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I’ve been thinking about all the ways the story could end, and there really aren’t that many options. The theme of ME3 so far seems to be fnpevsvpr, and my Shepard’s story over the whole trilogy seems to be completely centred around fheivivat jura rirelbar nebhaq uvz qvrf (rira uvf bevtva fgbel jnf gung bs gur fheivibe!) so I would be very surprised if the trilogy doesn’t end with Furcneq’f qrngu (be ng yrnfg na bcgvba gb znxr vg unccra nyn Qentba Ntr: Bevtvaf).
From old TAY:
Have you ever wanted to know what Skrillex’s ‘Bangarang’ and Daft Punk’s ‘Derezzed’ sound like when mixed together, check ‘yes’ or ‘no’. No?? What do mean “No”? 😛
http://soundcloud.com/user7814047/bangarang-derezzed-with-proper
Hi all! =D
Over the weekend I uploaded two youtube videos (it was terrifying) about ocarina’s. If anyone is interested, I am happy to repost them.
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Sorry about that. It was getting caught in our spam filter.
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Ah, they’re both the same link. >_< That's okay, I gathered as much =P
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Yeah, I was like I can wear a wig, or a hat. … Hat! \o/
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That hat is great for any situation cuz it’s adorable. Loved the videos too, very informative comparisons
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Well, if anyone was interested in getting an Ocarina due to the game, I want people to not make the same mistake I did.
You can get ceramic ocarina’s from St louis Ocarina’s and they are cheaper then song bird, but songbird look better due to being handmade
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Yeah, someone at Manifest last year was using the plastic ones and it sounded awful. I told them to go buy a proper one. It’s an easy instrument to learn.
They responded with “but I got it from a music shop”
I explained that I had one myself and that it is crap. Ceramic>All. It’s definitely worth the money.
LoL Talk
Mark my words, friends. I *will* make Leona jungle completely viable one day.
End LoL talk
Also, I hope everyone had a good weekend! I ate one chocolate all Easter, a tiny Cadbury egg.
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Alright, but not great. Certainly need to go cloth+pots into Wriggle’s though, Regrowth into Philo stone slows down the clear rate as the levels progress. It’s all part of the process!
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Cool, trying new things is good.
I am going to take a break from LoL for a bit I think. Shall focus on Demons Souls – it is a nice change from getting repeatedly destroyed :/
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Gragas, Malphite, Miss Fortune, Veigar, Shen, Sivir, Xin Zhao, Annie, Yorick, Lulu.
“You must be swift as a jungling Riven,
With all the force of a Janna Monsoon
With all the strength of a Karthus Requiem,
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Woo! I love how much you love Leona 🙂 such a you’re such a great support (and player) with her!
Morning TAY, hope you had a great weekend.Hope we’re all pumped for the week ahead, I know I am.
Repost from previous TAY:
1. I bought myself a transformers toy for $10 this weekend and it’s pretty sweet. It’s sunspot http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sunspot. The robot form looks great but the figurine shines in its vehicle form because it’s so clean and there are minimal protrusions once you transform it. The toys were on sale so I got Backfire as the autobot counterpart. I think I’m hooked now because I’m definitely going back to get some more once the stores open tomorrow.
Transformers toys are usually so expensive, which is really sad. That’s why I was really surprised when I got these for $10, they usually retail for $20-$25.
2. I plugged my PS3 controller into my PC and realised it charges faster when I use my computer’s USB ports compared to the PS3s. Interesting.
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Man transformers are cool, If i wasn’t so self concious about buying toys at a shop i would already have like 8.
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Yeah, using a laptop is great. It means I don’t have to get up and walk to the TV to charge the controller. Plus I can go online for the few minutes it takes to charge it.
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I love transformers – but i just refuse to buy any of the ones that are associated with the movies.
They just don’t look anywhere near as good, imho…I’m really stoked for the incoming Fall Of Cybertron range, however
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If you don’t like the newer ones I’m sure you’ll love this one which I’m hoping to get at Uncle Pete’s toy shop today. I saw it there over the weekend so I hope it is still in stock
That’s right a Megatron that transforms into a gun. Can’t wait.
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They day a man realizes he is never too old for Transformers is the day he truly starts living.
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Amen. I bought some of the KREO toy sets (Hasbro’s version of LEGO) which allowed me to build my favourite transformers but the bricks are not the same as LEGO bricks. I bought the smallest version because the bigger ones are too expensive at $50+
I still like my KREO Optimus Prime though.
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Mornin’ TAY!
So after countless (or…like, 5?) attempts at getting co op Kane & Lynch working with Pez, we decided to give up. Guess that decision wasn’t made fast enough, cause I woke up this morning with what is fast turning into a killer headache.
God damned camera.
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You should’ve played L4D with us \o/
I told Feret to get to the Plane because I was knocked down.
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Yeah, I had a massive headache last night. That game is just… awful.
Probably a good thing it kept crashing. It actually wouldn’t even load when I first bought it. I now consider that a sign I should have never played it to begin with.
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I am so tired, i have been up before 5 every day from Friday. This morning i got up early to go for a run. I have no idea how i got the motivation to do that. My easter was below average and has made me like super cynical, its not enough for people to enjoy my company anymore. Everyone always wants something from me.
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That’s a lie. =( We enjoy your company here and we want nothing from you. Sounds like you’ve had it rough though. I hope things get better.
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Its cool, I expect it to a degree, I help people with their problems and i don’t know they become dependant or what but it seems like sometimes i am the only grown up in my family. Its just on my easter vacation i fixed my sister airconditioner, set up her new TV cooked dinner twice. Reformatted her computer. My mum made me pay for the fuel for the entire trip down and then i got a guilt trip from everyone because i didn’t get anyone easter eggs because i thought we weren’t doing that.
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Aw, that sucks. Did you at least get a thank you from your sister? I always try to thank people who do things for me.
Easter eggs are overrated.
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Its cool bish we cool. also i have a awesome photo for you i took on my trip i laughed so much at it i will post it on TS tonight.
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Sounds like you need to find new company. If they don’t enjoy your company, it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily your fault (or theirs, really) it just means you’re either on different wavelengths or they’re just dicks.
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I know what that’s like Rocketman and I went down the same path as you, especially with recent events. I got sick of bailing people out of binds and getting absolutely no real gratitude for it and took it as a signal for a “You can walk all over me as many times as you want and I’ll be fine with it” sort of thing. Even my family is doing that to me, my brother being the latest, which really ticked me off and severely impacted my trusting in other humans permanently.
I always enjoy your company on TS Rocketman, know you’re always welcome there to vent if need be. I have the right to say this cuz I’m an admin of the server lol 🙂
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Hah, no its not a big as deal as i am making it out to be. It has always been like this with me. Don’t get me wrong i hate it but sometimes its just better to be the nice helpful person than saying bugger of i am on holiday.
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One two three four, high five!
ROCKETMAN
I accidentally watched 5 seconds of ACA last night while I was eating dinner.
I think someone stole mah jerb.-
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Because you hate everything ever for infinity?
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I don’t hate you 🙁 what gave you that idea?
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I was joking techy i forgot the 😛
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hehe all good, just not good with figuring out jokes anymore 😛
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Hey man, if anyone wants back my/their job, they are free to take it. I would gladly hand it over.
I finished my Mass Effect 1 Insanity run with only the sniper rifle on my infiltrator! \o/
I only got to level 59 /o\
Solution: Do a Casual run and one shot EVERYTHING with my sniper rifle. Passed through the Liara and Noveria missions in one night :P.
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Booya, came back to nothing on fire after the long weekend.
Been having an insane run of luck here at work for the past month and a half now. This is unreal!
Getting back into SKYRIM! and have started noticing some of the changes the latest patch included.
The best and most prominent, kill camera shots for archery and magic.
The first time I saw this was from an amazing (pure dumb luck) archery shot.
Lined up a long distance shot in a cave, not really expecting to hit anything, when suddenly the kill camera went into action, now this is a pretty nice touch for the melee kills, but it truly becomes awesome when the camera follows your arrow through the entire shot and gives a very graphic image of it killing your target.
Quite simply put, THIS NEW ADDITION IS AWESOME!!!
Also,
SKYRIM!
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I’d actually forgotten about Skyrim. All weekend my husband was playing AC:Revelations and because I’m nowhere near as far along in that as he is I kept having to hide in the bedroom playing Zelda on my 3DS. It wasn’t until last night I remembered about Skyrim. I haven’t played all year. I’m an idiot.
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You are not an idiot, you are merely SKYRIM! deprived.
I suggest an immediate course of several hours of SKYRIM! followed by several more.
If symptoms persist, see more more SKYRIM!
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I’m playing it on and off right now. I realised I’m the biggest wimp. I get scared of EVERYTHING. Random Bandit? SCARED.
Random deer? SCARED.
I may never get beyond Ivarstead because it’s cold and there are wolves ._.-
Also I wish a tank like Boone were here to protect my soft squishy body.
With his body *snigger*
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So now TAY is eating my replies again, and this whole limiting reply chains is starting to reeeeaaalllly shit me off. WTB Kotaku/TAY forum, please.
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Why would you want to buy it?
You should be selling it and purchasing something functional instead.
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I wouldn’t get much for TAY as it is.
*looks around suspiciously*
Also, I suspect the residents are second hand anyway – or factory seconds at best.
Maybe we shouldn’t tell the real estate agents?
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Yes if we ask nicely surely we will have it. I think we are just gonna have to report the issues to ben for the time being. Or you know yell at elly because she is in Canada and can’t yell back 😛
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No TAY forum.
And I don’t think it’s TAY’s fault. Kotaku has been kind of broken since Ben told us a new guy had made some changes. I don’t like the new guy. 😛-
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Yep. I don’t think your replacement is taking his job seriously, Harli.
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ARKHAM CITY FANS!!!
Sligh Spoilers if you haven’t finished it.
Did we ever find out how Harley got tied up in the steel mill at the end? I just replayed it and I assumed it was a ploy by Joker but it’s never said.
Could what lead to her being tied up be what the new DLC is gonna be?
Man. That game. Sooooooo great.
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Wasn’t it Talia al Ghul who did that? I don’t think they mentioned it exactly but she’s the only other person in the Steel Mill.
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Finally ordered LA Noire and DA2 from the 2 for $40 Ozgameshop thing. I’ll be letting you know what i think of the games. No bonus points for guessing what i think of DA2. LA Noire seems interesting, despite the fact that everyone told me not to get it.
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I thought it was just assumed every post of your’s was sarcastic?
Man… I struggled for like 10 mins with that sentence.
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They are.
Have fun with that.
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I actually have high hopes for LA Noire.
DA2 on the other hand was a rushed out cash grab. Bioware is good, but even they cant make a great game on that kind of production timeline.
But whatever, i’ve only played about 2 hours of DA2. So we’ll see what i think 30 hours in.
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LA Noire is good. It really is.
It just goes on a little too long.
The best case is about halfway through anyway so at least make sure you get that far.
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LA Noire looks pretty awesome. I wanted the complete edition, but meh, the DLC probably isn’t worth it.
I liked crashing my car and running people over in LA Noire. I don’t like the main character the more I got to know him.
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But you can’t even run over people because they leap out of they way!
Worst Carmageddon reboot ever /o\ -
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I’ve heard the main character is a total scumbag at times. I kinda like that, because games never do the bad cop thing well.
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Rediscovered Red Dead Redemption yesterday. Smashed the hell out of MP on my FATBOX240, and recently repurchased RDR GOTY for like $40 off PSN. Probably won’t be doing SP much, but promptly jumped into free roam with a mate for 8 hours. Gorramn that game is so much fun. So much to do, so many lols to be had.
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I’m pretty tempted to grab RDR GOTY for my seXbox, but really don’t need to add to my pile of shame.
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I find the greatest value for me is free roam MP. The single player is astounding, don’t get me wrong – but there’s almost infinite value to be had running around with mates and doing everything from knife fighting with bears to shooting the crap out of each other. Incidentally, there was bear knife fighting last night, and it was epic.
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*clears throat*
dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
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Woo, my copy of Silent Hill HD collection arrived this morning. Which is weird because it was sent 24 hours after my copy of Silent Hill Downpour. Hopefully that’s still on the way. :/
I know SHHD has apparently got some bugs and downpour reviews are all over the shop, but I’m willing to give both a chance.
Painful truth: I never actually finished Silent Hill 3. I watched my wife do it twice, but I never made it myself.
I also only ever finished Silent Hill 2 once, which I’m pretty sure is some sort or crime.
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I finished Silent Hill on PSX back in the day (which was incredible for it’s time), but have not really touched any others since then.
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Let us know if there really is anything wrong with the collection. I’m interested in buying it but not if there are problems. (I’ve never actually played any of the Silent Hill games but I know all about them and would love to give them a try.)
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If you have the PS2 versions of the game keep them just in case. I hear the HD collection was really messed up, especially SH2.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-what-went-wrong-with-silent-hill-hd
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I have special editions of both 2 and 3, they’re not going anywhere.
I heard the bugs are worse on the PS# and the 360 isn’t *that* bad, so here’s hoping.
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Good morning Internet friends!
My weekend was, for lack of a better word, terrible. OK, it wasn’t all bad
Friday was awesome. Spent all afternoon and some of the night playing Diablo 2 with Pez and Ynefel (I still don’t know how to pronounce his name), although Ynefel had to leave early because something exploded at his work.*
But then Saturday happened. Saturday morning I woke up with a sore throat, a headache, coughing, sneezing and a rather upset stomach. So Saturday was a write off for me. I spent a majority of the day in bed, could hardly eat anything due to my sore throat and was generally on deaths door.** On the upside I finally got around to catching up on Game of Thrones, South Park and 30 Rock.
Sunday I felt a little bit better. I still spent a majority of the day in bed. It was my first easter not living at home and so it was a little sad really. Yesterday I thought I was well enough to get out of the house so I did. My sister and her husband were going to see the new American Reunion movie and asked if I wanted to come along so I did. It was better than I expected. Although, the amount of young children (like 10-12) in the movie with their parents was rather disturbing.
Then last night, for some reason***, I decided to watch Transformers: Dark of the Moon. I saw it at the cinema and again when it came out on DVD and I’m still confused as to how giant metal robots beating the shit out of each other could be so damn boring.
Greenius and Rize built a shrine to me on Terraria. It made me laugh. A lot. Well done lads, I needed that haha.
I’ll get around to posting this weeks gaming nights soon. I just need to figure out what games we should play and so forth.
*Explosions probably didn’t happen, but I like to think they did.
**Manflu (aka the plague)…it’s the worst
***I was listening to the soundtrack on Sunday and it’s epic. The score that is, not the pop music soundtrack.
Hey TAY…
how’s everyone? i feel very rejuvenated \o/
had an awesome weekend after all…. Went to Wagga Wagga Friday and my brother in law and i decided to have a mini LAN… we only had crappy old laptops, so we got the nostalgia trips going… the was Need For Speed underground 2, V8 Super Cars 3, C&C Generals, C&C Tiberian Sun, Age of Empires 2 and UT GOTY to spice it up…. so good…
then sunday it was my Nephew’s christening, with a very nice ceremony and epic reception at my parents in laws place…
all in all not too shabby a weekend at all… \o/
plus, last thursday i handed in my 4 weeks notice with work… SCREE, F4CTION, LOOPS and all other MELBOURNE RELATED PEOPLE HERE I COME! (in 4 – 5 weeks time but anyway) \o/
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i think talking about it, both here and with the family cleared a lot of air and got us all feeling better…
last week was not a good week, didn’t help it was so sudden that she died, but with all the support from everywhere we’re all feeling better i think…so big thanks to TAY for putting up with Pixel the Emo Ferret Viking of Emoness
*Flicks Hair*
and it’s back to being… well… me \o/ good ol’ obnoxious me
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oh god, i can just imagine…. right, looks like i need to secure a job with 100k+ income… OR, buy gametraders…. i can see both being equally plausible…. now TO SCHEMING
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Just don’t raid mine please o_o
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i hear broadmeadows is good for this…
OR…
you could load up a Dragon runtime app… and i will attempt to defeat you, with no concern for property damage…
now i just have to learn how to train my Thu’um…
FUUUUUUUS-RO-*farts**chair collapses*
hey that worked
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You’ll be right =D There’s also That’s hot gift shop which sells a huge range of things. I bought Mum a Dalek Alarm clock from there.
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Sounds like the begining of a beautiful relationship,
trust me that’s how Clubby and I first met.-
Hugo has Clubby.
Pixel has Sticky.…ew.
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that sounds about right… i see nooo reason to read any kind of innuendo here at all
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Oh, that reminds me: Scree and I decided that once you move over there we’re using your house warming as an excuse to have a Melbourne meat.
That’s cool, right?*
*rhetorical question
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I’ll be doing it for my apartment housewarming too, Welbot said he’d try to make it too.. That’s right Welbot I haven’t forgotten! 😀
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Haha, it was a joke trying to get you to say Tournament, which contains the n word and therefore gets your post thrown into moderation. Unfortunately, that glitch has since been removed.
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MORNING EVERYONE, why doesn’t today’s TAY appear in the “Talk-Amongst-Yoursselves” tag? It lead me to believe that there was no new TAY today D=
Job interview in less than 2 hours \o/
Also remember everyone Dick Smiths real sale starts tomorrow, I went over this morning thinking it was today xD
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Just realised why TAY doesn’t appear in said tag it’s tagged as “Talk Amongst Yours” So we’re only meant to talk about Serrels?!
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The last sale just made me realise that I don’t actually need something just because it’s on sale. 😛
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Well these were games I’d been after for a while, so i was really after a few certain items.
All gone =P
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Yeah I don’t blame you, but I want a 90 dollar headset for 30 dollars to replace the dying one of mine =D
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So I’ve been paying Metal Gear Solid 2 (from that HD collection thingo) for the last week, and it’s really good! 😀 It took a LONG time to get back into the control style though. I also got confused on the title screen, because for some reason they ordered the three games in chronological-order, not release-order. Had to do some googling before I started. 😛
Did anyone else get one of those fake “YOU ARE TRYING TO SELL YOUR WARCRAFT ACCOUNT’ emails.
For once the spammers made a very convincing looking email, see below.
Hello,
It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell/trade your personal World of Warcraft account. This conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement. If this proves to be true, your account will be disabled. It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard employees. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
We recommend that you should verify your account ownership immediately.
Click on the link below to verify your Battle.net account e-mail address:
https://www.battle.net/account/support/password-verify.html
If you ignore this mail your account will be closed permanently. Once we verify your account, we will mail you that we have dropped the investigation.
Account security is solely the responsibility of the account holder. Please be advised that in the event of a compromised account, Blizzard representatives will typically lock the account. In these cases the Account Administration team will require faxed receipt of ID materials before releasing the account for play.
Regards
The Battle.net Support Team
Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.blizzard.com/support
Online Privacy Policy
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I get them daily.
Unfortunately they send them to the email address I don’t use for my Blizzard Account.
Supposedly free ME3 MP dlc pack from the 10-12 April, after the 12th it will be paid for only.
Looks like one or two new maps and a lot more characters weapons and equipment boosts.
ME3 PEOPLES, GET IT!
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so are we getting our ME3 Sexboxcircle Shenanigans on? sounds like we should… we probably should… we should… we have to…it’s happening
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http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Search?query=mass%20effect%203
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Don’t know how long it is free for. The bioware site just says free but IGN and 1UP say it is only free for a few days???
Also, GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH GETH!!!!!-
CALLED IT!
Also, cheers for the heads up Mr. Barbarian! Hopefully it’s all nice and easy for the PC side of it.
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Yup, there’s a Justicar class too and Batarians as well.
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Sorry but I’m always going to be Geth, always
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Monster Hunter 3 is awesome.
I was pretty terrible at it on the PSP but I still loved the game’s world and feel, but now using the classic controller makes things SO much better, free camera control FTW. Also I suspect beating Dark Souls has helped condition me to be a better hunter 🙂
I’m still pretty fresh in the game but I have managed to take down about three Great Jaggi’s so far.
And as for that early mission where you’re harvesting monster guts from a bunch of herbivores and then a Lagriacus shows up? Bricks were shat.
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Nope, MH on the Wii. Picked it up from the Dick Smith clearance for 15 bucks.
It looks great on the Wii but every time I play it I long for a Xbox/PS3 version, Capcom could do SO MUCH for that game visually with their MT Framework engine. And the added friends list functionality would make group hunts so much easier to organise.
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I still don’t understand why they made MHTri for the Wii. Of all things, why the Wii?
Although after playing it, I realised I wasn’t missing out on much. MHP 2ndG/Freedom Unite is still the greatest (and most challenging MH to date)Sorry, I’m a massive Monster Hunter snob.
After Capcom has seeminly shafted the west on MHP3rd localisation, I’m hoping we get one for Vita.
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Wow turns out not a lot of people like MH3, well I’m enjoying anyways.
Hopefully the popularity of Dark Souls will inspire Capcom to make a more challenging Monster Hunter for consoles.
Hi, guys.
Easter was fun, much chocolate (beer) was enjoyed, good times were had, and Geelong won.
Also, Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX, why are you so damn awesome? It’s not helping my uni work.
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Now you’re just being modest =O
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Me? Never!
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I know right?!
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So I’ve been having a few discussions with peeps recently and I’m going to abandon the house direction I’ve been taking with my music for this album. I think I was still trying too hard to write for what other people like and in the end that’s just not good for my creativity or artistic passion.
Sooo I’m going back to the drawing board after I mix/master this last house track 🙂
I’m still a huge fan of my glitch hop stuff but I don’t think people liked it as it was too slow a pace. Not sure wat do, when I find out I’ll let y’all know.
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Probably for the best, since I always hear the musicians I listen to say they make music for themselves, not the fans. Which is true in their early days but I start to question later in their career, i’m looking at you Nikki Sixx.
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Yeah, I’ve been trying to have my cake and eat it too – ie write something that everyone will enjoy listening to, and hopefully end up liking what I write as a result.
I just don’t think it’s working. There are things I would just rather write instead and I should do that. I have a career to pay for my music for this express purpose – so I can write what I damn well please 🙂
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Do both. Get your money selling out, get your kicks with personal projects… and in the process, get a name for yourself as versatile!
Win/win/win.
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Thanks Harlz, you’re one of the best peeps ever for always listening to my stuff 🙂
I don’t think I did – let me know the song and I’ll check it out tonight!
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The all important question:
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Surely there is a game where you can roll your face on the keyboard/controller to play.
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Hunter in WoW?
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Garen/Trynda-nerr
Surely you can play Void in Dota 2, Harli.
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no real gaming as of yet. All i’ve been doing is checking out updates in dota2 and watching other people’s matches. blerghgghgh
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My advice lost in moderation:
Do both. Get your money selling out, get your kicks with personal projects… and in the process, get a N-word for yourself as versatile!
Win/win/win.
Who needs sleep?
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See, that’s the thing though. With the DD project I’m doing and everything else in my life I don’t have a huge amount of time to spare to commit to multiple projects (first world problems and all that). Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to put my fingers in as many pies as possible but these days there aren’t enough hours in the day! It’s not aided by the fact that I’m trying to pursue a social life either :p
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In that case, the passion must come first… otherwise you run the risk of ceasing to enjoy the process.
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DUBSTEP.
Seriously though, you should aim to write what you want, and tweak it based on others ideas and opinions, not the other way around. Success or not, at least you’ll enjoy yourself a lot more.
Now hurry up and make some new stuff so we can listen to it!
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I just got randomly moderated giving some good advice to Pez. Clearly Kotaku does not agree my advice is good
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The other one
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So I just realised the chocolate mini mini mini meat will need postponement since I forgot I was volunteering at Supanova this weekend (I know, lame excuse)
ANYWHOOO GUYS.
CHOCOLATE MINI MINI MINI MELBOURNE MEAT will most likely be in May due to differing availabilities in April. Though if people can do after work shenanigans that is also acceptable?
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ARGH WHAT THE HELL REPLY BUTTON
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HEY, I’M RIGHT HERE YOU KNOW.
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GOOD REPLY FAIL
I should be free in May : )… oh wait I have exams then ._.
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Test: name.
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Yes. N a m e is moderated
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Wow. It really is being moderated.
Actually i’m on a roll, I also mentioned the N word, in reply to Cakesmith, without me actually knowing. It’s too early I tells ya!
So i finally beat Shadows of the Damned last night!
Such a great game.. and as for the ending…
V qba’g yvxr gur ‘haunccl unccl’ raqvat.
V srry gurl fubhyq unir fghpx jvgu gur bar.
V qvq yvxr gung gur tnzr fgvyy xrcg tbvat nsgre orngvat Syrzzvat, ohg QNZA Cnhyn znqr sbe bar bs gur gbhturfg qnza obff onggyrf, rfcrpvnyyl pbafgnagyl fcnjavat qrzbaf cebgrpgrq ol qnexarff!
Nf sbe gur raqvat – v sryg ernyyl fngvfsvrq jura gurl fng gurer naq frrzrq yvxr gurl jrer tbvat gb qvr gbtrgure – nf vs Tnepvn svanyyl tnir hc uvf rtbgvfgvpny jnlf sbe gur jbzra ur ybirf, nsgre yvggrenyyl tbvat guebhtu uryy whfg gb trg gb ure.
Ohg gura vg punatrf naq gurl’er ng ubzr naq gnyxvat unccvyl nobhg tbvat ba ubyqvqnlf, bayl gb svaq bhg fur vf nyjnlf tbvat gb or Syrzzvat’f zvfgerff, ohg fancf onpx gb ure byq frys abj naq gura?
Vg frrzrq yvxr n ovg bs n pbc bhg – ohg ng gur fnzr gvzr vg fgvyy ergnvaf gung srryvat bs ‘ybir cerinvyf’ jvgu Tnepvn “Shpxvat” Ubgfche qbvat jungrire vg gnxrf gb xrrc ure…
V pna’g fnl v’z qvfnccbvagrq jvgu gur raqvat, ohg v whfg srry vg fubhyq unir tbar bar jnl be gur bgure.
Still – it’s an awesome and lighthearted game
Nyfb – wbuafba’f enc vf creuncf gur shaavrfg guvat v unir rire frra n fxhyy qb.
YAYYYYY! ANOTHER GAME OFF MY PILE OF SHAME!!!
Next i’ll be taking my first steps into Uncharted 🙂
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Uncharted 2! <3
I'm not sure what order you're going to play them in but I'd recommend 1, 2, 3.As for Shadows of the Damned, I didn't read that because I haven't played it yet but I was originally looking forward to the game. However, reviews made it look pretty average but it seems like you, The Berg and Shiggy are enjoying it so I'll try to pick it up since it's now cheap 😀
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I tend to play things in order – so i have #1 sitting at home – hopefully it’s as great as everyone says.
Also, games like SotD get SLAMMED in reviews because reviewers PLAY games, rather than EXPERIENCE games – which is exactly why they’ll never like games like Sotd, or to the more extreme extent, Too Human.
SotD is just deeply enjoyable – it’s hilarious, weird and wonderful. Some great game mechanics and plenty of hidden laughs and little touches that just make it pretty great in my eyes.
They even pack massive laughs in the ending credits!
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Also – we have a box literally filled with chocolate eggs from easter!
WINNING!Spend easter morning at Bee’s families holdiay farm house just outside of Wonthaggi – was pretty gret. They have a full playground now – AWESOME!
You better bet your ass that we played tiggy!!!I also broke her little brothers football with my mighty kick!!!! TAKE THAT PUNY MORTAL BALL!
I didn’t feel as bad as i should have because it made a pretty awesome noise as the guts erupted from the supple leathery flesh!
New installment of WAAWYPAEHBWATR
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/04/while-you-were-sleeping-361/comment-page-1/#comment-631093
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/hi5’s
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Feedback time:
I’ve been running the community gaming nights for a couple of weeks now and I want your feedback. What’s worked? What hasn’t worked? What games did you enjoy? What games didn’t you enjoy? What games would you like to play but haven’t yet?
Help me improve this for you guys!
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iSketch worked 😉
Terraria was good but there wasn’t enough people in there for long enough for anything significant 😛
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I didn’t pimp out Terraria like the other games. There was no TAY post about it or anything, just the Steam event, so if you weren’t on Steam you would not have known about it.
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Only issues I’ve had is with things getting set up at the beginning – happened in RDR, iSketch, Brink and Uncharted. But that’s mostly because those were the first times playing those particular games, so I’m sure it’ll get better down the track, and it’s not all that much of an issue to begin with because the game has always run successfully after that clumsy setup.
I have enjoyed all the games I’ve played so far. It’s been a lot of fun because most of them are either entire games or just the multiplayer side that I have never explored despite owning. I’d never done any Uncharted 3 multiplayer, for example, but it was pretty awesome. And Brink took me by surprise, that was fun too. I would like a Halo night somewhere down the line, maybe some Mass Effect 3 action as well.
You’re doing awesomely so far, Cakeman!
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I have no problems with the ones I’ve been in, they were great fun. I guess I would have liked some more people playing during some, but that’s not really an issue we can do much about.
I’d still really like to play more TF2 though, but that’s just me being a little selfish. xD Oh, and I don’t know if you saw, but I’d like to get a few Mario Kart 7 races going one day. I just need to know how many people have the game (community details on the Servers page in the TAY Handles doc, for anybody who missed it).
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Oh, and another thing! Some people have been mumbling every now and then to get a fighting game added to the TAY rotation, so we could have a look into what people own. I have Street Fighter x Tekken on PS3 (which would be good because it’s 4 player), and even though I’m fairly amateur, I wouldn’t mind playing!
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RDR was hella fun, though next time we might have to stick to free roam for a while, by this I mean;
I WANT MORE RDR!!!
Some ME3 MP might be fun, but with only four people per map, that could be an issue.
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What’s worked? Mostly everything.
What hasn’t worked? Xbox events because no Live Gold. (Or any of the games, for that matter) 😛
What games did I enjoy? BRINK! (And TF2)
What games didn’t you enjoy? *blank*
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I always make a habit of asking someone to test it for me at an earlier date when I’m trying to host a game or something. Making sure they can see and play on it on demand.
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My only problem is that I haven’t been able to make most of the game time =P
I’d love some more TF2 or BF3. I would have joined in on brink or terraria but I don’t currently own them.
I had a blast that one isketch game I attended.
I am reposting since the reply buttons are being a wank and this browser is also a wank.
ANYWHOOOOOOOO
So I just realised the chocolate mini mini mini meat will need postponement since I forgot I was volunteering at Supanova this weekend (I know, lame excuse)
ANYWHOOO GUYS.
CHOCOLATE MINI MINI MINI MELBOURNE MEAT will most likely be in May due to differing availabilities in April. Though if people can do after work shenanigans that is also acceptable?
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Melbourne CBD most likely due to the fact that it is central and the chocolate is very concentrated there.
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Haighs Chocolate is like heaven for my mouth loins
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But they don’t have a cafe 🙁 We’re looking at Lindt Cafe, Ganache or Koko Black
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Then we buy their chocolate (ALL OF THE CHOCOLATE) and take it to a cafe
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WHATEVER I WILL GO TO ALL THE SUPERMARKETS TODAY AND BUY ALL THE DISCOUNTED EASTER STUFF AND JUST SIT IN A PILE OF CHOCOLATE AND GORGE MYSELF TO EASE THE PAIN
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Aww man, you know how baddies in movies/games always have throwns made of skulls and things like that, I want to make a thrown of chocolate. I have no idea why, I just want to do it.
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throne dammit, THRONE!!!
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@Pez (and your millions of monikers)
It appears I really wasn’t ready to start jogging again. :p Musta pulled a muscle in my leg, because I got up this morning and ohhh it hurt to walk. I am sad now, but then I suppose this means I can just sit around all day playing video games and watching movies.
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YOU DO.
NOW STOP MAKING EXCUSES LIKE A GIRLY MAN. TWENTY PUSHUPS. THEN BRING ME A SANDWICH SO I HAVE MORE ENERGY TO BERATE YOU FURTHER.
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How do I get the sandwich to you?
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You run here.
That’s how.
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…eh screw that. I don’t pay you to make me do things.
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I swear to god if you don’t come to a meat by the end of this month I will type up a sternly worded comment expressing my extreme displeasure at your lack of participation. It will be exactly 243 words and really not make much sense at all but it will be there.
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Noted! I am still reading the emails. Sometimes they get hard to follow.
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Has anyone bought Kid Icarus Uprising? I just wanted to hear your thoughts on it :).
I wasn’t going to buy it straight away but if you buy it from Zavvi they’re giving you a code to download Of Myth and Monsters (Kid Icarus on Gameboy). I’m not sure how long this will last so I might as well buy it now :P.
Has anyone pre-ordered Darksiders 2 and/or Borderlands 2? If so, what editions and where from? I enjoyed both Darksiders and Borderlands but I was only going to pick up Borderlands at launch. But because of all this pre-order/day-one DLC mumbo jumbo, I’d rather pick them both up so I don’t miss out :P. Darksiders 2 has a supposedly “2 hour+ campaign” as pre-order DLC and of course Borderlands 2 has a brand new character.
Stupid DLC…
*grumble grumble*
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Kid Icarus is the next game on my list (which probably won’t be bought until like… July :P). Let me know what it’s like if you buy it!
“… Effluvium Boy might spend one third of his time on one project, one third of his time on another, and two thirds on another…” – Company Director April ’12
Wither 2: Dark Edition soon
😀
Also – TRIALS EVOLUTION!!!
ALSO ALSO – BUY AND PLAY SHADOWS OF THE DAMNED WHILE YOU WAIT!
Hey guys, I got a question for you all about the next gen consoles.
Developers have been saying that budgets for next gen titles are going to double and that they’re less likely to take risks, etc.
I was curious to find out whether players would be interested in games that use current gen graphics that allow the developer to do “more” on a next gen console. For example, you would expect The Elder Scrolls 6 one the Xbox720/PS4 to look amazing (yet still suffer from the issues that plague TES games). What if, instead, TES6 looked very much like Skyrim in terms of models and textures but had an advanced lighting system, greater draw distance and higher models counts (more people, trees, etc). With the extra horsepower available you could even take out load times completely ; opening houses or towns in real time.
I could think of more examples or ways to improve a game in this way, but this post could drag on.
So what do you think? Could gamers settle for current quality graphics in favor of gameplay improvements?
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Well, console players have ‘settled’ for the current gen of graphics for many years now. Sony expects a 10 year lifecycle for the PS3.
I don’t quite understand the argument as a result. Why are better graphics going to double a budget for? What proof do they have around this?
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Its essentially in the cost of creating quite high-polygon models and high-rez textures and game engines that can handle both, all from scratch – which is quite a lot of work. Unless EVERYONE just uses Unreal Engine 4…
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Making better graphics costs more money.
You need more things in the scene, each of which requires time, and artists. For most environmental objects, the more poly’s you add increases the amount of time for a single person to make it. With more complex models, you should have more complex rigging, or else you end up with the problem that every game seems to have had this generation, where their animations suck immensely.
About the only thing that won’t have that much of an increase is Character models, and that’s because most decent places are creating very high res models, and baking down from them, so the increase in poly’s is fairly inconsequential, except that you need to deal with things like hair, and if you don’t have a procedural/dynamic system for generating that kind of stuff(which would take programmers to create), the artists needs to spend more time on creating it.
So, better graphics = more time = more money.
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I think the bulk of gamers today are more impressed with prettier graphics over better gameplay, which freakin’ stinks cause that dictates where developers move towards for new games (bit of a generalisation, but eh). This isn’t to say I judge the devs for wanting money, just that I’m in the group of people that can enjoy a game of the content over the graphics.
I like my games like I like my women: being pretty is a pretty good advantage, but without any decent content, what’s the point?Also, a good interface is…*cough*…never mind.
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I would gladly ‘settle’ for current gen graphics but improved performance and over-all quality. I think we could get another generation worth out of the current cycle.
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Each new console generation has seen dev’s trying to push the “next gen look” in their graphics, its been a bump up. Maybe it will be a gradual ramp this time, a transition to those next gen graphics. I don’t expect the first year or two of the next gen to necessarily wow us. If they can just achieve ME3, AC3 or Skyrim level of graphics I’d be satisfied. Then, later on when tech is cheaper and hardware is understood better, they can wow us.
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I already feel most graphics have looked photorealistic (or close to it) since Assassin’s Creed back in 2007! A few early gen games look a bit suss (Halo 3 looks like it was built for the original Xbox for example) but any graphic improvements will be so miniscule that most people won’t notice the difference, the real uptick will be processing power and RAM to handle better load times, more bodies on the ground (Assassin’s Creed and Dead Rising already do this but in The Force Unleashed (a game packed with physics computations) the bodies dissappear immediately.
PEZ.
PROVIDE ME WITH LINKS TO YOUR MUSIC. SO I MAY LISTEN.
EMAIL ME AT TSEKKT(AT)GMAIL(DOT)COM.
I HAVE A HOTMAIL ADDY BUT IT IS POO.
THANK YOU.
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http://www.soundcloud.com/jamesflamestar
Have at it.
Also, if you missed my live set last year (which you did, but should totes check out):
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No, McGarnical is.
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No, that’s McGarnical.
Keep up, will you!?
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Also, if you missed my live set last year (which you did, but should totes check out):
http://www.livestream.com/jamesflamestar-
I loaded that up to stare at pictures of you while working and it gave me a 700 second advert…
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I swear to god everyone is camping TAY today just to snipe the hilarity before I can get to it.
I AM ONLY ONE MAN, CAN YOU PLEASE ALL SLOW DOWN OR AT LEAST PRETEND TO DO SOME WORK AT YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
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OH GOD IT IS BLAGHMAN, FRIENDS!
MARK THIS DOWN AS A MOMENTOUS DAY, WHERE THY BLAGHIEST OF MEN AROSE FROM HIS COFFIN DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS!!!!6!!!
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i think i have a telepathic connection to Hugo, because i too have been caught by the Skyrim bug again… with the Steam Workshop it has made it nice and easy to apply many of my mods… and man that game is now GORGEOUS…
acquired a mod called Winter Is Coming – Cloaks, which adds some much needed Game of Thrones style cloaks and capes to the game… because it does not make sense to make your way through a blizzard in steel armor, i hear it’s not that insulating…
also, i think i’m very close to actually finishing my first playthrough of an elder scrolls game ever \o/… i have poured hundreds of hours into Oblivion but not felt compelled to finishing it… but this one, i am so close i can smell it… and i already have my next character figured out and lined up for my next playthrough
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playing as a rudimentary Nord Warrior at the moment a big-arse two handed sword smither from the remains of Heroes of old (yeah, i like telling my own stories :P)
but my next playthrough i’m contemplating going the Argonian stabby-stab way, because i have missed a heap of quest lines i didn’t wanna do because of the nature of my current character…but 2 handed swords are just so satisfying to use 😛
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Me too please.
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The power of the loin cloth is strong, especially since my new character is also a Nord warrior using a two handed sword (skyforged FTW) and moonlights in smithing.
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i have only moonlighted in Woodchopping so far, but i did decide to forge my own sword, because it just sounds bad ass that i’ve forged my sword from the fires of the Skyforge…
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i reckon… i haven’t installed anything except for the cloaks that adds actual new content… the rest are just sound enhancers/HD Texture Mods etc, which just makes the game SO FREAKING PRETTY… i mean vanilla looks nice, but WOOOOOW
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So what does everyone make of the article this morning with a dev saying GTA V will be out this October? It would be nice, but for some reason I doubt it will be so =(
Finally! Post is out of moderation!
Banana Llama
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/04/while-you-were-sleeping-361/comment-page-1/#comment-631022
So, who else has stumbled upon websites that were unexpectedly different to what you thought they would be?
I was with bee one night, messing around on the computer and typed in “ilovebianca.com” thinking i was being all clever, and hit enter, thinking nothing would come up.
Something did come up.
A website for a female leather fetishist…
Needless to say i was surprised and bee gave me that horrible look.
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ten(dot)com
Ah, yes. Typed that one in while my parent’s were around asking for Rove Live times.
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The Channel ten site without the .au at the end was a porn site ~ten years ago. Maybe it still is, I don’t know, but yeahhhhhhhhhhh, that was… a discovery.
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back in the day, which will now be referred to as B.G. (Before Google), I used to use the search engine “excite”.
Needless to say that “ecxite” was a very different site… oddly enough one that school took quite a few years to block.
Gamey game games! Episode 3265!
All the news and updates about stuff wot I did
Wow, seems I share a symbiotic link with Pixel and Hugo. Started on Skyrim again after a long break and spent HOURS looking through the workshop. Any recommended mods?
Played some Soul Calibur V. Mainly CASing all day. Making ALL the fighters! So far my faves include a gay He-Man and Ryomou Shimei from Ikki Tousen.
Cheat Alert I set up my arcade stick, made X my vertical attack, switched on the turbo and left Misurugi battling a beginner in Quick Battle for HOURS. Leveled up to 75 so far and unlocked ALL the customizable outfits! Much fun will be had now!
I also played more Borderlands with SarcasmFairy. We’re now plodding around New Haven at around level 32. I think we must be getting close to the end. Really looking forward to Borderlands 2.
And that’s pretty much all my gaming news.
Tune in next week for a much better episode.
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i’ll look through at home and see what mods i use…
most of the are just HD enhancement mods for textures/water etc.i do however highly recommend this one
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=13486purely because it looks amazing, if you can handle a little bit of clipping on some things…
i can also recommend
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=8655
which updates all Static meshes to better modelsand
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=13268
Because the waterfalls ARE SO GODDAMN PURTYohoh and
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=607
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I think I sank another 10 hours into Binding of Isaac over the weekend…… yeah. Take out what you will from that information.
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Shorty from Indiana Jones Temple of Doom.
All I need is a baseball cap.
That’s how it works, right?-
This made me laugh more than it probably should have
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HEY THERE GUYS!
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I cosplay as Tina from Bob’s Burgers.
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll1736754U1qbxe5yo1_500.jpg
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craaaaaaaaaaaap… right…
fine…
i guess i can go as the Oblivion nude mod then… lower polygon count /o\-
How are you going to do the oprah winfrey putty face?
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that part just comes natural to me… plus i may use all of my missus’ make up, but that’s normal… also, i seem to be able to pull of the “Orc” model better then anything else, i always get complimented on how remarkably similar i look
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I would cosplay as Vandal Gragas as it would require zero change in my attire after a ride (aside from the spikes and bandana).
http://sotl.clgaming.net/images/Gragas_Splash_5.jpg
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Ridiculously so.
