys connect for LoL. I would be interest in being a buffet for you guys
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Add me on LoL: TechKnight and I’ll pass on the teamspeak details to you so you can connect to chat with us in the future. 🙂
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Have you got the LoL client downloaded? Go to the the home page, sign up (put steveothedevo as your reference :P) download the client and connect. My summoner name is steveothedevo. When we play we communicate via teamspeak, for which you will need to ask FatShady for the server details.
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Thanks guys, I’ll have a look when I get home
I certainly hope Piranha Games finally drop the bomb today and re-reveal Mechwarrior 5. Buggers have been teasing it all bloody week.
By the way, if this is everything I hope it to be, I will be for Mechwarrior what Chuloopa was/is for Space Marine. Fair warning 😉
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I have absolutely NO problem with that – i have been waiting for this for AGES too.
Also, on the space marine front, the guys at Space Marine are meant to be releasing some more info late today/early tomorrow – more than likely involving that glorious co-op
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Niiiiiiice
I was playing the Forza 4 demo last night when I saw you jump online, so I jumped across to Space Marine to join your game but you had already disconnected. I ended up playing a few rounds anyway and now I have almost hit level 30 😀-
Yeah sorry man – i connect direct from my 360 to my modem via ethernet and it drops out pretty regularly for some reason.
After 3-4 trys i just gave up and settled on playing some more of the single player.*******SSSPOILER WARNING******
Why did they have to kill Sidoneus? I loved him like a father 🙁
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All good man, I know what that feels like. Had connection issues for aaaages.
Well I guess they had to kill someone, and Leandros is too much of a tool for anyone to care about 🙂
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Yeah – he is a bit of a dick… he also looks so young to be an honor guard… where’s all his scars and shit? He’s like a baby in power armor…
Honor guard are seasoned veterans.. and veterans wouldn’t waste ammo shooting an ork that’s already dead!
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Bloody hell I hated Leandros…
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Man, I haven’t played SM in a while because of the terrible connection issues (still, since patch). Once the Last Stand stuff is released I’ll actually bother to load it up again.
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Still horrid on PC, hey?
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Yep. Haven’t even tried my PS3 version 😛
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co-op? CO-OP? *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE**breath**EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEk
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It’s going to be like rubbing your man bits against a silk bathrobe – awesome
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Can’t wait to break out my Space Marine and stomp some ork skulls online with my battle brothers 😀
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*breath* sorry guys still going EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
*manly chainsword bump and butt slap*
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I’m imagining a Space Marine butt slap occurring with a heavy *CLANK*, and that makes me laugh.
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*spits in tincan* you ‘n me both pard’ner
KOTAKU SYDNEY LOOPY MEAT
Ok so we can start organising this now.. Basically Jetstar screwed up our return flight home (see cancelled) – so instead of leaving STUPID early on wenesday morning, we’re now leaving at around 10pm Tuesday night.
This means that we have to check out of our hotel on Tuesday morning and wonder around aimlessly until 10pm – and when things close early on tuesdays, this may be a hard ask.
SO i spoke to Bee and suggested we meet with you guys on Tuesday evening, so we’re not struggling to find something to do before catching a cab to the airport.
This also means that you guys can still work/go to uni/whatever you usually do without us interrupting your usually schedule.
So i thought if we meet at around 6.00pm, that would give us a good couple of hours before bee and i have to head off to the airport?
How does this sound to everyone? Yay or Nay?
The date would be Tuesday 1st of November (please don’t try to pinch and punch me, i won’t be held responsible for what i do to you – or what bee will do to protect me [she gets crazy loco, yo])
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Sounds good! I get off work around 3, so I’ll just hang around the city from then! I’ll shoot you an email with ma phone number so you guys can gimme a call whenever you’re free…
I’ll bring IRN-BRU!
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zomg?
I finally get to taste the sweet nectar of Irn Bru???-
Indeed! Prepare for moving of your blind!
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Moving? Mowing!!!!
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aww, so no more Sundayz?
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Well sunday is when we actually land – i mean we probably could – it all really depends on when it’s best for most of you peeps – it was just a thought, really 🙂
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Okay 🙂 I’ll go with whatever is best for everybody. I work in the city so it’s easy for me to get there on Tuesday as well.
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Well my thought was that we could have a bite as a group then do something rad.
Because, you know, being rad comes naturally to all of us
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OH MY GOD!!!!
HYUKAEGFUIGIEFGA!!!
ASDGAEGUIAHWERUIHBAREUIPG!@!!!*SQUIRT*
*TWITCH*AGUFYBVAWEOFIOUER!!!!
TRANS-FUCKING-FORMERS!!!!
FINALLY A FOLLOW UP TO WAR FOR CYBERTRON!!!
BRING IT ON – BITCHES!
*TWITCH*-
breathe loops – breathe
You know what would be awesome?
A collectors editions with eithera. a transformers toy (or two)
b. a rad statue – i’ve always wanted a rad TF statue. Like, rad to the MAX-
or, or you’re own “Peter Cullen” voice modulator? p-please?
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yyeeaahh thats right “you are own” that was totally deliberate… it wasn’t meant to be “your own” at all -_-
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You’re actually Grimlock, aren’t you?
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“me, ferret, is not grimlock” *cough* uuhh i mean no i’m totally not o.0
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GRIIIIIIIIIIMLOOOOOOOOOOOCK!
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Grimlock not stupid
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You’re all welcome, by the way 🙂
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – BRILLIANT!
You just made my day 🙂
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And are we sure it’s not overkill?
He seems to be looking at Optimus like a meal..
It probably is Grimlock though… Overkill is too core *flicks hair back from face, adjust oversized glasses*
So this morning I realised that after finishing Arkham Asylum, I’ve actually beaten the single player of all the games I’ve currently got on rotation. Sure there are some dregs from Shameless Gaming (like Darksiders) but until I get Dark Souls or Arkham City, I’m without any shiny new games.
Then I remembered Starcraft. Guess who’s going to be working out a basic strategy to annihilate every race today?
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SCV Rush… works 2% of the time, everytime
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I have a feeling that might not be the best strategy for me to use.
What with me playing Protoss and all…
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aahh i see… PROBE RUSH…. wait what? *clenches buttcheeks*
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admittedly – i actually lol’d at that
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LOL genius
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1. Construct more Pylons
2. Construct even more Pylons
3. ?????
4. Prof…er…victory?-
1: Construct Probes
2: Construct Pylons
3: Go to 1
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What happened to Demon’s Souls?
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It’s not currently on rotation? With the servers about to go down and Dark Souls about to come out, I think Buttercup might just be done with. Taking a break was a big mistake.
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Maybe you should give up on writing about Buttercup and just try and finish the game in preparation for Dark Souls.
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That’s also an option.
Man, I will get so rudely violated, from memory I was up to the Armoured Spider in the mines and had to go get fire resist gear from 1-1.
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Yeah I really want to finish it before I start Dark Souls but I have almost half the game to go 🙁
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The game won’t be as awesome once the servers go down 🙁
At least they kept them up till Dark Souls came out.
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Sorry bout missing the Kotaku LoL game last night guys, I was logged in like an hour before hand and thought to myself “hmm there should be enough time for a summoners rift”. It was possibly the worst game of my life and it went for 80-90min.
Needless to say after a game of my team and my opposing team flinging insults at eachother like “OMG U TERRABAD!!!” and “UMAD!!11!!!!!112”. I just couldn’t stand to play any more LoL.
Hope you guys had fun though
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Did you win though?
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Nope, which is what made me rage quit.
In all honesty I have never rage quitted in a LoL game. I usually just shrug it off and then “ehh next time” but that game … it was just sooooo horrible.
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It was fun although our team was all melee. Curse you gods of randomness!
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haha, I’ve done an all random and we all got mages.
Good times, good times*
*Good times not limited to being positive in anyway
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but trolling multiplayer games is THE BEST!
Was just in a meeting at work.
Noticed a bit of green thread sticking out (what I thought was) the bottom of my trouser leg. So I pulled it.
Turned out it was in my shoe. I kept pulling.
I ended up pulling about 60cm of dental floss out of my shoe.
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Silly Effluvium, you’re supposed to take the string out after flossing your shoes.
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i know what you mean i ate a big red candle.
Wow 60cms in there without you noticing. At least you got some extra for later!
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“that’s what she said”! *badum-tish*
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While this is a good call. I fail to see how one wouldn’t notice 60cm’s.
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iiiiiiii am not even going to go there 😛 0.0
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Now that your secret emergency floss stash has been revealed, where will you hide it next?
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What i’d like to know is HOW?!
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In Effluvium’s defense Dentists do recommend that you “floss after every meal”. They don’t actually specify what too floss
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Tinnia is VERY serious business
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A poster of Loops pointing
“Only you can prevent Tinnia. Please brush and floss you feet daily”
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“sweety what are you doing?”
“imma flossing ma toes”
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Refer above
SERIOUS BUSINESS
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Kind of forgot to link to this earlier, but Part 13 of my Batman Arkham Asylum Let’s Play is now up on Youtube.
Content dispute free! If only because I managed to get that dispute sorted out overnight.
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I like hearing everyone’s commentaries on these video’s it makes me laugh. Also i thing we are gonna have to do a play through of playing avatar the last airbender!
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That can be arranged.
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Well I’m thinking of doing a Kotaku Magicka adventure playthrough with myself and Steve-O. Note: Newbies only if you want to join on the carnage 😛
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Ill join you guys, need to play Magicka. I have the game but have never played it
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i’ve been thinking about purchasing Magicka… i knowm i know it’s cheap on steam… but Space Marine… so there…
anyway if you want a completely incompetent idiot that’s never played the game before \o/ i’m that guy
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I think it might be fun to get some of the more experienced heads involved. But apply arbitrary restrictions like for certain sections cannot use the S key or cannot cast magicks except for revive.
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Dude i love he S key!
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I want to join in!
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I’ve never played multiplayer magicka (or finished the game for that matter)
The idea is appealing to me
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So I seem to have developed a strange split personality disorder.
Not that I swap between myself and that of Kotaku’s first lady. Which would be awesome, if not a little confusing.
Anyway, I get up for work at 4:45am. That’s early, but fine. I can cope. I understand that I really need to go to bed around 9, maybe 10, for a good night sleep.
Yet at night, I seem to think it’s a GREAT idea to stay up playing games, or reading, or working on some art. And to continue doing this till after midnight.
Then in the morning I curse my “last night self” for making me so tired. I shuffle through the day a sleepy wreck.
Then, as evening approaches, I suddenly decide I need to play games, or read, or draw until past midnight…
this has been my life for the past few weeks.
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my god 0.0, must be contagious, because i have the same thing…. my best remedy for stopping this… is coffee, more coffee topped up with a mild-stroke and then coffee
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I has the same thing except i don’t drink coffee. Worst descion of my life so far.
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coffee can be substituted for any heart-attack-in-a-can although purple rockstars is preferred…
or straight espresso shots, side-effects may include; yelling, shouting, screaming and spontanious development of bristle-grade chest hear-
damn you lack of predictive text that knows what i want to write… HAIR…. CHEST-HAIR…
and now for a story about a head that meets a desk… repeatedly
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Past me is a dick, future me is a beleaguered fool and present me is a mediator that keeps siding with past me.