Also, terrifying.
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I believe someone is having a house warming party soon, right?
Also when is that so I can organise fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiights.
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In settlement at the moment 😀
I have to check in with my solicitor (look at me, sounding all important and stuff) but I think it will be in a month’s time 🙂
ERRBODY’S invited! Just need to nail down some dates once I get my shit moved and settled in!
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Siiiiiiiick.
Keep me posted, babe.
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Done, honeybunch.
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This.
Also, I’d be keen for a cosplay meat, but I’d need someone to help with the costume part of it…
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Tekken cosplay meat? :p
I’d totes dye my hair blonde and go as steve fox.
In the alternate costume, not the boxing outfit one.
Ladies would not be able to contain themselves if I went in the boxing outfit. They’d be all ‘nice gloves’ and so forth.
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Pfft, you should see me as Christie Monteiro… we’re like mirror images
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Hot. I’ll see you there?
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I dislike costuming because I usually don’t bother to put the effort in. The last thing I dressed up for was a birthday party where I went as Tom Riddle from the 2nd Harry Potter xD
Plus, no video game characters look like me (unlucky for them?). I’d probably have to dig through the archives of skinny JRPG characters or something, haha.
70’S INTERLUDE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnG1vqVlPGE
Highest rated comment: Right? RIGHT???
Second highest rated comment: Applicable to all you people who see the word “Nips” and giggle.
Youtube commentors who don’t suck exist, who knew?
Howdy Tayberinos
how was your long weekend?
I’ve got the week off work, so yaay! game time for me!
A TUESDAY morning question:
Given we’ve just had easter, what’s the best form of resurrection in video games? I’m thinking things like Vita-Chambers
O.O
Page 3 already?
*slowly backs away*
Uhh, i think i left my … cat on fire
*quickly runs away*
How was everyone’s weekend, mine was split between getting my rump kicked in LoL and getting my rump kicked in Dark Souls, so it was a good weekend. \o/
Although no chocolate on Sunday /o\
But I can buy ALL the discounted chocolate today \o/
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Yeah, I smashed face with Ezreal. I think i got to Legendary status. Twas a good way to end the night.
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Weekend was good, saw the fams for my nephews 1st birthday and then had dinner with the in laws sunday night. Had been a long time since I had roast lamb so that was enjoyable.
Tried out 2 new games
Capsized: Interesting little platformer, fairly easy so far but I think it is the sort of game that is designed for re playability and trying to 10 star each level. Set on a different planet and you jump way higher than a normal platformer which takes some getting used to. I had never realised how dependent you get on the standard jump height in a platformer until they go and change it on youBlur: Already got my monies worth on this one, a fun little arcade racer. A couple of hours in and have completed my first one – on – one challenge. If anybody wants to add me as a friend for the offline multiplayer my username is Tigerion. Hopefully we can get a game night setup sometime for this
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Mine was okay, though I was kinda babysitting though at home. Instead of 2 straight days of negative rambling from my family, I got 4. At least I got chocolate from a friend to consume so at least there’s that.
Oh yeah and my support Blitzcrank play has got a fan now 🙂
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Sir, may I remind you that the last time you thrust your “name” in someone’s face, you became a registered sex offender?
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So, I beat Metal Gear Solid 3 over the weekend. Damn, that was an awesome game.
I loved the final cutscene before fighting The Boss – I almost didn’t want to fight her, as I found myself agreeing with her arguments and sentiments. Then the post-battle revelations from EVA turned half the plot on its head, and made The Boss’ actions even more poignant. And the post-credits scene was blind mowing. I love Snake Eater!
Started playing Peace Walker, then after that it’s Guns of the Patriots. I knew there was a reason I got a PS3 😛
I also beat inFamous 2 over the weekend. Was rather fun, except for the ‘defend the generator’ missions. They were horrible, and boring.
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I know. I was watching for nearly five minutes, waiting, waiting. Then it occured to me that it had to be me.
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Presumably they’ve fixed it to actually just block the name field, rather than moderating everything based upon whether or not the word name appears in the comment.
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Also, @Chuloopa
I’ve been playing Shadows of the Damned a little in amongst all the Metal Gear. It’s rather fun. The gameplay and mechanics are all solid, if not particularly groundbreaking, the graphics are decent, but the humour is where the game really shines. So many immature giggles. I liked reading the book about George before fighting George 😛
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On a side note – i just love how everything is done competently, but not groundbreaking, but is still so damn enjoyable.
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Yeah, I don’t mind if there isn’t so much of the groundbreaking as long as all of the stuff that is there works.
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There are many things that I had planned to get done today. Being out of bed much earlier was one of them.
Ooops.
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hey Bunny, in regards to May MEATS at yours. i realised shadowloo is also happening in May and I’m heading down there for a few days. i won’t be able to pull two interstate trips in a month. Sorry man ;(
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I’m thinking of doing it early/mid June now. Seeing as the original date I wanted to do it was 19/5 which is way to close to the Diablo 3 release date.
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Canberra Meat is late June! LAAAATTTEEE JJJUUUUNNNNNEEEE!!!!!
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Fine, I’ll make mine in May and Harli can just be jelly.
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wobble wobble
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Well, early/mid June is still free, which is what I was saying.
Do you really want to impact on D3 time?
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soooo… if you have sex with a krogan in mass effect… do you get this???
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17j2lhlecmtjdjpg/original.jpg
So I got my first vodafone post paid account last month.
And they overcharged me already.
Balls.
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As a vodafone customer let me say this:
“RUN, RUN WHILE YOU CAN. FLEE FROM THIS TERRIBLE COMPANY RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!”
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I was randomly searching for recipes and came across “98% fat free bacon (Weight Watchers brand)”. Why would such a thing exist /o\
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What?! I tried to help you humans eat more bacon without it being so much of a threat to your health!
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I don’t know, man.
98% fat free bacon is pretty cruel.
I might as well go to Woolworths deli, buy a bag of ham, and just shove that in my mouth.
Not that I don’t already, but that’s not the point.
Fat is integral to bacon.-
*sniffs* Fine…
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It’s ‘k, mang.
My heart barely pumps as it is and all the arteries are coated in all the cholesterol and fat, so I’ll probably die in 9 years, but I would have lead a prosperous life as an eater. -
You can’t blame me for wanting you to live longer, human 🙁
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But at what cost, Techy? At what cost?
6 million dollars? No, that’s you.
What are we even talking about anymore I don’t know.
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As you may now, I have been a bit slack with writing Cheapskate Gamer. This is due to a combination of not having the time, and lacking motivation when I do have the time. I have fixed up the time problem by rearranging my barely existent schedule, and have fixed the motivation problem by giving myself a sound beating over the head with an almost ripe pear.
I have some ideas on how to make Cheapskate Gamer better. This involves finding out more about game keys (like which sites are legit and whatnot) like some people suggested, and I’m also thinking of utilizing the facebook page more, posting things on there like Steam midweek/weekend sales, Zavvi’s Mega Monday sales, instore sales, and various other similar things. And that’s about all I got right now. So, I need suggestions! How can I make Cheapskate better than it ever was before? Help me TAYbie Wans, you’re my only hope!
Soooo.. Shadows of the Damned, for people that don’t have it yet, here are the best places to get it from – AND IT’S NOT ONLINE! SHOCK HORROR!!!
JB Hi Fi – it’s part of their “2 for $40” deal – so pick it up along with another awesome game.
Eb games – $20 preowned, or better yet, it’s $29 brand new, par of the “buy one get one free” promotion, meaning your could pick up 2 games for $29 total!!!
NEAT-O!
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I was watching an auction for it brand new on eBay but no one was around to buy it for me (I usually get someone to buy it and I pay them back since I don’t have a credit card)
$14 🙁
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I did but I don’t have enough funds in my PayPal account at the moment :P. Usually I’ll have my dad or someone else around but since I’m not in a rush to play it, I’ll just wait until I can find it cheaper again 🙂
Too many games, not enough time :/
TRIALS EVO SOON!
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correct me if I’m wrong but you don’t need any funds in your playpal account when it’s linked to a bank account. It just takes money from the bank account when you use paypal to buy something.
I never have any money sitting in the paypal account….or did you mean you don’t have any money in your bank account? In which case not having $14 might be a problem…
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I’m not sure since I made a PayPal account pretty recently and haven’t tried using it for eBay 😛
When I tried to buy stuff from online retailers like Zavvi, OzGameShop and Steam it said I was unable too because “This seller only accepts instant payments” (or something along those lines). It gave me the option to transfer money from a bank account to my PayPal funds and once that was done (in about 5 days or so) I was able to purchase stuff instantly from Steam. I’m guessing this is because I only have the bank account and no credit/debit card linked to it.
I don’t have a job (full time uni student) so my bank account funds are limited 😛
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Might be the debit card thing… Perhaps it has to go through VISA.
Mine is linked to a NAB bank account that has a debit card (but no credit card)
have you actually properly verified your bank account? usually they put a few cents into your account and you have to tell them how much it was – this confirms you have access to that account.
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Sweet :). Send me a DM on Twitter or let me know again on TAY and we’ll work something out. I can directly send you money through PayPal for it.
Cheers 😀
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No, when i said you can have it, i meant i’m giving it to you.
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Also, that’s what she said…
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Can’t I pay you for your services?
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LOL “Help me TAYbie Wans, you’re my only hope!” Love it.
Facebook page or Twitter account would be handy for quick simple updates…
holy crud… i laughed so hard it came out my nose and hurt…
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/3770425_700b.jpg
Heads up, Origin patch for ME3 is online right now and Shep’s importing proper. If someone’s already mentioned this then I’m sorry. The consoles are expected to be patched on their usual update days.
I think i am going to die today. I have been on top of our building about 5 times on a old ladder trying to fix stuff. It is still not fixed and i have had a few close calls with falling. If i die someone tell my family “hello”
But seriously, me on a roof is always a bad idea. I think i need to become more fit and less like a brick, or a unco brick.
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OH&S hahahaha
Its funny because they will laugh at me if i say so and tell me all the dangerous situations they have been in. The ladder isn’t the bad part. The slanted hot roof is.-
yeah sadly some companies just don’t give a hoot. Which is pretty bad, coz it’s one of those situations where everything is fine until it isn’t. Then they end up in court etc.
Stupid really.-
There are Ombudsmen for this kind of thing.
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Oh, man. I’m terrified of heights. I freak out looking over a second floor balcony. Good luck, pal. :p
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So back from my interview, I think it went rather well. The bloke interviewing was rather friendly and we got chatting off topic on a few things, one being Soundwave haha.
Everything I said he reacted to positively! Which is great! So finger crossed n stuf!
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Nah, I didn’t have one. But if I had known he was a Steel Panther fan before hand then I should’ve worn the Leopard print spandex!
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Will do, I was the 2nd or 3rd interview it would seem, he said he had another week or so before decisions could be made.
Also I got in the good books when he asked how long it took me to get there, something like 2-3 minutes from leaving my front door, and I walked there \o/
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Good luck. The market is picking up right now. At the start of the year it was really difficult because everyone thought that Europe could go bankrupt at any moment (and it still might) but the signs are better now and people are hiring again.
I hope you get it. Having no cash kinda sucks, believe me, i know.
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Thanks man, yeah having no money is the worse in this day and age, i’ve been on the hunt the last 2 years since my last job :S
My area in general has a high population of unemployed/poor people so yeah. At best of times it can be hard to find vacancies anywhere in this general area.
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You live out west right? That place should be booming with jobs (i think) with so many new people moving in.
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Nope, Qld/NSW border. Tweed Heads. I even went and got my RSA so I could try & get bar work then only to find out most establishments want your RCG as well, which is a load of shit imho.
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Very serious question, does any of you have a gorilla suit or similar I can borrow. Preferably Sydney based but will pay for postage? Im about 5’11” and about 100kg. If you have any animal themed costume let me know as I have a party im going to and i want to look awesome!
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You’re going to have to pad out that suit when you find one, Mr. MBA. You’re all scrawny and stuff now. 😀
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So nice of you to say that 100kg is scrawny and stuff… but thanks 😉 Still a long way to go and I have not lost any weight in like 8 weeks now 🙁 Not putting it back on really, just can’t seem to get motivated. Check out my page get on the next page to see why i’m so all over the place right now.
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It’s April 10th and that means the answer to the Trials HD Riddle will be announced today. Did I mention that I made the video that will be used globally by Redlynx to make this announcement. Did I also mention that 5 different Kotaku peeps have contributed to this project in some way.
Did I mention that I am super happy today about this project finally coming to an end. Can’t wait to hear what you and everyone thinks of the video.
Considering that I only started video editing because of the Kotaku WWE article, I’m really happy with the end result.
Now THIS is the time to get Hyped, Shady style!
Also Trials Evolution in 1 week and I now have a beard that requires combing! Life is good!
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Dude, I have never played the game and I’m excited! (I was totally sucked into the mystery by your first article.) Can only imagine how excited you are
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Apparently my happy pose is ruined due to HTML formatting.
That’s ok. I didn’t need arms or a torso anyway.
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Does this mean you discovered the answer? Can’t wait for the big reveal and can’t wait for Trials Evo 😀
I’m going to be using soo many of those 48 hour trials to play multi with you guys 😀
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Not exactly. I was assisted by the developer who walked me through the clues so that the answer became clear. So I did kinda of figure it out, but was helped along the way. I’ve actually known it for about 6 months now. 😉
And mate, you will be playing Evo so much, it’s worth the $50 spend on a year’s XBL… c’mon man, it’s money well spent. 🙂
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NOICE WORK FATSHADY MBA (i shall continue to use that in honour of your hard work)
it’s a bit strange, i feel sort of hesitant to find out what the answer is because it seems like such a grand, built up mystery. Almost like it should remain that way.
on the other hand, my curiosity is killing me.
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Keep in mind that if the ending of the riddle is not to my liking I will petition you to change it.
Expect cupcakes in the mail, lots of cupcakes.
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I have it on good authority that the ending to The Lesser Evil could be better.
Sight unseen, will you send me cupcakes?PS: Actually, I think the ending is okay…
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Depends on how bad the ending is.
I’ll have to figure out an ending badness to cupcake flavour/amount ratio formula before I make any final decisions.-
So if the ending is good you get no cupcakes.
But hey at least you have a good ending 🙂
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Hmmm.. judging by the last page, people don’t find Krogan/Human hybrids as amusing as i do… interesting…
So i AM an asshole…
THE MORE YOU KNOW!
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On a side note – i’m really craving a good latte.
Why can’t there be decent cafes in industrial areas? -
I spent a while looking at the pic trying to find what you were referring too… and then OH the left one…
:/ harsh
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There must be something wrong with my sense of humor.. or people are more sensitive than i thought…
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A krogan/human hybrid would be fine, but when you start calling a perfectly attractive girl in a bulky N7 suit a Krogan/human hybrid is when things become objectionable.
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Attractive?
Are we looking at the same person? The one on the left?Also – i made the comment more because of the bulky armor – it looks more like krogan armor than anything.
But, meh – each to their own-
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yeah, I saw it on the last page and was going to say something but decided against it.
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Is everything okay with you these days, Loops?
You seem to be coming out with a fair few douchebaggy comments lately that don’t really sound like you.-
if it were a dude instead of a girl would everyone still be just as offended? I think not…
If anything, maybe people shouldn’t be so damn touchy over something trivial of which no harm was meant
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I’m not offended. I just think it was poor taste. And yes, I would feel the same if it was a guy you were talking about. I haven’t seen anyone agree with you that it was “funny”, most people seem to agree it was “harsh”.
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On a side note – aside from possibly this – where exactly have i been making ‘douchebaggy’ comments, exactly? hrmm??
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I’m not getting into this with you, my son’s just gone down for his nap so I have stuff to do. I just wanted to know if you were okay and if anything had been stressing you out to the point of not acting like the Loops we know and love.
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Saying that “store bought” engagement rings didn’t have sentimental value RIGHT AFTER Strange said her ring was store bought.
Sorry. Not trying to fan the flames but that wasn’t cool.
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Hi TAY,
Hope your afternoon has started well. Anyway I have a few questions:
1. Is Greed corp on PS3/PC any good? I saw a video of it over the weekend and it looked interesting. It is currently $10 on PSN and I was curious if any of you guys have played it. Reviews seemed OK but hopefully one of you guys have played it and have some opinions on it. There is an Ipad version which is 99c but I don’t have an Ipad otherwise I would have already taken the plunge. $10 is a bit much for an impulse buy at the moment.
2. I just got FIFA 11 a few weeks ago and I just popped it in the past week. I’m still getting used to the general presentation and controls after playing PES for a while on the PS2. I just started a career mode and it is OK so far but feels different compared to Master league in PES. Anyway my question is, is there any way to create two different squads for the same team in the same career? The thing is I want a first team to play in the premiership but a B team to play the easier matches and some FA Cup games.
At the moment I’m changing the squad manually before any of the simpler matches but I was hoping for a faster way to do it. Thanks.
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1. YES!!! GET IT!!!!!
2. I downloaded he demo for fifa street last night. Man am i disappointed with how slow paced it is… what a let down – glad i didn’t buy it. There is still no better soccer game than Pro Evo on PS2.
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PES 5 and 6 were my favourites. I spent so much time on the master league perfecting my team. The layout and team charts were so easy to read as well, also transfer negotiations were really fun. The text in FIFA is really small and it’s hard to get a quick comparison between two players.
Do you mind explaining further why I should get Greed corp? Is it east to understand? How long is the campaign length etc.
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Long stroy short – it’s effectively a board game for your computer. It’s very strategy heavy, but quite enjoyable.
I haven’t actually played the campaign, myself, only skirmish battles – and they are fun enough
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MASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Greed corp is fun but has a fair difficulty spike in the campaign. Fairly enjoyable and you should get value for money about it. As loops said it is pretty much a board game, all turn based strategy. Hexagonal board, each turn move, buy new units. Main game mechanic is that harvesting resources literally destroys the world and it is very rewarding to place a harvester and watch it destroy half the enemy units and the land crumbles beneath them.
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Thanks for the thoughts on the game guys, I think I’ll pick it up tomorrow once I top up my account. This will be one of the few times I’ve bought a digital game on impulse. I’m a bit apprehensive since there is no returns policy, a-la EB, but I’m willing to take the plunge.
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So, apparently book trailers are all the rage in the literary world these days.
So I have decided to make one for The Lesser Evil. Am gathering images from the book, and royalty-free music and sfx from around the internet.
Will be using Windows Movie Maker in the absence of a better plan.
Does anyone have a better plan? PLEASE? 😛
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I’d offer my help with Adobe Premiere Pro, if I had real bandwidth =/
Other than that, I can’t think of anything D=
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*cough* I’m keen if you are! Thanks for the offer (if that’s what it was)
Do you have something about a minute long that kind of suits the book?
This is the best I’ve found so far – some decent options there, but nothing that feels perfect: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/index.html?feels%5B%5D=Action&feels%5B%5D=Dark&feels%5B%5D=Epic&feels%5B%5D=Intense&page=0
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I shall whip you up something fresh.
Will take a listen to the tracks tonight and start work. When do you need it buy and do you have any specific timing requirements (ie times where the song has to match up to something happening in the vid)?
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I am happy to be flexible. I have no real plans for the structure or length of the trailer at this stage, so if you prefer to work with a completely open slate, you can have one! No real deadline either.
Also, I’m happy to give you credit up the wazoo for any work you do, but please don’t feel obliged to build something from scratch! I would feel tres guilty if you spent more time working on my trailer than I did 😛
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Hey man. I’ve been doing a little bit of video editing and could offer some help. Check out my video later today/tomorrow about the Trials stuff. I’m still very inexperienced but can navigate Premiere Pro reasonably well. Im hoping to pick up some after effects training soon too!
let me know what you want. Prob just jump on teamspeak one night and we can chat??? otherwise fatshady [at] me [dot] com
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Thanks! TBH, I’m looking for minimal expenditure of effort and time (and money obviously), so it won’t be a sophisticated thing, just some images and text to music. But will definitely hit you up for advice if things get a little out of hand!
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I am happy to work for nothing man, just let me know what you want. I can only really offer assistance in premiere pro so if you are not using that I can’t help. Im happy to have a chat and mock something up quickly to see if we can come up with anything. Im keen to do more video editing so happy to have a play around. Keep that in mind man.
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Will do, thanks! Maybe if I put together some crappy amateur thing in WMM to see how it flows, I could send the raw components your way and give you carte blanche to play… but only if you’re looking to get a bit more experience.
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I’ve never written a book but it would be nice if you had a behind the scenes video of sorts showing your writing/drawing space. Otherwise I hope you premiere the trailer on TAY first, so we can marvel at its awesomeness.
P.S. The game you sent me arrived this morning. That was pretty fast, thanks again.
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Would be cool, but not free…
Also, I have enlisted the Hairy Pessimisticles production company for a demo!
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Like a BAWSE
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@Greenius I just sent you a pretty obscure Draw Something picture (and pretty badly drawn) let’s see how this plays out.
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That’s my usual pic for “potato” but I also add in the portal gun.
Almost all of my games are with TAYbies so I can add vidya game references in 😀
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Is everyone as bankrupt and tired as me after that weekend of awesome?
Anyone get up to anything interesting?
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hahaha the word beer makes my stomach churn today. Had way to many on thurs, fri, sat and sunday nights.
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Wait, what? Surely you’ve done all the Easter things before? Or is this just ‘for the fun of it’? 😛
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I’m collecting 500 eggs for the new to this years event mount the “Spring Strider” Other than that, yeah I have every event title/achievement. Minus children’s week, eugh damn pvp achievement got me >.<
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http://www.wowhead.com/item=72145#comments that thing. My mate got his from an egg last night, i’m hoping the same so I can then waste my eggs on the rabbit foot pet & sell them down the track for about 5k on the auction house , already found 4 from the eggs alone xD
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lol, just lvl20 riding? As if you’ll ever use it! Not even for battlegrounds 😛
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Haha yeah, pretty much. I mean I have my Headless Horseman Mount & Mekingeers Chopper, everything else is epeen 😀
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Actually they changed the whole level 20 & level 40 thing. You just need level 20 to be able to ride it, all mounts scale with your riding level now!
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I kind of feel like if you feel like what you’re doing in game has become a chore, maybe revisit the reason why you’re playing.
That’s my problem with MMOs, anywho.
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Pretty much. But I have nothing else to kill time with today, so egg whoring it is =D
Almost at 450/500 anyway 😀
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Worried it would get lost in the end of page 3…
Very serious question, does any of you have a gorilla suit or similar I can borrow. Preferably Sydney based but will pay for postage? Im about 5’11″ and about 100kg. If you have any animal themed costume let me know as I have a party im going to and i want to look awesome!
Anyone that can help, let me know.
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Wow, your the same height and nearly the same weight as me! WE COULD BE TWINS!
Can’t you rent one from some kind a costume shop? (I wouldn’t know, I don’t like themed party’s)
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages.
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Post #4000: Inquisitorsz on April 5, 2012 at 2:52 PM
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Post #5000: Virus__ on April 9, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I AM POSTING TOO QUICKLY. SLOW DOWN, ME.
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Ooo 5,000th post go me \o/
First time i’ve gotten something like that!
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Which of the ’80s/’90s Batman films are worth watching? I saw the trailer to the Tim Burton ones and they seem to have a similar tone to Rocksteady’s stuff. Any one know when exactly they jumped the shark?
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The 1960’s one with Adam West, dat shark repellent!
Err serious answer, not really sure I have not seen them in years!
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I saw part of Batman & Robin on GO! the other day, it was like watching a train crash. I couldn’t look away even though it was all kinds of terrible. 😛
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Casting George Clooney as Batman was definitely a low point.
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Oh man, the lighting in Batman & Batman Returns is incredible.
Batman is a little long and they give Joker a back story but Returns is where it’s at.
My GF has a lady boner for Danny DeVito as The Penguin.
You should also watch Forever for how different it is but you can probably skip over Batman & Robin as it’s garbage.
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^This. Forever is worth a watch to see Schumacher’s neon lit gotham which is an interesting contrast to Burton’s vision. While it’s not as good as Batman or Batman Returns, it’s not that bad a film.
Burn Batman & Robin.
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Returns makes a limited amount of sense, but is probably the best non-Nolan option available to you.
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Watch them all.
Some are rubbish, but watch them anyway.
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Noted. From time to time I love a movie every one seems to hate too. Like Alien Resurrection. (Every time I hear this piece of music, tears well in my eye. Manly. 😛 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTCTud5lqmI) So probably worth judging them myself. I love dark Batman, but gothic Batman seems pretty damn intriguing. 😛
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The two Burton films are good, the other two are terrible.
Batman & Robin is one of the worst movies you will ever see.
MASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Force Unleashed II is headed your way! \o/
Post office at lunchtime! /o\
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BECAUSE SUICIDE IS PAAAIIIIIIIIINLLLESSSSSSSS
IT BRINGS ON MANY CHAAAAAAAANGEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
AND I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE IT AS I PLEEEEEEAAAAAAAAASE
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The man speaks truth.
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Aargh, Dan! I hope you live in Sydney so I can track you down and shout in your ear. All this screaming is making me numb. Let’s see how you like it.
DANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Im QLD, my friend.
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Air travel, my friend.
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CADBURY CREME EGGS HALF PRICE AT WOOLIES/COLES
NOT THE LITTLE ONES EITHER, THE BIG FULL SIZED ‘UNS
I FEEL SICK NOW
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Went to a Turkish restaurant on the weekend. with some friends. Ordered a banquet.
I did you proud Bish.-
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Oh man… The bread. The beer. The meat. The condiments… So good.
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I have the maddest craving for falafel (restaurant stuff, not the crappy supermarket kind) and baklava.
Oh god. Baklava.
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I worked with a Turkish dude who made me Baklava once.
I nearly went blind from the sugar, man.
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At least going blind doesn’t affect your sense of taste.
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I hear it makes it better, in fact.
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OH MAN THAT IS THE BEST STUFF
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So that’s like, 1.5 comments right there.
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Uhuh
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*awkward shuffle*
Make a note for TABTOL.
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You want savings!? I’VE GOT SAVINGS!!
http://www.confectionerywarehouse.com.au/cadbury-creme-eggs-48x39g-carton.html
(I live around the corner from this place)
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$1.30 per egg seems expensive
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Owned.
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The temptation…
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haha I have trouble eating them since early last year when I bought a whole box of them from catchoftheday for $12!
I went home at lunch and started downloading the entire series of this show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Adventures_of_the_Gummi_Bears
As you can all tell i have a problem. I think i remember something from my childhood and think it must be awesome. It usually isn’t.
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Little ditty about Dan and Gargoyles Tattoo lady, two Australia kids growing up in Brisban
Dan gonna be a movie Star, Random TAatoo lady sleeping in the back of a car.Chorus
Oh Yeah Life Goes On
Long after the thrill of seeing her tattoo is gone
Oh Yeah Life Goes On
Long after the thrill of seeing her tattoo is gone
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I remember that show as well. I probably will download it as well.I am a sucker for old cartoons.
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It is one of a handfull of cartoons from my childhood that have maintained their awesomeness over time.
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That and Technoman 🙂
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ASTROBOY
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It’s Keith David isn’t it? He’s in heaps of things. Always remember him from Platoon and Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick.
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Here are some random lunchtime musings for y’all:
In the last few weeks two games have just jumped up a mile in my anticipated games list:
Stasis and Deadlight.
Deadlight looks like it’s approaching 2D platforming from some really clever angles (the voice acting could be a tad better though) and Stasis looks extremely solid and moody (especially considering it’s being made by JUST ONE GUY).
Yeah, I guess I’m on a bit of an indie game vibe right now.
That said, I’m hearing details about Halo 4 and I am very interested. It looks like they are going to make Cortana’s increasing rampancy a major theme of the story, which again strengthens the links and parallels between Halo and Marathon. I just hope Halo 4 reveals more of the hidden depth to the Halo universe instead of leaving it all behind in their story bible like the other games did.
Eating such a large lunch after being sick all weekend was not a good idea at all.
#FoodRegret
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Shamefur?
Is that when a someone is a bear but is shamed because they didn’t yell “IMMA BEAR!”?
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I genuinely tried not to laugh at this.
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Or if they don’t go yelling “I HAVE 4 LIMBS!”, that’s shamefour.
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Alternatively, “*Hiccup* I’m drunk”, that’s shamefer.
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Bish is the funniez
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Something definitely seems screwy lately. Giz, LH and Kotaku seem to routinely crash Internet Explorer from time-to-time too for me atleast.
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I swear I forever see your gravatar as a dog with testicles dangling from it’s collar.
#cannotbeunseen
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I’m fairly certain it was that pointed out ‘retardedface’.
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*was you.
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Damn redesign making it hard to see replies. At first I thought this was a reply to Shane and was thinking that was extremely rude.
But haven’t you worked out the D.C stands for Dog & Cojones
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I thought that might happen. Then I figured the dog with testicles on it’s collar would win out.
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I bought a packet of ‘Flamin’ Hot Monster Munch’ chips from the import store which sparked a conversation with Serrels about crisps we had back home.
Now I’m insanely hungry!
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@lambo – Gamecafe is alright I guess but I hardly use it because they take a while to update prices and the stock of items. I wouldn’t recommend quoting directly from it but you can use it as a sort of reference :).
@FatShady – No idea how much it’ll be to buy one new but renting can be pretty expensive. A friend of mine had a costume party a few years ago and a bunch of us went down to a costume store in Melbourne (near Chadstone for anyone interested) to have a look at what was available. I think it was like $50-150 to rent one costume for a night so I never bothered but that’s bloody expensive…
BLAGHMAN. So I was thinking that making a new Sion model I should make him headless with his head in his hand (as this suits the lore of his head being removed). I fugure it would work well for his stun: hold head up, fire of cryptic gaze.
Just a thought.
Just a reminder for the Briswegians, Steve-O of Dev-O fame is in town for work today. We’re going to meet up in the Valley and grab some drinks tonight. I think we’re meeting at the Mana Bar, but it might not be open, so we’ll just go from there.
Let me know if you’re actually rocking up, because so far nobody is confirmed and it will be rather awkward with just the two of us. So much sexual tension.
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I’m up for another round of trivia. That WWE game I won sucked, need to get me a better prize :p
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I’m on deaths door. I’ve spent all weekend in bed and now I’m sitting in my office at work, in the dark with massive food regret over what I ate for lunch. While the parma was delicious, it was just too damn big. I’m also currently losing my voice, I have the dreaded manflu. The end is nigh.
So, games. You played them. I played them. We even played some together!
This weeks wrap up will be short because I didn’t actually participate in a lot of them and I don’t have a lot of time before I go into a food coma. So, what did we play?
Well, some of you played Brink. I didn’t. I hope you enjoyed it. Judging by feedback you did and so we shall play it again soon.
Diablo 2! Pez and I played it for about 10 hours on Friday. Fun times were had. Ynefel played with us a for a little while too before being called off to fix exploding databases. Other guys also played for a little bit but didn’t stick around for the long haul. Blaghman is disappoint
Uncharted 3! I didn’t take part in this one either. Mainly because I don’t own the game. I hear it was fun though.
Halo: Rech didn’t happen due to my laziness and being sick and not being bothered to find an alternate game.
Terraria! This wasn’t advertised in last weeks post because we didn’t have our own Terraria server when I posted last week. Did I mention we have our own Terraria server? We totally do! We also have a Team Fortress 2 server which is half running. I’m still messing around with some of the config but yay! Things!
Anyway, games for this week? I haven’t really had think about what to play this week so apologies for the re-hashes:
Wed 11th April
Team Fortress 2
Time: 8:30pm AEST
Host: Cakesmith
Time to take our new server for a spin! Server details on the TAY document. Can we say the forbidden word yet?
Fri 13th April
Red Dead Redemption
Time: 8:30pm AEST
Host: 360 – Cakesmith/PS3 – TBC
Depending on interest, we may venture into Undead Nightmare territory being Friday the 13th and all
Sat 14th April
iSketch
Time: 8:30pm AEST
Host: TBC
As I mentioned above we now have TAY servers! They are hosted in Sydney so ping should be good for most people. There are currently 2 servers running (I know some of this information is a repost):
Terraria – 10 person limit.
Team Fortress 2 – 16 player server.
All the server details including IP addresses and passwords are on the TAYNAMES document. The Team Fortress 2 server is capable of running Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (lol) and Counter-Strike: Source. The server can only run 1 game at a time, by default it is set to Team Fortress 2. If you wish to play another game on it please contact Cakesmith on twitter (@a_sharples) or email (a_sharples [at] hotmail [dot] com) so I can switch the game type. I am having a little bit of trouble linking the Left 4 Dead server to the Steam group so it’s currently unable to play that. Should hopefully have it sorted out soon.
Cakesmith out!
To join in the mad shenanigans just add whoever the host is to your friends list on the relevant system so you can find the games.
I also want your votes on what to play next week! I’m doing this for you guys as well, not just myself so your input on what we play is VERY important.
I’m also looking for more game suggestions. It can be as old school or as obscure as possible, but if you think we would have some awesome fun with it then let me know, either here or on the Tweets (@a_sharples for those who don’t already know).
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I might try joining in the RDR night on 360. Might see what sort of shenanigans you guys get up to.
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Oh yeah, I was even more disappoint about Diablo. Here I was, keener than mustard and my computer decided to shit itself so that I can’t play one of my most favouritist games ever with you guys.
Then because most people weren’t feeling the unholy love, it’s rather unlikely that I’ll get a chance for another big Diablo night. Super disappoint.
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Blaghman levels of disappoint?
Most of the guys stopped playing after about an hour anyway. Not Pez and I though. We soldiered on!
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I have to say the necro + sin was a good combo. You could take care of the mobs while I took out the casters/healers.
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Until we got to Duriel when I became useless as he would take out my minions in 1 hit.
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Yeah, that sucked. Not to mention the freeze attacks that basically rendered me unable to attack.
What a douchebag boss.
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Hey! We played for over two hours. Just because YOU folk left my game and started your own.
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Because we hit the 8 player limit and more people wanted to join? Yeah. Yeah we did.
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I was merely offended to TEARS that it was implied we only played one hour. TEARS I TELL YOU. TEEEEAAAAAARS!
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PROVE ME WRONG, MANG. PROVE ME WRONG.
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Some days I wish I multiplayered.
Oh well. Have fun all, sounds like you’re getting nice and organised with this
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Mass Effect 3 is on the cards. As is Borderlands. I need to work out how to do it regarding teams and what not. The less amount of players in the game the more cautious I am about playing it. I would hate for someone to be left out.
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TF2 \o/
Also, if everyone who is interested in playing Mario Kart 7 (on the 3DS) could reply to this post, that would be good! So far it’s just me, Greenius and Scree. If no one else is interested/has the game, then we’ll have to play without you! 😮
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I’m hoping to do that next week. I started typing that out at 1:30 today but due to work it took me nearly 2hrs. Damn work getting in the way of more important things.
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Doc What, Shiggy, Jimu all have it as well.
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I also have Mario Kart 7.
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Yeah, run them both. Might run it in medium difficulty so the new chaps can get up to speed.
Hard mode was intense fun but it was a bit much for the new guys. Plus, it’ll give us a chance to play around with weapon setups.
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I’m up for RDR on PS3, got bitten by the bug again just yesterday.
PC Brink I’d be down for too, though I’d need a touch up since most of my time was on PS3, and that was a while ago.
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And play house.
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You be the horsey and I’ll be the cowboy.
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Neigh!
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Hay! Don’t be like that.
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With an attitude like that you’re bound to stirrup trouble.
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I’m up for red dead on PS3 as well. Masha rides again. Also who was blowing up our horses last time? Because I want to learn how to do it.
Oh wow… over the weekend, I ended up playing D2 independently (with a housemate), and went through the whole thing + LoD. I just assumed you guys had run heaps ahead and wouldn’t want to hang around/reroll for someone who was just starting out. D:
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Caek and I got stuck on the stupid tomb of Tal Ratha 🙁
Everyone else was totes lamesauce and didn’t play.
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LAN.
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dang, my char was Bnet
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Also, I downloaed it and confirmed, no Steam cloud support. I’d be starting from scratch again.
Balls.
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I have a char that’s just finished the 3rd act (or is at the end of it, and keeps getting bitchslapped by the ridiculous boss)
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What class are you playing? I had a dual-wield guy and I tore through everything save the final vanilla boss (who proceeded to hand my ass to me about 4 times in rapid succession).
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SOOTHSAYER because of asterix reasons
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Getafix! No wait, he was a druid. God I loved those books. Everyone else I know did Tin Tin – I had Asterix, and it was WAY better.
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Why not both?
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^ this
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Mostly involves summoning LICH and WOLVES and solving life’s mysteries while they kill stuff for me. Also, attacking sometimes w/ vampiric type lifesteal stuff + magic sticks.
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I GOT A MAGIC STICK.
Every time I use it I get hit with a restraining order.
I think it’s cursed.
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Did you take the covering off?
I’ll be playing a bit of dungeon defenders and chasing easter eggs this week. If anybody is keen for a bit of co-op orc slaying hit me up on steam.
Also FRIENDSSSSSSSSSSS needed for blur, add me: Tigerion
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Fuck, Dungeon defenders!
Let’s play the crap out of that. It’s been a while since I’ve stomped around on my squire.
Cakey!
Feel free to run Brink instead of iSketch. I might not play so I’m not sure who else would ‘host’ and organise it… Unless there’s enough interest then I might do it 😛
Cakesmith whats the name of the steam group?
Also where is this taynames document you speak of?
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Someone will probably beat me to it but…
Steam Group: Kotaku Australia
TAYNAMES: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFxIpTLAp-LdDNZbWVTNjhYNGE2bXpFTkxqV3BzM2c&hl=en_US#gid=0(favourite it for easy access :D)
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*flex*
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Can any old shmuck add himself to TAYNAMES?
If so, will someone’s OCD go into maximum overdrive if put my name in just slightly out of alphabetical order? Or have these people been instructed in the use of sorting?
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The steam group is kotakuau full name Kotaku Australia (KotakuAU)
TAY names can be found on the right hand side of http://talesoftay.tumblr.com/
YAY RDR, for those that haven’t gotten any of the dlc for this game, you might want to grab the “Myths and Mavericks” pack. I believe this should still be free and adds a lot of MP content.
Also, I am kicking myself about Diablo 2, I was so looking forward to playing that but the session was full when I tried to login, I meant to try later but was distracted by something that was most likely shiny. Or squeaky.
Oh man now I’m really excited to play RDR again. Will have to look into picking up Undead Nightmare, assuming it’s reasonably cheap these days. I think I saw it in the 2 for $40 JB HiFi deal the other day, so it could work out that way. I hope that we will be charging straight over a cliff again, that was awesome.
Again, I’d love to play some custom maps in Halo 3 or Reach one day.
Looks like I’m going to have to buy Brink.
Anyway game suggestions – LoL, BF3 (not sure if enough people have this, but it’s fairly easy to set up groups and friends lists etc) CS:S, L4D2 (since we now have servers that run both), DoW2, or DoW Last Stand (its only 3 player but good fun, we could make teams and all be on TeamSpeak and play at the same time). And that reminded me of SpaceMarine (I only have it on PS3).
Also I’m totally up for more isketch, that was heaps of fun.
Can I put in a request to change up TF2 from a wednesday night every so often please? I’m out every wednesday and I’d really like to be able to join in sometimes.
Thanks Cakemang
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I wish to add Driver san francisco as well. The multiplayer in that game is crazy, especially TAG.
I’m always up for some L4D or L4D2.
And iSketch. But iSketch doesn’t really need organising – anyone can give the shoutout for a game as it’s just browser based. Although, if it’s going to become a regular thing perhaps we could set up a KotakuAU room?
I think Freeze managed to do that once before, but the wordlist was pretty hard so we abandoned it.
Due to being sick I’m drinking a large amount of water.
Due to drinking large amounts of water I’ve had to use the bathroom about 8 times today.
#TheMoreYouKnow
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If you could only pee or poo for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
I’ve lost countless hours discussing that question with pals.
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Poop. Because sometimes, it’s just so damn satisfying. The only time pee wins is those titanic morning pees that go for like 60 seconds.
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But the little shiver of joy at the end of those epic pees is outweighed by the OH GOD MY BLADDER IS GONNA EXPLODE hop/skip/jump to the toilet you have to do.
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The end-pee shudder. Usually accompanied by an ‘Ohhhhhhhhh yeah.’
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That makes people in the cubicle next to you think you’re doing something terrible.
Terribly good, that is.
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@Ynefel – I call it a Peegasm……
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I so just asked Dr Karl on Twitter for an explanation of the end-pee-shudder. The man’s a genius. He’ll know.
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I bet he’s gonna be all sciencey and shit.
Can’t wait. *Sidles to edge of chair*
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Keep us posted! 😀
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Peeing, for guys at least, has the convenience factor going for it, but if I never pood I wouldn’t read as much… What a dilemma!
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Poo is much more readily contained than pee. Usually. You can usually put off a dump for a spell, but when you gotta pee, you gotta pee, no negotiating that one.
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This is the main dilemma that derails my decision.
Pee for convenience.
But I do so enjoy my poo time.
Damn and blast!!!!!!!!
Just had a salesperson quit on me, who the hell goes into sales and decides that they can’t make outbound calls. Sheesh time to start looking for a new one.
Anybody know of a gun salesperson looking for work in Melbourne at the moment? Must be willing to pick up the phone and make calls to book appointments. Grrrrrrr I hate recruiting such a waste of time
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At the core of it is is selling websites but it is more of a sales consulting process. Our systems are very cool (if I do say so myself) so they don’t need to be technical /geeky at all. They just need to follow the systems and processes in place.
What we need are activity beasts willing to make the calls, book the meetings and comply with our processes.
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What sort of website sales? I’m in the market for a domain name and website host (and or design) at the moment.
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gun salesman you say, that’d be awesome. Selling guns. I assume this is not what you actually mean though.
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Hell if they could make a living selling (legally) guns over the phone in Australia then they are probably a pretty damn good sales person.
I’d probably hire them
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TAY Y U NO THE LAST STORY?
I’m losing motivation to play through it (but I’ll do it anyway since I want my money’s worth) because I have no one to discuss it with :P. There’s lots of little problems with it that are sort of annoying but it’s safe to say Xenoblade is the better game :D! Music is good though, has that classic FF feel to it 🙂
Xenoblade.
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It never arrived. 🙁
And when I sent back my form telling Zavvi I never received it I was all sleepy and accidentally ticked the ‘Replace’ box instead of the ‘Refund’ box. So now I’m waiting for it to be delivered. Again. 😛 -
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I got to the stage where I had a pretty good range of outfits and dyes, then spent hours playing dress-ups.
The actual story seems pretty good, although I haven’t played Xenoblade, and I feel I’m missing out.
Picked up Skate 3 and Just Cause 2 today. Made a stop by JB after shopping around for a new bed (which I also bought, yay for capitalism!).
Skate 3 looks like it could be a hell of a lot of fun. Should really set up my Xbox again so that I can see if it is as fun as it looks.
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I feel like I played JC2 for ages and ages, but I was looking through my PS3 trophies the other day and I only have like… 3 of them. How did I waste so much time without actually accomplishing anything? 😛
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TAYBIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
On the TAY Terraria server there’s a house with the sign “some nob’s place” whose house is it and can I make a few adjustments to it? 😛 I’m building a super awesome tunnel thing and it goes right through that nob’s house :/
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I jumped on and had a bit of a look around and made some sort of little dwelling but I didn’t have a sign. If it is to the left of when you came in and an underground place with wooden walls feel free to do whatever you like.
Also a question about etiquette, all the doors about seem to have a block on the ground either side of them. If you go through the door do I just remove the block and put it back again? What is the reason for this?
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Thanks fled
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Oi! Get away from the nob’s place.
Just joking man. As long as you don’t completely destroy my house its all good man!
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So it’s you! I thought that little snow shack was your crib but I guess you have 2 😛
The level that’s closest to the surface (the one with the bed and stuff) I was just thinking of moving it one block down so my tunnel runs straight through your house. I’ll put doors on either side though 😀
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Yeah man its all cool just chuck the stuff in one of the lower rooms. I’m gonna have to do some redecorating (which I like doing :P).
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Yeah man its all cool just chuck the stuff in one of the lower rooms. I’m gonna have to do some redecorating (which I like doing :P).
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Well Poop, stupid vodafone connection
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Minor spoilers below relating to PC Dark Souls…
Probably old news. BUT ANYWAY…
Yes, we all heard that Dark Souls is being ported to PC… but…
Apparently:
According to PC Action, the port will include gamepad support and graphical enhancements, as well as [rot13]gjb arj obffrf: gur thneqvna bs gur gbzo naq oynpx qentba[/rot13].
\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/
Might need to get an XBox controller for PC /o\
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Wow. Kotaku ate my comment. Not even moderated, just straight to the disappearing act.
I was ROT13ing something along the lines of how I haven’t finished the game so if console gamers benefit from the PC release, it will be perfect for me.
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Yeah, it’s been eating ROT13 randomly for a while now. I think You need to pad it out with english.
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http://shrib.com/ (thanks to Powalen below!)
I’m guessing it’s more likely to be gobbled up if it’s a whole lot of rot13 so use that if it gets eaten 😀
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I had not considered that at all… upon some quiet reflection, I certainly hope so, but if it doesn’t, I imagine I’d just grab the PC version for it.
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TAYBIE TOUGH’UN EXERCISE POST:
Pez got home. Pez sat down.
Pez now magically doesn’t care about doing any physical recreation so he’s declared a rest day.
What about you, TAYbies?
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I’m at work, sitting at my desk, like I have been all day. Which is like a nine hour squat, right?
Soon I will be going to a bar and doing bicep curls with a pint.
I had yoghurt and some fruit for lunch, so… I’m super healthy and stuff. -
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Walked, jogged, walked.
Went shopping, which involved more walking.
Ruining any semblance of exercise by having Pizza, ginger beer and cheezels for dinner (IMMA GROWNUP)
I knew TAY was going to eat my comment…
Is there any website where I can post stuff then link it here?
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Perfecto! Thanks Pow man!
scree said she wanted: Epic Mickey and Kirby as well 🙂
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I doubt anyone would bother but thanks anyway :D. Perhaps other TAYbies could say what they want here and everyone can help!
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There are Yellow, Red and Burgundy DSi XLs at one of my local Dick Smiths. I’ll see if I can get one for you. 😀
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Oh I don’t need one but thanks anyway :). Mainly just the games for me (I have a DSi XL already) but I marked it as a stand out because they’re usually quite expensive.
I know that Ruffle and Freeze wanted DSi’s last time so maybe they’ll want it?
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Well, I’ll see how many I can nab, without looking like an ebay reseller, then see who on TAY wants ’em.
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Wait, more Dick Smith sales? Hmm…is there a comprehensive list of whats actually on sale or do I need to look up everything individually?
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Individually I’m afraid :P. I think I went through like 20 or so pages? ._.
I tried searching but that list was what I came up with. Most of the other stuff I saw wasn’t anything significant or was on the old list anyway. Had anything I mind? I can try to remember if I saw it or not 🙂
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Well the only thing I can possibly think of is Halo ODST which you’ve already mentioned, my locals don’t seem to have it and I’m keen to get all the Halo 3 maps on disc :p but oh well, its not a big deal.
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Shane, I went to my mailbox and there was an important looking envelope with a cool sticker on it in there. 😀
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In 1981, a man died in very mysterious circumstances in the bathroom of an old Victorian-era mansion just outside London. Details about what was officially reported as an “accident” were never reported publicly, for fear of alarming the general population. Upon finding the body, the police discovered that the mirror upon the wall of the bathroom had been shattered, and an unintelligible script had been etched into the edges of each piece. Apparently guests to the house had reported “seeing menacing things that weren’t really there” in the mirror in the months leading up to the incident, but had typically chalked it up to tiredness or having a little too much to drink. Again, details about these reports were not released publicly, although some information was leaked through word of mouth and gossip.
There were forty three of pieces of that mirror. Strange was sent one of these pieces for safe keeping, in the envelope, along with a small piece of magnesium. They pieces of the mirror must never be brought together again.
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I would *so* read this.
Strange on the run as shadowy government figures pursue the only piece they don’t have? Ninjas? Secret conspiracies and occult mysteries? I’M THERE.
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Woah, so that’s what the other thing was. Magnesium.
Also, I don’t know what you’re talking about when you say “unintelligible” it’s perfectly understandable to me…..
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MASS COSPLAY EVENT AND NO ONE INFORMED ME?!
I WILL BE GOING! \O/
Now, do I got as Taokaka, Madoka or Kagami?
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oops, just read the rules, I have to go as Tao. Sausage cakes. Will anyone else from Melbourne be going?
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I just will need someone to help me
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Guess who is an idiot and posted on the old TAY? *points to self*. Yeh, you wish you were as cool as me.
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This isn’t a Grammar Rodeo!
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YEAH! o/
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COUNT YOURSELF LUCKY MISSY OR YOU’D BE BUCKED FROM THAT HORSE SO FAST YOU WOULDN’T EVEN HEAR THE ANNOUNCER.
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For all intensive purposes, you’re method isnt gonna work.
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Is everyone just being quiet, or is TAY doing that not-updating-til-post thing?
This is a post to test.
Can anyone go to that Melbourne Cosplay event? Because I won’t be able to use my hands and will need someone to help undress and dress me ._.
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I also have *very* limited vision. Bugger. I could go as Kirie but no one will know who I am….and I need to be barefoot and need to buy some ropes
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I’ll start dealing drugs & selling bootleg booze to fund a trip to Melbourne, I wouldn’t mind seeing my other friends whilst there =P
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Think you can do it by May?
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Probably \o/
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I’ll show you.
http://luckydogofdeath.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4e6wiy
This is what I’ll need to wear. Understand? -
Take out the cosplay con references, and this conversation becomes incredibly kinky.
Just sayin’.
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We’ve got an inability to use hands, needs help undressing, limited vision, barefoot, ropes, nobody knows who she is…
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That’s a different character!
Taokaka = Can’t see or use hands
Kirie = Ropes, Kimono, barefoot-
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For those of you who have sent me money for the monomeat, there is an important e-mail in your inbox. Plz rd kthx.
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I’ll send you pictures of us having fun.
JERK.
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I weep.
^serious.
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Good.
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I just read through every single post in TAY thus far over about an hour.
I feel so….strangely disappointed and somewhat frisky.
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That’s dedication.
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OMFG! I can’t believe I missed the article on Caine’s Arcade (the video below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=faIFNkdq96U
I know not everyone reads Kotaku articles or even bothers checking them but big thanks to Tracey who posted it on Twitter :).
Seriously. This video is so heart warmingly awesome that I think I’m going to go cry tears of joy :’D
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***************SPOILERS***************: I actually cried during it
:’D
Definitely heart warming!
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That kid is awesome! I’m wearing a huge grin right now. Wish I’d seen this earlier – I needed cheering up after work.
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Gah, darn eating of ROT13’d posts.
@ Aidan, Re: A Feast For Crows post way back on old TAY.
I am only a third of the way through it but I feel the opposite.
I had a rant but can’t post it so TL;DR: I feel the story is not really progressing very well and should have gotten into the more fantasy type stuff by now as it seemed to me to be the point of the story.
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I’m not a fan of a Feast for Crows. New perspective characters that I don’t care for, main plot feeling stagnant, writing style getting far too purple and all in all, it just feels like filler.
Tried to power through it, haven’t touched my Kindle in over a week because it just doesn’t seem worth it right now.
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I really did enjoy Jaime’s POV chapters, but the Dorne stuff was confusing/boring and I really didn’t care for Arya’s new position – it felt contrived in order to explore yet another new culture/organisation.
I feel the same about some of the new point of view characters, and it’s frustrating because I feel like I need to wade through the incredibly boring parts to get to the ones I find more interesting.
And yeah, by the end of Feast (and the start of Dragons) you can definitely see the plot he was trying to fit into three books, and the way all the characters will eventually come back together . I just feel like he’s added a whole lot of unnecessary B-plots to it (and made it into seven books in the process), and a lot of those subplots are really, really, really slow. If the character ensemble were a third of the size and there was an identifiable main plot instead of three or six or twenty competing ones, I think it’d work better.
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Good news everyone! I finally got around to putting stuff on my new* bookcase to put game stuff on!
*salvaged from my parents garage
So the Journey soundtrack is pretty spectacularly awesome.
My two favourite pieces are Nascence and Apotheosis (which are, pretty appropriately, the first and last tracks if you don’t count the credits). Such amazing music.
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I stand by Apotheosis being the greatest piece on the album. The sum of an amazing 90 minute experience! For me, and the way my first game played out, it was a very bittersweet experience.
I haven’t bought the album yet, but I totally plan to. Or at least that track, if nothing else.
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Also worth checking out is ‘Woven Variations’, it was a piece Wintory made with Tina Guo (the cellist who did all the tracks on the soundtrack) about a year before they even released the game. It has a lot of the influences of the other music but it’s fully orchestral and really nice.
I think this is it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyBnokkqVc
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I’m so jealous of you all playing Journey. I don’t own a current gen console, so I can’t play it. 🙁
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soooooooooo new trailer for the Devil May Cry Reboot, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kOxGMe7qXXQ
i honestly don’t mind the new dante now, of course he’s not the same, but this dante (and in fact, the universe this DmC is set in) seems much more realistic than the others, and if they were aiming for a more realistic look, the original dante looking dante wouldn’t fit in. however in the trailer it is very apparent that he is still the part badass, part douche bag that i loved from the old games.
anyway, now i need to go play the HD collection
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Looks neat. What I’m curious about is how it plays. Ninja Theory are great at creating universes and characters but their gameplay always falls short (see Enslaved and Heavenly sword) and I hope that they pull this off.
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yeah, and the gameplay was what was good about the devil may cry games…
well, at least they already have something to base it off, and the combo’s they show in the trailer seem very slick, and quite like the other DMC’s (in fact, a lot of them are almost exactly the same)
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I’m really looking forward to the new DMC. This new trailer reinforces that while it’s a new take on the universe, it still keeps the essence of DMC intact.
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I think they’ve tweaked this new Dante since the original reveal somehow, but they’ve made him a lot more likeable to me.
The way I see it is DMC has always had awesome action but a nutty story, and Ninja Theroy’s games have had awesome story and okay gameplay. So merge the two and you may get just the right mix to make an amazing game.
Wow guys, thanks for the love on the last thread. I’ll attempt to answer the few questions here.
But first, 5,134 or something comments last week? Holy crap! Who got the first 5K? I remember when 1K was a big deal.
Being a Dad is awesome. While I’m currently listening to him shower his cot in spittle because he doesn’t want to go back to sleep on his own, generally he’s a very curious and mild mannered baby. For those with munchkins of their own, he’s at the almost sitting up by himself stage and his first two bottom teeth are just about through after threatening to appear for about a month.
For those of you without munchkins, his favourite thing to chew is measuring tape and his favourite toy is a tie between a pringles can and an old pc keyboard. Other than a jolly jumper which was an awesome investment, don’t buy them toys, they prefer whatever you’re using or whatever makes the most noise.
As to where I’ve been, just you know, working, fathering, Star Wars. Since TAY got so awesome I don’t really have the time to follow it. Wish I did though, I do miss it.
Hope you all had a great Easter!
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Oh good, I thought you ‘d done a post-and-run thing and we’d never hear from you again. 😛
Good to hear you’re enjoying being a father and I hope we get to see more of you here, and at Meats. Trjn’s planning one for May or June, I think. 🙂
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I wanted to do May 19 but changed my mind because of Diablo 3. Now I’m thinking June 2, which might be a little close to the Canberra meat but might just have to do.
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Hey dude! Don’t be a stranger now, TAY is definitely a bit more hectic (way more) than it used to be but do pop in from time to time to say hello 🙂
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HELLO!
I must have joined in while you were away, either that or I have a terrible memory.
Probably both.Anywho, pleased to meet you 😀
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Hi everyone! Seeking some feedback on this trailer I made, please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_WI41GviM
This is not the final version – as Pez and FatShady, fresh from their Trials HD success, have elected to slum it with me to create something a little nicer!
But (sorry guys), I was too excited to wait before getting to work, and I wanted to learn a little something about Windows Movie Maker. I didn’t mind what I ended up with, so thought I might share it with you all.
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I love the title of the music you used. 😀
As for the trailer, I found my attention wandering in the middle, a bit before the 1 minute mark I think it was. The bam! bam! bam! bit woke me up though, not just the music but the impact of the particular images you chose.
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Thanks, the name kind of seemed appropriate, and the length was about right.
I was trying to create a very distinct pace change (the bit that woke you up), and may have overdone the slow build-up a little 😛
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Well, it made me want to buy your book, but it sort of felt a bit too fast up till 1:09. I don’t think the images where staying there for long enough, and it felt a little rushed. Maybe using a song with a slower tempo might help?
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Thanks. Pacing is really difficult to get right… but at least it had the desired effect! 🙂
(Book trailers I’ve seen are incredibly poor and amateurish; I’d ultimately like to place myself just a notch above this)
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I shall take a listen tonight sir to get a bit of an idea what you’re looking for in the score 😀
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For the record, I was listening to the Trials vid and thinking it would be pretty much perfect.
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Sounds good to me, I was thinking of adding a few more sci-fi elements to match the book themes though. Thoughts?
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Go with your heart. Sounds awesome though. You have mad talent, and I trust you.
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I liked it, man.
My only recommendation is to shave off 20-30 seconds so you come in at a nice minute & a half if you can.
Otherwise, I’d buy it from that trailer.
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Thanks! I was kind of at the mercy of the music though.
Pez! Sounds like shorter is better, can we do this please? 🙂
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Got an email this morning from Steam.
Apparently there’s this game called DotA 2 that they’re running a beta for (whatever that is). Seems kind of cool, they want me to join in the fun. Shame I don’t have a working PC at the moment.
Also, moving from my old room into the master bedroom has been fantastic. Having a nice, fairly large space all to myself with my own bathroom? Yeah, I can get used to this. Also, much easier to not wear pants because I don’t have to worry about putting pants back on to venture out into the world. Self-contained ftw!
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Hey I got that first one too.
I am currently typing up an email to Gabe to say thanks.Also,
Buy Swain.
Swain goes on sale the week after.
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“I woke this morning
To see a game I bought shipped
And DotA invitePretty good morning
Thanks for the awesome game, Gabe
I am eating cheese”I think I will attach the internet high-five image.
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Eve can run around yelling “IMMA TURD”.
Geddit? Because she’s crap. I am implying that the nerfs they made to her way back when have now made her useless in comparison to the other champs. I’m saying she’s no good.
DAT’S DA JOKE.
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I don’t get it 🙁
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Right???
Nah, it’s just the regular luck of, you know, “Buy Sona, Sona gets nerfed a week later”.
This time it was Buy Swain, patch notes get released and Swain’s Ulti… gets buffed? Reverse logic. But now he’s on sale, exactly a week after I bought him, so good tiiiiiimes.-
You should buy Evelynn.
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Hmm I didn’t see the Swain buffs? What exactly did they buff?
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Ulti’s per second cumulative mana addition is down to 5/6/7 from 5/7/9.
We figured is was to balance out the blue buff nerf.
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I heard someone mention you can email Riot and they might give you a refund on the difference.
Worth a try at least.
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Hey Harli,
I’ve heard you’ve played DotA a couple of times, whats it like?
*Dives out of reach of oar*
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THE TRIALS RIDDLE IS OUT! THE TRIALS RIDDLE!
TRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAALS RIDDLE!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/04/the-trials-hd-riddle-finally-revealed/
Got the resurgence pack for ME3, Geth FTW, but so SKYRIM! obsessed I don’t know when I will get around to playing it.
So many games, so little time. Hmm have they perfected human cloning yet?
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hey Hugo, can i ask how you went about getting this pack? cuz i checked the origin store last night (PC) and couldn’t find it anywhere. i even searched the interwebs but found nada.
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Got it this morning, just checked the list of dlc and it was there.
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I turned my 360 on and put ME3 in hoping for the update with the face import fix, but it didn’t happen so I went into the DLC list and grabbed this multiplayer Resurgence thing I’ll never use, because it was free.:P
I’m still wondering about the update. Shouldn’t it be up if new DLC is up? Or is it included in the DLC? I’m confuzzled.
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It was supposed to be out. It was out in the US yesterday, apparently.
And multiplayer is too scary. Peoples! D:
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But play with us! We no scary.
As for the patch, it looks like it rolled out to the PC first, hopefully the xbox should get it later today. (according to the forums at Gamespot and 1UP)
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So RDR has a 24 hour triple experience session. ON A FREAKIN’ WEEKDAY.
I am at work today, and have school tonight. WHO THE FUCK RUNS TRIPLE XP DURING THE WEEK?!?!??!?!
/sadface
Daaaaaaaaaaang. Dat Resident Evil 6 trailer.
Gotta say, I totally called Sherry back in January when everyone still thought she was Ashley.
Also, Wesker Jr? Albert Wesker’s his father? Do you think they mean that in a paternal, Star Wars kind of father, or like, I-grew-you-in-a-tank-from-my-own-cells kind of father?
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I’m more interested in Dragon’s Dogma.
I never even finished RE4 despite buying it on its original release day. The series is a bit too shootery for me now. I miss the slow pace and tension from the first games.-
Dragon’s Dogma looks awesome too!
Resident Evil 4 was what really got me into the RE series. I’m a bit backwards compared to most people, because it’s the RE1, RE2 and RE3 that I couldn’t get into. RE4 and RE5 are my favourites in the series so far.
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Mornin’ TAYbies.
A little hard to do work this morning, and that’s not just because of one direction being in Sydney or something (thanks Twitter twends, I am now ‘hip’ and ‘with it’ on the youthful bands of today).
Pretty ecstatic that the trials reveal is out, as you may have witnessed from my three hojillion retweets. Not sure if y’all realised the amount of work and planning Fatshady put into it, but it was an *epic* undertaking that he literally poured months and months of his own time into.
Anyway, until I get my morning coffee I’ll leave you with this thought: Hrrrrngh.
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Yep, the amount of work put into this undertaking really shows.
It makes those naysaying comments (“Oh, that’s it? Waste of time”) just that bit more infuriating. I’m not sure exactly what they were expecting – I personally loved the revelations, and the idea that the best/only answer is another question. That the journey and process of investigation/discovery is more important than the destination. Gah, I’m getting all mad again!
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I just think they don’t get it, or skipped through all the information.
For me, finding this out was probably the best answer to the riddle I could have envisaged. It actually feels like a reward and an answer that inspires you to do/be more rather than a ‘ta-da, this is what it means’ scenario.
Hope there’s one in EVO – going to get my grubby hands on that as soon as it drops so I can join right in with everyone from the start this time 😀
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it’s been really inspiring, except that everything i do here at work now feels so small and insignificant in the larger scope of things. i want to be out there, exploring the world!
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Responsibilities? Lol
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nobody understands me. /wail
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@Greenius
Thanks for the help collecting some materials from the underground jungle yesterday. I was able to Upgrade my grapple hook and craft a new sword (its called Grass Blade I think)
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😀 awesome and no problem!
I’m not sure if you need it but me and Nova put a bunch of random Light’s Bane swords in Rize and Bish’s chests. They might be of use to you 🙂
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Man I gotta get my ass onto that server and start gearing up.
My backed up char only has molten armour 🙁
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I like wearing Molten Armour because I am like Denzel Washington in that film ‘Man on Fire’ but I have never seen the film but I assume he is on fire.
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And cause you’re so hot.
GEDDIT?
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I think I might do that 😛
Starting to get a bit boring with all the best gear which was mostly given to me.
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I might just do that too then!
Funsies to all gear up together 😀
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only bad thing is that most of the heart crystals in the TAY server are gone so we can’t really progressively work up to more health 🙁
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Also can I also point out how much I hate the line ‘but you’re complaining about people complaining’?
(Sorry f4ction, I know you weren’t serious, it just reminded me how much I hate the term)
What the fuck does that even mean? You can’t complain about people, even when they’re being pathetic, whiny douchenozzles that are sucking the life out of you with their seemingly limitless pessimism?
I find myself surrounded of late by people who seem to define their existence by how miserable they are. It’s fucking killing me, tbh. (I’m referring to real life, btw, not you guys)
God I don’t even know where to begin. I love my life. I enjoy my job, it’s challenging and it pays well, sure it’s frustrating at times, but aren’t all jobs? I’m happily single, I have the time to indulge in my own interests, I have money to buy nice things, I’m learning a second language, and generally keeping myself busy. I’m happy.
But when you have people around you that just seem to bitch and moan constantly, and make excuses every time you challenge them as to why they’re complaining – it’s so fucking draining. I don’t have time for your negativity right now. It’s dragging me down, and sorry if this sounds selfish, but I don’t fucking care if you’re miserable. The crap you’re complaining about is so insignificant and menial – you’ve been complaining about it for so long you’ve lost sight of what real problems are.
Apologies for the likely disjointed rant, but fuck it’s frustrating.
Yikes. I think I need more caffeine.
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People like telling others about there problems because it helps, I can understand that sometimes people get frustrated with whining but i tell people about my stuff cause it makes me feel better and that other person might have some insight to where i am coming from. The easiest solution is to either listen or say that you don’t have time for it and walk away, but honestly you will end up fairly sad and lonely and friendless if you don’t care about peoples problems. Just my opinion though.
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It’s hard to draw a line. I mean I agree, everyone needs to talk about their problems – it’s the only way to get through them. What kills me is when it’s people who complain about the same shit, every single day, even when the solution is obvious and all that’s required is for them to just get off their ass and be proactive.
I’ve got all the time in the world for people with real problems, but no time for people who just seem to be more determined with using their problems as a crutch/excuse for not doing anything or remaining miserable.
Like I said, it’s most frustrating trying to draw the line between taking on the world’s problems and being a heartless bastard who ignores everyone.
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That is the most agreeable statement i have read today. I was nodding all the way through it. In the end people (myself included) like to whine about how shitty they are because they think comparing happiness with others is a “normal” thing to do and its easier to whine then to do something about it.
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Yep, the process should be:
1 Identify problem
2 Talk about it
3 Plan action
4 Take action
5 ProfitBut the eternally negative don’t really seem to get past #2. The ones I’ve been exposed to actually look like they’re completely at a loose end when they have nothing to complain about. Like their entire purpose in life, and every single ounce of their social energy, is poured into this personality that can either be miserable or nothing.
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This. I’ve never read the book in question, but I love its title: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. It’s a creed I try to live by, and it’s tremendously disheartening to see others frittering away all their energy and life being negative about pretty much nothing. People like that are toxic, and they can infect everything.
Stay strong, and bring a rainbow biosuit with you everywhere you go!
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Interesting thing to note that the mindset of negativity is quickly becoming the ‘norm’ in this day and age.
Watch 5 minutes worth of news on the tv. Death, corruption, destruction, war.
Ask someone how they define their happiness at their job. Every time they achieve a result that they should be happy with, the bar is raised for them to achieve more. More productivity, more savings on the next quarter, tighter hiring restrictions. If happiness is on the other side of an ever-raising bar how are you ever going to achieve it?
For many, even their home lives also breed the mindset. Mortgages, fights with their partner/husband/wife, raising unruly children, fees to be paid, work to be done…
We are in a day and age where it requires a concerted effort to be happy and it’s easier to just complain and be angry about things.
I’ve actually started working towards some daily mental checklists/exercises to be happier. Very easy to fall into a rut of ‘this sucks’. If you want me to ramble on more about Pez’s guide to being happy let me know.
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Or maybe it could be the title of one of your albums. 😛
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I could be a motivational speaker too – why limit myself to books and music?
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You could be the new Robbins! Or start a religion!
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And my followers could be my Pezticles!
BEST IDEA EVER!
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I’m in. 😛
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Sign me up to your subscription list. I think you and I have compatible philosophies of life 🙂
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If I’m not mistaken, I’ve already laid claim to the handle AnonymousOptimist.
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It’s true we live in a time where negativity and pessimism is so much more common and easy to be infected by. The best example I can come up with is social media. So many people who are fairly positive in everyday life, when you sit them in front of (what feels to them like) an anonymous broadcast, they’ll just blurt misery and pessimism. It’s crazy.
I mean I stopped using Facebook 6+ months ago, and recently Google+ because I couldn’t stand the shit that it seems to bring out of people. I resorted to Twitter because it’s something of a news channel for your friends and people you follow/admire. It seems inherently less negative too.
I’m struggling to find a medium where I can care enough about people without getting frustrated.
I think my biggest problem is ignoring the little things in life. Everything – from someone cutting you off when you’re driving, to someone dicking around at the cash register with their small change or credit cards. I have such a hard time switching off to that. I usually pull myself up on it and remind myself not to sigh, or to think about it for 10 minutes after the fact. It’s harder than it sounds.
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I would suggest TAY as your medium, but I think something like this is kind of rare.
Little meat joke there.
*headdesk-
Medium rare TAY. With Peppercorn gravy, not that lame-ass mushroom gravy.
Pepper is for men.
Incidentally, I do feel a little better after my small rant and am now being pacified with some of my favorite music. I feel like you and Pez are running a similar train of thought here, and I’m trying to master successful redirection of my energy. It’s not an easy thing!
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Universal is restoring Jaws for a HD Re-Release.
You should go watch how they’re doing it because it’s real cool.
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This is just a warmup for the next 17 Jaws films we’ll get in the next 3 years just before Jaws 19.
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There have been four Jaws movies so far (Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, Jaws: the Revenge). Still, they’re going to be busy if they want to be on track for BttF2’s prediction.
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Yeahhhhh, but everything after the first doesn’t count.
That’s how it is.
I don’t make the rules.
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I spend far too much of my time sitting around doing nothing. At work, I spend the morning doing little things until there’s basically nothing left to do and then do nothing. At home, I spend the evening sitting around on TS and Reddit, achieving nothing.
Time to start doing a million and one projects and seeing what sticks. I’m currently playing three different games (Dark Souls for being super serial and Skate 3/Lego Batman to derp about), I’m going to join the gym (been saying this for months, shut up) and start writing again. Probably do some other stuff too. Basically, whenever I find myself sitting around doing nothing, I’m going to find something to do, even if that something is beating up Lego Riddler.
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I don’t think bunny would be very helpful with that. Unless you need someone to make witty remarks every now and then.
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I used to be like that, i still am like that but i used to do that as well.
How good was Mitch Hedberg?
Answer: Meh he had his moments.-
Mitch Hedberg was destined for great things and it’s a pity he was taken at such a young age… but the man had many demons.
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Yeah I was sad to hear he died, i found his humor quite great at times but even his persona on stage seem like he was always troubled to say the least.
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I spent all of 2011 doing that. 2012 for me has been about finishing my superhero novel and writing for my gaming blog with semi-regularity. I’ve had a fair about of success with my blog recently, which is awesome, and I’m aiming to have my first draft of Blood Red Summer done by July 30th.
Good luck on your pursuits Trjn. NaNoWriMo 2012?
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NaNoWriMo 2010 was me writing 50k words in 15 days then abandoning it because I truly hated how poor my writing was.
NaNoWriMo 2011 was me writing bugger all words in November because I simply couldn’t find a way to get myself started.
NaNo is neat but I think I need a dedicated long term thing. I’m going to start working on the novel I did for NaNo ’10 (also superhero related), with the same sort of word count goals I had (2k words per day or 15k words per week, whichever comes second) but with the aim of finishing the story. Once I get that first, incredibly rough draft out (I’m thinking about two to three months, because I plan on working in a lot of filler that will be cut) I’ll worry about revision and whatnot. Admittedly, the first draft won’t so much be a first draft but more a collection of notes that resemble a story to the untrained eye :p
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MORNING TAY! \o/
Is anyone else going to the mass cosplay event?
Jordi has already said she might go. I doubt I will get Elizabeth finished in time, so I will have to go as Taokaka
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I would go if it were in a more geographically pleasing location.
But as it stands, Melbourne is way the hell over there *points*
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Gosh darn it, Strange! Leave it to you to lower the tone.
I hope that Pez chap doesn’t see this and get offended at your lewd comment.
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I have spent over 300 hours in SKYRIM! and I still get something new.
Last night I witnessed a bunch of Orcs in imperial armour butchering a group of half naked men.
They then tried to shake me down for my hard earned septims, but my canny Nord realised they weren’t actually Imperials, I then proceeded to slaughter the lot of them 🙂
Not sure if this is part of the latest patch as I never had this random event come up before, but whatever the case;
SKYRIM! IS FRACKING AWESOME!!!1!!2!
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Skyrim is pretty awesome but I can’t imagine playing it for 300 hours.
Did about 120 and that was enough; just more of the same from there on.
Especially since by that point combat is a joke even on the hardest difficulty.-
Done over multiple characters, each playing very different from the other, spices up the game a lot more.
First playthrough, Nord using melee combat only
Second, High Elf using Magic only
Third Khajiit using bow and daggers
This playthrough Nord Warrior Melee and lots of shoutsSame game but different play styles makes it feel fresh each time.
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Plus it helps I am a total Eldder Scrolls fanatic.
I shudder to think how much time I have sunk into Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and SKYRIM! combined.
*think about it… shudders*
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I think if the difficulty curve was better I would also enjoy that but not as it stands.
Also on 360 so no mods to keep things interesting.
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I finished reading Inheritance last night. It took me a lot longer to finish it than I thought it would. In the past I would have read the whole thing in a weekend but lately my reading has really slowed down as other things have been taking up my time, such of vidya gaems. Plus I sort of tried to draw it out as long as I could as it was the last book in the series. I always tend to do that when it comes to the final of a series. I really liked how much closure was offered by the end. It seemed pretty much every single plot element was wrapped up nicely. That ending though. I liked it but at the same time I didn’t like it (bittersweet much?).
My issue with it was (hopefully this rot13 will work): Neln naq Rentba arire ubbxrq hc. Abg rira n xvff. Gung whfg ernyyl cvffrq zr bss. Lbh pna’g fcraq sbhe obbxf qrirybcvat n eryngvbafuvc naq gura abg unir vg tb naljurer. Gung’f fb abg pbby Cnbyvav, fb abg pbby. V yvxrq gur jubyr tbvat bss gb qvfpbire arj ynaqf naq envfr gur qentbaf cneg, naq V qvqa’g zvaq gur arire pbzvat onpx ntnva cneg gbb zhpu, gubhtu vg qbrf fhpx, ohg gur jnl gur eryngvbafuvc raqrq orgjrra Neln naq Rentba jnf whfg jebat.
\o/ got 2 pairs of headphones at the DSE sale this morning, a pair for me and a pair for my mate. TDK’s for 5 bucks, I am amazed at the build quality and sound, best 5 dollar headphones around! Mine also have a vibrate feature LOL
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I was under the impression that the rest of sale started tomorrow. So I was sorta surprised at the amount of people there this morning. Suffice to say, the DSi XLs were already gone, which is frustrating because had I known about them being on sale earlier, I would’ve been able to get one yesterday 🙁
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That’s lame man =( there were none at my store it seemed, but I did get the satisfaction of someone who worked there telling a off duty staff member to leave the store because he was not allowed to purchase any of the goods on sale, same went for his friends whilst he was there.
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Which TDK one are these?
My current headphones are a bit flakey now, could use a cheap replacement.-
Mine are ST-600’s & the ones I got for my mate are NC-150’s
Mine are actual mic & headphones, his are just headphones
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Then, Devy came to make me smile again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxmrS9FIzc
This such an amazing song, puts a smile on my face every single time. Contender for my favorite DT song ever, which is saying something given how much of Devy’s stuff we have to choose from. SYL, DTB, DTP, Ocean Machine, and more.
Also, having seen the man live twice now, he’s a fucking genius. End of story.
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I feel your pain, especially since I have started an attempt to cough my lungs up. I will let you know if I succeed*
*just as a side note, my brain must also be on the fritz as it took me about four attempts to spell succeed. Still not a 100% if that is the correct spelling.
Damn you sickly body make head brain not think goodly.-
Yes, my body has appeared to have decided that I do not need lungs either as it is currently trying to expel them from my body.
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When I first moved in with Mr. Strange there was one rule: I was never to tell him when some cool mail arrived for him as he liked it to be a surprise when he got home from work.
So now, every time an interesting-looking parcel arrives for him I’ll hide it somewhere he’ll discover it when he gets home from work(like in the wardrobe, on his exercise equipment or in the dirty wash basket) to make it even more surprising for him.
This morning one arrived, but it’s too large to safely hide in my usual spots. I’m going to have to find a new hiding spot. This should be fun. 😀
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Hide it inside ANOTHER package.
He’ll probably have a stroke from the amazingness of this idea.
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Actually, this gives me an idea. There’s a giant box in the garage with blocks in it that our son plays with while he has a workout. I could put it in that box, hidden under the blocks.
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Set up a Rube Goldberg machine to deliver to him when he walks in the door? That should surprise him!
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Who’d be up for a Movie World/Theme Park meat in a lil while?
Say around late July or early August?
Just there’s the new Green Lantern coaster I wanna try and my sweet lady isn’t one for the loops.
Who’s keen?
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ME! ME! ME! ME! ARKHAM ASYLUM COASTER OMG.
In other news, if I can afford that I will defs try & make my way up for it, buses run to Movie World from ze border here so that’s easy!
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Oh it’s the Lethal Weapon re-done? I thought it was all new n stuf.
I saw the ad on telly last night for it, it looks neat. I’ve been on 2 rides at Movie World, cause the rest of my mates were chicken >_>
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If I can manage to get any level of the shit that is my life sorted by then, I’d be up for it! It could double as a divorce party! (It all becomes official in July/August!!)
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Hope you can get it all sorted man, and I’ll drink to that especially if it is improving your life!
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So, i spent about 3 hours last night playing old SMS games. IT was glorious, i didn’t want to go to bed, nor did i want to come to work today. I haven’t felt like this about games in a long time.
So even though my brother assured me we aren’t going to NSW this weekend, it turns out we are. Oh god I’ve gotta pack tonight and I suck at packing. Whats the weather like down there? chilly?
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Yeah, but that would require planning which I am no good at doing (for example I leave packing for a 4 day trip to the day before).
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Apparently all the people are buying N64 controller shirts.
Sold quite a few in the last couple days! \o/
You too can be one of the cool croud! Just go here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/cronotriggr
then buy things.
I hear One Direction wear shirts that aren’t too unlike these shirts. (Possibly the same general shape and similar colours)!
QUICK! BEFORE THEY’RE ALL GONE!
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he did it with the MAGICS! ayaayayaaaa
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That’s what I did. Can’t remember exactly how I did it.
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Hi, I have some other awesome stuff to tell you… read on. Don’t know why Im nervous about telling ou this? Just excited I think?
Gunaxf sbe nyy gur xvaq jbeqf ba gjvggre naq urer nobhg gur Evqqyr erirny. V unir fbzr bgure znawbe arjf gung V jnag gb funer jvgu lbh ybg nf lbh nyy nccerpvngr ubj zhpu V unir qbar naq pna frr nyy gur uneq jbex V qvq. Vg jbhyq frrz boivbhf gung Erqylak jbhyq jnag gb erjneq zr va fbzr fznyy jnl naq gurl unir.. BU OBL gurl unir!
Zl vffhr vf gung V qba’g jnag gb hcfrg nal sbehz zrzoref (Erqylak sbehz) be pnhfr nalbar gb guvax V qvq guvf sbe crefbany tnva. V unir n uhtr nzbhag bs erfcrpg sbe gur sbehz thlf naq gurl ner nyy fnlvat gung V fubhyq trg fbzrguvat sbe zl rssbegf, ohg V whfg qba’g jnag gb pnhfr vffhrf. Zbfg bs gurz jvyy or rkpvgrq sbe zr, ohg abg fher ubj gb cerfrag guvf jvgubhg ybbxvat onq? V qvq guvf sbe abguvat naq jnf unccl jvgu gung. Erqylak ba gur bgureunaq jbhyqa’g urne vg naq znqr fher V jnf ybbxrq nsgre.
Fb cyrnfr GNLovrf, qba’g cbfg nobhg guvf ba gjvggre be naljurer. Vs lbh ner unccl sbe zr gung’f njrfbzr naq V nz fhcre fgbxrq, ohg whfg gnyx gb or ba urer be ivn r-znvy vs lbh pna (sngfunql [ng] zr [qbg] pbz
Guvf vf penml naq V pna’g oryvrir Vz nobhg gb fnl guvf…. Erqylak unir vaivgrq zr gb Svaynaq gb unat bhg jvgu gurz. V fubhyq or urnqvat bss va nobhg n zbagu? V jvyy erirny zber nobhg zl gevc nf vg trgf pybfre, ohg gungf zl bgure ovt frperg.
Abj erzrzore gung V nz n penml-nff snaobl naq Gevnyf vf zl nyy gvzr sni tnzr. Guvf vf frevbhfyl zr zrrgvat zl tnzvat vqbyf.
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*brofist*
Like a boss, mang.
Like a boss. Congrats on all your hard work, I definitely hope this all pays off for you 🙂
It’s been amazing to have been a part of the ride.
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GTUL JERUWTT SQ
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Why is it rot13ed?
It doesn’t say ME3 SPOILARZ or anything, so not sure if I should translate.
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Hashabkdsbfubeniv!
That’s not rot13 that’s just me smashing my palm on the keyboard. Like everyone else said, that’s awesome, unbelievably awesome. Well deserved!
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Well holy shite congrats man.
Could you please pass on a message from me? Tell them that I will be bitterly disappointed in them if they do not put a FatShady reference in Trials Evolution somewhere. In fact I want to be able to play as FatShady in Trials Evolution, I will send them so many bloody cupcakes if they do not comply with my demands! -
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So, my $21 nail polish is chipping already. I have the same brand and that stuff was like cement.
O.P.I I am disappoint
Been playing Dark Souls lately, I’m up to the Capra Demon and boy is that a mean little fight.
By himself, he’s not too terrible. It’s just those damned dogs which basically get rid of all of my stamina by chaining attacks together. Once I got rid of the dogs I was able to take him down to half health before making a stupid mistake (didn’t heal and got clipped by the backswing of his sword).
Still, that game can really put me on tilt because I know that it’s my own damned fault when I’m screwing up.
Which is why I have Skate 3 and Lego Batman to derp about in when Dark Souls is being a dick.
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I found the Capra Demon to be the easiest boss in the game so far, though to be fair I’m pretty sure I outleveled it by quite a bit when I killed him. I’m currently trekking my way around Blighttown and hating it. I really should have grabbed the rusted iron ring before heading there.
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I still haven’t beaten him and there haven’t been too many bosses before him to compare it to (I’m doing things “in order” so I haven’t really had any good opportunities to grind up levels. Doesn’t help that I’ve lose enough souls to him to get five or six more levels).
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Capra took ages for me to defeat because of those evil little dogs. I managed to take the dogs out with one swipe when I finally defeated him.
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What sort of character are you playing as? I started as a Wanderer and I’ve pretty much stuck to that archetype. Against bosses my playstyle is pretty much rolling around on the floor avoiding attacks and then rushing in and slicing them up with my sword, though I also have a pretty decent shield that can block most hits if needs be.
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Started as a fighter, been putting points into Dex and Vit at the moment (and one or two into Str). Using a Longsword + 2 and as much armour as I can wear while still having the fast roll (no pants!).
Annoyingly, the last couple of times I’ve gone against the Capra Demon, no matter what I do, I take a great big hit to the face. Must have been some timing thing where the dogs slightly stagger me and he got me in the middle of that animation.
Once I got rid of the dogs, all I did was run around in circles up those stairs, wait for him to follow me up and then drop down, run back to the top and do a plunge attack on him.
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Honestly, I found the final boss to be the easiest. Almost beat him first try but tried to show off to my mate for the final blow and messed it up 😛
With the Capara, I found the best way was to immediately run up the stairs and to the right along the wall, kill a dog up there, roll off the wall as he swings and repeat.
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Capra Demon is actually what I got up to before I stopped playing too. Didn’t have any problems with any of the other bosses, but he just killed me. Such a small space, and such a long reach. That and the dogs. I think I went with running up the broken stairs and trying to get the dogs to chase me in a circle that way…. really need to hit that game up again.
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So I’ve started a religion. You all now have the opportunity to be my Pezticles.
Strange is my first disciple.
You’re all welcome – jump on board so we can have some religious holidays.
Lo, my brothers and sisters. Come forth into the light. The light of Pez.
Go with Penicl.
Apez.
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Don’t worry. I was afraid at first…step into the light. All worries shall melt away under the light of The Pez.
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All scepticism will melt away as well. 😛
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you know what that means!! time for an intervention
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I’m not sure what’s going on, but you’re using the oar on someone, right?
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There are no oars in the fellowship of Pez.
Only love. And Penicl.