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In my case, Past Me is a hopeless fool, Present Me is awesome, and Future Me is a dick
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You’re not the only one, I do this all the time. The solution is to swear every time you wake up that you’ll go to sleep as soon as you get home, and then when you get home, ignore that promise and say you’ll do it tomorrow.
Rocketman, I forgot to ask before but when I was away I noticed you saying you were breaking up with us. Were you just momentarily having a crisis, or trolling us, or did everyone convince you to stay? Is everything okay with you now?
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I don’t really know actually. I KInda examined my life and i thought that changing my routine of not being here everyday would make me more willing to try new things and go out and meet like minded people. It turns out it isn’t you guys that is stopping me from doing that it is my own unwillingness. So i think i fall under momentairaly having a crisis. Plus the days that i weren’t here was so boring. I think i am okay, i still want to meet new people just my attitude toward life is that i am a big scaredy cat afraid of everything different.
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Do what I did, man. Get a motorbike, tattoos and start to attempt to join one of the top 10 bikie gangs! Meet boatloads of new people.
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That is actully part of my problem dude, everytime i think of making a change i scare myself out of it with thinking people might view me in a negative light about this. It is stupid but i can’t change it without alot of effort. Going to canberra to visit you guys took alot of effort. Also i probably wouldn’t of gone if i made my plane tickets refundable.
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Hows the riding going anyway? Having fun? Any near-misses? Are you really trying to join a bikie gang?
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Riding’s going alright, though I’m back at work now so can’t really do any.
And sort of 😛 Guy my mum is seeing is a member and is taking me on some club rides in the near future. He reckons I’d fit in pretty well so I’m seeing how it goes.
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And no, no danger so far!
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Haha cool I spose!
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The other thing is that i am a judgemental twat. Not only with others but myself as well. It has been pointed out on more than one occasion around my work that i am a big nerd and play games. I constantly veil this and think to myself nah i am not really nerdy. But then i talk to you guys on a gaming forum all day. I constantly think everyone i meet is judging me for even the tiniest thing that i do. You guys are the hidden part of my life that nobody knows about except me. I like it this way and didn’t want anyone finding out i talk to essentially ” strangers on the net”. I really like being here though and i missed it to much! Especially Bish.
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Yeah but what are your alternatives? Go to some pub and meet drunken idiots? Doesn’t sound like your kind of thing, or fun.
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I know they aren’t but i still can’t stop doing it! Thats why i don’t meet new people, i see peoples flaws almost effortlessly. I than i judge myself by the same standard. Its a cycle.
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I understand how you feel – Try talking video games with a football team! Not to mention when I told the new coach that I was a computer programmer – he didn’t understand. But that’s what’s great about kotaku – everyone’s like-minded and you can actually talk about games and stuff. I do veil my nerdy side a bit round the footy guys but that’s cool – I can still get on the piss and be (more of) a bogan hanging out with them but still have the Kotaku peeps to chat about and play games with.
When you finally come down for a lan, we’ll have to go up-town and run amuck, then when we’ve had enough/got kicked out of everywhere we can go back and chill with some lannage.
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You meet new people here!
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Yeah i guess i do, but i rarely meet new people in my life. You guys have alternative hobbies and groups. I Have work life, Family life, Here and a few friends who i see not that often!.
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mmmmm no, no i don’t :P… might be because i’ve only lived here for 5 years, but i got a total of 2 people in my life i call actual friends, the rest is either family, colleagues or TAY… don’t fret man, it doesn’t matter if you know 2 or 200 people… is long as you can share a laugh along the way
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Bowling doesn’t help me meet new people, so I’m pretty much in the same boat as you human. I’m so ronery :'(
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Rocketman, I can so relate to this. I’m going to tell you a little story.
I have trouble making friends in person, mostly because I am shy and don’t bother trying.
Most of my friends are online and live in other places. Most of my local friends have drifted, or in the process of drifting, out of my life… and I’ll just let it happen – it’s what I do.
Beyond work people whom I have nothing in common with, and family, with whom I have everything but hobbies/interests in common with, I see no human beings on a regular basis.
Various internet things keep me sane during the work day, but I try to save the rest of my time for RL stuff.
That’s a formula that might work for you.
TL;DR: Suggestion: just do Kotaku while you’re at work.
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^ this guy is very much clever… i think it happens to everyone once you “grow up”…
we’re so conditioned to have close friends every where while we study etc. but once that is over it gets tougher to have a social circle…either that or i’m an unsocial dick /o\ -
PS: A friend (ex-friend now, I guess, we haven’t spoken in over three years) once gave me some very good advice that helped me out for a while:
Fake it till you make it.
Seems kind of corny, but if you pretend to be confident, and just go ahead and do things that terrify you (coming to Canberra for example!), you’ll eventually trick yourself into becoming more confident.
It works… to a point. Changed my life a bit.
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I’m a humungous scaredy-cat too. People scare the hell out of me. Part of the reason I went to the Meats and organised my own is because I’m trying to get myself out of my comfort zone. It helps. The first Syd-Meat I was shaking so badly I had to have two drinks before I calmed down. I managed to do the Can’d Meat not only without alcohol but also without caffienation beforehand. All the people here keep me sane when I have nobody other than kids to talk to.
Stop judging yourself so harshly, I’ve been there and it doesn’t end well. It took me way to long to discover the only person judging me was me, the rest was just my fears leading me astray. -
Heh, I have a total of three friends I catch up with more than every few months. And I live with two of them.
Seems to be the way of adult life, people drift apart and mostly live in their own little worlds. With work taking up most of your time that’s just how it goes.
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That’s true. Just look at the most successful friends ever, they only had 5 friends each!
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Dear Rocketman,
I made a joke about you being a girl last night after you left.
Your abusive pal,
Bish
Hey Rocketman,
You sound like me. Don’t fret the small shit, dude. People are shit. Simple as that. But man, you’re a really good dude. (From what I can tell)
Most people judge everyone they meet. Do what I do and own what you’re embarrassed about. It took me a long time to figure out that if you just put everything on front street, people actually don’t care at all.
That’s why I whip my child-like wang out whenever I can.
Your innernette pal.
Dan.
P.S. Come to the next Brisbane Meat, ya fairy.
Insteresting ad from Stihl. What do you guys think?
Awesome creative or offensive to gamers?
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I don’t get it.
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i clicked the link twice and sheer hope that the outcome would change….. /o\ i so need coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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I don’t see how it could be offensive to gamers seeing as it has nothing to do with games, gamers or gaming at all.
It was sort of funny though. Mainly because it was so unexpected.
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I didn’t find it offensive, but I thought others might with the implacation that people need to leave the video games and go outside.
Because outside is better or something.
I don’t know if the best thing to do is basically say “STOP PLAYING GAMES AND BUY A CHAINSAW!”
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*rubs chin*
The juxtaposition of camera angles is actually rather inspiring – and the twist at the end was BRILLIANT-
My favourite part was when he mentioned the boobies.
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I found an analysis of that video, brings up some really good points.
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Would I get in trouble if I posted in every single Kotaku article today saying “Hey, this isn’t Mechwarrior news!”?
Because the thought has crossed my mind 🙂
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You’ll be known as SpammyLicks I think
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Do it – i want to see if anyone else gets told off by kotaku for being a fanboy – or if my Space Marine-ness is just unmatchable
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noo, you’re space marin-ness is contagious, like the plaque it spreads to any individual you come near… which is why i’m now a quivering hulk that mutters ramblings about the emperor and inquisition.
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I am planning on giving you a run for your money!
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I highly doubt anyone would call you out on it ,but it is kinda a bit trolly isn’t it.
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Not if it’s Mechwarrior!
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Well it wouldn’t be spam if it was one comment per article right? 🙂
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I will make it my mission to report every post to this effect 🙂
I want my Space Marine prize pack to arrive sooooo badly… it’s chafing in my undergarments… but it probably hasn’t even been sent yet lol
*wiggles impatiently in office chair*
*spins*
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……….
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if the prize pack is chafing your undergarments, i do suggest that you remove it, good as it may feel
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And get them to send your undergarments back to you along with your prize…
Though now it’s clear how you got the prize.
j/k
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Giving your life to the Emperor is not comfortable, but you will find comfort in his service
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I don’t even think that makes sense…
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Success is measured in undergarments; yours or your enemies.
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I wish we had some sort of ‘like’ or ‘+1’ button…
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This!
My god… gold!
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I’m picturing you spinning in your office chair, hitting the ‘e’ button on the keyboard for every rotation before you hit ‘send’ as you fall off your chair.
THIS SONG HAS MADE MY DAY!!
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GLORIOUS
Just started reading the Obernewtyn series for the first time since high school. I have never read the entire thing so figured it could be a good time to get that done.
Anybody know how well it has aged?
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I enjoyed them last time I read them, though that was before whenever the last book was released, and then that book (so while I was in year 11ish) and I think they stood up fairly well.
Though I was really confused.
Anyway, there’s a whole lot of hidden depth to them, which I think makes them stand up really well (for instance, in the, third book, I think, the main character acts younger and more naive than in the second, or something like that).
And while you may look at The Stone Key and think “Geez, Carmody needs an editor” apparently her original draft for it was about four times as long.
In short, I’d recommend the read.
so i set myself a new challange last night (dawdle! will enjoy this) i’ve started to play through the entire AssCreed series without a HUD…
actually makes for a very interesting take on the game as it requires you to pay alot more attention to your surroundings and learn the streets of the cities
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I can see you using the wrong weapon a lot.
Other than that, it would be a good game to do it on I think.
More games should have no or minor huds, I loved Farcry 2 for it.
New Lacuna Coil song sounds so far like they might be moving away from their recent Americanised pop offerings. *crosses fingers*
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They sound more like Lacuna Coil but damn those vocals were overprocessed.
I think I might actually buy a Game Informer due to that epic Fall of Cybertron cover.
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This is why i have a subscription 🙂
herro all
i work in a video store (civic video)
said video store has xbox and ps3 games
the manager of this one particular video store bought darksouls on ps3 and xbox
however he bought the “limited edition” or so he says
So he says to me “Hey you with the face, i have all this extra “shit”(his words not mine) here and I dont know what to do with it…do you want?”
my reply “hmmmm ok”
so i have the limited edition of dark souls on ps3 and xbox without the game…because they still have to hire it out to people…but still with the extra stuff and i thought well im not going to use it so who might oh yeah TAY
so does anyone want?
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I want, if available. I love that stuff! 🙂 Pleeeeez
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The art book is beautiful.
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xbox or ps3?
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There’s a difference in the collector’s edition items?
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no i just have one of each so i thought which one does he want
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oh ps3 black xbox white…but thats just the box
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I heart my xbox more, so I would like that one please.
IIRC you are in Canberra…? I can come and hire the game and verify that you do indeed have a face!
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yes yes i am in canberra i work in both civic video gungahlin and braddon. but im not working tonight. which one is closer to you?