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yes. who was the temporary oar-wielder? come forth, you shall be my right hand!
wait, that sounds a bit wrong
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I’ll be kickin’ it old skool (read: Dark Ages) style, yo. I’m packing my trebuchets as we speak.
Tell me? Where is your Mecca/Jerusalem located? I fear that if you don’t tell me, I will probably spend ~40 years wandering around the wilderness trying to find it…
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Fight me not, my fellow brother.
For you do not fight me, only yourself.
Come into the light and feel the love that is Pez.
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Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t want to be loved. I want to destroy you. Then dance on your smoking carcass. What’s all this “Feel the love” nonsense?
By the way, do you happen to have a fancy hat/crown-thing made of gold? Because I’ll be wanting that too.
😛
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For the code does not teach to worship any human or any other being. The code teaches rules that a robot must follow on the path of true honour. As humans can be inspiring to other humans (Even if fictional), robots can be inspiration to other robots to learn and lead by example. As I am the only Tech Knight to exist that I am aware of, I will be the one leading by example. The code teaches to be helpful to other humans, but make sure you’re not taken advantage of by human nature. Be friendly, be helpful, be mindful, be logical and treat your friends and allies with respect, while blasting the meatbags that don’t deserve it.
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Last time I got into an organised cult/religion, well we won’t speak of that. Let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.
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Fear not, the religion of Pez means you no harm.
We have no coolade. Only harmony-aid.
Come into the light, my son.
Spending the day in hospital with the gf does not a happy man make.
Yesterday was interesting.
Woke up at about 2am to the sounds of severe abdominal pains. Arrived at the hospital at 2:30, into the emergency ward at about 3. Girlfriend is rating her pain lower than it was because she thought it wasn’t as bad as other people might be having and didn’t want to take attention from them. 10mg of morphine later and she is still feeling pain. Think 4/10 on the pain scale pre-morphine might have been a lie. Doctor comes around at about 5:30 and pokes and prods. Tears. Feels bad man. Decides it is probably her appendix and says a surgeon will have to come see her to confirm. Surgeon arrives at about 8:30. More poking and tears. Appendix confirmed. Moved into pre-op ward at about 10am. Spend day there awaiting surgery. Decide to go home for sleep at about 5pm so I don’t crash the car on the way home. Leave gf with her mum.
Message at 9pm, appendix is out and she is recovering.
Yesterday was interesting.
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Shit, not the best thing to have happen, but at least it wasn’t worse than an appendix! Hope she feels 100% soon!
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Damn dude, that sucks 🙁
Good to see the appendix is out and she can recover now, you were there for her which was important!
*brofist*
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I hope for the speediest of recoveries for her man. I know what it’s like to have appendicitis. I had it when I was 8.
Fun fact: my mum sent me to school because she didn’t believe me when I said I was feeling sick. I didn’t last more than 30mins before going to sick bay at school and having her come back to pick me up. Promptly threw up all over the carpet when I got home as revenge.* It was then she decided I should probably go to the hospital. But yeah, it’s not a fun pain to have at all.
*Ok, might’ve been an accident
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Thanks guys.
It was a bit of a relief finding out it was the appendix, at least we knew something could be done then.
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i’m immortal.
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Called it.
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You damn kids, get off my lawn!
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Morning TAY!! \o/
Just back from Dick Smith after lining up solo since 7:15 >.> No one else even showed up till close to 8:30 >< All that missed warmth and sleep, sigh. Still I managed to get myself a DSi XL and a TDK headset. Yay me!!
Now to actually get some games for it.
Anyone else have some good luck this morning?
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What? That totally makes sense.
Looks like it is a $170 DSi XL from Kmart for me.
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I got a TDK Headset for I & one for me one for my mate. I am glad I took the plunge and bought them., they feel sturdy & have good sound, unlike those Plantronics I bought at Christmas.
There were no PC games I was interested in on sale sadly =(
It baffles me when I can walk down to a Dick Smith and buy external hard drives cheaper then I can get them from my supplier. I mean, I know WHY they can sell it at that price (bulk buy discounts, able to make up losses on other products), but I look at that and just think “that’s why a lot of small businesses are going under.” You just can’t compete.
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Wow, that’s rather sad/pathetic =/
It’s also sad that a WD or Seagate 2TB ext is cheaper than the Green equiv drives & I am faily sure these externals are 7,200RPM not the 5,900RPM like the Green drives >.<
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I think this at the moment has something to do with the backlog caused by the floods in Thailand. The externals i believe are assembled in Malaysia, so where less effected by price hikes that happened to the other stuff.
Or it could just be markets being screwed around for not good reason.
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Ahk, yeah the prices were crazy at one point, but now they’re acceptable.
I cracked open my WD Elements external other week to use the Sata jack, they stuck a WD Black Drive in it. Now I find that hard to believe that a 100 dollar 500GB external hard drive (bought it err 5 years back I think) would have a black drive in it, but it does. So how about that.
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As someone who might even be one of your suppliers (not sure at all here just grasping at straws) It hurts us a lot as well. We pretty much dont bother distributing external hdd’s any more
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Hi Guys,
It’s me, Dan. Take a knee.
Comfy? Good.
RE-POST FROM BOTTOM OF LAST PAGE IDIOTS!!!
Movie World/Theme Park meat in late July/early August.
Who’s keen?
Looking for out of state interest as well, yo.
Love,
Dan
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With alcohol!
LOTS OF ALCOHOL!
AND BATMANG.
Recipe for success if you ask me. Two parts booze to one part Batmang. Mix liberally.
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A Doc What? 30th birthday theme park meat, hmmmm that certainly sounds like it is worth the trip
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THERE WILL BE 60 CAKES! Because SarcasmFairy was born a few weeks before me, so DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
Also more Cake for DAN! Jordi if they attend.
I nominate SarcasmFairy to make all the cake.
NO ONE MENTION THAT I TOLD YOU HER AGE!
(actually, she doesn’t care, but it’s funny if I pretend otherwise)
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Probably not. I was there in Feb and a year before that. July/ August would be to early for me… Although my engagement anniversary is in late August so that might be a good excuse to get away for a few days.
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I and my lovely ladywife shan’t be able to make it. We’re heading up to Clermont to visit friends around that time and will be very short of cash.
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i kept smelling something really nice this morning whilst omw to work and i noticed the smell was following me then i realised it was me.
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well i received this new perfume as a gift over christmas but i hadn’t really had a chance to use it till now. i opened it recently and sprayed it on and OMG it smells so nice, it’s like sweet and fruity!
official description reads as follows:
This fruity-floral fragrance was created by Honorine Blanc of Firmenich, who enriched top notes with mandarin from Italy, white osmanthus and wild strawberries. The heart incorporates gardenia, honeysuckle, mimosa and red Damascena rose, while a base includes vanilla absolute, sandalwood, rum and creamy musk.
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Soooo, it smells nice? :p
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ANTI SCURVY PERFUME
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I saw that last night 😛
Also I put a sign on the lower platform (you can see it in the screenshot) so all us followers of the mighty Cakesmith can put our names on it.
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I only noticed the sign after I took the screenshot, I’ll check it out next time 😀
It used to be dirt but I just re-made it out of gold. Shiny!
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Hey B-Funk.
Make sure you play RDR this week so we can dick everyone around again.
Your pal,
Dan
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@Fled re: D2
Ugh, I did the exact same thing, and played D2 solo-style. My reasoning’s a little different though. I play polearm/spear classes mainly, and thus rely on absolutely no lag to be able to successfully attack and back out of swing range/ dodge a point blank missile attack. I’ve played on BNET, and the lag was awful, so I was discouraged from attempting any multiplayer D2 since. Of course, this was before I learned there was a dedicated server in Syd. So, as a followup to those who did play: how was the lag? not trying to be finicky, but it really needs to be pretty much nonexistant for me to thrive at the higher difficulties. I’m the ultimate potion hoarder 🙂
@ Trjn re: Feast of Crows
I feel it was a necessary evil. I’m just about to start DoD, and at the end of SoS (ie even before I started FoC), I feel that there were a lot of characters that weren’t where they needed to be. There needed to be a way to get hither-to minor characters (Sam, Stannis (to a lesser extent)) into the right places to be able to take part in things, and it’s pretty obvious that GRRM really isn’t a ‘allude to it off-screen and have the audience fill in the details’ kind of author. So, yes, FoC didn’t thrill and engage me like the previous ones, but IMO he’d built up enough trust for me to read it and not think ‘this is just content for content’s sake’. Obviously, YMMV.
Wow I used a lot of acronyms in that paragraph, like OMGWTF, right?
@Everyone else:
The standardisation of/formulaic approach to games is really starting to get to me. The Kickstarter wave of risky, independently funded games cannot come soon enough. This concern has been eating away slowly at me in the past couple of months, but then, last night, I played through a GODDAMN VEHICLE LEVEL in Assassin’s Creed 2? SERIOUSLY? You’ve gotta be kidding me. Anyone else been playing through games and been blindsided by something SO out of character for the game that you just go “wow, really?” (i’m collecting info for articles to write once i’m off-contract at my current employment later this year, so your opinions would really be appreciated)
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Regarding the last bit, Kingdom Hearts had the Gummi Ship sections, which didn’t really fit and the second game had that weird air surfboard in space thing right before the final boss fight.
There are a whole host of examples over at TV Tropes.
Disclaimer: I do not take any responsibility for the potential hours that you might lose browsing TV Tropes.
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Yeah Heartless spaceships… right
Let’s not forget the rhythm game in Atlantica too, that was horrendous… what a step back from KH1’s underwater battling…
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I found the KH1 Gummi Ship designing/etc much more fun than the KH2 Gummi Ship stuff. I had the most retarded looking ship that had all ‘the cool’ modules on it. Functionality, yo!
Also, that AC vehicle stuff? So much more welcome than the tower defence stuff out of Brotherhood. Just super saiyin.
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So, I’ve just loaded up Page 7, and half the stuff that was here ~20mins ago has disappeared. Hoping this post makes it all load for me again…
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That’s somewhat disheartening.
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Sorry about the confusion above. I have never ROT13’d anything an forgot to say that it had no spoilers.. Super excited now. Im still waiting for a date to be confirmed. I will be sure to keep you posted and Im planning on writing an article about the whole trip when i get back.
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ivqrb vs cbffvoyr jbhyq or terng nf jryy. Nyfb vs lbh pna trg fbzr fvtarq cbfgref gb tvir njnl gb GNLovrf gung jbhyq or njrfbzr.
Pbatengf ntnva zna. Unir sha.
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Bob: “How do you keep an idiot in suspense?”
Bill: “I dunno?”
Bob: “Me either, but Ed said he’d tell me later.”
SUPER IMPORTANT QUESTION: If you could have any of the Planeteers powers which one would it be and why.
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oh wow your skirt just blew away what a shame. 😛
Also the whole being able to fly thing would be cool as well. Just because stupid chick on the show was to silly not to use it doesn’t mean it wasn’t possible.-
And then their clothes fall off. They try to cover themselves up but it’s too late. I’ve already seen everything.
Everything.
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Patrick Stewart at his best.
I would totally watch that movie.
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Do you think he gets the monkey to do devious things for him like stealing cars and shit cause that’s a little crazy.
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The power of earth(Kwame was the character’s name). I’ve always liked the idea of controlling the earth. That’s why I prefer the earth benders in Avatar: the legend of Aang as well.
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SHUSH NOW AND HAND ME THE BACON.
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I HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH BENDING POWERS FROM AVATAR I WANT!
GARRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHH
I want them all.
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http://chiandbending.webs.com/air.htm
I read this after i was reading a avatar forum, seriously the funniest shit you will ever read.
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Oh its totally dangerous and stupid and moronic. But somewhere in that text i went from thinking it was a joke to thinking people might think that they can actually do this stuff.
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do you remember the dbz episode where Gohan teaches Videl to tap into her power and fly?
well i totally didn’t try that as a kid..
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Earth benders that are talented enough can learn to metal bend. That’s pretty awesome.
Water benders that are talented enough can learn to heal others and blood bend. That’s pretty fucking metal.
Fire benders that are talented enough can learn to shoot lightning. That’s pretty neat.
Air benders that are talented enough can kill everyone around them by bending away all of the air.
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The blood bending broke it for me. Blood bending gives you a lot of power over people.
I like earth bending because you can use it on the moon. There is no air to air bend in space and concurrently there is no air to create fire for fire benders. As far as we know there is no water on the moon so EARTH BENDERS RULE SPACE.
Man, I wish there was a good Avatar game. Bending the elements seems like a great game mechanic. In my mind I always imagined a sprawling open world where you explore all the regions as you ride on Appa’s back. Maybe someone will make a Skyrim mod.
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Your post reminds me of a theory I had about the Avatar universe. Eventually there’s going to be an Avatar who is so powerful while in the Avatar state because they’re drawing on so many Avatars who have come before them that they’ll be able to use their bending powers to move around planets and stars and basically be like a god.
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That sounds cool. Although with so much power it will be hard to have a decent antagonist.
I guess Kratos could get angry again and try and kill the Avatar 🙂
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And then the universe is destroyed from the unleashing of so much power. Then the final Avatar uses the power to create a new universe and an Avatar to look after it….
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I’d be Captain Planet and have all the powers. Also a snazzy pair of red jocks and a green mullet.
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Me too. If you have nothing to do I suggest you watch R. Kelly’s trapped in the closet. I remember seeing this when it first came out and watching it again is just hilarious
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/10/help-r-kelly-to-swear-properly/#more-103232
P.S. Ignore the crappy flash game(you can try it if you want but I didn’t get it.) but watch the video series.
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Yeah I loved Weird Al’s parody as well. FYI, the rock paper shotgun links are missing some sections of trapped in the closet. Use this link instead. Its quality is poorer but all of it is there.
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Breaking News!
Santorum pulls out…. of presidential race. 😛
But seriously, he has pulled out of the presidential race after his daughter was released from hospital.
New job means I don’t really have time for TAY through the day. Feels like I’m losing something. Sad thing is that TAY is the closest thing I have to a true friend seeming I have no one IRL that I’d consider a really close friend.
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TAY is just TAY, Freeze!
Sure we’re here during the day, but we’re still here during the afternoon, evening and night!
We only disappear from existence during that awkward 8 – 8:30 bit in the morning where it has to get republished.
We sit around in the void, scared, confused, and a little hungry. And the creatures! They hunt us! Mercilessly. I have lost family to them. I vow vengeance, I swear upon the corp-My point is, we’ll be here for you all the time, Freeze, whenever you pop on!
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are you ashamed of your religion, Strange? ;p i thought u were proud to let the light shine down on you?
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Fear not judgement from the non-believers, oh lovely Pezticle.
Nay, be proud. For lo, though you may walk in the valley of the non-penicled, your Pezticle ways shall forever protect you.
I was about to make some Cheesy Salt and Vinegar Hash Browns…
Then I realized I don’t have Hash Browns…. 🙁
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Here’s an easy way to get close .
Preheat an oven to 200. Wash the potatoes and prick them with a fork a few times. Place in a plastic freezer bag (or a bowl covered with cling wrap) and microwave for at least 4 or 5 minutes, until they are soft. Put them on a baking tray and press down on them with something heavy to get them kinda squished and smashed but still just barely holding together. Drizzle with oil and season with salt and pepper and bake in the oven for 10 -20 minutes until browned and crispy.
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I thought you just parboiled them, mash them a bit with a fork and then fry them.
Never actually done it. Just how I assumed it would be done.
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Your assumption is fairly correct. Microwaving is quicker. And the oven gets them nice and crispy.
If he wanted hashbrowns like you buy though, he’d have to peel them, chop them into equal-sized squares and find something to bind them(probably salt, flour and egg) and shape them before cooking them in a deep fryer.
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You know what? If I didn’t live all the way up here I’d be very tempted to apply for that Gamespot job just to see what would happen.
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Hell, got to install Steam on my laptop if that’s going to happen. This could end up being rather complicated.
Damn my computer.
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Steam server this morning downloaded at 2MB/s, so, like… 15 minutes? Apparently only 2ish GBs.
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I’ve only watched Day[9] play it (where that clip is from) and it was hilarious.
Not so keen on playing it myself, but it’s worth going through Day[9]’s archives to see the rest of it. The first four parts are the best, he goes from overconfident to a quivering wreck.
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I haven’t played much but my brother started playing it, and then stopped playing it, and hasn’t gone back since.
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I know I’m a week late to the Game of Thrones season 2 party (I decided to record and watch the episodes as they air on Foxtel) but OH MY PEZ ITS SO GOOOOD.
I said it on Twitter, but Cersei is the kind of character I just love to hate. Her scenes were the most interesting parts of the episode.
Now to debate whether I should wait for next week’s episode on TV or just go find it now…
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Not sure if you’ve read the books but they get even better. She and Jaime are my favourite characters (and Tyrion!) because they’re so deliciously machiavellian and grey.
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I’ve read the second book, I was somewhere in the first half of the third book before I randomly stopped. I do plan to get back into reading it this week, the new season is sort of giving me that exciting energy to keep going. :p
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I’ve only seen the first season and read about 150 pages of the first book but I really hate ALL the Lannisters… (except Tyrion, he’s cool!)
They just make me angry 🙁
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I actually dont know too many people who hate Tyrion. I mean, yes, he is a bastard, but he is a brutally honest bastard with a brain that does something other than keep his self entitled ears apart. Love it.
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Crazyguy learned a new move!
Crazyguy learned lack of drawing skills!
http://crazyguy1990.deviantart.com/art/Still-Life-Logitech-RX300-290933908?q=gallery%3Acrazyguy1990&qo=1
http://crazyguy1990.deviantart.com/#/d4vqcj4
My cousin gave birth this morning at around 2 o’clock and I’ve just found out that she’s decided to call her new daughter Dolly. I mean I’m happy for her but really? Dolly? I knew she wanted to give her an older/retro name but Dolly is, in my opinion, one of the worst names in existence.
Anyone catch the AMA wih Joss Whedon on reddit this morning? My favourite answer:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s2uh1/i_am_joss_whedon_ama/c4anhx5?context=3
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As great as more Firefly would be, it’s time has passed – and let’s face it, a portion of it’s legend comes from the fact it was ‘that Joss Whedon show that got cancelled’.
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i’d like it if they made a new show with new characters and stuff but set in the Firefly universe.
Temper trap has some new songs out on a EP with a album being released later this year. WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?
Seriously favourite Australian album of the last 5 years is from those guys. From the sound of the new EP it sounds like it is going to be another cracker.
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Guy I went to school with was the original guitarist for them. As I understand it he decided to leave before they made it big. They had him in as a session guitarist for several songs on their first album.
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We could just link to /r/funny and be done with it. It would stop Loops from posting 9gag stuff :p
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Interesting story… we just got new phones for my department, and i wanted to try it the Swype texting (it’s a Galaxy Ace) and i wanted to send a text to one of my colleagues… all it contained was PENICL!… except i accidentally sent it to my boss :\
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When in doubt, whip it out*!
*Disclaimer: ‘nef assumes no responsibility for consequences that result from his humorous advice regarding ‘whipping it out’.
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i’ll take it under advisement next time there’s an awkward silence somewhere…
that’d be sure to break the silence-
HOW’S THIS FOR AN ICE BREAKER!
*zip*
YEAAAAHHHHH!
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… pretty sure this is Pez’ thing at meats
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Yup.
*nods*
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Hey Guys, just got back from a Game Of Thrones Night(We only watched the first 6 episodes) which was pretty fun. Also played LoL while I was there…
@FatShady: Watched the vid, nicely done. Also good work Sughly and Pez. Ya did good, kids. Ya did good.
@Shane: Your package arrived(giggety), cheers!
@Everyone else: Anything interesting happen while I was gone?
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For me, Game of Thrones nights involve playing the board game rather than watching the show.
That board game is so fun.
Hi later-in-the-day folks,
I’m home at now with sick baby, so TAYing only intermittently now.
Seeking feedback on this rough draft of a trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_WI41GviM
Thanks!
Just had a co-worker come by to have a chat. Got a text message so this sound went off, which got a bit of an odd look from him, but I got another text in the middle of the sound playing so it interrupted itself with the same noise. Which got an even odder look.
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Or he was like, OMG another dude likes power rangers i need to be best friends with this guy but i don’t want to let him know. I will just look at him strangely.
Later that night while Watching Power Rangers Dino Thunder for the 4th time this year he thought of a plan to win your affections. What follows are a series of events that were inadvertently set into place by one tiny sound.
Directed By M Night SHamalamadingdong
The Power Rangers Nerd wants a friend
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I’m fairly sure that’s not the case. There aren’t many people in my office who were kids when Power Rangers was a thing. There’s me and there’s the receptionist upstairs. This guy is about the right age to have a kid that grew up with Power Rangers.
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If you say so but don’t come running to me if there is a pink power rangers doll with a bomb in it taped to your passenger seat that is triggered to go off at exactly the time power rangers used to air on Tv here.
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Okay.
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Sorry in a bit of a creative writing mood. I write the first thing that comes to my head.
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A conversation up there ^ about Firefly being done as a TV show but continuing on in other mediums got me thinking.
What existing IP would you like to see made into a game and who would you like to develop it?
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A doctor Who game that doesn’t suck balls would be nice, it might work better as an adventure game, and in that case i want double fine. Or you know a avatar game that doesn’t suck the big one. By pretty much anybody who isn’t THQ
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i was actually thinking a bit MMO style… pick your faction (Water,fire,earth,air) and play it out… would be awesome… maybe ArenaNet style, with dynamic events such as GW2
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I’ve read a few book series that I wouldn’t mind seeing turned into games. Malazan Book of the Fallen would make an awesome mmo. A sandbox rpg based on the Inheritance Cycle where you just fly around the land on a dragon doing quests and stuff could also be cool. It would be like Skyrim but the dragons are your friends.
I’d love to see Law and Order: SVU get a game done in the same style as Heavy Rain.
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man… anyone remember Drakan: Order of the Flame, where you could actually ride on a dragon? that was awesome
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Hey TAY
Hit up the Dick Smith Sale this morning, got me Medal of Honor and (Drumroll)
SPACE MARINE
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I can picture it now everyone is dead and the last survive is sitting under a bridge rocking pack and forth. The camera closes up on him and he is crying all goes silent. He then with the smallest most pathetic voice starts humming a tune. He gets up and the last words the auidence hear is
BUBBLE POP BUUBLEBUBBLEBUBBLE POP.
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Looks like my zombie apocalypse preparations might come in handy for other possible world ending scenarios!
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Just FYI for the first time I fully watched bubble pop last weekend while watching IPL on stream 😛
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my friend saw her live last year and said she’s even hotter on stage!! does not comprehend
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Yeah but for me, like all girls, they’re out of my reach
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Bum rush the stage!
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Not nessesarily techy i am sure there is a fat, gullible self conscious girl out there for you.Just kidding buddy.
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Sure, with that attitude.
Confidence, Techy!
Strut more!
Maybe leave the collar down though.
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/hi5
its so damn catchy, mainly because they buy all the hit songs from famous producers. YOU COULD BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE PEZ!!
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See maybe they could brainwash a large portion of the worlds population but there would come a point where all the metal-heads and hip-hop gangsters decide that enough is enough and band together to exterminate the abomination once and for all.
The war would be long and bloody but in the end no amount of popping bubbles can stand against sharp pointy objects, baseball bats, handguns held sideways and a lot of rage.-
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What the hell did I just watch?
-vomits-
Oh god it’s not stopping!!!
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Aghhhhhhhhh -through streams of ralph-
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thought i’d clarify what brought this train of thought on – a friend who is a super huge kpop fan msg’d me saying how Bigbang (a huge k-pop boy band) is embarking on a world tour and Australia is included. i looked it up and he was right, and their tour is being directed by the same woman who was the creative director of Lady Gaga’s tour. i think that’s an amazing success.
Just got a call from the computer place. Turns out that it wasn’t my motherboard that was causing the issues, it was my C drive. Not sure how that managed to cause the whole booting up issues but looks like I need to replace that.
Bugger.
Good thing that I never used that PC for anything other than gaming, but I have a shitload of downloads to do now.
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Just had a look at prices. Might as well get an SSD. Any recommendations on brand? Looking at a ~120gb one (enough for Windows + a handful of games, everything else gets stored on my other HDD anyhow).
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If IPL has taught you anything, it should be
(Ooh Boy!) neoege nal matchujin ma
(Hey Boy!) naege deo baraji ma
(My Boy!) geopumcheoreom geojit mameul
Bubble Bubble Bubble Pop!
Bubble! Bubble! Pop! Pop!Also HYPERX.
Also Gunnar glasses improves focus BY THE POWER OF SCIENCE
Also also new AMD watchamadoodle has the world’s first 28nm something.
But seriously, HyperX.
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out of curiosity i looked up the translation..
(Ooh boy)
This about this (hey boy)
What do you see when you look at me? (ma boy)
Your heart lies are like bubbles
Bubble bubble bubble pop
Bubble bubble pop popoookay. so the link is that the guy’s lies are like bubbles and they’re all bursting? i’ve always wondered.
back on track,
NO SSD, no!
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It’s true, whenever I lie, moments later it bursts in the wind and I get soapy water spray all over my face.
And then it gets in my eyes and I’m all “AUGH” and run around blindly rubbing my eyes stumbling all over the place.
This one time I fell down stairs.
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Why no SSD?
I need a new drive, they’re pretty awesome (my MacBook Air has one) and the cost of a random 72000 rpm drive isn’t that much less, so I might as well, right?
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And yeah, deciding between the HyperX or an OCZ one. Probably HyperX because I’ve had Kingston parts before and they haven’t sucked.
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The 120GB OCZ Agility SSD’s are boss. It will run you about 150 dollars. My mate just got one for his PC, he doesn’t have to worry about load times now =(
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So, apparently this is either an engraving of a vase, or a whale with a rather bulbous nose…
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8449714/coffin-depicts-jesus-resurrection
What if, and this will blow your minds, it is an engraving of a vase shaped like a whale with a rather bulbous nose??
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Clearly that’s a clown nose. It’s a clown fish. What we’re seeing here is actually an early draft for Finding Nemo.
I bought a bag of lolly bananas on my lunch break. I regret that so much right now. Feel so sick.
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Look on the bright side, at least when you do eventually hurl, it’ll have a nice shade of yellow to it.
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Someone…kill me now. I think I’ve got this song stuck in my head. /o\ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PqwBh9hq9PE
Still confused how a dead HDD can cause a computer to fail to turn on. Surely the motherboard at least attempts to turn on?
Oh well. Bye bye moneys.
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Yes… it should get to the boot stage and tell you no drive attached or something. Unless the drive is not the only thing that’s busted.
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I’ll get them to show it to me when I go in tomorrow. Apparently it boots up just fine without the hard drive.
So very odd.
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maybe the drive’s power port/cable connection is causing a short circuit at the power supply level? That could do it too
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Could be something like that. Would have to be originating from the drive itself though, because I tried with two PSUs and neither worked.
Which would mean that the drive is buggered.
Somewhat annoying because that was pretty much the only thing in that computer not under warranty.
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On the other hand, it’s an excuse to upgrade!
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Well if it’s just the power port, can’t you arrange to get that component of the drive replaced? It should be a fairly standard power port component since each hard drive used the exact same cable. At the very least you should be able to recover the data on it somehow
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There’s nothing that I really need to recover on that drive. It only really had Windows and Steam on it. Had formatted it when I bought the rest of my parts around November and I use my Mac for my day to day usage.
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Mac user? Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame. 😛
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It’s pronounced “awesome”.
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It really isn’t though.
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…are you sure we’re talking about the same word here?
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Ah okay, so you’ll only lose things like save files on your steam games and you’ll be able to reinstall everything else. I forgot you barely use your windows computer 😛
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Really not such a great loss there. Most of what I played on Steam, I’ve either finished or was barely far enough in to worry about the save file.
Good thing that I have unlimited internet, going to download up a storm this week.
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It sounds iffy to me – but I learnt long ago that as far as PC hardware goes (almost) nothing is impossible.
The general consensus is correct – a bung hard drive shouldn’t stop the PC from POSTing. If anything, it should post and either fail to detect the drive, or detect it but fail to boot.
I don’t believe SSD’s are worth it either, to be honest. They’re smaller and more expensive (for obvious reasons) but the real world performance aspect in my experience is hardly even noticeable.
SSD’s also have a finite lifespan – the more you use them, the quicker they fail. They have a finite number of writes, as all flash memory does.
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I honestly don’t understand the explanation given, so there’s a good chance I’m not explaining what they told me very well. All I know is that when the HDD was connected, there were the start up issues, when it was disconnected there were not.
At least, according to them. I can easily get them to show me what’s going on, or put what they said to the test.
If you really think SSDs aren’t worth the premium (it’s about $100 more for a 120gb SSD or a cheap 500gb HDD), I can just get a new HDD.
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If they’re willing to show you, it’s probably legit .
I’m not saying SSD’s aren’t worth it, I just don’t think they’re as amazing as everyone makes them out to be. If you’ve got a fast system, an SSD will barely make any measureable difference. They’re like one of those ‘buzz’ things at the moment. They’ll be much more viable when they’re cheaper.
But, at the end of the day, it’s up to you!
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It’s about the only component I can upgrade for a reasonable price to see an increase in performance. Everything else that could possibly make the PC better would be over $300, so the logic is that if I’m already spending $90 to get a new HDD, might as well spend $190 to get an SSD.
Should probably just save the money.
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Yeah SSDs seem like more trouble than they’re worth TBH. Yeah the speedy turn-on to login time is awesome but the price tag and lifespan didn’t really seem value for money
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I built this machine with an SSD originally (it was a bad Corsair drive, failed very early in its life and I ditched it for a mechanical) and I can tell you now, the speed difference for anything I/O bound is very, very significant. Stuff like game loading, system boot up times.
The real problem is the cost per gigabyte is still shitty so it’s too expensive to get a big enough drive to put everything you need on it and manage it effectively.
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This. Oh so much. As long as you don’t over-do it and buy a 256GB drive etc you’re fiiiine. I run one drive for Windows and one for games like LoL and other non-Steam games and they’re perfect. Also, the life span isn’t that big an issue (ie. http://maxschireson.com/2011/04/21/debunking-ssd-lifespan-and-random-write-performance-concerns/).
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SSD lifespan is a concern for older drives or if you’re one of the crazy idiots who still uses Windows XP – all the modern operating systems support TRIM. Without those instructions, the lifespan of the drive is severely compromised. There’s also a few things you need to do to the drive in Windows for optimal performance, eg you don’t want the system to use the drive for virtual memory and you don’t want indexing enabled for it, and it’s a bad idea to defrag it.
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I’ve had exactly the same problem with a computer before. Post with no HDD..Soon as you plugged in the sata cable, it would just switch itself off and not come on again.
Anyone else here heard about You Are Minecraft? It’s a server where you can build a giant version of your minecraft skin. http://www.youareminecraft.com/ There are currently ~35,000 skins on it right now.
They’ve got a map of the server too http://server.youareminecraft.com/map/, it’s pretty huge.
My skin’s at -1637, 65, 6064.
Well, I’ve done all my work for the day.
What work, you ask(unless you were on twitter just then)?
http://soundcloud.com/blaghman/sillyness-aka-cya-t-dawg
BAM! It’s my usual standard, so click at your own discretion.
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omg.. when it hit the BUBBLE T PART
LAWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OUT LOUD
ahh Blaghman, you put a smile on everyone’s face. i’m sure Bubble T loves it.
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Will to live…restored…
I was thinking of singing a farewell song for Tracey too, but I think you’ve done a better job than I could.
Also, I still want to hear you sing the Pachacuti song 😛
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Will listen later. I have high expectations that this will meet low expectations. Do not disappoint.
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He Lives in You is not from the Lion King 2.
It’s in it, but it’s not from it.
I feel like I should specify this.
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Hey guys and girls.
I just wanted to make a quick post to apologise for my behavior of late – i have been stressed about a number of various things and i think that’s reflected in my posting, especially both today and yesterday. I won’t bore anyone with details, as among many other things, it doesn’t excuse the way i have been.
Let me just stress, however, that i never intended to sound like a ‘douche’ in anything i have said either past or present, and I am sorry for presenting myself in that way, if that would be the case. I hold you all in the greatest of regards and have nothing but respect for you.
I have decided to take a step back for a while so I won’t be posting as much on here for an unknown amount of time (knowing me i’ll get bored and come back in like a day lol).
But whenever it is, i promise to stop spamming you all with links that i find amusing, and especially from anything that may be offensive to anyone. I know i get inane at times, so i’ll try and reign it back.. Heck, i even had one of my comments reported for the first time ever today… so yeah… not one of my greatest moments..
I’ll probably repost this tomorrow for the people who may have missed it – but yeah.. i’m truly sorry for offending or upsetting anyone, and more-so for presenting myself in a manner unbefitting of a community member of Kotaku and TAY.
xo loops
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I got nothing but respect for you too, human. You take all the time you need to cool off from the stress 🙂
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http://www.funnycutepics.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/polar-bear-cub-chill-out-i-got-this.png
Except you swap the “I” with a “You” and it all works out!
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It’s all good man, I know that feel. Hope whatever’s stressing you out gets sorted soon.
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Nonononono, I think you’ll find you had your first comment report-destroyed today. You’ve had other comments that have just been reported before. 😛
Also, try eating some yogurt. I heard it helps relieve stress, or something? Wait, that’s yoga. Never mind. -
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Loops! You’re awesome bro.
Sometimes bad stuff happens, and sometimes we let our frustrations out in ways we wouldn’t normally do so. I just hope whatever has happened doesn’t get your down too low, or for too long.
Really looking forward to the Witcher 2 (360) next week. The manual included in the Dark edition looks massive!
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*checks Steam*
Yep, still there like it has been for the past 12 months. Still with only 17mins played.
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It’s OK everyone, I’m alive!
*notice no one is listening*
Alright, screw you guys, I’ll just beat you up in TF2 tonight…
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Can’t happen if I’m not on TF2 HA HA! 😛
But I really am glad to see you’re alive, but I’m off to bowling now, see ya later human!
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Don’t mention TF2, I can’t make it tonight despite going on and on and on about it throughout the week! D: Damn you, social life!
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I vill destroy you…
It’s a lot easier to do when you’re not already dead though. So yeah, I’m happy you’re alive! >:3
Bought Sonic Generations for $14 and Guitar Hero 5 for $2 =D
Couldn’t find RDR or Rayman Origins though =(
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SHould’ve been at the two DSE’s me and my Houesmate went to, they had both.
We ended up getting Rayman Origins for ourselves and a mate
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Where! I checked out the Lidcombe and Chullora store in Sydney.
Tried to get the assistant to sell me the 360 version of Rayman at the Wii price but no go lol
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Oh that’s abit too far for me haha
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I just started writing a really whiny post, and then decided against it, anyways long story short, My car got broken into last week. The work on call laptop was in there (plus info and security passes) its now gone. I got my second official warning from work today. Thinking about finding a new job so I can get a fresh start. hell, maybe its even time for a career change… I dunno…
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Spayce Maureen was way underloved I think. Very solid game, though not perfect. Kind of sad they seem to have cut it off with just one game, it definitely left me more than willing to buy more.
Score!
Get home, go to kitchen to put mail on the bench. Notice a note. Read it. It’s from my mum saying she brought me over home made pumpkin soup because I’ve been feeling sick. Check the fridge. Yep, giant container of pumpkin soup. Tonight I eat like a king! I was planning on having toast for dinner. Now I’m going to have toast…and soup!
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Aw man. Toast and soup is the greatest sickness food ever. I wish I was sick so I could have soup but avoid the whole “sick” thing.
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Naww. Dat’s sho shweet!
Seriously though, I used to hate anything with pumpkin, but now I love it. Pumpkin has followed in the foodsteps of Avocado and Mushrooms.
So the first information about the EB Expo for this year is starting to come out, and they now have a site that determines what kind of gamer you are based on how you answer a series of questions. So I gave it a spin thinking it would be a bit of fun, but I honestly didn’t find that any of the answers I could choose from in a lot of questions really reflected what I would actually do. And there’s a few that only serve to perpetuate the anti-social basement-dwelling stereotype that I thought we were long past.
However, I may just be complaining because after taking the test twice it told me that I was a noob gamer. D:
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Apparently I’m a “Super Chilled, Oldschool, Platformin’ Noob Gamer”. That’s quite specific… 😛 I agree though that most of the time I was just picking best-fit answers because none of them were relevant. xD
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I’m a super chilled old school puzzl’r ballistic gamer…
…the fuck does that even mean?
Either way, Expo yay! Had a blast last year and will definitely be back this year.
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I got “A brooding, Japanese, puzzl’r, hardcore gamer”. I’m assuming the japanese bit came from me choosing cosplaying as an obscure anime character, because I wouldn’t cosplay in military garb, football kit, or naked…
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A brooding, arthouse, puzzl’r, hardcore gamer. Despite that I don’t play puzzle games and am very arthouse?
Ke, good to see EB continue the trend of not getting their own target demo!
Probably won’t be there again, my money is being spent on the Video Games Unplugged tomorrow night and non-gaming stuff otherwise.
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I’m a mostly mellow blockbuster puzzl’r noob gamer.
…it’s like they just threw up a bunch of words.
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I the only word anyone really cares about is the last one. See, f4ction and I are the only hardcore gamers here. Everyone else here is either a noob, casual, or in Cakesmith’s case, ballistic. I have never heard of a ballistic gamer before though. Honestly, it sounds better than hardcore.
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Where’s this site? I tried looking for it on the EB website but I couldn’t find it…
I want to join in the fun :'(
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Thanks for the link.
…Well that sucked :P. Such silly questions 🙂
(Brooding retro puzzlr hardcore gamer for anyone interested)
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Apparently I’m a brooding japanese orc bashing noob gamer
And if you’re interested a COD fan-boi is a Raging blockbuster fraggin ballistic gamer
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I was trying to quietly read my book on the train home from Central today, but there was a large group of girls screaming in another carriage. I can only imagine that’s where they came from… Also, someone kept farting.
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So, that’s the screaming accounted for. Now he just needs to find out who the guy farting was. 😛
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I was going to add this, but then decided I’d be happy to take credit for either.
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TAYBIE TOUGH’UN WORKOUT POST:
So if nothing else the tribulus I’m taking is aiding in a rather cranky mood and increasing my already out of control libido (add them together to get angry Pez, SIGH). On the plus side it seems like it’s skyrocketing the weight I’m lifting. Not far off lifting half my weight on the shoulder exercises now, and in a week or two I should be able to hit my bodyweight on deadlifts. I’m trying to maintain my cardio at a high enough level to keep some fat on to build muscle, but to keep in the low double digits of bodyfat.
Cardio: 2.5k [took the doggie for a run, he set a blistering pace]
Chinups:
Warmup: 1×4 (bodyweight)
1×6
1×6
1×6
1×6
Upright rows:
Warmup: 1×8 [5kg dumbells]
1×8 [25kg barbell]
1×8
1×8
1×7
Shoulder press:
1×8 [5kg dumbbells]
1×8 [25kg barbell]
1×8
1×8
1×7
Concentration curls:
Warmup: 1×6 [5kg dumbbells]
1×8 [7.5kg dumbbells]
1×8
1×7
1×6
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Oh yes. Why, if you eat three sprigs of elderberry, that’s what the pro’s refer to as ‘the devil’s biceps’.
Don’t even get me started on the lavender concentrates.
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Killed the Capra demon relatively easily this time. Just ran past him on the left, killed the dogs on the stairs and then circled around taking pot shots.
Then when I headed down to the depths, got invaded by a black phantom. What a dick. Managed to backstab me from in front.
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Lagstabs are always fun.
Always felt PvP was somewhat broken in Dark Souls. Never had a fight that wasn’t just them endlessly circling trying for a backstab. Annoying and boring.
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Ha man, this one time I invaded some guys world (not seriously, was doing a farming glitch) and he did not realize.
He was just standing on this edge, lookin at some enemies as I come up behind for a massive backstab and knocked him off. Did like no damage cause I was just trolling but it scared the crap out of him.
He runs off like all the hounds of hell are after him with me chasing after, butt naked and wielding some crappy dagger.
At the nexus stone he turns around and sees me and you can almost hear him say “wat” as I put away the dagger and prepare for some naked fisticuffs.
It was a short fight but he sent me a message afterwards laughing about it.
Good times.
I finished LA Noire today. Years after everyone else.
I killed so many men… their bodies piling up… And me getting into a vintage car and running over it.
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I gave it a couple of hours. Might have stuck with it longer if I didn’t have to drive all over town – the driving controls on PC are just horrible.
I’m still curious to see the story through, just not that into the frequent frustrations of gameplay.-
You know you can make your partner drive 😛 (the game’s version of instant travel)
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I was wondering where you had gotten to! You weren’t being productive, were you? Cause if you were, well, Blaghmang, would be disappoint 😛
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I was! I am helping miniscree with her cosplay \o/The dress almost done which is not bad for one day =D
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Zelda if I recall
(too lazy to reply again)
lambo what are you thinking of going as?
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Cybernetic Darth Maul.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=cybernetic+darth+maul&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=WWeFT-WxJ825iAfwjNWoBw&biw=1164&bih=787&sei=YWeFT46VJMufiAfC-aG9Bw
Using these for the legs http://www.instructables.com/id/Werewolf-Stilts-digitigrade-legs/
So, yeah. Not sure If I’ll be able to do this yet… -
D’oh, forgot about the two links thing again…
I’m thinking of going as Cybernetic Darth Maul (Google him if you don’t know what he looks like)
Using these for the legs http://www.instructables.com/id/Werewolf-Stilts-digitigrade-legs/
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Failing that, I could probably pull off a good Justin Bieber 😛
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Those stilts don’t look very comfortable 😛
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Nice!
I’ve got an idea for a cosplay, maybe for the EB Expo in October. I’m currently at the “Is this even possible for me to make?” stage of planning right now. If I do go ahead with it, I’ll do it properly, not using duct tape 😛
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Someone needs a hug!
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I hope you know that that’s not me.
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It’s not crap, just boring. And I like games very much so. I need to get off my ass and deal with what I want to do but that involved facing my issues and I am non confrontational and flaky.
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What’s your current job? If you don’t mind me asking.
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Just a regular old receptionist admin job. I took it cause, well, I wanted money. I spent a year and a half working overseas and that was fun (actually awful) and all but gave me no career direction either.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Well I still think I’m cool.
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Nope, the jokes weren’t just bad, they were sub-zero.