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I’m in Dunlop, and work in Civic. I’m in Gungahlin every Wednesday, but can make a trip anywhere. Can also pick up elsewhere if convenient for you. Totally not fussed!
Thanks heaps! (Speaking of great community…)
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ill probly be in civic around 5.30 where do you work i can makes special deliver 😉
alternatively where in civic u want to meet?
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I leave work at about 4, so that won’t work, though thanks for the offer! 🙂
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well they will be in my possession this afternoon so when ever is cool with me i think im working in gunners saturday night so you can drop by then if youd like
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Are you working now? I could take a lunchtime walk 🙂
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im at my other job in belco 🙁
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Until when (and where?) I could bus by at 4-4:30 ish?
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PS: If we keep this up, we will SLAM the Batguy TABTOL rankings this week! 😀
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i dont finish here until 5 and i have to pick them up from my boss this afternoon around 5.30 hence the reason for going to civic
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Gotcha! 🙂
I’ll try to pop around Gunners tomorrow night then.
This is what I look like: http://db.tt/mqGOacE
So if a black and white blob comes in tomorrow night, you can know it’s me. 🙂
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awesome there will be more than one of us on so if i forget i will most probly be the tallest one there. working that is.
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We’ve been ratted out boys!
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bahaha i knew it was a conspiracy *starts looking at everyone suspicially*
on a serious note though, that is very generous of you and you rock!
no i do not want to steal that swag from someone else more deserving, because i never played demon souls and are therefore not a die-hard fan…
but you still rock \o/
Just want to say this is a top offer.. nice one!
I have decided that this weekend I shall do a very brief Let’s Play of a rather infamous game, but I will not do the thing that the game is famous for.
At least, I hope it’s very brief. Something I can beat in one or two sittings. Little seems to be known about this game bar the known bit.
That makes perfect sense, no you shut up.
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time for you medications
*pegs coffee beans at trjn*
what? it’s all i have
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is your blood coffee? if so can i be your vampire… o.0
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i WILL NOT ask you to su- i can’t even finish that sentence :P… but yes, i do get the occasional annoyance of blood in my caffeine system, but very rarely
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For some reason, I read ‘coffee bean’ as ‘senzu bean’.
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“want a biscuit??? HAVEABISCUITS”
okay i watch too much DBZa, mmmkay?
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What’s the game?
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Splicer, you keep confusing me. If I go back through your recent name changes you are Punishing Hand? Is that right?
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‘Tis I, Lady Strange. This will be my handle from now to eternity 🙂
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I’ll let the world know once I have purchased and finished the game.
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So, Dark Souls.
It’s hard.
But not unfair.
I think I’m going to have to play this more like a Monster Hunter game than I was expecting. Dodge ALL the attacks!
It has a brilliant, moody atmosphere, though, and the environment is gorgeous. I regret nothing about this purchase (Xbox – don’t have a PS3, never played Demons’ Souls).
Anyone else had a tilt yet? Thoughts?
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There is no amount of Jelly in the world to adequately convey my feelings right now.
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Haven’t had a chance yet…will be having a go as soon as i get home from work thogh.
Every time I upload a video to YouTube, there’s a third party content match.
Every time that happens, I dispute it and a day or two later, it gets resolved,
I’m getting a little sick of people abusing that copyright matching thing when they clearly have no copyright on the material. QuizGroupMovies most definitely does not own any of the content that I have uploaded, nor does IGN.
Okay i am gonna make a mix cd for Bish i need a theme. 80’s gay pop has already been taken. I am thinking of going with asian referenced songs IDeas???
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Turning Japanese.
Just Turning Japanese. The entire CD full of that song and possibly remixes.
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If you want a ‘for driving’ CD, just ‘I’m gonna be (500 miles)’ by the Proclaimers on repeat. Best idea.
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i already have that on my cd list. I actually have it in my car
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I put it on the CD I gave him.
One step ahead!
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Vapours??? – Turning Japanese
Alphaville – Big In Japan
Red Rockers – China
David Bowie – China Girl
Fancy – Chinese Eyes
Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok
New Baccara – Tokyo By Night
Lee Marrow – Shanghai
Michael Cretu (Enigma) – Samurai
Sarah – Tokyo Town
T’Pau – China In Your Hands
Heaven 17 – Geisha Boys And Temple Girls
Kung Fu Fighting???-
Oh and “Learn Chinese” by Jin
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Cold Chisel-Yakuza Girls?
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And while we’re discussing Chisel, why not Khe Sanh?
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Of course!
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Oh! That reminds me, while I was away I saw an ad which had 99 Luft balloons as its jingle.
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Thats on the cd he gave me aswell. I love that song!
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Elton John – Rocketman
Just so he can think of you every-time it plays.
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Probably’ll punch the CD Player and throw the CD out the window.
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Steel Panther – Asian Hooker!!!!!
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This.
It’s like I got punched in the nuts by a dude who knows tai chi!
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One night in bangkok – Philip Casnoff
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Turn Your Love Around – George Benson
Beat It – Michael Jackson
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? – Culture Club
Hurts So Good – John Cougar
I Want Your Sex – George Michael
Like A Virgin – Madonna
Let’s Hear It For The Boy – Denise Williams
Rhythm Of The Night – Debarge
The Wild Boys – Duran Duran
Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard
Lover Boy – Billy Ocean
Take On Me – A-HaThe list never ends!
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(NB: I realise none of these have asian references, I was just slow to refresh)
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Those new Vegemite chips are the business!!!
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They made me soooooo freakin’ thirsty.
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Which is why there is Mountain Dew Code Red.
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but but Mountain Dew Voltage… PEZ-in-a-can
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Voltage is available here??!!!
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i found them in a little dirty corner shop in melbourne at some point… now i constantly have a case sitting at home with the glorious liquid ordered from usafoods.com.au 😛
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This site is AMAZING!!!!!!!
Does Strange know bout this!!!!
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I saw them and was all like
Umm… no thanks..
As much as i LOVE vegemite and cheese on toast, i just don’t feel comfy with a vegimite chip
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I felt the exact same way.
Then I had some cos they were in a bowl at a friends place and I didn’t know.
I am now addicted.
I’m not even a big chip eater.-
Oh god, I think I’m going to need to try them now.
Goodbye health.
HAHAHA, of course I kid, I haven’t had health for years.
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[+] here take this medkit
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It’s dangerous to go alone.
BTW OT: I always thought that Link stabbed the guy who gave him the sword and that’s why he flashed out of existence. Any comment?
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Also, Dark Souls Limited Edition is awesome. Not only do you get a soundtrack CD and a ‘behind the scenes’ DVD, the download code for the mini-guide also gives access to downloadable copies of the soundtrack and ‘behind the scenes’ video. Awesome!
And the art book is awesome, too.
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Just read that the hp-recovery ring I chose as a gift at the start of the game only gives you a flat 30-hp boost, rather than increased recovery. Stupid lying game. Tempted to start again and grab the Master Key, now.
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dammit, I REALLY want the limited edition of this game.
Screw it. I’m ordering this off TheHut. I DONT CARE if they’re a Zavvi offshoot company. I just want the Limited Edition.…for a reasonable price.
Soooo.. Beauty and the Geek… yes i watch it, screw you!
For those that are also pathetic, like me – Bendeguz – that dude PISSES me off – he HAS to be an actor!
NO ONE dresses or has mustaches or talks like that!
And the name!!! IT CAN’T BE REAL!!!
PLEASE TELL ME IT’S NOT REAL
Also, one of the beauties looks like a horse, which is, ironically, the same one Troy gave a 9/10 – R U SRS?
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Woah! /Keanu Reeves.
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Dude! /keanu reeves
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I’ve only seen the first episode so far, but http://www.perthnow.com.au/beauty-and-the-geek-contestant-outed-as-professional-actor/story-fn6mhd09-1226156370591
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He is an actor. But Bendeguz is his real name. Here’s the info:
http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/beauty-and-the-geek-contestant-outed-as-professional-actor/story-e6frg30l-1226156266482And yes, that huge mouth on Sarah is absolutely horrifying.
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Wow, three at once?!
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The news is that big!
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Dear Photoshop Pen tool – i love you
I love you, but…
But using you at work to outline things at work is boring the SHIZ outta me!
You make me so sleepy and bored!
What happened, man? You used to be fun…
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I’m also fairly certain you’re giving me CTS
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I love content aware fill…
let us all share our fav features of photoshop!
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Oooohhh my favourite feature is the person that site in front of it that I yell at.
Then pretty pictures come back 🙂
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Sits* he sits there and gives me pretty pictures for my webSITES
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Hey Tigerion, check back a page, I replied to your LoL question 🙂
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You get to use Photoshop at work!?
I miss using Photoshop at work. And Illustrater. And Flash. But not Toonboom Storyboard.
I have Photoshop on my computer, but I almsost never get to use it.
I like the lens flare because it makes everything 300% better!
EVERYTHING!
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i’ll remember that for the next flyer/advertisment i make
Just a lens flare and the words “buy shit”
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Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X71WXhOyWj8
*Language warning for those working*
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Dear Flash Pen Tool:
Go die in a fire.
I has my 3DS!
Of course, all the covers and protective gear hasn’t arrived from Play Asia yet, so I won’t actually be using it; but I get to admire the look and weight of the box, I guess.
Yes, I am one of those people. “Is there a fingerprint on my DS? WHO TOUCHED MY DS WITH THEIR FILTHY, OILY HANDS!?” Shiny is so nice and shiny, but easily dirty, but Matte is so ugly /o\
tl;dr
STREETPASSES NEXT MEAT
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STREETPASS!
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Coming up so that you may forever trap a digital version of myself in your 3DS?
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If I have the cash, definitely. So, probably not.
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Are you ever around Sydney? I work in North Sydney and am always on the lookout for street passes.
STREET PASSES!
noob question!
how do you link a website into a word or a picture into a word? or am i just flamefoxfailing
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[a href=”http://url.com”]words go here[/a]
But with greater than and less than instead of square brackets.
Other basic HTML code like italics,/i> and bold work the same way. Just look up what WordPress allows by default in HTML enabled comments and you can have hours of fun* formatting comments.
*hours may in fact be seconds.
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It helps to not screw up the brackets, lest you end up with mangled comments like that.
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Poor Daysex, I doubt I will ever finish you now with LoL matches, Dark Souls out and Skyrim on the way.
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And Gears. Must play more Gears.
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o.0 Daywhut?
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The truly dedicated gamer forgoes nooners. 🙂
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Daysex… it’s this great game where you sneak around… also women… and stuff…
*mumble* *mumble* *mumble* augmentation *mumble* *mumble* *mumble* *mumble* don’t actually have it *mumble* *mumble* *mumble*I’M INVOLVED \o/
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The best body dragging simulator of 2011.
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while i was outside in the rain i realised what it is…so stupid am i
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Whenever someone ever mentions Daysex am I the only one reminded of ..
/\o/\ SPIDER JENSEN!!!
Because of Optimus Prime, all i can keep saying over and over in my head is “boobies” in a deep, throaty voice
Also – i’m REALLY hungry
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Me Grimlock like boobies.
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that’s all i ever say… unfortunately going in to my local maccas whilst looking like a maniac and exclaim “Boobies” does not yield the result you’d expect… who knew?