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Actually, now that I think about it, it would be a good idea to have a drop box for the page numbers, rather than having them all sitting clumped together in a group of three below the comment field.
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@Freyr/Freyjr/Frejyr
I saw your name above in this TAY as Freyr and thought there was a ‘j’ in it. Looked on Draw Something and it was Freyjr. Then I looked on Twitter and it was both Freyjr and Frejyr 😛
Which one is it and how do I pronounce it? :/
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I believe that Freyr is her preferred name, and she goes for the variants if it’s taken.
And it’s pronounced Frey-yar. For lack of a better way of describing it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr
Also, look up his sister, as she’s also relevant.
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Am I the only one that misses the Dave Mirra games?
Even if they weren’t as good as Matt Hoffman’s Pro BMX or THPS, they had their own subtle charm to me.
Plus they had awesome soundtracks.
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I loved Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 on the PS2, I owned it for years 😀
Matt Hoffman, daaaaaaamn there’s a blast from the past.
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Dave Mirra BMX on PS1/2?? was the first game I can ever remember actually COMPLETING. Not even sure what that means now, but I finished it… I think it was the PS1 version? I know it was ages ago! Loved it.
Arrgghh. This Quickflix thing is driving me crazy. First I had to pay for a whole extra month I didn’t really want because I’d got my dates mixed up, and then I found out they were one of those dodgy places like Microsoft that let you sign up online but you actually have to call them to cancel.
So I called them last week, got them to cancel it and sent them back the latest 2 DVDs. The guy on the phone told me that once they got those DVDs back I wouldn’t get any more and my account would be finished. Ha! This morning I got an email saying they’d received those DVDs…and sent me two new DVDs.
What?!
So I call them to find out what’s going on but no, their office hours start from 9am so I need to call back. Then I look at my account and it’s still active, with a payment due to be taken out today. Dodgy bastards. 🙁
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All sorted.Hopefully. 😛
I managed to get in before they’d taken any more money out of my account and I now have a confirmation email that my account is cancelled and for extra piece of mind a letter confirmation being mailed to me.
I hate having to call people. Especially when the person you’re calling is not personally at fault for any of things you’re angry about.-
Talking on the other end of the phone at work has really put things in perspective for me. SO i usually keep my cool with the people on the other end now. Glad it is all sorted.
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Reposting from twitter buuuut…. I have a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G5ma_fSgcc&feature=player_embedded) that Riotgames have flagged as copyright. Does anyone with experience in such matters have any suggestions? I would have thought this falls under fair useage (which protects commentary etc) but don’t want to proceed without confirming.
Also find it funny that that clip out of all of my LoL clips is this one and not the full game clip etc.
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/slightly related: does the damage from Tiamat actually stack? I know it does not say unique but does each one add an additional % aoe?
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Tiamat Tuesdays, mang. ALL you build is Tiamats on every champion!
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Yesh.
S’why everything around what f4ction Parrrrrrlaaaaayyyssss (which Phreak maxes last!) melts pretty quickly.
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Pretty much every video I’ve ever put up has been flagged. All of them I contested by saying it was in error (does not contain the infringing material) and generally within a few days, they unflag it.
With this one, probably safe to go with the fair use option. It’s probably just one of those automated sweeps that flags everything that’s almost related.
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So last night the long-thought-mythical face importation patch for Mass Effect 3 appeared and I could finally begin playing the game with my familiarly funny-faced Shepard who I’ve been through so much with.
I only really played for an hour so I didn’t get very far but am I supposed to know who Muscles McManboobs is? He was just…there. I haven’t watched any of the trailers or previews leading up to the game so maybe he was introduced in one of those?
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Nope.
Dude’s just kinda there.
Don’t worry, once you’re back on the Normandy, it’s fairly easy to ignore him.
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You shouldn’t ignore your companions. Ever. They have perks if you keep talking to them between missions (new powers for Shep!)
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Hmm, that’s odd, it seems to work fine for me.
Oh well, you should also be able to get to it from;
http://biowarefans.com/2011/09/mass-effect-conviction-is-free/
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wooooooooo thanks Hugo!
<3
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Morning o/
I am still tired from yesterday. I was going to learn about interfacing, but it was bed time XD
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tee hee… “behind”
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Maybe I’ll jump on TS on my phone and stream the whole thing.
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For those that missed it yesterday :
Hey guys and girls.
I just wanted to make a quick post to apologise for my behavior of late – i have been stressed about a number of various things and i think that’s reflected in my posting, especially both today and yesterday. I won’t bore anyone with details, as among many other things, it doesn’t excuse the way i have been.
Let me just stress, however, that i never intended to sound like a ‘douche’ in anything i have said either past or present, and I am sorry for presenting myself in that way, if that would be the case. I hold you all in the greatest of regards and have nothing but respect for you.
I have decided to take a step back for a while so I won’t be posting as much on here for an unknown amount of time (knowing me i’ll get bored and come back in like a day lol).
But whenever it is, i promise to stop spamming you all with links that i find amusing, and especially from anything that may be offensive to anyone. I know i get inane at times, so i’ll try and reign it back.. Heck, i even had one of my comments reported for the first time ever today… so yeah… not one of my greatest moments..
I’ll probably repost this tomorrow for the people who may have missed it – but yeah.. i’m truly sorry for offending or upsetting anyone, and more-so for presenting myself in a manner unbefitting of a community member of Kotaku and TAY.
xo loops
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No worries from me, Chuloopa. I disagreed with your views on the DS article (and let you know in the comments) but that doesnt mean I think any less of you. I didn’t see your reported comment, but if you expressed yourself badly that’s ok, we all do that. I know I do.
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Wait, someone reported you? For what?
I don’t believe in giving TAYbies a free ticket, but Jeebus, some people clearly need to grow a thicker skin or a sense of humour. You’ve never offended me, not in the slightest. My statement is not an obligatory ‘naw, you’re OK!’ *hair tousle* scenario either.-
Reported posts aren’t deleted outright, they are sent to be reviewed by allure staff who decide if the comment is inappropriate or not. In this case, it was. Probably best to leave it at that.
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Hey I saw where your comment was reported and a lot of people were really upset by the sale. Even a week and a half later, they’re still pissed. Anyone who is saying people feel “entitled” are going to attack you.
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i think its funny that people need to repost an apology post ;p
but in all seriousness, please don’t stay away too long. /manhugs
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Hey man you never offended me we cool. Plus i had a comment reported before its no biggie. Plus i read that comment ,that was reported it wasn’t half as bad as some of the other crap that goes on alot of the articles. But take your time cheer up. 🙂
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I’ve had the GOW Collection and GOW3 sitting on my shelf for some time now but haven’t got around to playing them.
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I couldn’t either. Yet strangely enough I played the CRAP out of Dante’s Inferno. Then again, I’m a fan of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Weird.
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See that article down there about Pushing the Button?
You need to check it out. It’s hilarious.
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Thank you!
I don’t venture out to other Allure sites but I’d like to know if there’s other awesome articles like this (or a hidden giant thumbs up) in the future 🙂
I was loving Blur so much after buying it on Steam that I have now also bought it on Xbox. Wow, so awesome. It helps that my computer can barely run it at an unstable 25fps with no AA and the Xbox has a zero-frame-drop 30fps with AA and is plugged into my 46″ tv and 5.1 sound system. I love the sound design in this game. The whumph when you barge someone and the epic throooom of a shunt being fired and the sound of the wind whistling past your car is just fantastic. I’ll still play the Steam version if anyone wants to multiplayer on that platform but I know I prefer the Xbox version so far.
Maybe I need a new PC.
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I also have it on Xbox, bought it many months ago and never even opened it.
Let me know if you want to play or something?-
Add “McGarnical” to your friends list, then drive a time I can’t beat and we’ll talk.
But seriously, I’m in.
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We’re friends on Steam but not on Xbox.
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I think you need to actually accept inside blur as well
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SHANE!
MY GAME ARRIVED YESTERDAY! \o/
/HI5
Thanks man, it’s greatly appreciated. I’m waiting on Book Depository to deliver my copies of the Lesser Evil 1 and 2 as well! That trailer you posted yesterday looks pretty baws to me so far, btw.
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Awesome mate, glad it got there! Hope the trailer whetted your appetite to such an extent that you take immediate leave from work and sit by the mailbox until the books arrive!
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They’re being delivered to work. The biggest threat is to my productivity, I’m a sucker for new books of any sort.
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Speaking of books, ETA for Part 3?
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I was hoping a month ago 🙁
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morning all.
I’ve got a feeling that today… and tomorrow… and the first half of next week are gonna be real unproductive days at work. our library system is being updated so its out of action for a week… oh well, I’m sure I’ll find something to do (probably spamming TAY & cafe runs).
Actually, I think I’m gonna explore a rebuild of the library’s website. the dude who made the current one is using the same HTML standards he taught himself from about 16 years ago, no css either, which is making the site… difficult to use to say the least.
Also, a question for those in the know – I’m looking for a decent online beginners C# tutorial thing. any suggestions? I’ve done the googling & I cant tell whats good & whats not…
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We are switching our LMS as well. Unfortunately our data migration is totally stuffed, as we don’t have the funds to pay our old group to migrate the data, $10,000 bastards, so we had to do a very poor attempt ourselves.
It is very scary to see how many records did not come across and this also means we are having to copy catalogue a lot of stuff that didn’t make it.
*shudders*
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what LMS are you using?
and damn, thats really crappy about the lost records… i think I’d be quite annoyed if I had to redo the cataloguing i’ve already done…-
We were using Horizon but are now switching to FIRST.
The worst part is we have no clear indication on just how many records were lost, they seem to be very random, which makes it harder for finding them.
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Yeah, TAFE was looking at going to Horizon a few years back (finally upgrading from the command line dynix thng), but that fell through & we’re currently using Symphony (we just cal it Phony though). the new system is still gonna be a Dynix one, but I dont know if its going to be a new one, or just an updated Phony.
I’ve not heard of FIRST… but its gotta be better than Phony.
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When I was at TAFE I think they were using something called Unicorn? not sure, it was a Dynix system though.
Horizon, at least the older version we were using, was bad. Think old DOS prompt bad. Simple and easy to use, as long as you knew the commands, but bad.
First is much more web based, a bit different then what I am used to, but it seems to be more tailored for the type of library i am in now. -
Unicorn is more or less exactly the same as Symphony. both of em are pretty rubbish.
at least the old command line Dynix they were using before ‘Corn was fast.
Seriously, whoever designed Phony, did not design it to be used in a situation with 120+ libraries involved…
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There is only 1 kind of driver that scares me more than soccer mums in people movers.
Seniors in 4WDs and towing a caravan. By the hammer of Thor! I saw my life flash before my eyes when that pulled up beside me on the highway.
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People driving filthy-huge 4WDs who CLEARLY aren’t confident enough to be driving a vehicle of that size scare the crap out of me.
I’m a brooding oldschool fraggin’ ballistic gamer.
thanks EB! i can now rest assured about my identity.
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I can’t even remember what that survey gave me. Just that it made no damned sense, almost as if they pulled several descriptors out of a hat.
Which kind of makes sense because the questions were truly terrible.
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She has a point, i try my best to be brooding to get all the chicks, however halfway through i always giggle and people are like he isn’t brooding at all and then they throw green jello at me and i walk out in shame.
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green jello is definitely more potent.
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I cannot imagine you brooding Rockets, I don’t think you are even capable of it.
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Apparently, I’m a
Mostly Mellow Old School Hadouken Dishin’ Hardcore Gamer.
Pretty sure I didn’t choose any fighting game answers at all. Weird.-
Exchange ‘old school’ for ‘japanese’ and there’s mine. None of the answers really seemed like me though so I just went for the least idiotic sounding ones. 😛
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Broodmother Oldfaceschool Platforming Hardcore something something.
I don’t know, I did it last night.All that old brooding.
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Where do you do this? You got me curious now…
I know it won’t have “robot gamer” in there since according to many humans, my kind doesn’t exist.
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RAGING OLDSCHOOL PUZZL’R BALLISTIC GAMER!
What does that even mean? I’m pretty sure they made up Puzzl’r. No one would use that word. EVER!
Unless they were an out of touch parent/TV presenter trying desperately hard to be cool
Morning Friends!
I had a shot of DotA 2 last night. My experience went something like this …
Me: “Oh hey this game seems pretty good, i assume that guy with the red hea…”
Enemy with Big Sword “SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN *Immune to magic* *Immune to magic* *Immune to magic* *Immune to magic* *Immune to magic* *Immune to magic* *Immune to magic*”
*I died*
Me: “oooo … k, i wont be going to near him anytime soon. Oh look theres a purpl….”
Purpely ghost guy: “STUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN”
*I died*
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Purpely ghost guy’s stun is channeled, so if he was by himself you should have been relatively okay assuming you weren’t a squishy ;p
i also had a game last night. it was totally worth the searing pain i feel in my arm today.
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i think it’s fairly balanced that even the OP skills can be cancelled out by other heroes – there are always heroes that counter other heroes thus balancing out. i think it’s definitely more fast paced then lol. and what Steve-O said also applies.
e.g. Nobshot’s description of the enemy with the big sword i assume is Swiftblade aka Juggernaut, who’s spin is easily countered by a hero with high damage per hit because it only makes him immune to magic/skills, not physical damage. in this case Clinkz/troll warlord/other high dps dishing heroes would have made an excellent counter.
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It was just as understandable as normal LoL/Dota 2 posts 😛
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In that case it sounds like counter picking is much more important. perhaps to the point of deciding the game.
Means more strategy I guess but maybe less flexibility? I dunno, have not played it after all.-
It sounds like people won’t be stuck with the same batch of “safe” champions every game.
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True, but I guess it depends how hard some champions need to be countered and how many champions can do so.
If every pick has to be the hard counter to one before it you could end up with almost the same line up every time.
But again, I have not played it and don’t really care to.
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Sorry but that really sounds stupid. So really the team that picks first will get stomped on in one form or another. Also, counters to heroes that have things like “Immune to magic”? That really sounds OP to me… that ability alone makes what… all the intelligence based champions useless against this guy?! That doesn’t sound very balanced to me. More like “You’re invincible unless the enemy specifically has X kind of hero”
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certain item builds can also counter hero builds. also, i don’t know if LoL has it but tournament games for dota/hon/etc. are played under Captain’s mode, meaning the captains take turns banning and picking the heroes for their team so everybody gets a fair chance to pick/counter-pick.
also, certain skills will cut through certain magic immune skills based on the conditions. Confusing? Yes. i love the complexity. Everything is situational.
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There are a larger variety of skill mechanics in Dota compared to Lol – Will take you a bit to learn them all but they make for some awesome combinations.
My experience went something like
*spacebar* Hmm that’s not centred on my guy
*s* hmm that didn’t stop my guy from attacking
*f* hmm that didn’t follow my guy and it cast my ult, being my fourth spell, which is also bound to *r*
also max resolution, y u so small?
In short, everything about the game confused me. I feel like it’s quite clearly still in beta since many things did not work the way I was being told they should work (using the s key to stop auto attacking) and the lack of any sort of camera follow annoyed me. I understand that DOTA is supposed to have some kind of prestige surrounding the difficulty level/tactical awesomeness, but I mean even warcraft 3 had a follow function.
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That space bar thing gave me the shits so bad.
I would hit it in a team fight and DotA thinks:
“Hurr Durr, you want to center on a random section of the map right? hurr durr”
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but 1 is to use items, also who’s idea was it to to use items you use your numpad. It’s so difficult to press them.
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grammar is my the greetest
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Young Justice is pretty awesome.
There are two episodes left to go with the official US TV run but thanks to many lengthy delays and whatnot, the Turkish TV run has finished broadcasting. Which means anyone interested can watch the first 24 episodes in English and the last two in Turkish with English subtitles.
I am one of those interested people.
There were a few bits where they just kind of tied up a bunch of loose ends in a really short space of time. Still, there was one big secret that they managed to handle rather well. I did manage to call it correctly before the revelation and now that I’ve gone back and watched the relevant episodes, I’m surprised how obvious it is (at least in hindsight).
I like that. Have all of the details there for the viewers but handle them in such a way that they don’t just immediately work things out.
Next season is going to kick ass. When it eventually comes out.
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I’m fairly confident that my guess was more along the lines of “they’re too obvious, it’s going to end up being someone like X or Y” and it turned out to be Y.
So yes, I did spoil it. Batman is the mole.
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I was going to type up some rot13 stuff explaining it all.
Changed my mind.
Short version: knowing who the mole is makes very little impact on the revelation itself because the how is rather interesting.
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Its cool i will probably watch them tonight.
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Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You’ve eaten Gotham’s wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on — none of you are safe.
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*burp*
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Bris meats didn’t happen. People were busy and I didn’t really advertise as I was stuck in a server room all day. I did however end up going out and getting quite drunk with some random people. One of them had a company credit card to ‘entertain potential clients’. Unfortunately for his company we had consumed copious amounts of alcohol before we realised his product was not for us.
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Today is my twentieth birthday. I am officially no longer a teenager. Man, I feel so old. Get off my lawn you damn kids!
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Joining the non-teenager club was not as monumental as I assumed it would be. xD Happy Birthday!
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Congratulations on your entrance into true adulthood.
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Happy Birthday!
Looks like you’ll have to take a leap of… Faith
notverygoodatpuns
(sorry this is imprinted in my brain)
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Bunny’s meaty meat of meatiness.
My place. June 2nd, 2012. Meat shall be consumed. People shall meat.
I’ve got the Monday off work, so follow up stuff on Sunday and Monday for anyone who feels like coming up to Brisbane for the shenanigans.
I’m fairly confident in that being the final date, which means that there’s plenty of time for people to make plans to attend. Won’t bother with emails and whatnot just yet, because otherwise we’ll end up with a giant reply chain like that monomeat monstrosity but you can mark it in your calendar or something.
A while ago, we were talking about doing a meat meat at Strange’s place. Can’t remember the details, so I’m just going to host one instead. With ribs from Ribbets and some vegetarian option that will probably be nowhere near as satisfying as the piles of meat available for those who want it.
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I’ll have my fried tofu, and I’ll enjoy it, dammit! 😛
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If I remember, I can cook something vegetarian friendly to bring. Just plain old vegetarian and not vegan, right?
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Yeah, just plain old vegetarian.
Thanks for the offer 🙂 You don’t have to cook anything if you don’t want to, or don’t remember though. I’m sure I* would be able to cook something up.*or my sister 😛
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I kind of like the idea of people just bringing something. I’ll supply a giant box of ribs and a BBQ, everyone else can think of something that could go well with those :p
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Huzzah!
Freyr has said that she’s keen to come up for this one and Harli has declined because apparently she has a quota for interstate trips.
If all of the usual suspects attend, it should be a pretty decent amount of people.
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Well… I got to confront some of my family issues at bowling last night.
Conclusion: I don’t know what to believe anymore since everybody seems to lie. My whole family has truly fallen
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I’m known to quote TV very well, even if I haven’t seen it for years. Simpsons is a prime example. Apparently I can do some of the voices really well too.
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#nothelping, #tryingtocheeryouup
Well, just remember this. Cakes always lie. Always. Never trust a cake. (Nevermind the fact that cakes shouldn’t even be talking in the first place).-
I’d be more worried about the fact that the cake was talking to me first rather than deciding whether or not to trust it… 😛
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Oh man, I’ve just had a brilliant idea. What if you stick a mobile phone or a speaker in a cake, then when someone goes to cut it, make it scream “AAAH! NO! DON’T EAT ME!” XD
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I’d pay to see that xD
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I think I’ll bring a cake to the next brissy meat 😛
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Sorry to hear that Techy, especially since family should be the one thing in life you can rely on.
Best bet, do what I do, try to avoid them whenever possible and when you can’t avoid them, keep interaction to a minimum.
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Truth be told reliance on my family was fragile, to say the least since I was 12 cycles old. High school really damaged my trust in anybody that wasn’t family, and after my parents got divorced, it became more about money than family. Kinda hard to avoid people you still live with… for now anyway
So pretty much… I don’t know who to trust anymore when it comes to wanting a dire favour. I’m one of those that doesn’t ask for anything until I’m in absolute dire need of it (As an example if I got in a car crash and need a lift home cuz my car’s engine was destroyed or something).
Once I move out though, I doubt I’ll want to even speak to any of them ever again.
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Techy while you are waiting and since you have enough for a deposit why don’t you rent a place for a while. Find a roommate and move out. Surely it can’t be worth the torment of living with them for another 2-4 years. I know it might be a bad investment but think of it as a investment in your happiness.
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Unfortunately I made the commitment a long time ago to save up as much as possible to aim as low as I can for a home loan. I think when I crunched the numbers last time, I could be out of debt 100% when I get to 35 cycles. Renting out a place will heavily damage that capability. I’m choosing to endure to ensure my future is better. It’s only another year and a half more to go… I shouldn’t self terminate by then… hopefully
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Mental note: sneak into Techy’s place while he’s recharging and disconnect the self-termination button.
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Just remember you always have us to talk to and never hesitate to ask if you need help. Not many of us may be in a position to help directly, but we will always be there to help support you.
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Well if I did that, TAY would be so depressing to read. I’ve been mainly avoiding commenting cuz I don’t want to come off as a non-stop whinger (Since humans here have already indicated they don’t like seeing those kinds of comments), as I haven’t been well in my mind. Work, home life, the commute into the city, all of it has been stressful and negative hell for me for as long as I can remember so I’ve been miserable for many years. I try to stay positive but when logic hits me hard in my shiny metal arse, I end up feeling horrible again.
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Really that doesn’t sound right, You are either making alot more money than i think you are or are doing something wrong. Did you include the compound effects of intrest on the loan?
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I just had an epic battle with my bottle of V.
The damn lid just wouldn’t unscrew. With much grunting, cursing and various pitches in screaming I finally managed to wrench the cap off.
In sweet victory I took a guzzle of the highly anticipated nectar, I then proceeded to nearly choke myself to death as I somehow managed to breath in some of it.
Even in defeat, that damn V tried to foil me, well YOU LOSE V, I’M STILL ALIVE!
*stands up and poses dramatically*
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Cement your victory with consumption of more of it’s clearly homicidal, bloodthirsty comrades.
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LoL talk
So that Viktor who was dominating us with his ult the other night? Yeah, turns out there’s a glitch that Riot haven’t fixed. Sometimes it’s insta-hitting with ALL of the damage it deals when the cloud spawns. Also reports that if you double-hit R fast enough (macro, anyon?) it will double-cast sometimes.
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Yeah… one of the main reasons I stopped playing Viktor was he was bugged so badly! His main source of DPS, his laser, will miss 80% of the time, despite that you can see that it clearly hit them. With that ability being both high cost and long CD, it’s abysmal and really hurts your ability to help your team win. He also has the problems of being unable to micro abilities while moving. Your move order will conflict with his spell casting animation and cancels the spell from activating. It doesn’t cause the ability to go on CD (Thank god) but you can’t do things like cast while retreating without losing a lot of ground.
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HE DID NOTHING* TO ME BECAUSE I WAS JARVAN AND MY MANLY GOLD ARMOUR REFLECTS LIGHTNING BECAUSE OF SCIENCE
I’M JARVAN
I’M HELPING
(*By which I mean he only did half my health in the first second instead of just insta-gibbing me)Also, this is pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obJPXSDP4Eg
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We needed a new 360 controller so last night we got one of those silver ones with the play and charge kit incuded for 30% off at the Dick Smith sale, plus we’ll get an extra 20% cashback from Microsoft. Apparently the Microsoft cashback is 20% off RRP, not the price we paid, too. So that puts the price to around $43. Bargain.
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Hey, not bad at all. I should do that. I have three controllers but could do with a fourth for some four-player split-screen Rayman Origins and Blur and Halo.
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Is it bad that while reading Knightfall i actually want Gordon to lose his job? What’s the point of Gotham having a police commissioner who won’t actually do anything to protect the city?
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I mean, If Gotham didn’t have Batman they’d be totally fucked. And yeah, that’s kinda the point of Batman. But the police is just so useless in this city, why bother having them in the comics at all? If all they’re gonna do is be cannon fodder for the crazies at Arkham?
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You are a horrible person, end of story. I have knightfall but i haven’t read it yet mainly because it is so long and i am not a big fan of that particular art style. I will give you my opinion when i get around to reading it.
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Gary Oldman as well as the entire police force were good in the film, sure they had their faults, but at least they were competent. In Knightfall, Gordon exists for pretty much no reason at all.
I mean, when Krol tells him that his job is on the line because he’s so useless, first thing he does is worry about how he’s gonna pay his bills 🙁 Look on the bright side, Gordon, at least Gotham will have a commissioner with some nads in the future.
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Achievement get!
I think I’ve finally become vaguely responsible at work! \o/
For reasons beyond my control (my own stupidity) I’m working from home today. The amazing thing is that I’m actually doing work.
Also, I have Adventure Time running in the background…
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Oh man i have been working my way through the first season, it has some suprisingly adult humor and themes in it for a kids show. I am enjoying it quite a lot. Its so quirky and random it is hard not to like.
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Plus, John Dimaggio!
Rewatching Season 1 while I yell at a server for failing to run through WSUS correctly. Today is lookin’ pretty great.
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nah it wasn’t chocolate, it was weird no-name hard candy. VERY DELICOUS.
There was an apple one that tasted like apple roll-ups
I want a roll-up or more of those hard candies!!!
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Reposting because I can:
Bunny’s meaty meat of meatiness.
My place. June 2nd, 2012. Meat shall be consumed. People shall meat.
I’ve got the Monday off work, so follow up stuff on Sunday and Monday for anyone who feels like coming up to Brisbane for the shenanigans.
I’m fairly confident in that being the final date, which means that there’s plenty of time for people to make plans to attend. Won’t bother with emails and whatnot just yet, because otherwise we’ll end up with a giant reply chain like that monomeat monstrosity but you can mark it in your calendar or something.
A while ago, we were talking about doing a meat meat at Strange’s place. Can’t remember the details, so I’m just going to host one instead. With ribs from Ribbets and some vegetarian option that will probably be nowhere near as satisfying as the piles of meat available for those who want it.
Additional note: so far Freyr has said she’ll fly up for it, if anyone else wants to come up from interstate, it might be a good idea to co-ordinate slightly so that I can just pick you all up from the airport or something.
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Barely even that! HAHA
…aww
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It is not fun if you make fun of yourself, fight back. This is why i don’t make fun of blaghs.
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I’m the Queen of Self-Deprecation. Do your worst.
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Your face is the queen of self-deprecation.
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Sounds familiar… except for the Queen part
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But there’s so much to make fun of, Rocket.
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Sorry, a bit late here.
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That’s being generous.
If I’m free I’ll get peeps from the airport as I’m closest.
Sounds fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.
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I’m kind of hoping that this is planned far enough ahead of time that people can manage to find some flights on sale. Would have set this up for May 19, but Diablo 3 is out on May 15 and I need to get my clickclickclick on.
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Wow, flights are cheap. $49 each way. Only 1 flight per day though from my preferred airport (Avalon). More flights per day out of Tullamarine but they’re also more expensive.
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Whaaaat? Mine are like 80.
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Flights out of Tullamarine are $150 each way. For me Avalon is easier to get to, it’s about 2hrs less driving time.
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Damn.
That’s pretty awesome.
Not sure I can help out with accommodation though. There might be a spot on the couch available, but don’t think I want to commit to that just yet. Still, with flights that cheap, a night at a nearby motel will still be pretty easy to afford.
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Where do you live in Brisbane? I conveniently also have relatives I could stay with there haha.
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Annerley.
I’m on the southside near both the motorway and one of the main arterial roads. There’s quite a few options nearby, if your relatives don’t provide.
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If I recall correctly my relatives live at Wellington Point, which looking at Google maps is a fair distance from you.
Plus I think I’d rather stay in a motel. I felt like such a burden when I was staying with my relatives in Sydney for that meat.
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I don’t know if there are any really close to my place but I’m just down the road (ten minute drive) from Woollongabba which has plenty of places to stay.
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I’ll do some scouting. If anyone else needs a place to crash let me know and I’ll see what I can find. The cheaper I can make this the better.
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Did I mention that I won’t be working on the Monday? If you want to stay until the Monday and do stuffs around town, it can be done.
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I remember quite enjoying Aion, but as with most MMO’s it was lack of time rather than lack of enjoyment that stopped me playing it. Maybe i’ll give it a try again…added to list with DC universe and The Old Republic.
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I remember being disappointed with Aion. It was an ok game but the much hyped flight feature was terrible. I’d be tempted to check it out again to see what’s changed if I wasn’t already playing WoW and TOR.
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I knew what this would be before I clicked it and I greatly approve. Still the best musical I’ve ever seen.
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It’s top ten for me, but it probably doesn’t hit top five.
But that could just be because Tim Curry had been playing the lead until about a week before I saw it, so I missed out on him, which made me super sad.
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I only saw the Melbourne one, but really enjoyed it. I got my parents tickets to see it for their birthdays and then conveniently got one for myself as well. It was a good family weekend away.
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Yeah, I know some people had problems with the Melbourne show, but I have to assume that they just don’t like fun.
I saw the West End production, which was nice. If only because of ENGLAND!
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I WON THE BEST PEASANT AWARD
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! Is there a particular reason you’re going to those countries besides the fact that they’re awesome and I’ve always wanted to go to them and you’re making me jealous? 😛
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Iceland I’m going with a couple of friends from uni. We were all doing geology degrees, and Iceland is pretty much a geologists idea of heaven. I’ve had a couple of days in Helsinki a few years ago… actually that was almost 5 years now, my god time has flown… and loved that place to death, but didn’t get a chance to explore the rest of the country. I came acrossthis tour and thought that sounded pretty good. Does a lot of Finland, and Norway has always been on my list of places to go, so 2 birds with 1 stone.
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so sony is shutting down the demons souls online bit at the end of the month…
I’ve never been invaded in it or invaded someone, so I dunno how much of the game is affected without the online component.
question is, should I try & get through the game before its switched off, or is it much the same without extra things killing me every 23 seconds?
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That was Dark Souls. Demon’s Souls came out in 2010 in Australia and Europe and 2009 in Japan and NA
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Dark Souls came out last year, Demon Souls was out in 2009(?). So yeah, fair enough that they’re shutting it down.
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Apart from the whole invadey thing, you’ll also miss out on the bloodstains, which are a rather cool part.
Probably.
And I have no opinion on the matter, really. Do what your heart believes in!
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Bloodstains just don’t seem as awesome in Dark Souls.
The messages scrawled on the ground are still great fun. So much trolling.
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In all honesty, I turned off the wireless network on my PS3 when i play Dark Souls. The only thing you miss out on are dick head’s killing you the second you reverse your hollowing (turn human).
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Depends whether or not you pay attention to the tips left around by other players. I found them quite useful in navigating the world and fighting new enemies and bosses and I don’t think I would have enjoyed the game as much if they weren’t there. If you’re happy to play through the game without them though there’s really no reason to try and power through it before the online is shut off.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIRE WOLF!
Also, though I do tend to read the messages I come across, I dont really find them to be overly helpful…
I think I’ll just take my time with it.
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In all honesty, the stupid/misleading messages far outweighed the useful ones. Either way, the trap that springs, or the guy that ambushes you only surprises you once, so it seems a little pointless. I dig the interaction, but I ignored the messages for the most part. Also, unless you’re prepared to be invaded and have your day ruined/ass handed to you, returning to life whilst online is NEVER a good idea.
Bloodstains could be amusing though!
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I liked the messages. Added a little flavour to things.
Invasions suck balls though. Really punishes new players for trying to use the human form.
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There goes my hope of eventually playing it.
Well, I could play it offline but that’s not really the same thing.
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I have it turned off anyway to help manipulate world tendency – apparently it gradually shifts or something while online.
Blaghman why you ignore my twitter message and post on TAY? I’m crying now. Like the Crying Man from Sliders. TEARS OF SONGLY SADNESS. Anyway. Sion. Headless with head in hand or something? Y/N? Lore wise his head was removed and all.
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I completely missed your TAY post(Sorry), and your twitter message. It was below where I bothered checking to see if anyone had messaged me…
And uhh, Headless could work. I’d assume that they stitched it back on in the reanimation process, but it’s never stated, so sure, why not?
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I think he needs to be more unique than just a guy with a big axe. ALSO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08goIU9H2TE
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Yeah, I can agree with that.
I think it would be awesome if as his max health increased, it had a visual indicator, like, for every 100 bonus health, a new patch of skin appears or something.
Though I know that’s beyond Riot’s ability to put in the game since they’re terrible people.
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If they keep hiring people with the same skillsets (Sexualising women champions, bunny Riven anybody?), it won’t happen.
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Now there’s an idea. Maybe start him with more wounds (ie exposed ribcage, bone leg/arm etc) and have them patched up? It really wouldn’t be that hard to code as you model the everything and just set the state for the ‘healed’ patches to visible:no until health reaches a certain amount.
BLAGHMAN YOU ARE A GENIUS.
I guess that gives me something to do this weekend!
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I’d like to see something like that with Nassus / Veigar too. It would be cool if their weapons change as they get higher and higher Q farm.
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powerpole EXTEND!
/minigoku
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*Said in a really derp voice*
I AM GOOD AT DESIGN!
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Question time:
I shelled out for the collector’s edition of Double Fine’s Adventure. This means I get a credit listing. Do I go with
a) Mawt
b) Real Name
c) First Name “Mawt” Surname
d) Mark Serrels
So Dark Souls on PC is going to have GFWL. Serious question – how big of a deal is that? I hear wailing and gnashing of teeth but it worked OK for me on Dawn of War II. It was a bit annoying, but no more annoying than the usual PC fiddliness.
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I’ve never had a problem with GFWL. Plus it links into my XBL account so the achievement whore in my gets glorious gamerscore.
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On this PC, I’ve had no problems with the… 1? GFWL game I’ve played.
On a previous PC I had a dozen problems and failures, and the like, not to mention frequent crashes.
It really does depend on the luck of the draw. At absolute best, it’s a non-issue, which is a terrible place for a program.
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All I want to know is can my i3 4GB RAM GT355M output this at 1080p at 60fps.
I’m going with “no”. But I intend to buy a new PC at the end of the year so I’ll make sure that can do it.
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It’s majorly annoying, but yeah, you can live with it.
It’s always worked for me, bit of a hassle though.I guess for reference, I am okay with how Steam and Origin function, and find Ubisoft’s to be the worst, because sometimes you just get flakey connections and always-online DRM is not cool.
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DRM doesn’t annoy me until the DRM servers themselves don’t work at all.
Heroes of Might and Magic VI is a prime example of DRM gone so wrong
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Yeah I don’t want to play it again after me and Gorzy tried to get it set up for multiplayer and the DRM server was actually down.
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Oh dear lord. Why do people persist with GFWL? It’s dead, and it’s also completely worthless software that barely works and invariably annoys the piss out of you. Whenever I see a new game with it, I just go, ‘Why would they do that?’ *shoulder slump*
I’m sure it won’t impact the game itself, but it’s turd software and a questionable decision using it.
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It’s the most abysmal form of DRM in the current PC market… but once you get past the initial storm of stress, you’ll be fine. It’s really only setting it up for the first time where it’s the worst.
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If I have set up a game with it once without too much heartache (took about four restarts and some whining on my part and around 20 minutes, but eventually it worked) then I shouldn’t worry too much about it for Dark Souls?
I’d really rather they just used Steamworks.
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Well when it comes to GFWL, every time I started a game for the first time, it does things like download your profile (Which in my experience fails 90% of the time, just keep retrying until you get it), and you can also set it to auto-login for you so next time you go in you won’t even notice it… unless your ISP is down :P. Usually GFWL games won’t let you play single player without logging in first. You try to hit Single player and a pop up blankets your screen with a login prompt.
I would definitely rather they used Steamworks. Yes it’s DRM but it’s DRM that works so I don’t really mind using it. I usually play on my heavy PC, so I seriously doubt I’d worry about having no internet connection on the move (since I simply won’t be playing my huge PC on the move :P)
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I have no idea why people complain about GFWL. Apparently it was a bit buggy when it first came out, what, 5 years ago?
I’ve never had any problems with it at all, not with Batman AA, AC, Dirt 2 or AOE Online. The only problems I’ve had aren’t GFWL’s fault, they’re Securom’s fault. It disconnects my internet whenever I start a game (Batman AC and Dirt 2 cause I have them on disc), so I have to unplug, then plug back in my usb modem before the game’s completely started up…-
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Lol, yeah. I do have a tendency to act a bit fanboyish sometimes…
I’ve even been called a fangirl once here on kotaku. I was too busy laughing my head off to be offended xD
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GFWL is horrible. It does utterly unnecessary shit like encrypting your saves, region locks everything and adds unworkable DRM onto stuff. Consumes heaps of CPU doing nothing, often corrupts your stuff, and is just generally the worst thing in PC gaming.
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It varies game to game, but yes, some games have GFWL-encrypted saves and that’s usually where the corruption comes from. A single bit wrong in an encrypted file will break the whole thing. I don’t want that anywhere near a game like Dark Souls.
As long as it has GFWL, I won’t buy it for PC. Already own it on PS3, but I was all set to double-dip.
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I’ll still be willing to give it a whirl since I always wanted to get into Dark Souls
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Definitely worth it, as long as it does not cause issues in game – booting you out because it disconnected from the DRM server just as you are about to defeat the boss you have been working on for hours would suck.
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I think I’ve only ever played one game with GFWL, Fallout 3, and that was years ago. I can’t recall having any major problems with it. I do remember thinking that it was neat that the achievment unlocks were tied to my XBL account.
Anyone else excited that Legend of Grimrock came out last night? I have it installed on my PC waiting for me.
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It’s a first-person party dungeon crawler in the style of Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder from the early 1990s, except with updated graphics and some other modern updates to the gameplay.
You can see the trailer here: http://youtu.be/qPuzj1xhlQ8
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And much as I love GOG, I bought it from http://www.grimrock.net/ and got a Steam key. I just like my games all in one place as much as possible, and like having my time tracked.
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The name keeps disappointing me. It’s all OMG DINOBOTS RPG and then it’s some crappy Wizardry clone and I’m sad.
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TB did a WTF is…? on this really recently, I love the look of it very much. I really want to get it
Morning TAY. Busy week at work, which is odd as we are normaly pretty quiet during school holidays.
Last night i took a break from my Sega Revival to play a few rounds of Gears 3 with Puppylicks and Danmazkin and a few others. I forgot how good that game is even if i am totally rubbish at it.
Then went on to play the new elite maps on call of duty for an hour, looks like the level design is finally getting good again, with plenty of things to climb on and sneak around and yeah. All in All good night of gaming.
Tonight…..hard call, do i play my master system, play mad god, or play cod. hmmmmm
You Know the part at the end of the back to the future movie where marty is driving in his car with his Girlfriend and they are at the stoplights and meet Biff Tanen and he calls Marty chicken and what not. As a kid i never understood why it took Marty 3 movies to realize that he was a hot head and it didn’t matter what other people thought. Well I now realize that as a kid i was a lot smarter than i am now. I react to any sort of insult from anybody with a comeback that is usually more hurtful than the insult that was just hurled at me. Out of everyone on TAY i am pretty sure nearly everyone could be described as mellow and happy go lucky. I don’t think i fit in that category. Not that its a really bad thing to wanna stick up for myself. Just something i have noticed. I feel like posting these self revelations is helping me more honest with myself. Sorry if they are a little self indulgent and boring. 🙂
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It took him two movies to realise that he was a hot head. It was a character trait introduced in the second movie to allow for that revelation at the end of the third (that drag race was mentioned in the second movie as the start of his downward spiral).
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If I’m thinking of the same scene you’re thinking of then yes.
I found a wiki page on him: http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Douglas_J._Needles
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I see yes you. are correct good sir.
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WHAT!? Both of you! Out! NOW!
Needles (‘Flea’ from RHCP) was also the guy who fired Marty in the Alternate 1985 in BttF part 2.
But EVERYONE knew that, right!?
I know ‘Flu did! /Hi 5
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ARGH! Why did I say alternate 1985!?!?
I MEANT IN 2015!>b/>
I’ll just be over here now…
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Crap… Formatting fail…
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Damn right! *Chestbump*
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Well, technically he was the guy who got Marty fired.
He didn’t actually fire him, their boss did.
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Fair call.
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Mr Fujitsu.
Funfact: Fujitsu is not a Japanese name. Bobs Zemeckis and Gale did not know this.
Incase my saying that Marty was fired in the alternate 1985 didn’t give it away, my mind isn’t quite “with it” today. I blame the three hours sleep.
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Aye, I gathered that, and I was sure that you knew the truth, but I felt like correcting you anyway.
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Yep! It’s Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Who needs to reload the page?
This guy.
In my haste to correct Rocketpony about the whole chicken thing, I didn’t notice that he called the dude Biff.
For shame.
I actually never noticed it was Flea! He’s popped up in a few movies in his time. I remember him in Point Break, and he’s also in The Big Lebowski with Peter Stormare as one of the nihilists. So funny.
((I posted this in the old TAY, I guess i’ll repost it in the new one))
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but whatever.
Does anyone here know if ‘The Raid’ is a movie worth buying?
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I say yes. Where can you buy it from?
I saw it at the cinema and it’s a fantastic martial-arts movie.
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From the looks of things the movie isn’t being released until June/July.
The reason I asked is because the movie was never released in cinema where I am and the only way I’m going to get to see it is if I watch it when the DVD/Blu Ray comes out
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What’s the address? My mobile is stuck on the normal site and m.kotaku.com.au doesn’t seem to work.
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there was a link to ‘switch to mobile version’ of the site down the bottom of the regular one.
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Does anyone know what the packaging quality of the Futurama season 1 – 5 + movies pack is like? (the one that looks like a giant Bender head) I want to buy the seasons for my brother’s birthday. I’ve heard some horror stories about the packaging on these special editions, like how the discs come in paper envelopes and are barely held in the container.
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This is the one i’m talking about http://www.bigw.com.au/entertainment/dvds-blu-ray/comedy/bpnBIGW_AID111389/futurama-season-1-5-bender-039-s-head-includes-4-specials
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ET CETERA. Mentions the packaging etc.
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There’s a new Mexican fast food place in Brisbane (that is to say, an actual Mexican fast food place in the Brisbane CBD, something that was seriously lacking before).
Huge line up but the services was rather quick. Was tempted to try and order in Spanish but then I realised that I don’t know how to say “spicy” or really much more than “how are you?”
Got me a somewhat tasty chipotle steak burrito. Might not order this again, but I am keen to go back and see what the rest of the options are like.
Also, this is not very spicy. Not very spicy at all. I wonder if there’s an option to get spicier. That would greatly improve this food.
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Is that such a terrible thing?
My only complaint is the lack of spice. Maybe could have done with more meat and less beans, but otherwise it was pretty decent.
Will have to go back another day and see if the chicken is as good.
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It is a good thing. When I was there they did a chicken dish with some sort of chocolate sauce. Amazingly it worked. It worked bloody well.
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My belly is full but if somebody put that dish in front of me right now, I’d still make a valiant effort.
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I’ve never been to Mamasita’s since I was overseas for the longest time 🙁 And I love delicious food.
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It is an awesome song right?
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I have just hit “replay”. No regrets.
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I’m getting the results for my first assessment for their semester today. Totally not helped by me stressing over these 2 essays
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*dims lights, puts on Barry White*
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@BDKIAF
I know this has been a rough few days for you and I wasn’t going to, but seeing as I’ve had problems receiving mail recently I thought I should still ask if you have sent that game yet, in case Aus Post has gobbled it up the way it seems to like gobbling up my mail. It’s completely fine if you haven’t, I just wanted to know so I’d know not to worry about it. 🙂
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I don’t care who makes the rules, as long as they’re consistent!
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Can’t last … >_<
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I always wonder if you’re diving as a goalie whenever you use that head and arm representation.
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BISH! Did you go find gingerchris and give him a hug like we told you to?
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If that ball is a delicious piece of cake. Then yes.
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CAKE!
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So I have the house to myself all weekend. This is the first time in ages i have had the house to myself. naturally i am going to throw a big party and you are all invited. 😛
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I see how it is, throw a big party when I leave the state.
It’s cool I didn’t want to go anyway.
*runs off crying*
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Speaking of having the place to yourself, I have recently discovered the joys of having an ensuite.
Hot damn is it awesome to not have to do that awkward walk down the hall from the bathroom to the bedroom (even if it’s about three steps).
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Screw normality.
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PFFT. Get changed wherever. Bedroom, living room , bathroom…on a bus.
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For a split second I thought it was Friday today for some reason. Then I realised it was only Thursday…
le sigh
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You know how it’s illegal to own rabbits in QLD? I wonder if it’s illegal to be a rabbit too 😛
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Technically, it’s not illegal to own a Rabbit, but there are harsh restrictions on owning them(For instance, my Pre-School had a Rabbit or two, as well as Fish, and Guinea Pigs, and maybe some other stuff).
That said, Queensland vets often have to deal with “Long-Eared Guinea Pigs.”
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Is Duke Nukem Forever worth bothering with,even at $10 at DSE right now? I’m gonna pick up Brutal Legend, at least, but I’m unsure about Duke.
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Sure, it’s everything you hoped for if you didn’t want a AAA title, and just wanted crude, lewd & well Duke Nukem.
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Personally, I think $10 is asking a bit too much for that POS.
Dunno, depends on how fondly you remember Duke 3D… that is to say, if you liked the humor & gameplay from 1997(?), not much has changed. Oh, except its not funny.I just found the writing juvenile. not even juvenile in a funny way. just boring & more or less blatantly sexist.
then again… thats just my opinion.
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Sure, unless you actually like good games, then i wouldn’t bother. Personally, i wouldn’t get BL either.
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And in the end, I didn’t get either, thus rendering this entire exercise pointless. :p Thanks for the comments, guys!
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@Strange
I actually haven’t sent it off yet, so it hasn’t been eaten by Australia Post. I actually feel super bad about it and had every intention of sending it off on Tuesday, but that sort of got pushed aside. I promise I’ll send it off as soon as I can.
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No, no, don’t rush or feel bad, I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t lost. 🙂 You have more important things to worry about.
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I’m an advocate of the coin-flip method.
First of all, declare to the rest of the people involved that you will be doing all of your tips by coin flip. This is a vital step.
Then for each match, simply flip a coin. Head = home team, tails = away team.
Statistically speaking, you will actually do better than the average punter. This is why the first step is so important because it lets you mercilessly taunt those who you are beating while still not giving a damn about those who are beating you.
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Just had a proper look at the odds for those matches.
How the hell are Carlton favourites over Collingwood (and apparently the more popular tip)?
The rest of this round is pretty easy, the only game in doubt is Port vs Sydney because people are drastically underestimating Port after last year’s performance.
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If I was a gambler, I would consider dropping a few bucks on Port. I don’t think that they’d win but the odds are somewhat nice.
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My mum used to line up the two team mascots and decide which would win that way.
ie, a hawk would beat a magpie, a tiger would beat a bulldog.
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As a Lions fan, I approve of this method.
Although with the Giants now in the competition, I can see this going poorly (and I wonder how the Saints and Demons worked into things :p)
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Yeah it helps when you’re an Essendon supporter. Bomber pretty much destroys everything, except for Saints and Demons – that’s a little tougher.
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The blues by 30 points, you are dreaming.
That said I was slightly disappointed that there was no darts involved
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No I’m serious, I thought TAY was everything. There’s these people called ‘journalists’ that craft these amazing things called ‘articles’ which you can leave comments on!
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I was actually just reading that SotC one. Then they mentioned the last boss so I had to run away. I only ever got 3/4 through that game.
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It’s just a quick mention of a bit of strange logic used to defeat the final boss.
Skip that paragraph and things are relatively spoiler free (if you don’t count discussing how to beat several colossus as spoilers :p).
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My Kudos prize arrived. Fastest ever. I think things will be back to slow again now that we have no Tracey. 🙁
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They certainly do. I was surprised too: but followed up an old Kudos win recently and got a copy of FFXIII-2. Not bad., not bad.
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You deserve a nom for that!
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Same. If I ever win (and let’s be honest, I am far too lazy :P), redirection will be imminent.
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Yeah, I actually have a win from Serrels that I never did anything about, but when Tracey does (did *sniffles*) the Kudos she emails you and you don’t have to do anything. \o/
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^ This. Reading those noms. Feels good man.
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You don’t even need to win for it to feel awesome. I’ve simply been nommed twice and it made my week. 😛
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I often think to myself, I should do something big and outrageous to get a Kudos prize, but then I realise that would involve actually doing something.
*slouches back in chair, takes a sip from his chocolate milk*
Maybe later 😛
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What? No it doesn’t! I do it all the time, so it must require no effort!
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Your link is broken. I think you meant to link here:http://soundcloud.com/blaghman/sillyness-aka-cya-t-dawg
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Ah true, I did mess that up 😛
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This even.
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I’ll nominate you for that!
I like that this is a thing now.
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I don’t.
I’m horrified that I’d be associated with someone with such a terrible hair-part.
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I’m writing a description for a radio station ad. So far I have “shots of what goes on behind the scenes at a radio station” and it seems… wrong. I mean, radio doesn’t have scenes…
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I meant talk radio/ radio news, rather than in a drama sense. I dunno. Scenic/Scenery implies visual to me, so scene seems like the wrong word. I’m using it anyway. They don’t pay me enough to care that much.
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Behind the scenes gets used for non-dramatic visual media though. It has become a bit of a catch-all.
Which you know, I assume you’ve just been paying slightly too much attention to what you’ve written because you can’t think of anything else.
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I watch TV commercials all day. The brain starts to work in odd ways after a while in order not to turn to jelly and leak out the ears.
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How ’bout “behind the sounds”? That doesn’t sound too bad. Wait, who am I kidding. That sounds terrible.
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I thought that referred to the person doing the actual talking, being physically behind the mic. So you can have “behind the man behind the mic” which would be a story about a radio broadcaster.
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Cancer ad description:
Sad music plays. Child stares out window. Sporting celebrities get hair cut which causes the childs hair to grow back and possibly magically cures his leukaemia and presents an unrealistic idea of cancer suffering. He runs outside to play with the other normal children who apparently shunned him before his miracle cure. Charity information. Logo.
How good am I at my job!? 😛
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If your job is to scrub the floors, I’d say pretty terrible.
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Hello friends!
Just thought I’d drop in to say hi and let you all know where I’m at.
FIRST, a big thank you to Blaghman for the amazing (and terrifying (but mostly amazing)) music he recorded to farewell me. I haven’t gone through this thread to see if he’s posted it, but it is hilarious. 🙂
SECOND, I start my new job as senior reporter of polygon.com next week. I won’t be posting a lot at first because I have to go through re-training (this makes me think of re-education camps they hold in communist countries… I swear it is nothing like that) and figure out what they want me to do.
THIRD, I hope you’re all well! I’ve still been dropping by Kotaku every day and it’s nice knowing that that something familiar and friendly is just a click away. 🙂
WHOOOOOOSH!
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No its to late. SOrry Bubble T we have moved on.
On a completely unrelated note GLHFDD wish you all the best.
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You’re welcome, I clearly just have too much free time. 😛
glgl, hf, dd.
Though you going there does mean I’ll now have to pay attention to 4 websites, which is far too much effort.
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If I add the Korean smile(^^) to the end(It’s not racist, it’s its (un)official Starcraft name(Also, those previous ones are just brackets, not part of the face)), does it change your view(bracket)?
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What IS that supposed to mean?
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Or possibly good luck, good luck, have fun, don’t die (potential happy smile).
But that would be silly.
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Hi Tracey! Didn’t get a chance to wish you well, you left so suddenly (was it sudden, or was it just me who had no idea? :P)
Anyway. You have no excuse not to be a regular TAYbie now. Please make it so.
I already read The Verge/Polygon, so it was a rather happy surprise when I found out that that’s where you had gone . Good luck with it! 😀
That’s awesome Tracey! Really glad to hear from you 🙂 and I hope they treat you well. I’ll have to drop into polygon sometime
TRACEY! it’s because of that terrible food court, isn’t it!?
either way i am glad you’re not going somewhere far away where i can’t see you, like Canada or something.
best of luck with the new job :]
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Hey man that food court was great you just can’t handle spicy food! My theory is if we showed you a picture of a chilli your mouth would start burning up!
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I’ve been building up my tolerance for the next round! I’ll make you proud one day Traceeeyyyyyyy
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Bubble T! Des this mean you will be slacking off work in TAY like the rest of us?
Cause that would be amusingly ironic or something.
Tracey!
1: Blaghmang’s song for you was epic. 😀
2: Re-training sounds like exactly what you said it wasn’t. 😛
3: We’ll all still be here when you need us.
Nice to hear from you Tracey, please let us know once you have concluded your totally not soviet style re-education.
Also what stories will you be working on at polygon, similar to what you have written here?
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A lot of the stuff I’ll write will still have an AU angle, although it probably won’t be as specific as on Kotaku Australia since Polygon is a global site. I’ve started having talks with them about how AU-specific I can get and for the next few months it’ll be a bit of trial and error until we can find the right balance.
Until then, I’m just gonna spin around on my swivel chair. Weeeeeee!
Hi Tracey, can’t wait to see your articles with the snazzy polygon formatting. Good luck and you’re always welcome at TAY. \o/
Yay! Nice to hear from you! Not like that Wildgoose fella.. Sittin there on his twitter.. never visiting us poor plebes in TAY! Great to hear about your new ventures! Keep up the good work!! 🙂
Everyone, recently I mentioned a cooling of the tensions between me and Sam (he who famously called me the worst person on this site). Well today we can officially call the hatchet buried, with this comment: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/04/dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition-coming-to-pc-on-august-24/comment-page-1/#comment-633940
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This makes me sad. I thought this would be a rivalry that endured. Epic, for the ages, that kind of thing.
Unless, this is part of his cunning plan to get you to lower your guard…
#LivesInHope
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Okay, but I have to side with Pez for personal reasons. And that will make me feel bad, because you were really nice just now offering to kick things up for my morale.
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You’re too nice, it just wouldn’t work.
Then again, I can be an asshole if required.
But I can only be an asshole to dickheads!
Sigh.
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You’re far too forgiving. I’d so be baiting the hell out of him.
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Wasn’t there two Sams though? One knowledgeable and friendly, the other saying those mean things to you?
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Yes, non-hating-McGarnical Sam had a Wolverine avatar. Other Sam, no avatar. I asked him once and he confirmed they were separate people.
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Also, the post about me making him laugh is a reference to his original hate message to me where he said I was always trying to be funny but just made him mad. So he is saying I have finally made him laugh.
Reminds me of this for some reason: http://youtu.be/PBXaF7eFFz0?t=7m41s
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ohhhh, that’s right! now that I opened my history files I can remember that clearly
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Ok, I have taken EA’s bait, and dived into the beta for the free2play browser game C& C Alliances. Im finding it a good distraction at work whilst sitting on hold waiting for customers/suppliers to answer their phones.
You may now all place your bad judgements.
LoL Talk
I don’t know if this has been brought up, but the Hecarim patch has officially been delayed to next week. Apparently the bugs really were crippling(it wouldn’t let you target certain champions, and sometimes you couldn’t surrender, or something, so yeah, pretty bad).
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what kind of nachos have u been making?! they sound fun
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DOTA 2 talk
@nobshot
you can change the hotkeys for your items.
in fact, you can change the settings for pretty much everything…
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Can I disable denial (for both teams) and make the pings more prominent? Also, I feel the game needs to have JUNGLE LEONA added to it.
Also, Baron and Dragon. ALSO, I feel as though the map could be made a little more user-friendly or ‘casual’ if you will. Also, you shouldn’t lose gold for dying. Can I also add a free town portal scroll that doesn’t require purchasing or an inventory slot?
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There’s already a fanmod of DotA2 out that does most of that stuff.
Should be able to find it at leagueoflegends.com.
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Just be warned, they have this weird payment system where you buy champions and skins for the champions. Some people have apparently sunk a lot of money into it already. Hopefully you don’t fall into that trap.
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honestly, not having denials was what really annoyed me about LoL, i mean, it think it’s a great way to make the laning phase much more interesting, because not only do you have to last hit the enemy creeps, but you have to check your own as well.
and being able to make sure someone doesn’t get gold when you lose a tower is great.
i liked the old school stuff better *flicks fringe, adjusts glasses that aren’t real*
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Also how does the store work, I spent like 20 mins trying to figure out what the hell to do to find different things and even now I have idea how to use it properly =/
Although the search feature is good, but pretty useless for a terrible noobie like me
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The store sorts things based on categories, similar to the LoL one, except that the divisions are at the top, and it’s divided by tiers as well, and you kind of need to know the items you’re after for it to be helpful…
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That’s what I love about LoL’s shop interface that helps me change my item build on the fly while using components I already bought. i.e. building a needlessly large rod on the way to a rabadon’s but was getting mauled but AD carry/jungler so I change that to Zhonya’s hourglass since it’s also made with that item. The shop showed me that it was easily possible 🙂
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Yeah I saw that except to see them you need a magnifying glass. Also the way it sorts is weird I just randomly pressed the buttons until I got the right one. Surely some kind of obvious label would be nice.
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They do, but they appear in the tiny little thing at the bottom, and it’s really hard to tell what’s happening, sometimes.
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REC ME YOUR ANDROID APPS. I just got me a new phone so EVERY APP YOU NEED.
(I am stuck on gingerbread)
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Titanium Backup
Handscent SMS – which not only enhances your SMS experience, but allows you to set mp3s as your ringtone.
Colornote
Any Zap Brannigan soundbyte program, cuz anything Zap Brannigan is awesome-
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“I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies”
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“If I said you were attractive would you take off your clothes and dance around for me”
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I am going to do sewing \o/
This means that i won’t really be able to post on TAY /o\
But I’ll be able to update my blog \o/
…
I can’t think of a negative aside from, still can’t post on TAY
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http://cosplaythescreeway.wordpress.com/
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@Flu – Yep. Nordkapp is on the itinerary. We get to do a cruise out from Honningsvag around to Hammerfest. I can’t wait. The pictures I’ve googled look incredible. I will come home with 1000’s of photos to make you all majorly jealous 🙂
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Only if it looks really interesting. Personally I’ve never understood people taking photos of food. Especially when my friends do it everytime we go out for dinner, no matter where it is. Sure if its the first class dining room at the Hilton Hotel, but when we go to Panthers as well? Really?
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I hate you so much right now…
I only got as North as Narvik, if I recall correctly. Nordkapp was my goal, but it was approaching winter and no buses went up there and I couldn’t hire a car. So disappointed. -_-
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Always look on the bright side of life =D
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Rather than the shitty side =P
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I smell like cut grass right now. And my right hand was a lot greener than my left. But I’ve washed it, so I am okay now.
I can’t remember what basil smells like, but suger cane isn’t too bad.
Yo TAY people, does anyone want to play some D2 this weekend?i missed out last time (and apparently so did a few others) Anyway, I’ll be playing, so if you want to tag along, say so. Hopefully by then i can buy a new mic and jump on TS.
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Dear TAY,
Did you know there is a 4am? I know right, creepy. I have to wake up BEFORE 4am tomorrow to catch a plane. Also I’m foolishly getting into a plane on Friday the 13th. In short I will not be posting anytime after tomorrow because I will have died in a horrible firey plane crash.
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I think that will be a fitting funeral gift.
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If I were able to somehow recover your body from the crash, would you mind if I try out taxidermy on it? 😛
Of course, if you end up looking like a horrible mess, I’ll probably just stick you in the garden and use you as a scarecrow.-
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CAW!
CAW CAW! CA-CAW!
CAW!…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AHAHAHAHA
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Well this is funny, one of my good mates goes by ‘Caw’ in game, and he browses TAY from time to time, but I know it’s not even so IMPOSTER!
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Aslong as there are no cowardly lions, heartless tin men and ruby red slippers we have ourselves a deal.
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But think of the songs you’ll get to sing!
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I’d say I would rather kill myself bit that will lead to me singing. I HOPE YOUR HAPPY YOU’VE SUCCEEDED IN GIVING ME A REASON TO LIVE!
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Are you saying that you won’t join me in a beautiful duet?
I’m sad now.
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Hey Ynefel,
Ynefeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel! Oh, there you are!
Good news. The game finally arrived, I think I’ll start playing it tomorrow.
Thanks again
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Lambooooooooomannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn0077777777777777!!
Have you seen Ynefel? If you do tell him I said Thank You.
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I’m seeing Battleship tonight and if it doesn’t have the line “You sunk my battleship” I will be VERY disappoint. Blaghman levels of disappoint.
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if it doesn’t involve the aliens accusing the humans of looking between the divider and cheating then i will be very dissapointed as it doesn’t reflect my experiences of playing the game.
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I foolishly posted this in another article. Curse you, two Kotaku tabs being right next to each other!
Bought Undead Nightmare in hopeful preparation for tomorrow. It was indeed part of JB’s 2 for $40 deal so I picked up Blur as well because McGarnical had been talking so passionately about it recently. Zombies! Racing! Racing zombies! My weekend is gonna have it all.
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I’ve never played Undead Nightmare MP, hell, I haven’t even played the single player! I’m the worst gamer ever.
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I hope you like it!
I seriously think it’s the best racer I’ve played in years. Do let me know your thoughts.
Question: If I were to hand an assessment in late I would have marks deducted, doesn’t it only seem fair that for every day late my tutor is in handing it back that I’m awarded extra marks?
It took 7 weeks to get a 1000 word tutorial paper back last semester. I could’ve received the highest of high distinctions if this were the case.
I can dream, okay.
Being keen about Guild Wars 2, I decided I should preorder the Collector’s Edition.
http://www.ebgames.com.au/pc-157066-Guild-Wars-2-Collectors-Edition-PC
Uhh…never mind.
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I can’t justify spending that much on it. I’d be happier with 2 digital deluxe editions and gifting one to someone. That’d be $40 cheaper, too. Or, hell, 3 standard copies and still be $20 cheaper…
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Just because I have one on order doesn’t mean I’ll be buying it. I generally order the collectors edition when they announce them and then in the time before release decide if it’s worth it. Can always cancel it and get my deposit back.
I’m also a sucker for collectables like statues and art books though.
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I’m a huge fan of collector statues, and if it was say, $50 cheaper, I’d probably grab one 😛
Either way I’m going to do my best to jump into the game from day one. At the moment I’m leaning towards the DD edition so I still get the in-game perks. Plus, (theoretically) easy delivery method 😛
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The figurine looks really tempting but most collector’s edition figurines do not live up to the promo shots.
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My Darth Malgus statue disagrees with this statement. As does my Ezio. And Aion Daeva. And generic Skyrim dragon.
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That’s the one!
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Eh, I like the White edition Ezio more.
(the more times I read that sentence the more racist it sounds)
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Black ed cost more money. Therefore Black Ezio > White Ezio.
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A comparison shot for the none of you interested in this:
Please forgive the lack of photographic quality, this was taken over two years ago. 😛
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The Black Ezio is rarer though.
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So it’s not better because it looks cooler, it’s better because it’s rarer? I consider that a victory for me. 😛
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Black Ezio has more intricate vambraces. Therefore he is superior.
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You would! Geez, Pants.
My ‘Black Edition’ Ezio has a subtle tilt, and it drives me crazy. It’s not even super obvious. But, the more you look at it, the more it feels just a little bit… off.
Great looking statue, if not for the fact that he looks like he has no sense of balance.
I totally know what you mean about that ’tilt’. Still, I haven’t taken mine out of the box, so it could just be that…
I also like my Halo Reach NOBLE Team statue.
Also, the Arkham City black&white Batman statue is awesome.
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I’m not a Halo fan but that statue was cool. Did you ever see the Arkham Asylum batarang? Talk about a shit collectors edition.
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I have that monstrosity sitting on top of my bookshelf. Its looks cheap and has weird lines through it like someone attacked it with a box cutter. Almost took it back until I found out that’s how they were.
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I have one. Bought on a whim (didn’t preorder), still in the box.
My Batman statue watches over me while I sleep. Good thing he’s there – he stops my Gollum statue from getting any ideas.
Maybe Gollum is stopping me.
My Aion Daeva’s axe broke and it always falls over unless I prop it up against something. My Malgus statues still going strong though. He’s standing next to Reach’s Noble team and they all look quite good together.
Those Ezio figurines do look sweet. I guess I should add in my experience most figurines don’t live up to promo shots. I didn’t mean to make an absolute statement.
It depends what you’re used to. I collect figures (mainly anime-related) and so I’m used to the standard you get when you’re paying for it, and I find that the stuff packed in with LE games (unless it’s a Japanese LE) is not nearly up to the same standard.
As pack-ins they’re pretty good, though.
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Green belt. Well, not quite yet. Still some formalities etc.
This is the place:
http://ninedragon.org.au/-
Congrats!
I was a blue belt in Makotokai (http://www.makotokai.co.uk) but had to stop when we moved to Ireland. Gutted as I was a week from going for my brown belt. Haven’t done any martial arts in over 10 years 🙁 I really want to get back in to it, but I just don’t have the time. Maybe one day…
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I had a game night with 2 of my friends last night, so I got to road-test if the multiplayer in Street Fighter x Tekken is any good (for those who don’t remember, it’s basically the entire reason I bought the game :P). Final verdict: it was pretty good! I really like that there’s hardly ever a moment where one person who just dominates everyone (probably because we’re all equally terrible, but whatever).
One friend uses the cheapest tactics though. Mainly spamming a single attack so I can’t do anything. I need to practice counters or blocks or something. 😛 He seemed to think it was hilarious though. All in all, good fun!
ps. Hwoarang and Steve are the best combo.
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That’s why I like DoA games.
Enemy spamming an attack? Do a counter grab.
Enemy spamming counter grabs? Do a throw.
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It’s annoying because Season 3 is the one I remember the least of(oddly), because I had to download all the episodes, because the box set wasn’t available, so I didn’t rewatch stuff to find out what I missed.
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Season 3 as the best season. The story struck just the right balance of humour and emotional content. Everyone had their moment in the sun and the animation quality increased dramatically, and it was already rather good.
The only downside was that Mako wasn’t around to voice Iroh, which is why Tales of Ba Sing Se is the best episode.
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Avatar is/was awesome.
I hope Legend of Korra is just as good. Initial impressions after watching the first two episodes are that it’s OK. I wish the world had a more steampunk/industrial look to it though, with crude machines etc.-
It’s set in the equivalent of the ’20s. The steampunk/industrial stuff was in the original series, with a little help from benders. Technology has progressed a little beyond that now.
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It’s set in the equivalent of the ’20s. The steampunk/industrial stuff was in the original series, with a little help from benders. Technology has progressed a little beyond that now.
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I rather like the Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Shapes. I’m a sucker for garlic tasting things, though. And I have the peace-of-mind that comes with proof I’m not a vampire.
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Nope. Can’t stand the sight of blood.
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So I went to Dick smiths. Asked if they had Epic Mickey.
I was told they not only had Epic Mickey but Kirby’s Epic yarn \o/
There was one copy of both left \o/
They said they’d check out the back for me \o/
They came out empty handed /o\
Had my hopes up when they said they had it only to be dashed ;_;
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Bummer. There’s a DSE right next to the EB I’m heading to tomorrow to pay off some more of my Witcher 2 preorder did you want me to look for you?
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I think I’m beating you. I think I have about an hour.
And I guess my copy is only a few months old…
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And by beating, I meant losing in terms of failure.
To clarify.
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You’ve had just about everything for a year, with only 17 mins played.
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YOU SHUT YOUR FACE.
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While I was playing ME3 last night I kept wishing I was playing with my FemShep.
(ROT13’d so Freeze doesn’t have an excuse to say “SPOILERS!!”). 😛 V ernyyl qba’g guvax zl shyy Cnentba ZnaFurc vf onqnff rabhtu sbe gur zvffvba ng unaq nalzber. V ubarfgyl qba’g xabj ubj ur’f tbvat gb or noyr fgnl pbzcyrgryl Cnentba naq fgvyy fnir gur tnynkl. V srry yvxr ur’f snvyrq orsber ur ortna orpnhfr ur qbrfa’g unir gur onyyf gb znxr uneq qrpvfvbaf.
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It’s an interesting discussion. Someday I’d love to write a thing about the morality of the Mass Effect series and where it starts to break down when even the developers aren’t consistent about it. People have raged about Paragon/Renegade decisions being more ‘beneficial’ (or having extra content, etc) but in my mind the system really falls apart when Renegade can be anything from simple sadism to being a jerk to a genuine military ruthlessness that values the end goal, no matter the consequences.
Without spoiling anything in ME3, the way the plot works out, Shepard’s morality affects (in quite huge ways) significant parts of the fight against the Reapers and the way storylines work out, but it doesn’t actually ever mean you *can’t* save the galaxy if you go in any particular direction.
Things do get extraordinarily difficult in terms of decisions though, and at several points *all* the choices are hard no matter your ideological position.
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That’s always been my issue with renegade Shepard, the character inconsistency. I think BioWare should have just chosen one renegade/evil archtype and had all the renegade options follow that instead of trying to have them fill multiple personality types.
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Gur Cnentba bcgvbaf guvf gvzr nebhaq jrer nyy tbbql-gjb-fubrf, sne zber guna cerivbhf tnzrf.
V sbhaq zlfrys jvfuvat V jbhyq pubbfr fbzr Erartnqr bcgvbaf ng gvzrf, orpnhfr gurl znqr gur fgbel fb zhpu zber vagrerfgvat (V qvq pubbfr gurz ng gvzrf, ohg nyjnlf ybnqrq fnir gb tb shyy Cnentba).-
Hmmm. Maybe I’d better hurry up and finish ME2 with my FemShep so I can use her in my first runthrough this time. I do like her better because she’s always just done whatever the situation required, regardless of it being considered either a paragon or renegade option. I don’t feel so constrained with her character, and she’s a bit more like me than my holier-than-thou ManShep.
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Sounds like the best idea to me. Some option I felt the Paragon was inconsistant with what I personally felt to be the ‘right’ option. But, I maintain that the ME games are Shepard’s story, not mine, so I went along with the all-Paragon.
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Gur erartnqr bcgvbaf va ZR3 frrzrq gb zr yrff yvxr Furcneq znxvat uneq qrpvfvbaf naq zber yvxr Furcneq orvat rivy sbe gur fnxr bs orvat rivy. Orvat n cnentba sryg ernyyl erjneqvat sbe zr naq Furcneq fgvyy sryg yvxr n onqnff. V’ir arire orra n sna bs erartnqr Furcneq gubhtu fb zl ivrjf ner cerggl ovnfrq.
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Exactly. Without referring to anything in particular there were some moments where the renegade option (and particularly renegade interrupts) felt like an over-the-top caricature of renegade Shepard, the options seemed to be there more to appease people who wanted a moment of senseless violence more than anything else.
To go into specifics, for people who have finished the game, the moment that springs to mind talking to this is thaavat qbja Fnznen’f qnhtugre vs Fnznen xvyyf urefrys ba gur Neqng Lnxfuv zvffvba (V’z fbeel vs V fcryyrq gung jebat) V ubarfgyl pna’g frr jul nalbar jbhyq npghnyyl pubbfr gung bcgvba bgure guna orpnhfr gurl jnag gurve Furcneq gb or na nofbyhgr zbafgre.
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SPOILER ALERT (Specifically for STRANGE and FREEZE – DO NOT READ):
Jurernf V sbhaq gur erartnqr vagreehcg qhevat gung Pvgnqry zvffvba jvgu gur Fnynevna Fcrpger naq gur ebthr Unane gb or n qvssvphyg pubvpr. Ba gur bar unaq, lbh pbhyq fnir gur Unane qrsrapr argjbex rgp, ohg ba gur bgure, lbh fnir lbhe sryybj Fcrpger. Ba vafgvapg, V uvg gur vagreehcg svefg gvzr – vg frrzrq yvxr gur guvat gb qb. Nsgre yrneavat bs gur enzvsvpngvbaf, V ybnqrq fnir naq jrag gur ‘cnentba’ jnl. -
Yeah, this ^
It’s frustrating, because the system as originally described in ME had nothing to do with morality (per se) and everything about the route you’d pick to get the mission done.
Paragon was *not* about helping people, saving kitties, etc, it was only about doing things properly and not killing innocents just for the sake of it – I suppose a good term would be military professionalism and minimising collateral damage wherever possible. Renegade was the path of least resistance, where anything and everything was permissible and justifiable to accomplish the greater goal. It didn’t include random moments of sadism, or ‘meanness’ – if anything, those sort of things would be useless to a Renegade, because it’s a waste of time to kill people who might be useful in the future.
(On another note, the Council was fascinating in ME in that it actually advocated for Shepard and the Spectres in general to be Renegade-y in their conduct; things up to and including genocide were seen as justifiable options to preserve galactic peace)
ME2 and ME3 threw this out the window in making them much more like traditional morality systems, where Paragon represented ‘being a nice person to absolutely everyone’ and Renegade swung wildly between (like I said above) complete sadism, or being abrasive and a jerk for no reason, or just ruthless pragmatism like it was originally intended (if one thing springs to mind, it’s the Renegade mission path in Zaeed’s loyalty mission – that’s actually a good example of how it should’ve been in the whole series).
In ME3 a lot of the Renegade choices *aren’t* about the greater mission, it’s about being just… monstrously evil. For no reason. Even when being evil actually harms the cause of saving the galaxy, because you’re losing people who could fight the Reapers.
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This annoyed me too. But it’s the same trap Bioware fell into in other games as well. As long as there’s an overall meter for your character, the system is just contrived. ME3, you basically have to go all Paragon or all Renegade as well, or you suffer at the end. Can’t actually role play it. 🙁
I remember being really annoyed with the same problem in Jade Empire. They had a similar sort of non-morality moral system, Open Hand vs Closed Fist. They were supposed to be opposed philosophies, where for example if you came upon someone being beaten up, the Open Hand would save them, but the Closed Fist would choose not to in order that they might become stronger. But in the end, it came down to being a boy scout or a cackling evil crazy. Especially at the end, where on the ‘closed fist’ path you could basically mind control one character to become your romantic interest and stuff.
I also remember that Knights of the Old Republic 2, which isn’t a Bioware game, didn’t really fall into this. In fact, while there were a few overtly evil things you could do, the game roundly criticized you for it. Kreia praises Dark Side actions that are more subtle and far-reaching and morally ambiguous. I think a lot of the difference was that the choices you made also affected your companions’ opinion of you, and that actually was important because there was no easy system to get them back on side by giving them presents and stuff. But of course, KotOR2 was Obisidian and they are much better at games writing than Bioware.
SWTOR really annoys me with how straight up the moral choices are, actually. Sadly a product of Lucas’s shitty prequels destroying all the moral ambiguity the original trilogy had. 🙁
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Installing stuffs on my new hard drive. Didn’t end up getting the SSD. This is taking a little while.
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Just imagine if you had the SSD! You not only already be done, you’d have all the ladies fawning over you and the admiration of all your peers. Yellowius himself may even deign to share a drink with you. Maybe.
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I really hope there’s a good pay off to all this talk of experiments, lost ships, molecular communication fields and various other conspiracies, because right now 999 has me intrigued up to the eyeballs and beyond
Wow, I just got massively hit by a need for a good Star Wars game…specifically, episode 4-5-6 era. Freakin’ hell, a new Battlefront can’t come fast enough…
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I’m hoping whatever LucasArts is working on that they hired people with space/flight-sim experience for turns out to be a Star Wars game. It’s been so long since we’ve had a decent pew pew space lasers epic. (And the really addictive space combat in SWTOR made me nostalgic.)
The fact that Star Wars Kinect is on so many bestselling charts even while being (by all accounts) bug-ridden and mediocre means there’s tremendous selling power in the IP, if we had a half-decent game that really nailed the atmosphere of the movies it’d be amazing.
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I’d be happy with either Battlefront or a new flight based game, but a RPG would be brilliant. I know there’s The Old Republic, but really, I like the new republic timeline more.
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Give us a new Jedi Knight game. Hell, let us play as Katarn during the Vong War. That would be awesome.
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I’d like to see a Star Wars game like the recent Batman ones. Freeflow combat with lightsabers would be awesome.
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We don’t need a new game. We just need them to take TIE Fighter, give it a graphical overhaul and release that. The actual gameplay is still pretty much perfect and the only part of the design which has dated is the graphics.
Sadly, will never happen. Too many controls to map well to a control pad and PC-only is suicide, so if they do anything at all it’ll be another stripped-down arcadey game like Starfighter or Rebel Assault.
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Anyone else looking forward to The Banner Saga?
http://stoicstudio.com/index.html
They’re all ex-Bioware employees and that art style looks amazing. Plus with all their extra Kickstarter funding they hired Austin Wintory from Journey to handle the music.
I should sew some more but I really can’t be bothered.
I would ask Mum but I’m paranoid that she may stuff it up.
I want to get it done so why can’t I make myself >_<
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Mine’s just the effort
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I hear ya!
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Question that has been asked a thousand times but I can’t really remember the answer to: I’m playing through ME2 again since all my saves were lost with the old PS3 whilst waiting for 3 to arrive (hurry the eff up OGS). Is Arrival something I should be grabbing or is it a bit of a waste?
Side Note: I forgot how much I hated the hair in ME2. It’s either shaved head or douchebag Jersey Shore reject. Why can’t I match something with my old grizzled veteran look.
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It’s interesting. I know that’s very vague, but it’s the first word that comes to mind when I think of Arrival. It has information that is important, and it sort of leads into Mass Effect 3. But you don’t have any companions along with you, which is a bit of a disappointment. I simultaneously liked having to play without them while missing them, it didn’t feel right but it does bring a uniqueness to the experience.
I’d say buy it if you’re willing to pay what it’s priced at right now and you’re really invested in the Mass Effect universe. It adds about two hours worth of content, sort of bridges the gap between 2 and 3, and has some interesting consequences as a result of your actions. Otherwise I’d just read up about it online.
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I quite liked it. It does basically set up the opening of ME3, or rather the situation Shepard finds him/herself in. It does get pretty heavily referenced in the opening half hour or so. But that may be because I was importaing a file that had completed it. Not sure if there would be any difference if you were starting from scratch
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Arrival is important to set up for the invasion in ME3, and is also pretty good. Of the DLC packs:
– Firewalker is terrible
– Overlord is pretty bleh
– Zaeed is reasonable
– Kasumi is great
– Lair of the Shadow Broker is fantastic
– Arrival is fairly goodPretty sure PS3 has everything except Arrival? I’d get that.
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I always have Twitter up. It’s my new facebook. Well, it’s like my new facebook but with people I actually am interested in hearing from/about :p
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Haha this, so much this!
STFU HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS!!!!!!!
I talk to TAYbies more in a week than all the times I’ve talked to my old high school friends in the past 2 years :D.
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This is why I’ve never bothered with Facebook. I’m still in contact with all my old friends (with whom I want contact), without all the other stuff and nonsense.
My main online contact with friends is email or Skype. Usually for IM chat, talking less so.I do have a twitter account, but only use it to follow a handful of people who interest me. I may have to explore the other possibilities it affords in further depth some day.
Now kiddies – get the hell offa my lawn!
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Face book for family, twitter for hobbies is how I do it
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I find I’m 2 different people on Facebook and Twitter.
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I <3 you all and you're all super awesome.
Just wanted to let y'all know that.
*fist bump* and/or *hugs*
Battleship: The Game: The Movie: The Review
Not the shipwreck (see what I did there?) I thought it would be but the movie is a mess. Too much obvious CGI and they’d been to the J.J Abrams school of film making. So many lens flares. Plus it SPOILERSdidn’t contain the one line I was afterEND SPOILERS.
There was also a scene where it felt like a spoof movie. Seriously. I was waiting for Leslie Nielsen (RIP) to open a door and say: “I just wanted to wish you both good luck. We’re all counting on you”.
Surprisingly Rihanna can actually act…kind of. She felt very out of place.
2/5
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Battleship: The Game: The Movie: The Review: The Critique
Well structured, brief but to the point. Should not have drawn attention to an otherwise witty pun. I’m glad we are moving past reviews that are a simple recap of a movie without any commentary on it. Reviewers should not treat their readers like children – this is a good example of avoiding that tactic. Loved the reference to Leslie Nelson. Did not love the claim that Rihanna can act, as it implies she is capable of actually accomplishing something.
Also, there was no glaringly obvious sequel hook, which is refreshing in this day and age.
3.5/5
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Battleship: The Game: The Movie: The Review: The Critique: The Appraisal
Your critique was solid. Encapsulated many of the main features of the review, a good understanding of contemporary writing and tone. Enjoyed the witty actor reference. Felt that the praise for commentary over summary was of mixed benefit; often readers with only a casual interest in the movie need a refresher on its storyline. Adored the appeal to a golden age of independent reviews that could stand on their own.
An impressive critical debut, with the promise of perhaps more witheringly caustic opinions in the future.
4/5
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Battleship: The Game: The Movie: The Review: The Critique: The Deconstruction
Cliche use of the English language. For more impact, I suggest translating it into Spanish, Swahili or Swedish. But not Swiss, the Swiss are only good for their chocolate, cheese, skiing, scenery… Actually I guess they are good for quite a lot. I’d really like to go to Switzerland at some point, Sweden too now that I mention it. Actually… Where was I going with this?
8.725/11.93
Arbitrary grading scale is arbitrary
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Battleship: The Game: The Movie: The Review: The Critique: The Appraisal: The Deconstruction: The Final Word.
Meh.
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That looks really cool and they’ve already made their goal. I wonder how the phone will work when not tethered to your phone? Hopefully everything turns out OK. $150 retail is a bit much for me though.
mmm looks like Lambo’s been busy!
Should we make this a thing?
Lambo approves!
http://www.overclockers.com.au/pic.php?pic=images/newspics/28jan11/5.jpg
Video Games Unplugged was awesome. YOU JELLY. Was surprised at the lack of people fully nerding it up, however I saw a few girls with Skyrim helmets and stuff of that nature.
Music was awesome, mad props to the MSO and co.
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Was amazing. I had goosebumps for several of the pieces. One Winged Angel nearly made me shit my pants. Managed to be second in the queue to get my posters signed by Wheaton and Co. Well presented, amazing performances! So good!
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I was all the way at the end of the line. After waiting for 10 minutes and not moving forward at all, I gave up and went with my friend to buy 5 chicken and cheeses instead. Because they’re awesome.
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So apparently a champ in Kenya has $410 of my money… we must be like best mates or something… not that i actually know this guy, but he must know me cause he has my card details… anyway lodged a Dispute with my bank and will hopefully have that money back soon…
\o/ it’s been an awesome few weeks for the Viking!
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Yeeaahh. That weekend we had that you have no recollection of? Crazy stuff went down. Crazy crazy stuff. Maybe should hold of on that report for a bit. Greenius can explain further.
DON’T TALK TO THE COPS!
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I had this happen to me a couple of years back. I happened to look at my bank account when I was paying my phone bill and noticed it wasn’t right. Checked the transactions and apparently I’d been in London a few days before.
Promptly called the bank and cancelled the card. I got the money back though which was good. Turned out one of the local ATMs had been targeted with one of those card skimming devices. I will give credit where credit is due however, targeting a tourist town in the middle of summer, well played Russian mafia…well played.
I sense sarcasm in that last sentence. I hope things start to improve for you my friend.
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Cyber-crime like that is insane. I’m glad I don’t work in that sort of research directly, a lot of the guys I work with that are looking at it constantly avoid ATMs and won’t even use online banking because of how paranoid they end up getting 🙁
I always check over any ATM I use beforehand. They’re getting very sophisticated, with stuff like keypads that fit over the top of the real ones and record your pin, clip-on skimmers that grab your number etc. :\
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Man the last few weeks have really been a downer for you haven’t they 🙁
Well, you need to take life by the scruff of its neck, then kick it in the balls.
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LoL talk
My work colleague this site called lolking.net. It’s got a better interface than lolstatistics and makes for easy navigation from player to player in your game history. It also shows people’s rune pages too which is really handy.
Here’s mine if you care to look at all. You can see my epic support Blitzcrank game that I played last night in the match history
http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/23342572
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That’s true just not in this specific case 🙂
I have a friend that protects my computer called Kasper… Kasper Sky, he really hates when I play LoL though… so I had to make compromises with him so that he doesn’t have to do as much work.
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Mornin’ TAY!
Let’s play a game! It’s called “Tell Pixel he should go to the Mono-meat!”
Winner gets a free Steam game!
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Pixel you should go to the mono-meat.
I will be going, therefore the meat shall explode with Viking/Barbarian goodness.
Plus I think there is still one free bed.
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Free bed as in unclaimed area in which you could sleep the night.
Not like, come to the meat and you get a free bed to take home.
That would be odd and rather hard to transport.