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Although, if you go to Hungry Jacks, put your hands in the shape for a whopper, and yell boobies at them, they more or less get the point.
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haven’t tried that…. experiments must be had in the name of SCIENCE
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I’m sure the fact that I knew the person working the checkouty thing was completely irrelevant.
I got weird looks for that. Despite once spending a whole day with a little puffball chicken thing on my head, coming in on a mufti dress day wearing a mini-skirt, and a whole host of other thing, they always seemed to forget that I am exceedingly weird.
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Worst case scenario – you’ll get arrested
On the plus side, Prison has no shortage of boobies!!!You know.. as long as you don’t mind them hairy.. and attached to a man… who’s 7 foot… 200kilos… calls himself beautiful bruce
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well at least they will never complain about a headache…
oooooohhh he went there :P… oh… now i have a headache /o\… Screw you karma
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You’ll just have a bum-ache instead *nods*
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C Program Run.
C Program Crash.
C Programmer Quit.
TGIF.
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BLESS YOU!
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Poor stevo
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Just having a shitty day. Merged in changes that a co-worker has been working on and his stuff has apparently made all my stuff broken. And he’s not back until Tuesday, so I have to go through all his messy code to try and figure out what he was actually trying to achieve…sigh.
On the plus side, its Friday, and I have a bottle of Wild Turkey and half a carton of beer at home to drink while I play LoL.Just 5 more hours…
This Dark Souls soundtrack is excellent.
Also, for anyone who didn’t get the Limited Edition and wants to read the downloadable mini-guide that came with it, I’ve uploaded a copy of it for you here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9u2a1j2qnjrpcrt
For reference, it’s 32MB.
Basically, it’s just early-game excerpts from the hardback full game guide. Still, it contains some handy info (especially for newbies like me).
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This’ll do nicely while I wait for my copy to arrive. I watched the Giant Bomb Quick Look last night and it seems like they hired a blind monkey to do the translations.
Seriously, the terminology used seems deliberately obscure and much worse than Demons’ Souls.
Sure there’s the whole “it’s unexplained, work it out for yourself” thing, but they don’t seem willing to make that easy.
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I hope there’s still someone speaking awkwardly in ye olde English.
Shouting “I ART DONE” when the Maiden in Black asks if you’re done doing soul-related stuff never got old.-
I couldn’t consider it a spiritual sequel to Demons’ Souls without it.
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So I went and bought Dark Souls last night. Was very excited to play it, very, very excited. Finally had some entertainment while I waited for the internet to be connected. I put the disc into my PS3 and it tells me I need to update to 3.70 firmware before I can play. FML
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Classic Afromags
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You mean ‘Glittertits’?
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wasn’t it sparkletits?
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Afrotits?
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I was so upset 🙁
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Download the firmware file and plop it onto a USB?
Or go to a mates’ place and borrow their internet? It’s only usually a ~150MB file, I think.
Or Internet cafe.-
Yeah I just downloaded it at work to an external hard drive so I’ll update it when I get home. Still, so much disappointment. Put aside 2hrs to play it last night and I ended up just going to bed early :/
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Jesus, I did that the other day.
Had nothing to do so I just slept early.
Felt like such an old man.
Next thing I know I’ll have my pants up to my armpits, and be having dinner at 4PM or something.
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Wow.
Wow. That’s uhh. Wow.
I’m pretty sure if 360 games need a certain version, they can update you to it on the disc(at least assbro did for me), so for that to happen is… Wow. That sucks.
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Yeah man, you should have seen the look on my face. Utter. Devastation.
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That sucks Jamesmag…you need to take your PS3 to someones house and use their interwebz 🙂
Fridays hate me
1. I’m STARVING hungry and all i have for lunch is 2 apples, a yogurt and a cup of peaches in syrup – i want something hot and filling!
2.I need a coffee and we have no milk
3. this day is going so slowly it’s draining my very essence
*emo hair toss*
I don’t expect any on YOU to understand
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I finish early today to go to Oktoberfest.
Just thought I’d let you know.
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Almost enough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXv4i3Hz2GQ
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SHIT!
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I just went to our cafe and had roast pork, vegies and salad. Now I am basking in the PURE GLORY that is glass-bottled Pepsi.
Life is good.
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ceasefire… just saying
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I prefer Pepsi Original.
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coffee + milk… whaaaaat?
coffee + coffee… *nods* only way to enjoy coffee…
don’t make me bring out “make a man out of you” again
Dark Souls Y/N? The environments look stunning but I hardly ever play Japanese games and the lack of a… coherent… story is kinda putting me off.
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Haven’t played it yet, but Demons’ Souls was a very Western style game. Pretty much a classic, brutal RPG although the plot is all tied up in the background so you can focus on dying as little as possible.
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Hm, that’s comforting.
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I figure why not? It’ll tide me over until Skyrim 🙂
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If it is anything like its predecessor then it’s all about the challenging game-play, story is secondary and subtle.
And it is no JRPG, more like a dark action game.
Batman meets the Riddler
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6621074/batman-meets-the-riddler
Speaking of Dark Souls, what class is everyone rolling? And what gift will you choose?
I can’t decide between a Hunter or the Thief.
Probably grab the masterkey or the pendant.
Gifts listed here: http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/gifts
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Thieves get Masterkeys anyhow, so you don’t need to take it as a gift.
I’m trying to decide between the three magic classes, Sorceror, Pyromancer and Cleric.
Probably going Pyro, because I like to burn things.
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Yeah, I knew about the thief=masterkey bit, I meant i’ll take the pendant if i go thief, masterkey if i go hunter.
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Recreating my Demons’ Souls character, so I’m going to be boring about it: Knight.
Dying in 3 hits instead of 2 compensates for my lack of ability.-
Same here!
/hi5
can you do a mass game invasion? I played Demon’s Souls with one friend once. It was a major pain in the ass getting on to the same server together, them hiding the mark somewhere out of the way.
But it was hella fun.
It would be interesting to get a posse together.
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They claim some form of co-op (distinguishing it from “multiplayer”), so I would imagine there’s some friends invite system, for rolling around in a 4-man group.
That’s all I know about the multiplayer, though.-
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A warm fuzzy feeling inside?
Because I have a cream for that. -
I’m up for some 4 player questing!
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These comments get mixed up a lot..lol
But hey, count me in, if we can…
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Ah hahahaha ewwww!
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No idea, usually roll a mage type in RPG’s but feeling like some melee action might be fun.
I rolled a wanderer, because scimitars are cool.
Also, I took the life-ring-thingy. The in-game description claimed it gave health regeneration, but apparently it only gives a flat HP boost. Laaaaame.
So I’m going to reroll a wanderer and grab the master key.
i just found out i, i mean we canbarbarians have another public holiday on monday
its called family and community day…
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yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip ahuh ahuh yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip BRIIIIIIIIIING
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Tel-E-phone…ooooohhhhhh
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yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip cow cow yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Is that because the whole community is related? 😛
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yeah we stole the idea for community breeding from geelong
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Bazinga :p lol
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Chuloopa i is making someting i think you will like..it may take me all of my family and community day but it must be done
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unless it’s a Chainsword, Power armour or 1 of the 19 organs it takes to become a SPAYCE MAUREEN, then what possibly could it be? 😛
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please let it be a new cousin! I’ve already gone through all the existing ones!
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i posted a comment saying 1 + 1 = ? and ones where linked to a picture of a space marine and a picture of batman …now its gone 🙁
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god dammit now its back again!!!!
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WAT
No idea what class I should go in Dark Souls…I like to hit things, but I also like to use magic and bows, etc. So I’m pretty stuck 😛
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DEPRIVED!
Who needs clothes, right!?-
I’m going to suck enough at the game as it is 😛 don’t think I need to go unclothed as well 😛
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Just do it in the comfort of your home, then. Symbolically Deprived.
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Hahahaha just imagine my girlfriend coming home.
Katie: Uh…why are you naked?
James: I’m Symbolically Deprived
Katie: What the fuck?
James: I’m becoming one with the game
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Maybe she is hinting at something.
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sooo… be one that can hit stuff with a magical bow?
BAM problem solved *Blind mown*
Pyromancer for you good sir…
http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/gifts
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Damn, wrong link…here ’tis
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That actually sounds very good. Thank you very much indeed. Hopefully my car finishes getting serviced early today as I get to leave work as soon as it’s done. Booyah!
Think I will roll a Wanderer, I picture a dude in a hooded cloak rolling around hamstringing enemies with a scimitar.
I like this picture.
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That’s why I rolled a wanderer.
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Be awesome if you were the Dark Wanderer..
I put up a link to the downloadable mini-guide on page 10. It has a little bit of info on each of the classes.
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Awesome dude, I’ll give it a bit of a perusal later on 😉
if i can afford the plane ticket im going to the EB expo thingy on the gold caost like this
http://www.instructables.com/id/Yip-Yip-Costume/
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Haha thats awesome 😀
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dooooo eeeeeeeet
this is now mandatory uniform for any Kotaku Event… well that or morph suits
@Bish
I know what you mean. I was in bed by 8:30, I thought to myself “hang on, I haven’t been to bed this early since I was about 9..”
Still didn’t sleep very well so tired as all hell now :/
Dinner at 2PM would be better bro, then a quick game of bingo before bed.
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It gets dark at about 5PM in winter, right? That’s still a good 3 hours of yelling at the TV.
And watching Allo’Allo, Gilligan’s Island and Hogan’s Heroes.-
Don’t forget the collection of Pride and Prejudice TV show and Anne of Green Gables.
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Ooohh, and MASH, you can’t forget MASH.
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I don’t know, these DVD things confuse me. They look like coasters. Am I suppose to throw them? I apparently have a “box set” of them. Do I just keep them in the attic?
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I think so…that sounds logical right. Man I remember teaching my grandparents how to use a DVD player…so much effort hahaha.
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And now I feel great about my grandparents, my father’s father primarily uses macs, and is quite proficient with them, and my mother’s parents are quite good with computers, up to the point where my granddad was bitching about Windows 7, and talking about how he preferred xp.
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But…why would you prefer XP over Windows 7? It’s like preferring a Volvo over any other make of car..
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Because it’s what he’s used to. I still prefer some of xp to 7. 7 will always just be “what vista should have been” to my mind. And I’ve used xp for so long that I know all its flaws, and I can navigate it like a pro, whereas 7 is still a new-ish beast to me.
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Oh okay…I guess for me, I work with it every day and fix problems with it every day and we got the OS at work about 2 months before it was released so by the time it came out, I already knew it inside and out because I’d been using it as my main OS at work and at home. I think it’s a huge step-up from XP and I could never go back to it..
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THERE!
I just ordered the Limited Edition of Dark Souls.
I HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAPPY NOW!
I ordered it off TheHut so I’ll probably see it 9 weeks or so.
That’s just enough time for people to offer suggestions for what class to roll. I’m thinking Pyromancer or that Heavy class. Heavy Knight was it?
One of us. One of us.
Such a busy yet pointless day. Trying to find a way to automate mobile HTML5 tests is ridiculously stupid. And all this talk of Dark Souls is making me want to buy it. Like I bought DX:HR and Space Marine.