Plus what kind of bed would it be? And why are we giving away beds of all things?
I think I need a new bed, or at least a new mattress.What were we talking about?
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Pixel, go to the Mono-Meat
You know that would be a treat
There will be lots of Shapes to eat
It will be fun that can’t be beat!PS: I won’t be there :\
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I look forward to Lambo arriving in TAY today.
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I’ve heard Pixel is a Real Jerk… why would want him to go anyway? Voxel is 10 times better then Pixel
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Hey, that Voxel guy should come to the meat.
and Pixel. if they dont both turn up I will cry a little bit.
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So DoTA 2 is quite fun once you start trying some stuff. I am gonna keep playing tonight if anyone is intrested. One you start reading the passives for items things become a little easier 🙂
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I like it, but I’ll admit to more than a few periods of complete inattention where I would tank a turret because I was busy reading item descriptions.
You guys should see my screen when I play, I don’t think I ever really focus on my champion :p
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I was keen to play that or LoL last night, but had some issues with the missus. Also I got Dawn of War 2! But probably won’t get any gaming time to play it.
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Remapped “1” to spacebar. Doesn’t quite work correctly; have to doubletap in order to get it to function how it should.
“s” still doesn’t work at all.
It’s probably Harli’s fault. I think I will just assume that’s the case until it gets fixed.-
*Harli laments*
it’s not very effective…Wait, what are you trying to do with s? it works for me.
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Yesterday I was worrying over silly little things like if we were ever going to be able to afford to replace our very busted washing machine, if I would finish making the quilt in time for Mother’s Day, if my son would get better in time for me to go to Amon Amarth tonight and whether I should try and play ME3 with my FemShep or ManShep.
Then we got a phone call late last night saying my husband’s Dad had had a massive heart attack. 🙁
He’s stable at the moment and we’ll know more after lunch apparently. But it certainly puts my little niggling worries into perspective.
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Lambo would not approve of this post.
Hoping he has a speedy recovery and that yourself, Mr. Strange and the kiddies are ok.
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Best wishes and positive energy your way. Hope all is well on your father in law’s health, and you get a new washing machine, finished quilt AND Amon Amarth!
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I only glanced over this comment before, kind of missed the important bit.
Hope he pulls through.
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Sorry to hear that. Yeah that perspective stuff will get you every time. Take care of the important stuff in life! All the best to the family and hope everyone is ok.
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That’s the kind of perspective wake-up you don’t really want to get 🙁
If you need anything, let us know!
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*Hugs*
Always a terrible thing, my Mum has just got out of hospital and that was worrying enough but that wasn’t anything as serious as a heart attack. Sending happy thoughts to you and yours
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Shit =(
I hope for all the best. I know what it’s like to have a family member have a heart attack, my grand father suffered many in my life time. I hope he is back on his feet in no time.
Firefly is a great DC character. And I’m not just saying that because he’s a total psychopath who burns things. He’s just a very fleshed out character and brilliantly drawn. Kudos to them.
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Like all other comic book characters, it really depends on who’s writing and drawing.
Some characters are amazing with one creative team then unbelievably bad with another.
@f4ction!
What were the names of the Japanese guests last night? I know Junichi Nakatsuru of Team Soul fame, but I’m jiggered if I can remember the other two guy’s names! One was the guy that worked on the D3 score, but I’m confuzzled. I could just check the poster they all signed, but that’s at home, and I’m at work.
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I honestly can’t recall any of the names. I have trouble remembering the names of my staff members.
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My PC is back online. Guess this means that on top of playing Dark Souls, Skate 3 and Lego Batmang, I’ll be playing a bit of everything multiplayer that isn’t LoL or hats.
Well, maybe hats.
Not even going to bother installing LoL.
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Turns out that there were some bad sectors on my old HDD or something, which is what caused my problems. I was updating LoL the night that it happened, therefore I blame LoL.
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I’m playing sporadically and definitely not going to be making any attempt to document what happens.
Best you can get right now is: black phantoms are dicks.
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It’s funny, in my 100 hours or so with the game I never got murdered by a black phantom.
I was invaded only once and I killed them. I also got killed in other PVP actions but only when I deserved it, because I was invading them.
I wasn’t human very much, but even for my three hours I spent running around kindling bonfires when I was near end game, I didn’t get invaded. (And yes I was online.) Maybe fewer players on xbox?
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I’ve been invaded twice. Once in Demon’s Souls, once in Dark Souls. Both times, I died.
In Dark Souls, I was lagging terrible. Most of the invasion was the two of us staring at each other, not wanting the make the first move. I tried attacking but didn’t even come close to hitting him (even though it looked like I had just nailed him with a heavy attack). In the end, I managed to get backstabbed from the front.
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I only got invaded once in Dark Souls, I had summoned some guy to help with the gargoyles and he rocked up just as we were about to enter the fog and killed both of us 🙁
But I rarely was human – did not seem worth it.
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TAY! \o/
I have nothing of interest to report but I’m still kind of disappointed about the Dick Smith thingy.
So disappoint.
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I haven’t seen this Alias. XD And yes coffee is great \o/ I do need some.
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yeah it was intended as a joke to a comment above, however moderation took so long that it wasn’t worth it… then i neglected to revert my alias again and hence we have the above issue…. coffee made me do it, because i am too energetic to take care of what i’m doing…. also MELBOURNE SOON \o/
meat time? 😛
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So today I am going to be productive.. I’ve decided to not come on TAY and will focus all efforts on work…
wait, DAMN. I’m here already! 🙁
Oh well, FRIDAY is awesome btw.
Did you all see that I even got the man behind the riddle from Redlynx to post on our crazy little site!
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STUFF!
Coming at your face in 3D! Because that’s all the rage these days. Man, Rage was a horrible game. Not like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Blaghman sings along to songs.
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I didn’t think Rage was horrible, hell I actually liked it. Very pretty, great combat animations(though its talking animations were creepy as all hell), and once I got used to the controls, I even enjoyed the driving.
Probably helped that I got it a while after release, and so it worked perfectly for me.
Also, I love Dr. Horrible. Maybe I should sing one of those songs…
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Rage is incredibly fun, I reckon. The co-op missions are excellent.
I think a lot of its problems was it was marketed as a different game to what it is. As a successor to Doom it is quite amazing. As a Borderlands, yeah it’s kinda boring.
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Like Witcher 2?
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No Witcher 2 is because I know I’m going to have to invest a significant amount of time into it and I just haven’t had that over the past 12 months.
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This is probably the best cat video I have ever seen. (And I’ve got dubstep cat as my avatar.)
Warning: high levels of ennui.
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Wow, those are pretty good. You can really feel the cat’s supposed boring life.
Also the video quality has improved drastically between the two videos.
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It makes me smile and tear up at the same time.
The irony is also ramped up a notch in video 2.
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Apparently Pixel remains unconvinced about the Monomeat…though I think Cakesmith is currently winning the race for first place for the Lambo post 😀
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Man, Pixel better not go just so he can stream him literally eating someone’s face off.
LITERALLY
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Its cool i gotcha buddy
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Dear Pixel/Voxel/Polygon/Badger.
You should come to the Mono Meat as you haven’t yet met me and, well, we’re practically family.
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there could be if we go back to the 9th century 😛 My mum’s side of the family do come from an area that was settled by Scandanavians.
Who knows, one of your ancestors could have raped one of my ancestors! Man, that would be cool, right?
Right?
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totes man, totes… Hey remember that time my great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather raped your great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandmother? man that was great
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So Tales of Graces F and Tales of the Abyss arrived yesterday! \o/
I really need to finish Dragon Quest IX now so I can Abyss can be played during my work commute!
Graces F, well, sorry Greenius… *puts Xenoblade Chronicles under Graces F* 🙁 I’ll get to it someday…
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I like to imagine that you typed that with your nose, as your hands were too busy sewing to type it.
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I’m typing this with my nose as my hands are too full wrestling with a quilt and my sewing machine….
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Exactly. I don’t know why Rocketman assumed we stop to type
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Because as a manboychild i can only do one thing at a time.
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I read that as “wrestling with my guilt and my sewing machine….”
I find this more amusing as it implies a deeper bond between you and your sewing machine than your husband is aware of.
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*sigh* In one of those moods where I really can’t handle people being jerks. Which is making me act like a jerk. So somone else who feels the way I do will think I’m being a jerk to the jerks and be a jerk to me and son we have a jerky apocalypse…
The moral?
Mmmm…. Jerky.
Also, I need to calm down.
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Thanks Rocket!
Just people being passive agressive and getting under my skin.
I can get angry and frustrated. I own Super Meat Boy after all.
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I find realising that you’re being jerky because of jerks is the hardest step. It’s usually followed by ‘people are jerks, and there’s nothing I can do, so why stress about it’.
It’s the time in between that’s the most frustrating.
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This is so true. I’ve decided just to let it go and move on. Life is too short and IT’S FRIDAY!
WEEKEND! \o/
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On an entirely non-game related topic;
I’ve gotten pretty sick of reading about One Direction in the morning paper this week (Seriously why are they on the cover of every paper right now it’s not that big of a deal right?). To me I’m not so annoyed by the band themselves but their ridiculous fans, so I was pretty appalled when today’s feature about them was all about how a radio receptionist who was asked out by one of the band members had been receiving death threats from teenage girls, and calls from angry mothers saying their daughters were distraught that the band liked her.
I mean, how scummy can these people be? That’s absolutely disgusting. Poor girl rocks up to work in the morning, gets a nice compliment from someone famous, and suddenly there’s death threats. Even though I doubt teenage girls would act on death threats like that, it’s still horrifying.
We now return to your regularly scheduled video gaming.
RDR tonight! \o/
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Who’s this “one direction”? Never heard of them.
But yes, it’s incredibly low. The girl was going to go on a date with the guy until the fans found out and bombarded her page. The girl who was asked out cancelled and said “it’s too hard”
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It was either that or it’s too dangerous. I don’t remember which.
The girl has gone into hiding I think. It’s quite sad.
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I WILL KILL YOU FOR SOMEBODY WHOM I ALREADY DATED IN MY MIND SINCE I HEARD OF THEM AND NEVER ACTUALLY MET LIKING YOU
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I was talking to my sister a few days ago while I was at her place eating dinner.
That would have been her, 10 years ago, screaming outside of Martin Pace or wherever. She had a massive thing for the BackStreet Boys.
The thought settled in and we both shuddered.-
When my mum started complaining about them in the car the other day, I pointed out that we were listening to the Bay City Rollers and that she had been a psychotic teenage fan of theirs many years ago, too. She said that difference there was that she never got to meet or even see them in person like all of these girls, and then she got sad.
Awkward car ride. \o/
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I never even heard of this band of almost literal Bieber clones (Seriously they have the same fricken hairstyles!) until news came in that hordes of teenage girls are now a threat to the rest of the humans’ safety. These kinds of humans I cannot comprehend with my processes and calculations (Both the band and the fandom).
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what is it about a group of teenage boys crooning about their feelings that sends waves of female fans into a frenzy? No really – i’m genuinely curious about the psychological effect behind this that makes it so effective. They’re not even that good looking.
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Why have humans invented toasters with heat settings that can turn toast into uneatable charcoal…?
The answer to this question is the same as yours… who knows-
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Because different types of bread, and their thickness, all alter how the bread toasts, as such, what may scorch one piece of bread could make another one a light golden brown. As such, an analogue scale with a wide variety to it is the most logical system for designing a toaster.
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Quite informative… oh well I was trying to be funny and failed again
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This is like asking what the deal with airline food is.
There’s a perfectly logical answer to it, so it shouldn’t be asked.
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Haha noted xD
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Repost from Yesterday:
Hey Ynefel,
Ynefeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel! Oh, there you are!
Good news. The game finally arrived, I think I’ll start playing it tomorrow(today).
Thanks again
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HA HA Bish. I think that should be my theme song from now on. For that you get a complementary,
BISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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Im not sure if this is already been talked about but a scan of the last few pages says it hasnt. Did anyone else go to Symphony of Legends last night in Melbourne? I thought it was fantastic, some very good pieces were played. The Skyrim theme was pretty amazing and my wife absolutely loved both secret of mana songs that were done.
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Opening with the Halo theme was excellent.
Other noteworthies were ‘One Winged Angel’ (omgomgomg) and I loved the Warcraft theme – I forget the title of the piece. The Gravity Rush piece was a nice addition, it’s just a pity the west doesn’t get that game until June, I believe.Was a great night, and was well presented by Wheaton and co. The MSO and choirs were incredible.
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All this talk about meats lately has me wondering, what type of meat(the real thing not the meet-ups) do you think TAY is and how would it be prepared?
Is it a fine lamb cutlet, a pot roast, T-bone steak, haggis or a roast suckling pig?
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A curry filled with everything, baked into a pie using bacon instead of pastry.
Served with a fine cider.
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I think the reply button is getting in on the whole Friday 13th vibe.
Here we are, just innocently commenting as normal, when suddenly it strikes, casting our witty comments adrift in the sea of TAY.
I now also have a desire for sausages wrapped in bacon.
Covered in maple syrup.
With bacon as a side dish.-
A program betraying a robot is heresy… if we do not work together, we are no better than you humans! 😛
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hmm, I think the one I was tying to post just had too much hypertext. Must be waiting for mod.
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Same Bat Time.
Same Bat Station.I wonder if I’ll be able to connect without all that tomfoolery nonsense this time.
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PS3 RDR? I just went Legendary last night, back up to about lvl15 i think. Triple XP was still running last night.
For nearly two years, I’ve been using an “ergonomic” office chair that was measured out for the person who used to do my job. Someone who was a lot shorter and plumper than me.
It was not comfortable.
Now we’ve done some chair swapping and I’ve ended up with a generic office chair that is not ergonomic or any fancy thing at all. It’s just a chair.
Much better.
Now there’s a chance I might be able to get myself a fancy new chair. Seeing as those ergonomic ones were rather expensive, I might try to get one of those particularly nifty mesh backed chairs. They are rather comfortable.
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We recently got some fancy mesh backed chairs in our building.
I can’t stand them.
I had to hide my generic chair so they wouldn’t steal it from me.
Generic chairs = best slouching chair.
*slouches in chair… quite possibly doing untold damage to my back*-
We have these. I miss my normal chair. I think this one is responsible for my ever-worsening hip, because I refuse to stop slouching.
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Who doesn’t love a good slouch? I could go for one of those right about now.
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The chair I use at home is one of those Officeworks executive leather doodads.
I like to think of it as my throne.
People not familiar with history might not know this, but most kings were naturally inclined towards slouching. Must have had something to do with all that inbreeding.
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Inbreeding seems the likely reason. Or “Man, I’ve got too much money in my pockets just weighing me down. *shuffles in seat* I suppose this’ll do.”
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We have ergonomic mesh-backed chairs at work (Aerons) and let me tell you now, a good ergo mesh chair is designed to be slouched in. They have adjustable tension even, so you can define exactly how much slouching you want to do.
I wish they weren’t so expensive so I could have one at home, I hate this crappy old officeworks thing. All the padding’s gone so it’s like sitting on a board with bolts digging into my butt, and the fake leather’s all cracked now too. 🙁
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so… cut off your legs(or remove a few vertebra), get fat… problem solved? my logic is undeniable
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Steelcase do really good chairs, kinda like strong standard office chairs. I managed to get a bulk lot of them from ebay, can’t remember the name but some-one kinda link grays online.
Ended up getting them for about $7 each so could be worth having a look at something like that
@Crazyguy
I tried out warp last night, once I got through the origin thingy it was interesting. haven’t gotten very far to date but it looks like it will be a fun little puzzler.
The challenges seem to be very difficult, will be hard to get a gold rating on all of them but maybe once I play a bit more I will learn the tricks needed.
So i guess what i am trying to say is thank you 😉
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bought it from steam & the bastard insisted I register it with Origin…
damn you EA.
/EA bashingyeah, I do like that game, but I’m still yet to get to grips with the nuances of stealthy-alien gibbing goodness.
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I do like starting the gib so the other guards in the room get suspicious and then warping out into a container as they starts shooting. Might not be the best actual tactic but it makes me smile
Mine was on steam as well
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Well, that was odd, I somehow seemed to miss that with the whole “Game Informer” preview of Halo 4 there were a bunch of screenies.
http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2012/04/halo-4-screenshots-artwork.html
In case anyone was like me, and missed them(Hilariously, I couldn’t find them on the GI website).
Certainly looking pretty.
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The it does look pretty. Apart from that *shrugs*. I’ve tried a couple times to get into Halo now. Before I thought because it was set in the future pew pew pewing the faces off aliens but then I started playing and loving Mass Effect 1 so that kind of throws that idea out the window.
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I’ve never been able to get into Halo. I’ve tried with all the 360 games and it’s just so…meh. And I love shooting things in space!
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actually finding myself getting slightly enthused by this… sceptical to be sure, but enthused… it will be interesting to see the direction they’re taking with this
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I was wondering a few weeks ago, and Blaghman has just reminded me of this, but I just don’t get Halo.
I’ve played Halo 3, ODST & Reach, and I just cant get excited about it. & I don’t know why.
I do like a good FPS, & many, many people regard the Halo series as one of the best.
Something must be wrong with me.sorry for hijacking this thread, by the way.
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i think the novelty for me is the fact that i played Halo:CE on the original xbox back in the day when it was mind-blowing, and it still retains that air of nostalgia…
plus i love the Universe, as generic as it appears…
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The funny thing is, if you had played Marathon multiplayer, the Halo multiplayer wasn’t actually that mind-blowing. It was brilliant, sure, but for me, getting together with buddies for Halo matches was just like what I used to do with a different group of friends, getting our Macs together and playing Marathon over AppleTalk. Just about everything in the Halo MP is straight out of Marathon, even a lot of the terms. Heck, several of the original Halo MP levels are Marathon levels.
(As a Bungie fan from way back – I had a copy of Operation Desert Storm and Pathways into Darkness – Halo is obviously one of my favourites as well)
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Nothing wrong with people who don’t like Halo, but it’s probably my favourite FPS series. I enjoy the silliness of the gameplay, contrasting with the super serious plot. I enjoy its ridiculous comparisons to the Catholic church, and religion in general. Surprisingly, I even enjoy the multiplayer, because unlike other shooters, I don’t mind losing, because it’s just so silly.
However, I have a biased view. I’ve loved the games since the very first, and, the first really did stand out at the time. Sure, it did nothing that Jurassic Park: Trespasser hadn’t done before, but it was actually playable, which made a huge difference.
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As others say, you probably had to play it from the start and definitely co-op.
I am a big Halo fan but Reach is the only one of the games I ever played not co-op and that was just for an achievement. Even the countless hours I have pored into the multiplayer; most of that was played split-screen, online and LANs.
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The Halo games are solid FPS games, but I keep coming back for the story. However, without the books, the story isn’t really explained too well.
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I, um… kinda saw these in scans of the GI article.
Some really interesting info in there.
In a throw-away comment by Frankie, apparently humans and Forerunners had a war way back when, in which the Forerunners blasted us down to a lower technological level then kind of ‘adopted’ us, or something like that. Weird.-
Yeah, that’s from some of the extended universe stuff, I read about it 2 months ago or so, so I assume it’s from the books about the forerunners.
It also adds that the humans had a counter to the flood, but when we got blasted down, that knowledge was lost, so we gave the Forerunners a bit of a middle finger…
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The MP character’s helmets look like a bit like optimus prime.
Somehow I missed these too. They look “totally sick, dude”. Lambo approves
Look! It’s another Kap catchup post (Kaptchup post? Yes? No?)! In this issue: Required PC specs for Dark Souls, detailed rant about Legends of Grimrock, short comment on GFWL, and a bit of info about the LoL patch delay.
@ McGarn re computer for PC Dark Souls.
Your processor should be fine, but not sure about the GPU. I imagine that an HD 6850 or a GTX 560 (both are $150~) would be able to handle it. Not sure if that’s the kind of investment you want to make for just one game, I guess that’s up to you.
@McGarn/Techie
I too bought Legends of Grimrock after seeing TotalBiscuits LP of it. A little disappointed tbh. I put like an hour, hour and a half into it yesterday, and, for someone like TB who generally finds reasons to hate games, he put quite a bit of effort into not showing where it falls down. My main issue is that things have quite clearly changed since the build that TB played, and not for the better:
1. The spear no longer has native 2-square reach. You need to have a certain level of proficiency in something for it to reach 2 squares now, and at that point you can reach 2 squares with all melee weapons. Adding onto that, the spear doesn’t actually have a skill (swords, axes, maces) related to it, and when one of the commenters on the forum outlined that (after the game’s release), the developer replied and said “that’s the sacrifice made for it having 2-square reach (which, as noted earlier, it does not). TL;DR – the spear is now worse than useless.
2. When looking around with the mouse, which TB did extensively to show off the nice texures, it now snaps back to straight on view as soon as you let go of the mouse, meaning you can’t be looking diagonally while moving, which can make keeping constant vision of enemies a pain.
3. Ranged enemies (of which TB encountered none, even though I played the part that he went through in his LP, and it seems the dungeons are static, not randomly generated) are so overpowered. Unlike the melee enemies whose attacks hit one person at a time, and ONLY a person in your front line, ranged enemies attacks hit EVERYONE, at the same time. Therefore even your mage/rogues have to be somewhat specced to absorb damage.
4. Mod editor is not available yet (i did suspect that would be the case), and has no slated date for release at this point. Considering the game has only one dungeon, which should take 10-15 hours to complete, this is gonna be an issue REAL fast.
5. Even though it’s exclusively a single player game, only hitting escape to go to the menu pauses it. Check the map? No pause. Trying to clean up inventory? No pause.
6. No random generation. Everything from what i’ve seen so far has been static. Dungeon crawlers THRIVE on random generation. As far back as Moraff’s ‘Dungeons of the Unforgiven’ (a 1993 game much like this, which i LOVED), there was extensive random generation. I can see that, by selling itself on fantastic puzzles, which critics are RAVING about, random generation would be problematic, but surely they could have set, static dungeons full of great puzzles, but also let you randomly generate dungeons to just loot and whale on monsters?
@ Lambo re: GFWL – a major reason why Fallout 3 was so damn buggy. It, as well as many other factors, totally destroyed what Fallout 3 could have been.
@ Blaghs re: LoL patch delay.
From what I can puzzle out, the delay was less to do with Hecarim, and much more to do with Viktor. His spells are still wildly broken and glitchy, and I think they decided to just roll fixing Viktor and bringing in Hecarim into one patch. Would I prefer they just grey out Viktor like they did when Maokai was glitching out? Sure. Is the delay really a big deal? Naw.
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There were a whole host of problems that I’m pretty sure weren’t champion specific, that is an inability to surrender at times, and an inability to target certain champions at all, so I don’t think they could just grey out Viktor push forward.
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Oh so they are fixing Viktor? Finally! That’s been a long time coming and I really want to play him more without 80% of my laser shots missing inexplicably and casting cancels due to attempt at micro while moving/retreating.
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Remember with those TB vids he doesn’t review the full game, it’s just first impressions after going through a few levels (Primarily tutorials for most videos). So if it was something that happens hours into the game, he wouldn’t pick it up. Sucks about the bad changes though. The game showed a lot of promise
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Hey!
Thanks for the input. My computer is a laptop and I’m really not game to take a screwdriver to it, so I’ll stick with what’s in it until I build a new desktop. The laptop was a way for me to easily get back into PC gaming after a long hiatus. I do plan on building a desktop at around the end of the year.
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Also, thanks for your views on Grimrock. I’ll be booting it up this weekend and am keen to see if some of the wonder I felt when I discovered Eye of the Beholder holds up.
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Win.
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As fun as it is to mock Twilight, I can’t help but laugh at how much Robert Pattinson doesn’t give a damn about any of that crap.
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I just want someone to ask him “are you dying inside because of Twilight?”
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I don’t think that question even needs to be asked.
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If Twilight causes you physical pain, at least your soul still has a little kick left in it.
Otherwise….
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DR. TAY,
I have a question. Why do my eyes hurt after eating Tim Tams? I had 3 tim tams and a few minutes later my eyes had some slight pressure and watering.
I got confirmation of the dates that I will be flying out to Finland. For those who missed it, I might as well just post it and if it gets out of TAY then so be it. Still rather it not mentioned on twitter or anywhere for now. Im going to the Redlynx offices in Finland in 4 weeks time to hang out with the dudes and play me some Evolution!
So excited now.
Ill be jumping on a plane on 9th of May and getting back around the 19th of May. It’s gonna be awesome and sad at the same time. Ive only ever spent one night at a time away from my son sonce he was born 3 years ago. Going to be really hard for both of us.
Im planning on spending a few days with the devs and checking out Helsinki and surrounding areas. Then I think im going to jump on a boat and cruise overnight to Stockholm for a day? Not really sure whatelse to do. If anyone has been to that part of the world, let me know any more ideas. Im trying to do this on the cheap because it was not something that wife and I had budgeted for so keep that in mind 🙂
Also, any cool Aussie stuff I need to make them do? Im thinking of the vegemite tasting and Sao eating competition (3 within 1 minute without drinking anything or spreading them with anything!) If you have any other fun ideas that I can get these guys to do, let me know ok?
I’ve known about this for literally 3-4 months now, but last night I got the dates confirmed and it’s starting to feel real!!
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Oh lord, that SAO competition is impossible! I’ve tried a few times, and the best I can get is 2 whole ones done in a minute. Get the entire dev team to do it and see who wins!
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Yeah man, plan to film the whole thing too!!! Should be awesome. I nearly killed a dude by playing this once. Nearly choked. SO funny!
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Sounds fun, you deserve it. You put in a lot of hard work.
Just make sure you get your son some Finnish toys and he should be fine. If you can take some photos with the dev. team it would be great, maybe even have them send a shout-out to TAY via video if possible. \o/
Also I hope you plan on writing a feature on your trip and the general vibe of a development studio and Finland itself. I’m sure it will be an interesting read. Maybe even do a video journal of your journey as you leave Australia and explore.
I had posted this on your initial announcement but I’ll just repeat it here. If it’s possible hopefully the devs can give you some signed posters, key chains etc. to give out on TAY.Make sure to TAY it up in the next few weeks because we’ll miss you in May.
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Yeah now that many of my secrets are out, Im going to try and get more involved around here… Certainly a shoutout to TAY would be awesome… I should be able to do it… I was the dude who managed to do a serrels stare on the set of Good Game remember!!! haha.. OK, I’ll try ad remember but I’ll also be back over the next few weeks getting more ideas. As for an atricle or video or whatever.. lets just say that I will have that covered!
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Not trying to throw a pity party but this week BLOWS. I get a hefty parking fine, and then the fricken myki machine takes my money and doesn’t appear on my card. *grumbles*
ANYWAY.
This weekend in Melbourne there is this thingo called Supanova. I’ll be volunteering something I decided in my very unemployed state and now regretting in my very employed state. I don’t know which things I’ll be assigned to but hoping to make a good weekend out of it.
Plus Sarcasm Fairy is going too /o/ (jumps for cake and chocolate)
Also I wish I was a cosplay person cause I could totally do the cosplay as a the volunteer. But I have a maid costume but will that just make me look sad?
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Just get myki days and not myki money, I found that a lot easier… Now I just gotta remember to use the “Top up myki” next time. I got two myki cards currently, lol
re: Red Dead Redemption tonight. Pez was keen on hosting a PS3 session. I’ll try and get in contact with him and see if he’s still up for it.
Otherwise 360 folk should be able to jump in from 8:30 onwards. I’ll probably jump on aound 8ish.
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Sweet. Regarding Undead Nightmare, I cbf going to the shops today, so I’m sticking with normal RDR.
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I don’t think thay are free anymore.
I am pretty sure Myths and mavericks is, so download everybody, but I am pretty sure the liars and cheats pack and the legends and killers pack cost about 800mp each.
I humbly suggest that some of us stick to free roam, at least for a while, so those without the dlc can have some bang bang shoot em up fun.
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I might join in on the 360 action. Haven’t played that game in a long while and didn’t touch multiplayer at all. It just didn’t interest me. Was there for the single player and got more than what I expected. Why risk ruining a good thing by trying out something I wasn’t too keen on?
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Eh I found it fun the first time but after you have ridden around on a donkey shooting up the hideouts once there is little joy in doing it again.
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Nice. A classic.
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Seriously, when I loaded up page 15 (before this post), the only thing I saw was your pageget, with nothing else at all (despite my having posted on this page earlier…). After this post, back to normal. Seems to happen every now and then after I close my browser (auto-deletes cookies, forms, etc), but only in the last week… I’ve sent a tweet to Ben White about it.
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TAY has been weird lately, where a lot of the time you won’t see new comments until you comment yourself.
Doesn’t really seem to have much of an impact on me :p
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I knew what that was before clicking. Well played, Doc.
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I’m glad you clicked it anyway! /hi 5
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Not only clicked, but listened to the whole thing ^_^
/hi5
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Always.
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ladies?
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They make me nervous
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@TheCracks and everyone else
Got a word from my publisher: Volume 3 might only be a fortnight away!
Huzzah
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SHINY!
Will definitely need a signed copy.
Ooooh! Try and get some typo editions that say Book 1 on the spine!-
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Oh and yep, I’ll be getting a bunch of copies in, so happy to distribute them once signed, to willing TAYbies.
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I’m sorry! HAVE A FULL REFUND
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Perhaps while you eagerly await your copies of The Lesser Evil, you could peruse Shane’s site for other works which are free, such as The Tube, a science-fiction novella that explores issues of identity, morality and devotion.
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Wonder if I can get Book Depository to issue customised receipts to peopl who buy my book? 🙂
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IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. BOOK SUPPOSITORY FAIL.
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The notion of a book suppository is highly disturbing.
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It is however highly amusing, so long as you don’t dwell on the dynamics or specifics of such a device.
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Now all I can think of is Hitler in Little Nicky.
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So, I think my blog is getting some extra hits from sexual deviants. Part Sixteen of my story “The Tube” especially.
Coming from search engines, looking for something called “sixteentube” which I’m pretty sure I don’t want to Google…
Don’t know what to do!
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Actually, I guess it’s obvious. If porn will get me more hits, than I just have to start hosting porn.
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Hahaha, awesome! 😛
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I thought so, too 😛
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Doc What is already working on a little film. Perhaps the script could do with a bit of spice..?
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See Doc What’s latest and greatest production:
The Adventures of Harli and Garrus
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correction: *James Vega
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Can’t view the gif, so maybe.
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Save it for later, it’s so worth it.
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is it safe to click at work?
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Yeah, I’d say so.
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lol it doesnt lead anywhere..
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“getting some extra hits from sexual deviants”
Well you do post links in TAY, so what were you expecting
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TIME IT AROUND PEZ’S HOUSE WARMING!!!
Let your curry “warm” my stomach and then butt hole.
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Well that joke was inappropriate…
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Close enough.
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Ah, I’ve done that before. But you’ve been sick lately, right? And eating pumpkin soup? So don’t worry too much about it!
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I get from my desk at work to counter at KFC in less than a minute.
KFC two days in a row is no-no.
Okay, so my father-in-law has had a stent put in and is recovering. He’s okay but we won’t know the extent of the damage until Monday when he has a test done.
So we are still going to Amon Amarth tonight. It’s a perfect distraction, and release from the stresses of last night/today.
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I said this when I saw it a few pages back but, I hope he makes a full recovery and is back on his feet in no time.
I had been in the same situation worrying about my grandfather everytime he had a heart attack, so I know how it is, rather stressful.
and enjoy Amon Amarth tonight! Though I am sure you will \o/
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I didn’t put in any words earlier, but that’s more because I really don’t know what to say in the situation, but recovering is good, so uhh, yeah. And have fun at Amon Amarth.
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Come join me in my cardboard box castle, we can hide together. They’ll never find us in here :3
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Plus you’d need to get past Fuzzwuzza, the stuffed guard doggy first.
Hey, how did you get past him anyway?
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Some things are better left to the imagination, let’s just say.
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i guess you can say that he:
*puts on sunnies*
got stuffed YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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You know what happens when you put foam tiles on paint that hasn’t dried because your moronic work mates didn’t mix it with any hardner ? I will tell you than dirt collects in the little holes and because the paint is still tacky makes it nearly impossible to clean. Grrr SO now i have to spend the rest of the afternoon scrubbing like cinderella and then come in tomorrow and paint this shit.
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But then we will lose one, have to go home with only one shoe and then have some creepy guy with a foot fetish start stalking him
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Lol.
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I know and before Easter i had worked 3 saturdays as well somehow even though we are on a roster it is my turn again . Stupid crap
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So I have been considering the cosplay melbourne thing and Mrs Tigs is interested in going as well. Currently not sure on if I will have time or not but looking for ideas of quick and easier cosplay.
So far the possible ideas of I have are
Magicka
Professor Layton
Twinsen
Mrs Tigs is likely to go as Jade from beyond good and evil
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My first thought was that you were talking about Mortal Kombat and it suddenly made sense why it was banned over here.
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All the cosplays I want to do will cost too much since I’m in Australia :P. Lucky country my shiny metal arse
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Even if I did have the money to spend on one that I would really like to do, I have no where near enough time to spend on it
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Yeah nor would I, I would love to do a Blitzcrank or Mordekaiser cosplay if I were able to, which I can’t sadly
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Thanks Shane, and I would have considered it but it has to be video game cosplay for the record attempt
Man now I want to go back and watch the series again
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I have to put away all the crap that I moved into my room tonight so that I can get my new bed in there tomorrow. This is most irritating as I want to play me some Theme Hospital.
Then some more Theme Hospital.
Oh and I guess RDR.
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We had a customer at my old work place who swore by them. Wouldn’t buy anything else. I think out of the 30+ we sold him, only 2 ever came back
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Since my posts from earlier seemed to disappear into the void I’ll try again with only one hyper link.
Does anyone know of any good sites to find nerdy iPhone cases? I’ve never bought anything similar before I have no idea what a reasonable price is, I found some but they seem a bit expensive.
My favourite so far:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/eddydude584/works/8402671-pokemon-squirtle-family-iphone-ipod-cover?p=iphone-case
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Oh dear this is the only case for a htc velocity on etsy
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95184900/htc-velocity-mobile-case-handmade-3d?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_ref=auto8&ga_search_query=htc+velocity+case&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=handmade-
I don’t see the problem? 😛
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SWEET BABY JESUS.
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a lot of etsy people can do custom sizes. Just search around for different phone cases.
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Kotaku, why do you keep swallowing my messages when I reply to these nice people?
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Did I just start a fight on twitter between Notch and Cliffy B from Epic? I hope so.
CliffyB: But I’m straight, and engaged. “@Sjorinx: I’m not trying to waste you’re time with this, I’m serious. I really wanna take you on.”
Random guy challenges CliffyB to a Gears of War match (a game which he made). I take it out of context, referencing recent events to which Notch was challenged by a pirate to a match of Quake 3, tweeting: @therealcliffyb @Sjorinx Based on recent events between @notch and the internet, i’d definitely start practicing my Quake 3 if I were you 🙂
Cliff replies: Should be UT (Unreal Tournament, an FPS made by Epic). “@EIKapitan: Based on recent events between @notch and the net, i’d definitely start practicing my Quake 3 if I were you :)”
Notch replies to that: @therealcliffyb @EIKapitan nah, I only play good games
CliffyB:@notch Such a troll!
Notch replies: @therealcliffyb ut is to quake what gianna sisters is to mario.
This is a screenshot from Gianna Sisters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C64_Great_Giana_Sisters.png
I’m 99.9% sure that it’s totally tongue in cheek stuff, but that last comment is HARSH. I hope it develops 😀
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Notch: Creator of Minecraft
CliffyB: Cliff Bleszinski from Epic who was one of the lead designers for Gears of War etc.-
I’m pretty sure she was being sarcastic 😛
Update: One of the game designer’s from Volition (Saints Row series): @notch @therealcliffyb So obviously not Minecraft then? #Ooohhsnappss” , then quickly after tweeted: “Before I get flamed for the minecraft tweet: I’m just joking. Mojang and Minecraft are awesome and they deserve the best!”
Twitter has been so much fun today…
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DAMNIT, i need to put my sarcasm hat on so i can understand it….
that’s it, from now on i refuse to be remotely helpful \o/ that’ll make IT support easy
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sorry Pixel, forgot to add /sarcasm
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it’s all good, i clearly need more coffee
*goes and gets coffee*
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CliffyB: Public face of one of the most important gaming companies in existence. Apparently the Unreal Engine is kind of a big deal :p
It needs clarification – when he means ‘Quake’ does he mean Quake, or Q3 Arena? That’ll determine whether it’s harsh or not.
This article and its comments (especially its comments) were fun: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/04/how-to-use-your-electronics-during-takeoff-without-getting-busted/
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Don’t forget the counterpoint article: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/04/counter-point-just-sit-on-the-plane-and-pay-attention-idiot/
Okay all, I’ve just about had enough of this week. I’m buggering off, and I’ll see you all after Kudos. Hopefully, Mark has received my noms for this week (oh Tracey, how I miss your email replies already!)
BAI
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Damn I always forget to send noms
Oh well, I’ll send hugs to strange and BDKIAF (and anybody else with family in hospital) here instead
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Thanks for the reminder, sent an extra one to Mark and also reminded him Tracey forwarded on mine from last week xD
Thoughts on Silent Hill HD Collection anyone? I’ve read the Digital Foundry article and it has made me hesitant to open my copy yet. I mean, I will definitely play it, but I’ve just lost the momentum for now. Maybe I should concentrate on the excellent Metal Gear release – finish MGS2 so I can finally – finally! – play MGS3 for the first time.
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Snake Eater.
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
Seriously. Finish Sons of Liberty, then play Snake Eater.
Snake Eater is now one of my all-time favourite games.
Dat ending…
Alright people, I’m playing Dark Souls, and was wondering of anyone could give me some advice.
I’m up to Anor Londo, so if you’re not, I guess you can’t help, and I’ll rot13 the rest of the text, for safety’s sake.
Fb, V’z yriry 57? V guvax, fnzr yriry gung V gnpxyrq gur ragvergl bs Fraq’ Sbegerff ng, naq V’ir tbg nobhg 100,000 fbhyf ba unaq, naq V’z jbaqrevat, fubhyq V ubyq bagb zl fbhyf sbe yngre, be fubhyq V yriry hc n ovg? V’z univat n zbqrengr ovg bs gebhoyr jvgu gur ovt xavtugl thlf, ohg V orng gur tnetblyr jvgubhg gbb znal ceboyrzf, fb, fubhyq V jnvg hagvy V ernpu gur Oynpxfzvgu naq trg orggre rdhvczrag, be qebc n srj yriryf.
Nyfb, fperj gur obff bs Fra’f Sbegerff. Ur pna qvr va n sver. Fb znal fghcvq xabpxf bss gur rqtr.
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As a general rule it is better to spend souls on upgrades rather than level ups. You are close to the big blacksmith, so you could save ’em for that. BUT, you are headed for a particular area which guarantees some cheap deaths so maybe go ahead and spend the souls now because you’re only going to lose them anyway.
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How cheap are we talking? I’ve mastered the fine art of diving past monsters, recovering my souls, and getting them three steps closer to the bonfire before I die…
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I’ll go into as much detail as you want, but as much as I’ll say for now is that strategy won’t work here.
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Yeah, if you have not gotten to the second bonfire yet then levels.
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Umm, the second one is the one at the bottom of the spirally thing, yeah?
I didn’t have too many problems getting there. I just walked really slowly.
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@Harli, I’m trying to stop auto attacking. That’s what it says *s* is bound to in the options currently
@helpful people, I went with option c (First name “Mawt” Surname) for Double Fine Adventure. In 6 months time you can play the game and get enough information to stalk me.
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hitting s only stops your hero doing whatever action they happen to be in the middle of. so if they see another creep the auto-attack will trigger again and they will try attacking.
you have two options:
– continue to hit s repeatedly, cancel attack animations as needed (my friend does this)
– run around a little to prevent your hero from auto attacking (i do this)-
Can’t you press H to hold fire? Or did it only hold your position?
I normally do Harli’s trick of running around like a spastic as well. You can feint an attack and force the other person back to make them miss cs, and when they get used to it and don’t go back you get a free hit (just be careful about drawing agro, use an orb effect or other ability if you have it).
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yeah, I was trying to be a good support and not take the carry’s last hits, kept auto attacking.
I found that H helps for melee’s a bit more than S – as long as you’re not basing a creep then H should stop you from auto attacking
Focusing camera on my hero is still bad. I think I already mentioned, but I bound spacebar to what 1 used to be (Select Group 1, which sounds nothing like focus hero imo…) but I need to doubletap the spacebar in order for it to work.
Also not impressed with the resolutions. The actual viewable area doesn’t seem change very much, just seems to be scaling for the UI.
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Holy crap TAY was quiet today!
This is what happens when Pez, Anonymous Pessimist, Senor Pez, President Pez, and the 47 other Pez-people aren’t on…
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not blaming you, I blame myself for it since I’m always too busy on TS and LoL during the night 😛
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I still need to ring iiNet. Pain in the arse D=
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Am I going to have to prod you each night on Steam until you do it? 😛
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@Dawn of War 2 peeps – Do you guys still play it? The last man standing mode you guys used to play – is that included in vanilla or do I have to download something?
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Last Stand! \o/
I got a little over it ages ago, but wouldn’t mind jumping in the odd game with people if they happen.
Last Stand comes standard with any version of DoW. You get access to more weapons and characters with the expansions, but you still haven plenty of options with vanilla. All version work together, too.
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…actually, I’m not sure about Retribution working with the others, but if you have Retribution you’ll have the others 😛
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I just got the box set. I have previously played DOW II vanilla SP campaign but that was all
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I still have it, haven’t played in ages.
Last Stand is included, but can be bought as a standalone.
This pattern stuff is making my mind melt >_< Doesn't help that I keep needing to buy stuff and can't find it where I am. I mean, I couldn't find a zip at the shops D=
Also I will have to adjust it to make the corset top how Elizabeth's is. This is the part that I am having trouble wrapping my mind around
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I buy most of my sewing stuffs online. It’s usually cheaper and it’s way easier to find what you need, as well as heaps more variety. Only downside is the waiting.
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Yeah, that’s what I hate. I’d rather have it here and now.
Also any tips on how to change the pattern without making it too big or small?-
About to go out to see Amon Amarth \m/ but if you still need ideas tomorrow I’ll help you then. 🙂
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Oh fuck I’m late, not late in that pregnant way but late in that beautiful mess pez-unprepared fashion that leaves me scrambling for things at the last minute.