Oh dear.
ARKHAM CITY IN 13 DAYS!
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DARK SOULS?
THIS WEEK???Nope, not for me. Why is the UK so far away, they should move closer >:C
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ARKHAM CITY!!!!!
You read that new Penguin book NotoriousR?
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THERE’S A NEW PENGUIN BOOK? *runs to comic store*
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http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33191
5 issue one shot.
Came out yesterday.
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BATMAN!
I want my statue, dammit!
Dark Souls!
What sex will you play as?
I’ll be playing as a lady. Because that’s how I roll.
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/le gasp
You’re one of THOSE people!
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Muslim?
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Haemophiliac?
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Vegan?
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Perverted little Dr. who likes the boozies?
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Man, if they had a booby slider……
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Sims 3!
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Actually, if I recall, White Knight Chronicles had a breast slider with some weird name.
Oddly enough, I played that game as a bloke.
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Did you still use the slider?
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reminds me of Weird Science
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Computer + Lighting = Sexy Lady
80’s science waa the best kind of science.
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Virtual Transvestites Syndrome (VTS) is an actual disease… LEAVE Dr. WHAT ALONE!!! /o\
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hahahah!! VTS. I like it.
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There are dozens of us.
Dozens!
I HAVE REASONS!
When it comes to men, I don’t want to a guy who looks like me. I have enough trouble looking like me in real life without carrying that over in to a game. I also have no preferences for a male character’s physical appearance.
When I create a custom dude I make a generic guy and then I’m like “Meh, that’ll do.”
When I create a custom chick I can pour hours in to getting the right arch to the brow, the curve of the forehead, the protrusion of the cheek bones, the contours of the jaw, the fullness of the lips, the perfect almond shaped eyes….
It’s an artist thing. Pure and simple.
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Actually you bring up a good point. Pessimist and I had discussed this before in the past actually. I was browsing through Deviant Art and there’s a category for art named “women” (or females) but there’s no “men”?!
Pez just said, “Because nobody wants to look at wangs”
I suppose there is some truth to the statement.
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For Dragon Age: Origins, I even got photo references to model from so I could get my character looking just the way I wanted.
http://social.bioware.com/da_game_other/portraits/2975000/2974430/2974430.png
Got it as close as I could with the tools available.
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Does it take away from the immersion of it though? I find it hard to put myself in the shoes of a female protagonist.
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I think it might depend on how you role play.
Certainly if you role play as yourself in the game world, there’s going to be a disconnect. At least visually, you’re going to recognise that’s not you.
But if I role play a character I’ve created, then there’s not much issue. I recognise that this character isn’t me, but how they operate and how they interact with others is still a creation from your own mind, and these are the decisions s/he would make. In that regard, I don’t think it’s any less immersive. They are who they are in the game world as defined by your input. -
I’m the same. I never put myself in the game and ask “What would I do?” I play a role and ask “What would this character do?”.
Each character I create has their own personality, beliefs, morals and likes. One character I played as in Dragon Age was quite religiously devout while another openly mocked their beliefs. My main character wasn’t very religious, but she was understanding of those who were.
That’s what makes the game fun for me.
Being someone else.
I’d also like to pount out that of all my DA saves, it worked out at almost 50/50 male female. Fem human noble, Male human mage, male dwarf noble, female casteless dwarf and both elves were female. Because the guy elves sucked.
My human noble was my main play through.
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Fair enough, I never play as a human if I can avoid it so same sort I thing I spose.
I don’t play as if it is me in the game and create characters that look cool, not like myself. But I don’t invent an identity and role-play either. Somewhere in between.
I guess I play as if I am the character but not as if the character is me.
So being female is incongruous to my perspective but a lizard-man not so much because I don’t identify the character as my real self.Man you have really made me think about how I play RPGs.
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My question is helping! \o/
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I tend to avoid rolling any character that is a human male. I play a human male every day of my life. I play games to escape, so if I can i’ll play as female, or another race wherever possible.
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Wow…awkward
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definitely not creepy 😉
Male most likely. Mainly because I’m a male and it makes me feel more involved and stuff..
Very rarely play as a female, just seems weird to me. DA:O being the exception since all the male elves looked like pansies.
While I frequently play as a female in RPGs (WoW, Mass Effect, KotOR, etc), the awesomeness of the wanderer didn’t feel quite as awesome without a penis. No idea why, but that’s what happened.
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okay now i just have bad imagery of a guy in a cloak with his penis hanging out… thanks for that 😛
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Hey, it’s almost like we’ve actually met!
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Augh!
I’ve touched that cloak!
So… unclean!
*tries to sandpaper hand skin off *
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Male. If I play as a female I may be expected to multi-task and that is just WITCHCRAFT.
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also barbarians with less male genitalia and more boobage just seems less barbarian… also doesn’t know how to operate a club as efficiently
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You were saying? http://images.wikia.com/chrono/images/6/67/Ayla.jpg
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[comment retracted] rawr hello
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I will play as a DRAGON!
Dragon is a type of gender, right?
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Yes. Yes it is.
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I’ve dated girls that became dragons for a couple of days each month.
What?
WHAT!?
YOU WERE ALL THINKING IT!
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Well it depends on 1 thing. BEARDS! If I can choose a sexy beard then I will go male.
if i have to stare at the back of a character for more than 2 mins, that character is so ganna be a female.
I’m just saying…
Repneiras you are awesome
why?
hopefully you guys will see during kudos 😛
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Thanks. As long as you don’t play the backstabber. Though he would be an NPC anyway.
Dark Souls
I plan to make a character with a giant sword and an appearance uncanny to Guts, then I shall imagine the whole game is the end episode of Berserk.
Good idea? or Greatest idea?
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Yeah, the character creator isn’t that detailed. You get to choose from a small selection of faces (almost all of them are fugly), a small selection of hair types, a small selection of hair colours, and your general physique.
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But I can still make Guts. Giant sword, cloak, black armor, right? 🙂
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Thanks everyone for the support. I am aware that I am the only person judging me is myself. But change is harder then just saying it. I hope I will find a way to better myself!
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Or just shrug and eat some shapes.
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I missed the love in 🙁
You a funny dude, who is quite liked and well respected round these parts.
Plus you read comics.
If your town is half as bad as you have said before, maybe it’s the enviroment and not necassarily you….. -
Oh Rocketman.
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I didnt get a chance to say it before, but you know how much respect i have for you mate…
hope you find a way through it all dude.
Hi delicious kebab i bought for lunch… have you met my lap? no? well you should!!!
okay the wasn’t the conversation but overall story: kebab and my lap become good friends, work pants ruined, no lunch /o\
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Eat your pants. Problem solved.
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point well made sir… now my colleagues are asking me where my pants is and what is that in my mouth
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Can you win Kudos for one single comment.. this should win!
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@SteveO
Wild Turkey American Honey FTW.
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you said it \o/
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I have two bottles of this at home but have yet to try it. Is it good?
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It’s not just good, it’s CHAOTIC GOOD!
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good… is it good?
“oh i dunno honey i haven’t tried one of them orgasms, is it any good?”
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Haha what’s it best mixed with? Or do you drink it straight? I can’t drink coke so that’s out of the question for me.
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Straight, or over ice is the best way to drink it mate 🙂
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yeah straight is pretty great… on the rocks i prefer, and no not the rocks as in my brickwall… i tried it but it didn’t taste as nice
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Okay..keep in mind I can’t really drink anything on ice without wanting to vomit. Is this going to do the same thing?
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lol yeeaah pretty much
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Haha so in that case…what should I mix it with? Coke makes my stomach all fucked and the next day I’m on the toilet for half the day…ginger ale is fine though.
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yeah i’m clearly out of my depths here, i normally just drink it straight… but something thats pretty anonymous in taste i can imagine? maybe a lemonade or soda water?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Maybe you should mix it with some Smirnoff Ice’s.
Yeah, I went there.
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You used to drink them as well so SHUT UP!
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They were two bucks a pop, I couldn’t say no!
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It’s how you drink it!!!!
You can drink it straight, just smell (inhale the vapours) just before you drink.
Takes the bite out of the alcomohol and leaves the sweet sweet honey taste.
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I’ll have to try it sometime. I always gloss over the American Honey cus’ it doesn’t come in a 2L at my local bottle-o. Next time I shall have to go for quality over quantity!
There might have been a few off colour jokes in here yesterday, but some of the Gizmodo posts are just appalling.
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regarding mr. Jobs?
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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/10/the-story-of-steve-jobs-and-gizmodo/
This one in particular…
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great, now i just feel like killing myself just that little bit more…. man some people are arsehats
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“But we need the phone back because we can’t let it fall into the wrong hands.”
Looks like we have an idea for a new superhero movie.
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Wait, what’s the joke?
t’s just writing about the Wirecutter article from yesterday which to me seemed very heartfelt.Although the comments from that Chuggs guy seem kind of callous.
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He was a man to be respected for his intelligence, influence and success and bashing his name, alive or dead, is unwarranted.
That said, the over the top worship of the man, alive or dead, is also unwarranted.
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Are you saying this is a bad article, or the comments? I read the article, and the longer version, and thought it was brilliant stuff.
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I thought the article was great. Which makes what is posted in the comments so much worse.
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Prior to his death, comments on any tech blog always devolve into apple bashing. Any article I read about Jobs’ death, I just plain avoided reading the comments, because I just know there will be a$$hats making stupid comments.
Moral of the story: Don’t read the comments.
Went out in search of Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth on 360. I decided I’d beat that game without getting any gamerscore.
Nobody has it.
Who’d have thunk it?
Bought Deus Ex instead, because it’s now <$70.
Maltesers are awesome. That is all.
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That is not all.
You forgot the word “very”.
That is all.
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Revels is where it’s at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revels_(confectionery) -
my gummi bears challenge your maltesers to a duel
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and they shall do battle in my Cold Rock Ice cream cup!!! the terrain of choice?
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“it was a cold winters day,
the gummi bear checked over his shoulder, “what is this?” he thought, as the malteser rolled over the white landscape pushing the ice(cream) aside as h-“OHNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMsorry guys too delicious to finish that epic tale
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What has my boredom wrought? My shenadigans have cost a gummi bear his life! And for what? A brief tastebud sensation?!?
Oh the humanity!!
Lol where’s Loops to write an epic tale out of this…confectionary warfare 🙂
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Batman ordered for PC from ZAvvi. I think i will probably buy the console version on release day. BUt 21 pounds for the PC version was to good to pass up!
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But… you’re going to have a copy of it anyway. A cheap copy is less significant if you’ve already got a copy and all you’re doing is hoarding them.
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Yeah, so he might as well just send a copy to me.
What?
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Im not hoarding them, I just want to play at release, and it will be late november before my PC copy comes.
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Yeah, so, if you’ve played the game by November… why would you get another copy?
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To play the delayed Master Race version!
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Your the Idiot!
I don’t know alright. I havent bought it yet, i guess i can wait until late November! Damn you bish, with your logic and well thought out points! -
Sorry
You’re*** -
Guys. We’re winning this battle! The war may be long and hard, and we’ll inevitably lose, but at least we may soon have a glorious victory.
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your a douche.
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it troubles me how few people actually know what a douchebag is… i know it’s just an expression but the actual item which is a douche is not awesome, and i certainly don’t know how you qualify to become one…
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I think he’s just calling me a shower, which I’m cool with.
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aahh german slang, this i can live with…
but it’s not often i go up and say “you sir, are a downright vaginal-cleanout bag”
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With regards to Space Marine’s Exterminatus mode, I found this:
http://www.spacemarine.com/forums/topic/7137?page=3#comment-94921
Looks like the PS3 certification is holding it up :/
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RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
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FOR FETHS SAKE!!!
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GOOD GOING PSN!
RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY WHY DON’T YOU PSN!-
YEAH! THEM AND THEIR FREE ONLINE PLAY! HOW DARE THEY!
😛
I should get around to trying SM multiplayer.
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/wave hai guys. Thought i’d pop in. So what’s the news?
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Things are good.
Other things might not be good.
Also, stuff.
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It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday, everybody’s looking forward to the weekend, weekend.
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in b4 lambo links to it.
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well lets see,
space marine
dark souls dark souls dark souls
and Jamesmag does not know an orgasm is
*nods* yeah that’s it
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and by orgasm i mean Wild Turkey American Honey*
*orgasm
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Oh he knows 😉
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0.0 *shudders*
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*In sexy black man voice(it’s not racist)*
How can you shudder over something that’s all natural, baby.
*saxophone solo starts playing*
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“my darling i,
can’t get enough of your love baby”
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No one has ever touched me like you do Jo.
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The most important video you’ll see today. That’s what.
@James Mag
Meant to say, I picked up one oh them fancy Netgear modems you suggested. Will hook it up tonight. If it doesn’t work, I’ll blame you.
If it does, I dunno. I’ll send you a cookie.
Or I’ll eat a cookie in your honour.
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Eating a cookie in my honour should be fine 😛 well I’ve sold quite a few of them to friends and they’re all working fine and mine worked fine at my old place. So hopefully it goes well!!
I had a massive trip of Deja Vu. My blind is mown.
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Sorry notty i just remebered watching this on TV and thinking it was funny!
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Seeing as I’m moving into my new place on a Wednesday, I was considering not taking a rostered day off on Monday and instead just using that on moving day.
Then I found out I have 13 days of annual leave stored up, so if I take the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off the week I move, I’ll also have Monday off as a rostered day off and managed a 6 day weekend for 3 days leave.
Should make moving a little more manageable.
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If you take leave the following week, you can play Arkham City for a 6 day weekend.
Do it.
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I’m moving on the 19th and go back to work on the 25th.
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*glare*
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That is very well timed.
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It’s hard to not manage good timing when taking leave during gaming season.
There’s always something that just came out.
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Nicely done. I think I might take the Friday off for a 3 day weekend of Batmangs.
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Ah I like how my boss links me things with NSFW tags.
So this is obviously a picture of some islands on a lake reflecting the sky above.
But it’s still pretty awesome.
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that’s amazing
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That is seriously trippy.
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So this is obviously witchcraft.
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PHOTOSHOOPED
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No, wait!
Pics or it didn’t happen.
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So i knew bout Super Mario 2, but Arkham Aslyum as a rhythm game…
http://www.cracked.com/article_19457_6-baffling-early-prototypes-your-favorite-video-games.html
Damn, that Neo-Kaiser little shit is pissing me off. His latest comment in the Rage competition just seems designed to show just how big an a-hole he can be.
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I’ve activated my dickweed blocker. If he says something rational, I will respond to it, if need be, but if he’s being a dick (that being most of the time) to my mind it’s as though he hasn’t commented.
Ahhh, Ignorance is Bliss.
They made heroes out of Simba and Aladdin 🙂
They’re not real people, and they have some great songs (or in Jafar’s case, a great laugh, and a fun reprise).
yeeaah pretty much… although it’s pretty great when mr Mag gets him all worked up with a ZING!
I vote castration 🙂
i vote Norse torture method;
clubbed in his knees (for great pain)
hang by his gentleman bits (for greater pain)
and roasted over a small flame (for greatest pain)
@Dr What?
After reading your joke about women being dragons, I would like to retract my statement from a couple of weeks ago saying that you weren’t funny. You sir, are the most hilarious person in the multiverse. I laughed long and loud.
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I don’t understand… You didn’t really think Doc What wasn’t funny… Did you?
There is not enough LoL talk on this page! I demand more. MORE.
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Calm down, you’re the second comment on the page. There’s plenty of time for people to post LoL speak.
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I don’t like LoL speak when I don’t have internet. I get this insanely jealous feeling and want to smash things 😛
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You’ll get your vengeance on them soon enough human, and I know it will be bitter sweet for you.
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Oh you have no idea 😛
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Revenge is sweet, and it doesn’t rot your teeth!
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I’m going to be going Kennen non stop for now in PvP (I know I won’t be in KvK cuz I suspect it’ll ALWAYS get banned by Steve-O’s team), I need to keep practicing my builds for him
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Lol since when was it my team? Was it because I made the teamspeak channel for our team called ‘Demaci-blAGHHHHHHHHHHHH’?
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Well it’s always your team vs mine, we never get in the same team cuz it needs to be balanced, and you and me in the same team is immediately imba, as a laning team it’s probably game breaking 😛
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If it had that g in it then it should have been my team, particularly since I was Garen that game. 😛
But no, because we have to divide you two, it ends up being Steve-O’s and Techy’s teams. Although if CrabJiffy got in on the action more often, we could have some real fun.
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Or NoobHeadshot, that’d warrant me and Steve-O tagging up to take him down
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I was in solo queue against AI about an hour ago, and there were some really friendly people who type properly and in fluent English playing with me.
I kill stole off a Xerath, and I was all “Sorry Xerath, that was yours” and he was like “No it wasn’t.”
“It was ours.”
And then I shed a tear of joy.
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Bahahahahaha. That is brilliant.
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People on the internet beside you guys are all trolls. I call fake!
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I second that, it is impossible to have nice people on the internet, especially in LoL!
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I’m considering attempting the Blood Challenge 2.0.
Me, v. 4 bots. One lane will push SO HARD. :/
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This blood challenge – is it easy or intermediate bots?
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It’s a custom, so only basic bots, it won’t let me do the intermediate ones. 🙁
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Dammit Chuloopa…I think you missed your mention on the previous page…we need confectionary warfare tales!
Or more Kotaku Chronicles!
Please!
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DON’T MAKE THE GUMMI BEARS SUFFER!!! OH THE INHUMANITY
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How many Kotaku Chronicles are there? I feel like I’ve missed a couple.
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Also my character already screams lyrics from The Touch, so if I don’t have a ‘Booby trap that actually catches boobies!” line I’ll be disappointed 😛
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haha nice! and i’ve read 3 parts so far, and holding my breath for the next one… which is getting quite difficult
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I think they need to be compiled and posted again as sort of a ‘previously on Kotaku Chronicles’…that would bring everyone back up to speed!
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if someone is awesome with flash i’d be happy to provide a voice over for “the story so far – a kotakuAU production” 😛
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Sorry mate – i did miss it – yeah now i’ve got a bit of a break from uni i should be able to get some spare time to start on part 4 🙂
NO TOUCHING!
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No touching!
*turns back to Michael*
There’s always money in the banana stand.
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I love you. Arrested Development references, daily. It’s the best.
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I never should have given up animation rights.
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I guess it would just be a guy who, you know, grabs bananas and runs. Or a banana that grabs things. I don’t know. Why would a banana grab another banana? I mean those are the kind of questions I don’t want to answer…
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When anybody says that I get a sudden hunger for ice cream sandwiches.
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I’m going to open a store that sells ice cream sandwiches near your work and play this episode constantly.
For profit.
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D: I’m ruined!
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Laird Jamesmag the Trollslayer.
Problem? – You bet there is bitch.
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You should slay Steve-O next, he’s KotakuAU’s official troll 😛
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Alas, that is a sad tale. For Steve-O is my brother, the one troll I can never slay. For the bond of blood is forged harder than the strongest steel.
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So you’re saying your bond with me is less than that with a human? Nice to know where I lie on your list of loyalties 😛
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NO! Not all blood bonds are, just with family 😛 and your the frequency of your transmissions match the rhythm of my beating heart.
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*thumbs up* excellent! 🙂
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You bonded our blood? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN! DID YOU SPIKE MY DRINK? THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY I WOKE UP MIDDLE SPOON BETWEEN YOU AND JO. WHY AM I STILL YELLING?
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Aww Techy – Is someone upset because they finished with a negative kill/death ration last night? I’m sure you’ll be able to turn that frown upside-down in tonight’s match 😛
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Yeah I’m never happy with one of those (As you all already noticed, I take losses hard on myself), and despite that I managed good K/D in our 3v3s I still end up losing, that doesn’t annoy me as much cuz I know I did my part in fighting till the end, still disappointed that it was all for naught
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HAAA love it
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beware for Laird Jamesmag The TrollSlayer,
for he may slay with a ZING from his sword
@Dr What et al (because anything on the last page will disappear into nothingness):
Really interesting discussion about roleplaying and character genders/races – I’m mostly the same, I don’t try to play the character as an extension of myself; it’s much more interesting to give them their own motives and internal worldview.
I don’t find it hard to “fill the shoes” of a female protagonist, because the shoes are already filled by whatever we establish for them. *I* might not be a hard-as-nails war hero space captain with a sniper rifle, red hair and Jennifer Hale’s voice – but my femShep is. I can’t relate to that experience, but I can guide the character and it still feels as immersive as a male character.
Yahtzee Croshaw had an interesting take on that with the DA2 Anders thing, now that I think about it.
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why does everyone i know alwayd give FemShep redhair?
just interesting because i’m guilty of the same thing, except my excuse is i have no imagination and my wife is a redhead… *cough* i mean i totally deliberately modelled it entirely from her so even when i’m playing i’m still with her? *runs and hides*
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Because red hair is best hair? I’m not talking ginger, mind you, but actual red.
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/does happy dance
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damn you, you ellusive “s”… apparently my typing developed a sudden cold as i was going
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For me it was because the default femShep for ME/ME2 had red hair.
Now it’s just iconic. That femShep *is* femShep for me – and it just fits the character somehow.
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I think red hair just looks badass.
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My femsheps were pale with dark hair and tanned with blonde hair. So… I dunno.
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Yeah, that Yahtzee thingy about Anders was both hilarious and thought-provoking at the same time.
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I’m the same. I never imagine the character as actually being me. Also if I’m given the choice of picking a gender 99% of the time I’ll pick female. I just find the story more interesting if a female’s the main character. It’s also nice to have a break from all the dudes I play as in almost every other game that doesn’t let you pick genders.
Oh and \o/ for femshep with red hair. Red hair is best hair (on women).
Why yes, I AM listening to Duane and Brando’s Megaman 2 right now. Thanks for asking! 😀
I must bid you all a fond farewell. I’m off to pick up my car from the service centre and then hopefully begin my love affair with Dark Souls at home. Congratulations to the Kudos winner and all nominees and I hope you all have a great weekend. See you next week! 😀
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don’t forget to close the blinds… otherwise any person could peer in from the streets and see all the nasties that happen to that game
OMG Soundwave 2012 first announcement, enough to need a change of pants.
Shame about Limp Bizkit being a headliner heh.
But OMFG, Slipknot, Alter Bridge, Black Label Society, Marilyn Manson, Steel Panther, Lamb Of God.
Only first announcement too. I am sure there will be a second one. Yeah Big Day Out fucking compete with that!
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Turisas, ’nuff said.
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I know! Mr. Strange was reading out the bands to me and he left Turisas until last. I thought I’d misheard for a minute.
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Im practically crying with (manly) excitement!!
Enter Shikari! Dillinger Escape Plan! Circa Survive!OMG!!!!
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System of a Down is back together?
Not a bad lineup, but there’s nothing there that is big enough to make me want to go. It’s just a bunch of “they wouldn’t be bad to see” type bands for me, which isn’t enough without something big to draw me in.
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Also, I see Dragonforce is going to be there. That should be lolworthy.
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Needs more guitar solo
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Them, Limp Bizkit & Black Veil Brides are the joke bands there I am sure.
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Bringing Dragonforce down to Limp Bizkit’s level. You, sir, just earned a spot on Santa’s naughty list!
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Haha, I can’t stand them 😛
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I love DragonForce! They always make me smile. Plus, I’m very interested in seeing how the new singer is.
I hate outdoor festivals but this Soundwave lineup is so good that I’ll be going.
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You know what?
Going to metal gigs just doesn’t appeal to me like it used to. I dunno I just get bored there now, maybe it’s because I’m over getting into the pit and right up close, who knows? Maybe I’m just getting old 😛
I tell ya what though, if The Protomen toured to Australia I’d be right-fecking-there.
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Yeah, I’m a bit old to be standing around for that long. I think that’s one of the main things I loved about 700000 Tons of Metal, you could sit down and still have a great view and be close enough to feel the atmosphere.
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The pits are well, the pits these days. in 08’s when I saw Slipknot I was in the pit for the opener bands (Syndonia & Machine Head) they were selfish useless morons in the pit didn’t give a shit if they hurt someone or if someone desperately needed to get out. I vowed never go to back into one. Have had a better time at gigs just outside the pit in recent times than in it as well.
I’m going to let you finish, but the BDO has KANYE WEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awaits flames….
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Only 2 things BDO has that I wish Soundwave has is The Living End & is in a location half hours drive from where I live!
Oh and ofc Kanye West 😉
I’m actually ecstatic that Alter Bridge & Steel Panther are on the line up because they were destined for Soundwave Revolution which was meant to go ahead 2 weeks back but went belly up supposedly due to a large name cancelling rumoured Aerosmith. I question that since they already had Van Halen & they were selling tickets alone.
i like none of the bands going to soundwave…
big day out however is looking great!
I swear, TAY recommendations are more effective than billions of dollars of marketing. Loops had me ALMOST buying SSHHPAYCE MAUREEN and now I’m about to get Dark Souls.
For anybody who wanted to find a cheap(ish?) store in Australia, Dungeon Crawl in Melb ships imported copies fairly quickly.
I think they’ve had to recall their Standard Xbox edition ’cause it was region locked, but the Collector’s Edition is only $80: http://www.dungeoncrawl.com.au/p-3866-dark-souls-collectors-edition-360.aspx
Is that a decent price or should I get an overseas copy and wait 3452 weeks for shipping? :/
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Well, I payed $89 for the collector’s edition of Dark Souls at JB Hifi yesterday, and consider the game worth the price of admission.
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Had I not bought it from Zavvi for $62 already, I would have definitely just rocked up to JB and grabbed the collectors edition.
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Definitely just get it there. It’s not much more than a UK-based site would have it for, plus it will be delivered much much faster so you can start playing while everyone’s still excited about it.
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Ordered!
😀
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Uh, just don’t blame me if it makes you throw your controller through your screen in frustration at the copious amounts of dying. 😛
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Congrats, I ordered today as well
High five!(we’re so dead)
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I’m pretty sure even the packaging gives a deadly papercut.
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DEAD – TO – ME
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Lawls. Not everyone can be a Space Marine, Loops. That’s what the cannon fodder, er…, Imperial Guard is for.
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I tried! D:
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Just been catching up on the last three pages that happened while I was out:
JamesMacUsedMyHandle, I sure do know about USAFoods.com.au. I’ve pimped it here a few times, especially when people were lamenting lackage of Dr. Pepper.
Splicer,(I keep thinking of you as Spliced Hand now 😛 ) I love your idea for a costume but do you realise how warm and sticky the weather is up here? Five minutes in that costume and you’ll pass out!
Doc What? I’ll be playing as a male in Dark Souls like I usually do. My first characters are always male, then when I replay or decide I messed up when I created the character I’ll usually try a female. I put loads of effort into creating my characters and making them look the way I want them to play. My husband hates it when I get a game with character creation because I take hours to make a character. 😛
Puppylicks, I really want to see how your Dark Souls Guts turns out!
Rocketman. *hugs*
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Thanks strange it means alot.
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If you’re local to USA foods like I am, theres a milk bar nearby that ALWAYS has cold Dr. Pepper. Love it 🙂
That said, do they ship interstate? What do they charge, out of curiousity?
Also, I think you may have confused me with someone else mate 🙂 I liked the costume but I didn’t post the link…-
Dammit. Sorry, I was trying to catch up on too much at once! It was Di11enger, I think.
USA foods postage is by weight if I recall correctly. So it can get pricey. Plus, you have to order a minumum of $20 worth of stuffs.-
Lol all good mate 🙂
That’s not too bad re: Usa foods, considering a 10 pack of Dr. Pepper or Cherry coke will cost about $30.
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For a moment there I thought it was that you had to order 20KGs of stuff.
I was thinking “Hmmmm…. could I consume 20 kilograms of those Snyders of Hanover pretzel bits? …Yes, yes I could.” before realising it was $20 minimum.
I was a bit disappointed I wasn’t going to be forced to buy 20KGs of pretzel bits, to be honest.
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I like these late-page replies. Saves me having to check the old pages 🙂
And yes if my Guts comes out good I’ll fight every boss with this music blaring as loudly as possible 😀
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I love you for posting that! I was thinking before I clicked the link. “If that’s not Forces I’ll be mega-sad.”
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what’s that i hear? 3 day weekend? starting now? but work, and productivity!!! okay okay, i’ll go
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I miss the days when 3 day weekends meant something. *sigh*
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but it… it does
no computers for 3, oh wait
sleepin- nah
staying at home all da- nope…
oh maaaaan
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As a newly minted real employee after contracting for a year, the 3-day weekend we got in NSW for labor day was glorious. Felt good to sleep in and not lose a day’s pay.
I have a whole new appreciation for public holidays.
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As someone who is unemployed, all it means is another day for my parents to be at home and be disappointed at me.
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Where is Chuloopa? We need stories! Entertain us!
*sips from chalice*
And bring on the dancing girls!
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Sparkle-tits! That’s your cue! Get out here already!
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Hahahaha well played 😀
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He went home 🙁
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Nooooo! He must be lurking around here somewhere…he posted a few minutes ago re: SHPAYYYCE MAURREEEENNN!
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It worked! Say Space Marine and Chuloopa appears like the Candyman!
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Yes, the Morris Dancers, the eunuchs, and the bearded women – you know, the traditional St. Leonard’s Day entertainments.
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Sorry – i’m actually work, believe it or not
Ok how’s this
Splicer’s (short) Chronicle
Splicer ducked quick to the left, hurling himself bodily into a conveniently placed steel crate, as bullets tore the air asunder, mere inches from his face.
“Damn it, Cracks!” he rasped into his vox com “where the bloody hell are you?”
An incendiary round tore a fist sized chunk out of his hiding place.
“Any help would be VERY much appreciated”
“Sorry boss” came the reply “i’m a little busy here myself”“Fuck it – i’ll do it myself”
With that, Splicer moved from cover, wheeling around, bringing his twin pistols to bare, looking for his first target.
He found it.
His powerefully sexy wrist took the brunt of the kick-back as he squeezed the trigger.
One shot
Two shots
He was hit.
Three shots
Four..
Another round tore into his sternum, but he didn’t falter
Five, six, seven, eight shots rung out in succession.
A mighty blow took his arm off at the shoulder – the incendiary rounds that moments before barraged his cover.The last thing Splicer saw before it all faded to black were his enemies, all but one, laid dead before him.
Then it was gone
Continue? Came the words on the screen.
“GOD DAMN IT, CRACKS!! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS! NOW I’M DEAD – AGAIN!”
Before Cracks had time to answer, Splicers headset was already on his desk as he rose, angrilly.
“Screw this shit – i’m going to make a sammich”
Le End
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So… I lived? Score one for the good guys.
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How could i ever kill you off, buddy?
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Maybe that thunder hammer to the face the other day would have something to do with it?
Any story where I live is a good one, methinks.
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Oh i almost forgot about that – you’re soooo dead now
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*hefts thunder hammer*
O RLY?
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*satisfied grin*
Thanks bud 🙂
Made my weekend 😀
Drinking time at work before the weekend. Wahoooo.
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*virtual clinky*
cheers
For your friday night entertainment…this one is for the Batman fans 😀
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Lol! Woof!
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Your entertainment is above
It’s the weekend! Hell Yeah! See all you LoL’ers on the summoners rift! Hope you don’t all feel intimidated but I’ve got plenty of ‘gaming fuel’ for tonight!
*SERIOUS STEVE-O TIME*
Oh yeah – Just a thought about our KvK games. Whilst they are fun, playing against each other means that there is always some of the Kotaku peeps who are gonna be on the losing side. Looking back at some of our last games, I’ve probably acted very poorly in both victory and defeat – being a bit of a jerk and joking around as I would with my LAN mates. I hope no-one takes it seriously though and hope it shows how awesome I think you guys are that I would treat you like my closer LAN friends. Hopefully we will get in some PvP as well so we can win (lose) together!
*END SERIOUS STEVE-O TIME*
Anyways congrats’ Flu for your Kudos and have a sweet weekend everyone! I’m going home to kick off the weekend (like a dead lepers head) 😛
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I prefer taking part in the KvK matches, because it’s all just a bit of fun at the end of the day. Nobody in the games acts as immaturely as some of the randoms online, so it’s all good.
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gotta admit… i lol’d
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i’ve got to join one of these matches!
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Don’t worry guy, I know most of us can take it in stride, but srsly, no more Trist mid vs. Kass
@Pixel on page 10: That’s a cool way of playing it! Shall try when I dive back into 360 gaming again : ) I’ve been busy with assignments near the end of uni semester recently.
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it’s just a nice change of pace… requires you to immerse yourself a lot more in the game world, then just compulsively look at the little bleep on the minimap… also makes you realise how much effort has gone into the world seeming alive…
Accoring to Game Informer AU, there is free Portal 2 DLC out! Haven’t been on bawble’s 360 so I can’t check.
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Yeah, there’s another co-op test chambery thing, and they’ve added timing and portal number recording to everything else.
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ha! I’ll finish it before you know it!
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Go on and play co-op all by yourself then 😛
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two ways to solve the problem.
xbox live gold
dual wield controllers like this man
http://www.houston240sx.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8123&d=1264884738to be honest here, dual wielding controllers will get through the game faster than playing with dawdle!
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Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
They’re not terribly complex (the goo ones are a bit of an arse, I guess), but if you’re rusty like me and my co-op partner were, there’s going to be a lot of standing around and derping moments.
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OK… having a weird issue here…
Last night I downloaded the NBA Jam On Fire Edition demo from PSN. Tonight I went and played it for a while… it asked about my EA account (which I already have from playing other EA games) so I told it to keep using the same email address I was already registered under.
A few hours later I went to play some Bad Company 2, but when I went into the game all of my unlocked weapons etc had disappeared!
Got a nasty feeling that the NBA Jam demo may have gone and done something really, really stupid like wiped my EA account and created a new one, since I also just noticed that NBA Jam On Fire Edition has also since disappeared from PSN, which makes me wonder if somebody discovered some kind of horrendous issue leading them to pull the game.
Anybody else out there had a similar issue? Looked around on Google but haven’t seen anything about this yet.
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that doesn’t sound that cool, could just be EA having issues, but sounds to me like they’ve screwed your account…
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Turned out OK in the end – I went back later and my stuff was all back again, although all my weapons etc were showing up as new as if I’d just unlocked them. But at least they were there.
Talking to my friends when I finally got in there, it seems that they all got kicked out of the game they were in at about the same time, so I guess maybe EA’s servers had issues at the time.
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I miss you guys…
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We miss you too Jimu.
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I miss you too, man – you’re so beautiful
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It’s not the same without you. We miss you too!
This is how i’m starting my saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIBJMV9bc80
ohhhhhhhh yeahhhhh
I had a dream last night that I had an affair. 🙁 Woke up feeling extremely guilty and ever since I woke up there’s been this humongous thunderiferous storm. I think I’m being smote. IT WAS JUST A DREAM, DAMMIT! 😛
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Aw poor Strange! My wife has similar dreams all the time, except she dreams i’m the one having an affair. It’s gotten to the point that when she tells me she had another dream my response is usually ‘who did I sleep with this time?’
Followed by a self high 5…dream me is hilarious.
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I dunno, dream you may sound awesome now, but think about it in the long run. His frivolous lifestyle leads to a nasty future. Unemployed, and an alcoholic, dream you is forced to attempt to prostitute himself out (I’ll let you decide whether successfully or not) to fund his crippling addiction. He wanders, lonely, wondering about what might have been if he hadn’t had that threesome with Scarlett Johansson and Princess Leia.
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Hahahaha…I said he was hilarious, not awesome 😛
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So guilty you made pancakes?? 🙂
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I had a dream once…
There I helped
On a different note, played Dark Souls last night. Couldn’t decide what to roll so I started a thief, a hunter, a pyromancer and a knight. Played a bit on each one to see which I liked most…so far it’s a tie between the thief and the knight. Tough game though, I can see ragequits in my future lol
Hahahaha my wife just let slip ‘the force is strong in this one’ in regards to our son starting to lift his head by himself…not sure what to think considering she’d never seen Star Wars before meeting me…lol
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successful conversion?
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i think you’ve made yourself worthy of a \o/ STEVE HOLT… just don’t scare the baby while doing that 😛
anyone here know anything about modems?
I grabbed the DN2200 that James Mag suggested but I’m having a problem. All is fine and good till I connect with the PS3. One the PS3 is downloading it seems to throttle the PC speed.
Any ideas?
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Punch it?
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Now my hand is bleeding and the modem is sparking….
Did I fix it?…..
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as long as no smoke escapes you’ll be fine 😛
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From the hand or the modem?
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RIP Backbreaker….
We have had many good times but im not at all surprised. their technology did what it said on the box, but the surrounding football action was not complete enough to make it work. Id still like to see them team up as a middleware firm with 2K or someone and simply lease their tech to them… but with the shitty NFL exclusive license, there is not much any competitors can do. I dont want to play as NFL teams as I dont care about them, but the majority of players do..
So yeah, been following this franchise since August 2007 and really hope they can stay in business. Their tech has already been featured in GTA and RDR and I really hope that other firms use it also…
so yeah, sucks. I had high hopes for them. They are still around, just not on consoles… which is really where i want to be gaming!!
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I think the main problem Euphoria has as a piece of technology is that it can’t be automated. Currently, if a game wants to incorporate their lovely system, they require software engineers from the company itself to come and program it into the engine. If they could automate the system, like, design it to work around a normal rigged body (I’m sure it’s viable using procedural generation), then they could reduce both their own costs, and the cost of licencing the tech. Still, as piece of technology it is absolutely fantastic, so I hope Natural Motion as a company can continue to do what they do.
My cousin, who works in Blizzard Entertainment, send me an email inviting me to the Diablo 3 beta. *teary eyes*
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GGGGGRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH *HULK SMASH*
*reverts to normal form and starts crying*
I just want to play…
So much…
(I’m so desperate I downloaded the game client even though I haven’t received a beta invite yet. :/)
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If i actually got the beta, maybe you can share my account if you don’t mind, I won’t have a lot of time to play as my exams are coming anyway!
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I’d be happy to leech off your account, but, only if it wouldn’t inconvenience you at all.
But then, organising times to make sure I didn’t interfere at any period when you played it would be difficult…
Hmmmm.
I shall consider your kind offer, good sir.
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Of coz you can use mine, but i haven’t got the actually code yet, so have your fingers crossed!
*You could probably go on LoL to check if i am playing LoL or Diablo! We will figure that out!
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Well, you’ve got a higher chance of getting in than I do. And again, thanks, I’m sure we’ll manage something, if the need arises.
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YAY!
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC52tjIyFTc&feature=feedu
dawdle said she did not like the idea of bombcraft, but i guess the developers are just trying to add something new to their game. OP or not? we will see
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I like the concept – crafting stuff sounds awesome, and it could mean some interesting missions where traps or tripwires are important.
Possibly a little overpowered, but it’s nice to shake up the usual formula of stabbing people 😛
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I just hope Revelations will bring out more of a tactical edge than plain direct combat.
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But… But… Stabbing people!
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i think the whole tactical thing was my idea…..
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STOLEN \o/
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For the TAYbies! \o/
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/greatday.png
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\o/ hoorah!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fw0sM5YvrVg
Looking goooooooooooooood.
As a side note, goddamn I hate youtube commenters.
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The top comment about it being a devkit version… I want to punch them. They clearly have no idea about what they’re talking about. The resolution is 720P, which is what the video is running at, the “16x” they’ve quoted is probably the anisotropic rate, not the anti-aliasing… Christ people are annoying.
Anyway, this is looking so good. So good.
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Oh, and he mentions the framerate. Youtube only runs at 30fps, how the feck can he tell? GRAAAHHHHHHHH! Why do people lie? Anyway, by the time anybody reads this it will most likely have disappeared, but still, I thought I should say it.
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UNCHARTED 3 IN LESS THAN 4 WEEKS! SO EXCITED!
So much Steve Holt (mostly from me) on this page. \o/
Let’s have more!
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You managed to Steve holt at 11:11….Nice! \o/
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not to forget the:
\o/ /o\ \o/ /o\ \o/ /o\ \o/ /o\ \o/ /o\
STEVE HOLT! cartwheel
herro all
i met Shane tonight…though only briefly due to work and it being incredibly busy…
sorry i couldnt chat long man it might not look like it at the time but tonight i returned over 500 dvds…would of been more impressive if it was over 9000 but that would be the entire store…
so yeah sorry i wasent very talkative but great to meet you!
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oh and i hope you enjoy the present
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I know what it’s like to meet Shane, to be in the presence of a wonderful man. To greet a god among men, and to not know it at the time. I know that feeling well.
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Angling for Kudos next week? You’re on the right track! 🙂
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All good mate. I had the wife and baby in the car, so couldn’t have stopped long anyway. I though going there after 8 on a Sat night, it might be a bit quiet… guess I’m a bit stupid 😛
Great meeting you and thanks again for the cool swag! We’ll need to do another Canberra meet at some point!
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I agree wholeheartedly with the idea of another Canberra Meat, but I leave it to everyone else to organise.
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I felt like a weak mortal before his gaze
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i swear that was meant to be a reply to blaghs
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We’ve all been there, many, many times.
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GUYS
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I just dreamt of a MOBA-style game… but with Pokemon.
Best idea, or greatest idea?
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It actually would fit really well.
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Greatest idea, It just fits, the four attacks, the passive ability
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Nerdgasm.
Kids are staying at their Grandparents’ place for the weekend because it’s our 2nd wedding Anniversary tomorrow. It’s kind of boring without them around. 😛
Last night we went to JB to buy either Sucker Punch, Red Riding Hood or Thor depending on which was cheapest. Blu-rays were all around $40 each so we decided to just go to Civic Video and hire one of them. Ended up BUYING all three blu-rays from Civic for around $40 all up.
Baaaaaaaaaaathuuuuuuurst today! Only time I give a shit about the V8’s these days.
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yeeaah i watch it on and off*
but i majorly do enjoy everything around the events, the family i married into has a tradition to go to Winton when that race is on, and i absolutely love it… but now i’ve started a new tradition of going to albert park when the F1 grandprix is on… i reckon thats a tiny step up 😛*i don’t watch it
uh oh
i’m addicted to minecraft again…
but.. but… breeding…
LOOK AT MY SHEEP!
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7630/20111009104515.png
SHEEP, EVERYWHERE, SO MUCH SHEEP, HAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Are you of Welsh decent or did you move here from New Zealand?
😛
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My wife tried 1.9 pre-release 3 last night, she ran around for hours forcefeeding sheep and cows wheat to make them bread. She even got some chickens to breed, but then she laughed her ass off when a baby chicken appeared instead of an egg – she chased the chickens around informing them they were doing it wrong.
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“forcefeeding sheep and cows wheat to make them bread“
Ahahaha wtf. Breed, not bread, though my typo does make sense.
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Sughly is a gaming design guru. Who always delivers.
I have made a terrible mistake. I thought maybe if I made a literal pile out of my pile of shame I may feel more motivated to work on it.
It’s nearly as tall as I am
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Woah! That’s a supremely shameful pile!
poop
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Indeed.
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Oh Blaghman, always commenting!
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Egress looks amazing, Sughly, I can not wait for final release. I’m also looking forward to Anna’s Room.
Full tower then. I’m assuming if you’re getting a 6990 you’re also getting a quality PSU and aren’t after a case with a built-in one as well.
Personally I’m really partial to the NZXT Phantom and intend to get one for my next build:
http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/crafted_series/phantom
They can be found around for about $185, very nice case with lots of features, very solid cooling, heaps of room and a pretty striking look without going into the tacky fans-and-lights-everywhere crap some ‘enthusiast’ cases go into. I especially like the white one.
Why didn’t the photon pack for it’s holiday?
It was travelling light!
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