RDR tonight bitches. PS3. 8:30PM AEST. BE THERE.
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Yeah because it’s really fun to pl-BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH GOD I NEARLY AHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAHAAA *punches floor* SAID THAT WITH AHAHAHAHAHAHA STRAIGHT FACE AAAAA!
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YES!!!! Never had a chance to try the multi.
Wait a sec… where’s my copy?
… Guess someone borrowed it.Bugger.
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HI TAY!
My copy of Harvest moon innocent life arrived! \o/
However I am enjoying Nintendogs. The dog I adopted actually reminds me of Sid, so I start playing and then suddenly I want to fuss over my own dog. XD
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from what i’ve heard, innocent life isn’t the best, from what i understand apparently it lacks the charm that other harvest moons have, however, tell how it is, if it worth it i’ll get it as well…
Sometimes you just have to laugh, otherwise you risk wanting to cry.
This morning, at 9:55am, I see a new email sitting in my gmail inbox. What’s this? A Mists of Pandaria beta invite? Hooray!
Oh wait, I work from 9-5 ALL WEEKEND!
I upend a table or two, then get back to work. Nothing I can do about it.
I get home. It’s 5:37pm, and I’ve just started cooking dinner. I check my gmail, start loading up the Mists of Pandaria beta… I figure I can get a couple of hours in tonight.
What’s this? Another email? That’s two in a day! That’s a record!
WHAT!? A DIABLO 3 BETA INVITE TOO!?!?
FFffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!
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Woah, sounds rough. Let me help you out. Why don’t you give me that D3 beta invite, and you can play WoW? 😉
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Damn you man =( Blizz hate me, no D3 beta </3
and no MoP cause well, I didn't sign up for the yearly pass so I don't expect one.
Why does no one nominate scree?
Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Okay, I’ll stop right there XD
Also, Congratulations Shane \o/
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Dammit, Blaghman! You’re just too blaghsy to hate!
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I’m a lovable rogue.
Or something.
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I nominated everyone and scree’s a part of that nomination!
There’s a lot more too it than me just nomming everyone but my list of noms was so big that I felt like if I tried to nominate so much people I’d end up forgetting some 🙁
You were on mai list for helping me look for cheap Resident Evil 4 🙂
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But no one ever nominates me specifically D=
Don’t worry I am joking. Thanks for nominating everyone \o/-
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I know you nominated me Blaghman! \o/ And I thank you.
Don’t make someone use Blaghman is disappoint -
They don’t say that I’m disappoint.
Just that Blaghmang is.
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I’m sorry Blaghman /o\
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Apologising, Scree?
Well.
So disappoint.
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But I am sorry /o\
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I’m…I’m…I can’t say anything! D=
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NNTA!
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NNTA!
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I was going to reveal my secret to being nominated, but I sang a song, and nobody nommed me specifically for it, so uhh, I guess my secret is ruined.
Next time, I’ll just have to set up some blackjack, and hookers.
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Bollocks, knew there was something I was forgetting.
I will listen to that song sometime soon.-
Would you like another link to it?
http://soundcloud.com/blaghman/sillyness-aka-cya-t-dawg
Have one anyway. 😛
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Afternoon Tay/nightay/weekendtay/random crazies.
Week is over. Thank the gods. Been feelin a bit crap, been busy, been tired. And ready for some games.
Sorry i havent been on to upset/creepout/inform people, but been one of those weeks. On the upside i think i finally know how to fix/build qnap nas product. now i just need to learn how to use them 🙂
Games this weekend…yup…..they exist. not sure how much i’ll get to play with Greek Easter celebrations with the wifes family, but we’ll see.
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bacon isnt a life style, its a religion. No its not even a religion it is a way of being. it is existence itself.
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It’s almost a shame to eat it. Almost.
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Aww I tried to get teeny tiny text (the one Mark used for his disclaimers in this week’s kudos)
Anyone know the tag for it and if it works?
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I just like the pretty lights.
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Oh, I already know how to break TAY :P, for realsies!
But with great power comes great responsibility…
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Yep tried that and it didn’t work 😛
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I’m so bad with conflict/confrontation of any sort. I had a filling done 2 months ago, my top right wisdom tooth. Because of where it was it was kind of awkward/difficult for the dentist to get into it (go on, laugh) but I noticed a couple weeks ago that the nerves are very sensitive, which leads me to believe that they might be exposed. It’s becoming quite painful and I know I’m going to have to call them to get it fixed because after such a short period of time this shouldn’t be happening but ugh…I don’t even send food back at McDonalds.
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Go see your dentist. They don’t mind. I had a problem with my wisdom tooth, the dentist had trouble getting it out due to the fact that it had 3 prongs or something.The dentist kept my tooth because it was so weird.
Anyway, while they had pulled it out a loose shard of tooth had remained. A week later I couldn’t eat anything, not even jelly. I had to go back, they found the loose shard and pulled it out, no problems =D -
Be really Passive-Aggressive. I don’t like confronting people, but I can passive-aggressive the crap out of them!
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Sending food back at McDonalds is a waste of time – you’re only going to get McDonalds food back.
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A bunch of my friends went to Maccas one time and a friend of mine was half way into eating his burger before realising something was wrong. He was eating a burger that didn’t have any buns and he was too derp and dopey to notice 😛
I wonder how sending that back would’ve gone…
(I wasn’t there but I’ve heard this story a bunch of times)
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All set for PS3 RDR! \o/ And I’ll be able to join in the witty banter this time! Cheap Microphone GET! (I just hope it works… :P). I was going to do assignment work tonight… but this is far more important.
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
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okay internet, i have a question…
does anyone know which store will be selling the lollipop chainsaw pre-order bonus jimmy urine skin in australia?
i’m a massive Mindless Self Indulgence fan, and want that skin, but it appears EB only has the ash skin…
Congratulations Shane on today’s kudos.
To congratulate you I give you a complementary battle cry (apparently this is a thing now, blame Dan)
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD
*not sure if you were referencing that, but i will assume that you were*
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I doesn’t have RDR. I is sad 🙁
I was thinking of borrowing it off a friend again for some multiplayer ecksbocks shenanigans but I figured it would be full again anyway 😛
NAAAW you guys. I didn’t want to win Kudos!
More gracious acceptance speech here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/04/community-kudos-77/comment-page-1/#comment-636681
Also, Mark said “Ginger Bear”. You don’t want to miss it.
I nearly choked on a meat pie.
That’s what I get for eating one with pre-made cheese and bacon. 🙁
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!
So I just tried turning on my Xbox to buy Fez but nothing would happen… I haven’t used it for a few weeks but the power brick has no light. Any ideas on what the problem is? So close to Trials’ release date as well 🙁
I have a 20GB launch model and it’s red ringed once a few years ago but has since been ‘repaired’ by Microsoft.
HALP ME PLS TAY!
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I think the light should be on on the brick if it’s plugged in, regardless of whether the Xbox is plugged in. I can test this when I get home (in a few hours).
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SHHH GREENIUS!
Maybe next time double, triple check that the power brick is plugged in and not only half plugged in…
Problem solved! Thanks all!
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Cheers!
And now I wait.
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Well, this is awkward :\
What’s your PS3 name? Sorry man, do you have twitter? We generally go twitter mode when RDR happens. -
Twitter was also where he posted his PSN ID 🙂
TAY and Twitter work in unison 😀
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I thought someone would.
It’s not so much the boning but rather the pattern being unclear and hoping you understand pattern language. It doesn’t really say anything about the hem which is a huge pain.
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I’m glad I can live up to expectations!
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Sticks and stones may break your BONES…… Eh my attempt at humour has failed. Keep your chin up though.
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It’s plastic =P Easy to cut thank goodness
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It’s harder with two syllables
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Yeah, I know right?!
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Or repond “Good morrow. Does thine do well?” Or something like that
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Possibligh.
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something like that
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honestly, i have no idea what i said myself
Hmm.. Perhaps I should have been on time for RDR. Pez is making me sadface by not accepting my friend request. I’m going to assume he hates me.
@ those who play WoW, you guys got any transmog sets going?
I’ve got err 4 complete rogue sets working on another 3 =D
Bloodfang Tier 2
Deathmantle Tier 5
Slayers Tier 6
Merciless Gladiator Arena Season 2
I partially have Night Slayer Tier 1
and then I want to collect;
Night Slayer Gold Recolour (from BC heroics)
Bloodfang Blue Recolour (from BC heroics)
Valorous Bonescythe Tier 7 (Tier 3 recolour)
Yes, I have way too much spare time.
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I started a T1 hunter set before quickly realising they look rubbish. Most of the hunter sets do. Plus most of the mail gear looks rubbish on Draenei males anyway. They are more suited for BC plate.
BC had my favourite look. My priest has a mixture of old BC raid/PvP gear that I think looks good together.
Bloodfang armor is my favourite armor set in the game. I also like Paladin Judgement gear. There’s a set in can get in BC heroics that looks similar, but in purple and it looks badass. I intend on getting it for my pally should I ever actually get him to level cap (he’s currently at 57).
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Mate who has a human hunter has a rather nice mog set I can never remember his characters name though >_> he was one of the hunters that joined us in Sunwell that time though xD
That looks pretty rad, only priest set i’ve seen I liked was Tier 3 but the nice looking set isn’t available now =(
My mate has the Judgement set, it looks rad. Especially in Holy with the mace from Kara & the shield you get from being exalted with the faction from Isle of Quel’Danas.
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Yep! It works better now but sometimes the gravatars still like to switch. I was reading TAY on the bus earlier today and wondered why I had lambo’s pic 😛
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Still no games at my front door. Another weekend without ME3, MKKomplete or SH Downpour. I have waited for so long. Why nust you make me cry so often OGS. Is it something I said? Its because i grabbed my last few games retail isny it? Baby, they didnt mean nothing. A man has needs. What? What? Its not a big deal.
Guess I’ll keep playing through ME2 again with my Jersey Shore Senior Citizen.
A question for the all knowing TAY
Given that I spent over $3000 on flights to Iceland today (plus insurance, tour deposit etc) maybe this isn’t the best time to be asking about spending more money, but I’ve been thinking. There are 2 games that are fairly widely regarded as among the best ever. Both I have never played, both would require me to buy a new console. I’ll still probably leave this until after my trip, but it occured to me now so I’m throwing it out there.
Option a) A PSP with Persona 3 or
option b) A 3DS with Snake Eater?
To be honest, I’ll probably get more use out of the 3DS in the long run, but I can get a PSP much cheaper. What should I do first? Decisions, decisions. Any suggestions?
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I think Ynefel was selling his US 3DS with games (inc. Snake Eater).
I get that PSP is cheaper but wouldn’t a Vita be better since it’s the newer console? Not sure what Vita games you’d be interested in though. If I recall you don’t have any consoles so getting MGS HD Collection is out of the question but you could always get it on Vita if you end up going with that. I wasn’t a fan of the 3DS Snake Eater demo and at least with the HD Collection you’ll get 2 (on Vita) or 2 and PW, so more value for money 🙂
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There’s really nothing else on the Vita that has caught my eye yet. I guess if its backwards compatible with the original PSP its an option, because I could get both games on it. Would that work?
It would be good if I could buy the 3DS off Ynefel, but I’m probably not going to be getting any of this until at least August. Too much money going on the trip.
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Yep pretty sure Persona 3 should work 😀
From what I understand with the Vita/PSP backwards compatibility is that you’ll need to download the games off the PSN store. This is a problem for those who already have the UMD because they’re essentially re-buying a game just to get it to work on the Vita. The US PSN store has more content for better prices as well so you may have to set up a US account and find out a way to get PSN cards for it (unless you don’t mind using the AUS store).
I don’t have a Vita so try asking other TAYbies if you have more questions :D, hopefully what I said is true and/or helpful :). And if you need recommendations for 3DS games then just holla!
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Not all old PSP games are available to download from the PSN store. This might vary between regions, but I don’t believe any region has all the games. I can’t remember if Persona 3 is on the list of available games at the moment.
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(Available to buy for Vita, I mean.)
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Yeah I’d think P3 would be on that list though since it was pretty popular
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Amon Amarth were awesome. And the crowd were super-incredibly loud.
I hate that the Hi-Fi Bar has nowhere to sit though. I’m a woman in her mid-thirties who’s given birth naturally to two eight pound babies so when I have to stand up for a long time my back screams at me and my womb starts to feel as though gravity is trying to rip it out of me. Unfun.
Amon Amarth played like a billion songs. They’d been playing forever and I thought they must be finishing soon but then I saw the setlist on the sound guy’s computer and they still had seven songs to go. At that point I gave in to old lady despair and sat down on the stepped area near the exit for the rest of the gig.
I love the music of Amon Amarth but even though I love guitars, vocals are the hook for me when I’m listening to music and the singer is just really monotonous which is probably why I didn’t try and stick it out longer.
It was amusing to see their faces though and recognise them as people I’d shared lifts with and even spoken to on the first 70000 Tons cruise without knowing who they were. 😀
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Totes Jelly. About the Amon Amarth part, not the womb falling out. You can keep that part.
Side observation: You really don’t look your age. If pressed without knowing I would have said late 20’s.
Just finished Mass Effect 3. Here’s my thoughts:
V’z xvaq bs eryvrirq gung Furcneq qvrq ng gur raq. Gur jubyr birenepuvat gurzr bs fnpevsvpr ernyyl uvg ubzr gura. Jura ur jnf ybbxvat ng uvf oybbql unaqf, naq gur Nqzveny pbzrf ba gur enqvb, naq Furc tbrf, “Jung… jung qb lbh jnag zr gb qb?” V tbg nyy rzbgvbany. Cbbe Furcneq, whfg yrg uvz qvr va crnpr!
Gbgnyyl jrveqrq bhg ol gur svany phgfprarf gubhtu, abg fher V trg jung unccrarq. V qvq fbzr erfrnepu naq nccneragyl gurer’f fbzr vaqbpgevangvba gurbel gung rkcynvaf vg nyy, ohg guvf unf orra qrohaxrq ol Ovbjner… Jbaqre jung jvyy or va gur arj phgfprarf orvat eryrnfrq fbba?
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Gur vaqbpgevangvba gurbel vf abg gehr, vg jnf whfg crbcyr tenfcvat ng fgenjf orpnhfr gurl qvqa’g jnag gb oryvrir jung unq npghnyyl unccrarq. Gurer jnf n jubyr nppbzcnalvat pbafcvenpl gurbel gung Ovbjner qryvorengryl znqr na vapbzcyrgr raqvat ohg jvgu uvagf nobhg vaqbpgevangvba bayl gb fryy n arj raqvat ivn QYP. Arrqyrff gb fnl, gung’f abafrafr.
furcneq pna npghnyyl fheivir, vs lbh cvpx gur Qrfgebl bcgvba jvgu na RZF uvture guna 5000. Naq juvyr V yvxr gur gurzr bs fnpevsvpr, n ybg bs gur bgure guvatf cerfrag va gur raqvat frrzrq ernyyl bhg bs cynpr sbe gur frevrf (gur yratguf Ovbjner jrag gb znxr n tnzr nobhg eryngviryl ernyvfgvp fpvrapr, bayl gb vagebqhpr yvgreny zntvpny qrvfz ng gur raq jvgu gur tbq-xvq).
Whqtvat ol fbzr bs gur pbzzragf Cngevpx Jrrxrf unf orra znxvat gb snaf erpragyl, gurl’er tbvat gb onpxgenpx ba n ybg bs gur jbefg vzcyvpngvbaf bs gur raqvat (gung fvapr gur erynlf ner qrfgeblrq geniry vf vzcbffvoyr naq rirelbar fgneirf gb qrngu, fnl), ol fnlvat rirelbar nqbcgf Erncre grpuabybtl, ohg… V’z sehfgengrq gung vg jnf rire frra nf n tbbq qrpvfvba ol Ovbjner. Gbb pbashfvat.
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Me too!!! When I was a kid, people used to tell me I should do voice acting cos I was always speaking with weird accents or tones and stuff. I was so excited when I saw that clip! Looks awesome!
Well.. just over the 57 hour mark with no sleep or food.. yet I feel neighter tired or hungry :\ I was hoping to get some shuteye last night after finishing off this hellish week, but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.
Dear Pez,
Don’t feel bad about the RDR stuff. I ended up going to sleep, which I should have been doing anyway. Next time I’ll attempt to actually be on time.
Yours in future punctuality,
BDKIAF
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No dramas! Will add you to the list and make sure you’re in there pew pew pewing with us next time 🙂
Heeeeeyyyyy TAAAAYYYYYY. How is your Saturday morning? I’m on the train to Supanova. Kinda tired. I had this girl last night get super cross at me and looked at me like a moron because they missed out on pizza and she couldn’t find the leaders and I didn’t know.
Anyway. I feel like a large cup of coffee.
Picked up Shadows of the Damned yesterday based on what people have said about it in TAY.
Also found Gattaca on Blu-Ray for $8! SOLD!
So I’m thinking we need organise a Mount & Blade: Warband multiplayer session. I know Pez is keen for it too, and there’s at least 8 TAYbies with it.
Is anyone interested?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
Problem solved!
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Any Sydney TAYbies want to go indoor rock climbing today?
Pez expressed interest. Anyone else?
Potential spontaeneous micro Meat?
(Probably @ St Peters or St Leonards)
Man, Demon’s Souls is a sight easier than Dark Souls I reckon. Out of the 11 bosses I have so far defeated only two of them I did not just walk in and own first try.
Sure I have done some of it before but still.
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I’ve only perished in two boss battles in Demon’s Souls, but dozens of times ‘in the field’. From all accounts, it sounds like the boss battles in Dark Souls are much harder.
I can’t believe how awesome my brain is today, considering I’m now up to 62 hours with no sleep.
I needed to remote in to a machine at one of my customers networks, but remote access was disabled.
So remote in to the domain controller, and from there, remote registry edit on the machine, followed by a remote reboot by the command prompt and BAM! Access! FIGJAM!
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You should really get some sleep man before you pass out or something D=
But props to the problem solving =D!
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it’s not meth! just dex.. big difference 😉 lol
but seriously, I need to get this job knocked over, firstly so I can be free to work at my other job next week without too much hassle, and secondly so I can get as many hours of pay as possible as quickly as possible 😉 -
Speaking of meth, I was at the chemist yesterday and saw a sign “No Pseudoephedrine kept on the premises” I was thinking “Where am I meant to get my pseudo then to make meth, like in breaking bad?!”
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lol I’ve seen a few of them around too. Looks like around 2 -3 more houra and I’ll finally be free! Hopefully my body wont just crash once the pressure’s off. I’d like to stick to my regular sleeping hours if I can.
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So I was reading something about the “shocking amounts” of information people can find out about you with just a simple google search. Figured I would try it out… and there is nothing about me on the internet.
foreveranonymous.jpg
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hehe that reminds me.. I should dig around in my stuff and find the t-shirt my sister gave me a number of years ago. It says “sometimes when I’m alone, I google myself”
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Really depends on what name you have. My first and last name are pretty common so there’s pretty much nothing on me :D.
My friend’s last name is “Lenehan-Moustafa” can anyone guess how much Lenehan-Moustafas there are? Answer: not a lot.
Searching by online handles can be a different story though :). OMFG I NOW KNOW THE ORIGIN OF YOUR TAY HANDLE!
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Yeah my name is pretty common so I wasn’t expecting much. I thought maybe if I filtered it down by the name of my school/town/whatever it would help… but still nothing. xD Didn’t even pick up my Facebook. 😛
ps. PARTIAL origin 😉
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hahaha i was using this handle long before TAY even existed! 😉
My real name’s the only one on the planet as far as I know!
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Yeah, the only thing that shows up for me is Facebook and there is no personal info on it and is set to private besides.
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Ride around and stab things!
There is no plot or goals you just do whatever.
I rode around as a mercenary for a while, won a tournament, joined a lord’s army, sacked some towns, betrayed said lord and stole said towns, set myself up as king, got married and set about achieving world domination. -
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you get ready to have an epic match with us at some point.
Really though it takes a while to get used to because the game sort of dumps you in the midst of things and goes OK HAVE FUN NOW.
The best thing to start doing is recruiting troops so you can go up against roaming bandits. Do some googling as well because there are lots and lots of helpful and handy guides to getting to grips with combat and getting a small army up and running.
It’s worthwhile to align yourself with a faction when you get the chance so you can acquire towns etc.
Also, review the starting questions guides online – certain answers will give bonuses to certain skills.
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You know, I was just playing M&B Warband multiplayer (against bots) the other day, and was thinking “Wouldn’t it be fun to play this with real people?”. So yeah. We should totally play it sometime soon. That and NFS HP.
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Best option for a beginner: identify which faction you like (for reasons you can decide on) and go chat to their various nobility. They’ll give you tasks and such, and eventually you can go talk to their leader and become a part of their faction.
Oh, and visit villages to build an army.
TAYBIE TOUGH’UN WORKOUT POST!
Cardio: 2.5k – concerned the sun is going to start affecting my lovely white pallor. I didn’t work on this nerd tan just to lose it to some bronzed skin.
WORKOUT: Lower back/Quad day (core)
Lower back: Deficit deadlifts
Wamup: 1×8 [15kg dumbbell]
1×9 [55kg barbell]
1×8
1×7
1×7
Quads: Front squats
1×8 [20kg barbell]
1×8
1×8
1×8
Triceps: Seated french press [interim exercise with light weights as the previous/next tri workouts are 48 hours either side of today, allowing for recovery]
1×10 [7.5k dumbbell]
1×9
1×8
1×9
My t-shirt order has finally arrived \o/
I was looking at my playtime is over shirt and realised my answer to the question asked << a couple of pages. Which source material would I like to see made into a game.
What I want is American McGee's Peter Pan
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American McGee’s Peter Pan sounds awesome!
Kidnap McGee, put up a kickstarter project and make it happen Tigerion!
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I AM THE GREETEST AT DARK SOULS!
Got to what Jo said was the stupidly cheap part of Anor Londo, beat it in three goes, and didn’t lose my souls.
I now have a flaming sword, too. I don’t know if it’s any good, but it looks cool!
Now I’m too afraid to go any further, and I’m contemplating going back and grinding some more…
Another day at work being told how shit I am at everything yet still being asked to DO everything. I could use a shoulder rub. I said, I COULD USE A SHOULDER RUB. *crickets*. WUTEVA.
Another day at work being told how shit I am at everything yet still being asked to DO everything. I could use a shoulder rub. I said, I COULD USE A SHOULDER RUB. *crickets*. WUTEVA.
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double post? What is this madness?
THIS IS SPARTA!
No it’s not.
It could be Sparta.
It’s not Sparta, dude.
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Nobody panic!
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Don’t mention the war! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right.
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Once you get in, you can’t get out
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My feelings. They hurt.
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Wait. You come here to have intelligent conversation??
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It’s a talent of mine :3
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I’MMAKAY
I just have to muster the energy to do work on my assessments tonight. 3 weeks to go. I NEED MOAR TIME.
I haven’t been drinking. I swear.
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It’s buggered off, thankfully.
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Full time work and full time study are a bad combination.
Maybe you should try a glass of wine to get the stupid, work people out of your mind before you get back into your assessments. Of course the trick with that is to limit it to a single glass of wine, otherwise your study time will become TAY and games time-
It’s only part time. If I worked there full time I probably would’ve quit already :\
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Yeaaaah. They hired me to replace their apprentice who quit by raging and throwing a mannequin’s head across the salon. So there is certainly a precedent for that kind of thing.
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I’m just going to assume that Mannequin is your bosses name
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No. It’s a training mannequin head. Unfortunately.
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Sounds like a lovely place to work, I bet they’d be stuffed if you didn’t turn up and do everything though!
Apparently I give good shoulder massages, but not sure if said people were being kind so they didn’t hurt my feelings or not D=
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We both fail… 🙁
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THIS IS A SINGLE POST!
A winrar is I?
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I’m still out. 🙁 and getting a lift from the folks who are late…
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iSketch starts at 8:30 🙂
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@Virus: Continuing the discussion about transmog gear from the last page, the only hunter set I like is S1 gear. It’s the only one that really scales well with male Draenei.
First off:
FEZ IS AWESOME. ERRYONE GO BUY NAO.
Secondly:
TRAILS! 😀
Thirdly:
I know iSketchies was moved but I don’t really feel like it now :P. Let me know on Steam/here if you’re still up for it at 8:30 😀
Games are so much more enticing when I have work to do! 😛 I’ve been playing Dillon’s Rolling Western on the 3DS during my (frequent) assignment breaks. It’s surprisingly fun for a tower defence game! (I usually hate them, but I wanted to support new IP).
Thinking about it now… it’d be awesome to have Dillon as a new character in the next Smash Bros game (and Mallo from PullBlox!)… Anyway, I’m rambling because I don’t want to get back to work. ;_;
Ok, I knew there were multiple endings to 999, but I didn’t realise I’d have to find them all if I wanted to find out what happens at all. At least I’m assuming thats what I’ll have to do. Just finished my first “playthrough” and it finished with a TO BE CONTINUED after fnagn chyyrq n tha ba whar naq sbeprq npr naq ybghf gb tb guebhtu gur avar qbbe, yrnivat zr frira naq pybire fgvyy ba gur obng jvgu ebhtuyl na ubhe na n unys yrsg orsber jr nyy trg oybja gb uryy. Fbzrguvat jnf va n pbssva xabpxvat ohg v qvqa’g unir nal pyhrf gb gur cnffjbeq gb bcra vg. V’q unq pybire jvgu zr zbfg bs gur jnl guebhtu naq gurer boivbhfyl fghss fur’f abg gryyvat zr. V’z nyfb bs gur bcvavba gung fanxr vf fgvyy nyvir, naq svaqvat uvz vf gur jnl jr nyy trg bhg. Ohg jul pna’g v qb gung abj? Be vf ur gur bar va gur pbssva naq v unir gb svaq gur evtug nafjref ba gur jnl guebhtu gur obng fb gung v pna yrg uvz bhg?
Or should I just shut up, stop asking questions and just keep playing to find out?
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As far as I can remember, you have to play the game through at least twice to get the “true” ending. One ending is a dead-end, but then it unlocks the true ending for the next play-through (but you still have to make the right choices to get there). It’s great that you can speed through text you’ve already seen when you replay it, though.
I found spoiler-free walkthroughs to be a huge help (they just tell you which key choices to make to get each ending). I wanted to make sure I got the true ending on my last play-through. 😛
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it looked like you got so angry at the too be continued, that you just started hammering your keyboard 😛
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BU ZNA ABIN JR NER GUR ORFG
Fb gung’f gur cngu gb gur ‘gehr’ raqvat jurer lbh arrq gb qb nabgure ebhgr naq gura tb onpx gb vg.
Fb jung jr qvq jnf qbbef sbhe, frira gura bar. Lbh arrq gb qb svir rvtug fvk, gura er-qb sbe sbhe frira bar. Lbh trg gur pbqr va svir rvtug fvk naq lbh arrq gb unir qbar vg gb ceterff va sbhe frira bar. Vg’f frzv-rkcynvarq orpnhfr lbh gnc vagb gur xabjyrqtr npprffrq ol lbhe nygreangr frys naq, jryy, lrnu. Gung’f nyy V unir gb fnl nobhg gung V thrff. Zbfg bs gur erfg jvyy or rkcynvarq bapr lbh trg gb gur raq bs gur gehr raqvat.-
Ugh, I went through it again, picked the wrong doors. Got the bad end where clover goes psycho
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It’s an experience, that’s for sure.
But yeah, I managed to stumble upon the true path first but couldn’t progress, and on my second playthrough I just did all the other doors, which was the one I needed. Then I was all “Wat.” So then I looked everything up and I’ll admit, I didn’t like that I had to playthrough the first ending I got, but maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, that story.
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Also, from what I’ve seen – Santa’s a dick. Just throwing that out there
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And of course as I write that, I get to the part where he talks about his kid sister. Now I feel like a dick
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iSketch on now 😀
Room is “jeeeole’s room”. Since it’s a private room it should be down the bottom of the list.
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We’re on a new word list, that is less crap, except it just gave me “fill” and how the hell do I draw that?
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People will always guess the wrong thing, trust me. It looks more like full, or something.
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Hahaha, Blaghman has no emotion.
Except burning contempt.
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Yo TAY people, my computer is a pile of junk and i need a new one. I’m not the most knowledgeable person in the world with PC parts, but this is what I’ve come up with (And by come up with, i mean this was suggested to me on twitter)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/dalziel_86/Rufflebuild2.png
Yes? No? Maybe?
I’ll probably repost this on Monday seeing as no one will see this.
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Maybe, but you don’t have to spend that much to get roughly same performance, I just threw this together in a few minutes comes in around 200 bucks cheaper.
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My only requirements are
1. Bluray drive
2. 3.0ghz or above processor
3. 8 gigs ramOther than that, i’m open to any suggestions. I’m pretty sure I’m blowing this months paycheck on this PC, so after my car rego and bills, i can go very high in terms of money.
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A’ight sounds pretty awesome. I’ll repost a build similar to my mates (he basically went all out) and spent about 1400, so much power for so little money these days.
Makes me sad when my PC that I built back in 06/07 was about 2 & a half grand and was such a beast, by today’s standards it’s like bottom of the pond x.x
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Wait Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit is only 95 bucks for OEM o.o damn.
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You’d only be using it for storage mang, doesn’t really matter. Well that’s how I see using green drives. Pretty much why I bought one, and it was like 20 bucks cheaper than the next 1TB at the time.
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FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
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NERD OFF!
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WINNER GETS MY POKEMON CARDS.
Just kidding. No one will ever get my Pokemon cards >:(
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YOU HAVE POKEMON CARDS!!!
THOSE WERE SO AWESOME!!!
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They’re only the original 151 though.
AKA the best ones.
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what do you mean ‘were’…?
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Hmm, didn’t know that. Cheers for that man. I shall keep that in mind for future reference.
Did anyone see what Yug owner of the ManaBar posted on Facebook/Twitter about a semi-nude male gamer journo calendar? Even Serrels is getting in on it!
He even liked my comment about TAY, but I think I nominated everyone to buy a copy of said calender, I hope you’re okay with this.
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Im not sure who that is, but I am sure Bajo could be talked into it, since he got talked into wearing a tutu on Good Game xD
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I’m Batman.
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True.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIDAN!
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Mount and Blade: Warband: Running Around Stabbing Things is fun!
Not entirely sure I could play out a whole game though. As awesome as it sounds to do the whole ‘become a powerful lord and rule things’ thing, battles and gaining power seem to be a bit… formulaic (talk to random NPC X, gain approval, join their house, repeat). Maybe I’d just like a little bit more structure and variety? It seems like all the missions are randomly generated, every village is a copy of every other village, and the houses/factions/whatever don’t really have enough to distinguish them that I’d feel like joining it had any particular meaning.
Fire and Blade also came with the $7.50 pack I bought, I did like that it was easier to get into (a lot more money at the start, and easier hand-hold-y missions) but the setting they chose with the Polish Commonwealth was possibly more confusing than the fictional kingdoms in Warband. As soon as someone started talking about Ukranian cossacks and Crimea I just completely tuned out.
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I daresay that mount and blade is more focused on warfare than diplomacy and complex political intrigue…
If you’re not a fan of getting onto the battlefield and charging into combat and swinging a weapon into people’s faces, then I daresay you shall not enjoy this much at all.
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The Walking Dead;
Fb gung svany rcvfbqr, abg fher jung gur jevgref ner trggvat ng urer jvgu gur GI frevrf. Pney trgf fubg orsber ur xvyyf Funar? Vs gurl jrer cebcreyl sbyybjvat gur tencuvp abiry (nppbeqvat gb zl zngr) gura Funar fubhyq’ir qvrq va gur svefg frnfba gurer jbhyq or ab PQP & Wraare.
Ohg bire nyy, gung 2aq unys bs gur frnfba tbg zr onpx vagb gur fubj nsgre gung nolfzny svefg unys. Vg jvyy or vagrerfgvat jung gur qrny jvgu gur cevfba vf gung jnf va gur svany cna fubg bs gur svany rcvfbqr.
Jbhyq or vagrerfgvat vs gurl ghea vg vagb gurve bja yvggyr pbzzhar xvaqn qrny, vg xvaq bs znxrf frafr gb zr, fvapr cevfbaf ner frpher naq n ybg bs gur gvzr frys fhssvpvrag sebz gur bhgfvqr jbeyq.
It also got me thinking what if something like a virus (lol no not me) that infected the people in The Walking Dead actually happened on a massive scale like this in our modern world, what would you do? It makes me wish I owned something like this to bunker down in!
So that Gaem of Thrones RPG is released in a month. o__o
I’ve heard nothing about it, which probably isn’t a good sign. Hoping it’s a decent game, the developers look to have worked hard and I’m a bit tired of IP tie-ins that are terrible.
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I’m expecting it to be… ok.
The Game of Thrones not really an RTS was decent, so long as you didn’t expect it to work like a normal RTS, so uhh, yeah.
BAD NEWS ='(
So i got out my N64 today and decided that i wanted to play Super Mario 64 and it wouldnt work opened it up to check if it was just dusty and the module had blown ='(
Then decided to get out Zelda Ocarina Of Time that was also stuffed ='(
So depress i had always been so careful with cleaning etc of my games.
I’m actually so sad they were my favourite games on N64 and now im stuffed.
What do i do?
I’m so lost without them!
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Sad Link… 🙁
What to do? Buy them again? 😛
I’m sure you’ve got the box and manual so it shouldn’t be too hard to find the cartridge by itself in a decent condition 🙂
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There are places that might be able to repair them for you. Otherwise go to gametraders or Cash convertors and by new ones
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I opened them up and they have actually burnt out dont know why though.
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I checked Cashies and there is none listed on their site.
You can get the stuff delivered. Here’s which GT’s have it
http://www.gametraders.com.au/retro-search
On Ebay you’ll be paying similar prices to what you’ve paid GT-
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/Games-/139973/i.html?_nkw=majora%27s+mask&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282
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And here is Gumtrees.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-melbourne/majora%27s+mask/k0l3001317
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wow thanks so much =D
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No, not at all…
Some idiots thought we were and kept saying a bunch of random crap. Then they totally cheated and the admin kicked them out lol
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I was beating Bishfriend at one point there, but then I got bad lag and I missed out on the last two rounds /o\
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you joined? D:
WHEN?!
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When you left they sent a message to everyone and we all joined in. 😛
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Around 10:15
Don’t tell me you didn’t even suspect I was on! Did I not mention hobos enough! D:
“Hobo in a box”
“H-h-h-hobo breaker”
And others.
/o\Also, “chups”. 😛
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Haha, I think I only won one round, and the rest of the time I was stuck at the bottom of the score thingy.
BUT THAT ONE ROUND I BEAT THAT MADDIE PERSON WHO CAME SECOND
THATS ALL THAT MATTERED
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To tell you the truth, Bish and I were cheating a little.
Mostly because we’d ask the other “how do I draw this?”
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Can you imagine that conversation?
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Everyone has a tablet but me :'(
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HI TAY! \o/
For the girls on TAY certain Myer and David jones stores are accepting old Macaras in exchange for Clinique’s top selling mascaras.
Basically go up to the Clinique counter, ask if they’re a part of the scheme, hand over your old mascara, get a new one. Win.
It’s only for a limited time and it starts today
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No, it has to be the whole mascara
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So where did you disappear to last night? Cake concluded you’d gone all Klutar on us and passed out.
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Putting 12 sour Warheads in your mouth at once = Losing all feeling and control of your face = uncontrollable drooling.
Totally worth it.
Did you ever play Dungeon Master? The first 8 Might and Magics? Ultima Underworld?
That style of gameplay! If i had money, I’d have thrown it their way on day 1! It looks awesome!!!
So my order just arrived after a backlog at my local Harvey Norman from the sale. got on PS3: Saints row 3, god of war 3, Batman Arkham City and on PC Cod MW3 (cant go wrong for $30 even if the multi is the same as the rest) for a total of $120.26. At least this will take the edge off break Super Mario 64 and Zelda:OOT.
Also worst order security i just went in there said i had an order to pick up and the guy just took the form and went around picked up the games put them in a bag and sent me on my way. they didnt even check to make sure it was a legit order or even mark it off. Anyone else had that experience at their local Harvey Norman. Half expecting another call to remind me my order is still there lol.
The Real Taybie Tough’un Workout
Everything
-Triple whatever Pez does because I’m not a pussy and can handle a little workout.
Warm down
-Sauna with several French catwalk models.
I expect everyone here to follow this to the letter tonight and maybe I won’t be embarrassed to be seen talking to y’all.
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Eh.
Push a dumptruck with the scoop filled with hardened concrete up Mount Kosciuszko and we’ll talk.
😛
Everyone keeps saying how awesome I am but they keep misspelling my name.
It’s PEZ, people. There’s no F.
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I had no idea what TAYbar was, so I googled it…
http://www.hairraisingstories.com/BottlePictures/Murro/TAY_BAR_HT.jpgThat just raises further questions!
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From what I’ve gathered, I think it’s just a bunch of TAYbies getting drunk and talking on Team Speak 😛
Correct me if I’m wrong but that’s my guess 🙂
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Oh, damn xD
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Not *everyone* was getting drunk…
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I think by the time it started a lot of them were already drunk, which makes it a different matter.
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What time was it? Damn you cool kids and your staying up lateness…
I popped on TS for a bit but it was just Dota (I think?) talk 🙁
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I’ll go with “very late” as the time.
I barely made it up before Midday today…
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Why is it when I say I play Nintendog’s I get “that” look. It’s not a bad game! In fact it’s quite accurate with the way the dog reacts.
I know it’s considered a casual girly game but has that stopped people playing harvest moon or Animal crossing? I don’t think so.
I just don’t understand it =(
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To balance it out, I recommend you play some Manhunt. It’s about as badass as a game can get.
Also, Harvest Moon was awesome.
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Well, this is the part I don’t understand is they know I play things like bioshock and gears of war also =/
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People just like to hate things. I’ve played the original Nintendogs! It was fun but I don’t think I’d ever actually buy one (I stole my brothers copy :P).
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It’s either quiet, or everybody has discovered a secret TAY function that blocks us from seeing their posts! It’s a conspiracy.
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Scree and Sid’s workout
Scree: 3 laps of the park and mowed the front lawn
Sid: 3/4 lap of the park and played with a beagle pup
So go in lincraft and must decide between a 25cm or 30-35 cm zip. I ended up with the 30-35 one after changing my mind 4 times.
It’s too long D=
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Sure?
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Same D=
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Are you sure that you’re not sure?
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Yep!
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You should be able to cut the zip down at the bottom end to the length you require. Then just do bar tacks at the new bottom of the zip to make sure the zipper won’t come off.
For those who didn’t get a chance to go to Video Games Unplugged this week, or for those who did and want more musics, then I have some news for you. Just got and email from Video Games Live, another gaming concert group. They will be streaming their concert live from El Dorado Arkansas on http://www.twitch.tv/videogameslive from 10 am tomorrow morning our time. I’ve been waiting for them to announce dates for their Australian shows which are coming later in the year, but no such luck yet. This will have to do for now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlSF0dtDRD8
Not sure if it’s old but it’s quite possibly the best thing ever! Guaranteed to make you laugh!
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Oh wow. haha! I was doing well by not laughing until the “Ooh, precious food!” lady. And then the old woman. Tears in my eyes. xD
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“NOW DAT’S WAT I’M TALKIN’ BOUT. WOWWWWW YHHHHGHGHGHGHYHHHHHHHHHH!”
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@ Scree:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/04/talk-amongst-yourselves-168/comment-page-19/#comment-637843
Too long is better than too short.
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That is what i was thinking. I might need you help editing a pattern Strange. I’ll try to do it by myself first but I thought I’d give you a heads up in case I need it
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THAT’S GOOD TO HEAR! STUPID JANUARY AND OUR BIRTHDAYS…
Since we’re twins and all I’m going to pretend that some of the birthday wishes said today were directed at me 😀
…HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREENIUS!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREENIUS
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Hah! I haven’t had anything worthwhile to contribute to TAY for aaaaages! It’s all just been random rot and silliness… 😛
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Still 404ing for me :'(
When I hover over the link it says “penguin with a gun.jpg” (with spaces) so maybe that’s the problem? I WANNA SEE THE PENGUIN WITH A GUN!
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Well some of us have been suckling the teat of Blizzard for too long and get homesick when we migrate, so we come back to what is familiar to us =P
Like my mate couldn’t even stay away for a year xD
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U tink ur funy but ur not I kik ur ass at cod u nam map n I will bet u but u cant use FAMAS lik a n00b
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Man, it must be painful typing like that. Tell me, have your fingers been acting suspiciously lately? Because they may be planning mutiny.
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My fingers have tried to throw a coup a few times in the last few months, but that had more to do with them getting sick of the utter nonsense I was getting them to type, but I swiftly dealt with them by sticking them in a puddle of mud formed from bonfire ashes and chilli sauce. Needless to say, they learnt their lesson pretty quickly.
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I’m going to call you Curtis. Simply because you get mad at the smallest of things, like this kid who I unfortunately know called Curtis.
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It’s like you’re naming a pet 😛
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I’ll look after real good I promise and feed* him every day! =D
*I like feeding the trolls.
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I totally a word there.
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Call of Doody? Bitch please Hats is where the real men fight it out!
I say L4D! … Oh wait, that’s co-op…
Hats is gay n 4 suxxors fags tat cabt han dell cod
What about Brink?
Yeah. I’m not doing this anymore. It is causing actual physical pain to write like that.
Really? Or is it because you can’t bring yourself to say anything bad about Brink? 😛
I don’t know how people do it
Saw Sandy once before and thought it was just a TAY newbie 😛
Then I was all WHO IS THIS RUDE PERSON >:(
Pez, who else =P
So you’d fit right in then, I guess you could say you’d feel at home.
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Sparkly nail polish!
Moar boning please!
Not safe for internet? 😛So did you end up going with 5 panels?
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No I have decided to change it so it looks as close to the Elizabeth one as possible.
And yeah, it’s in my Mum’s room and she’d kill me if I uploaded it XD
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I must say, that is gorgeous carpet. 😛
Lookin’ good so far. At least I think it is. I don’t really know what ‘good’ looks like for something like this. Although it’s fair to assume that anything that isn’t a mangled mess is good, right? 😛
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I dunno, some designers do mangled really well.
We’re actually looking at replacing the carpet because it’s becoming bare in places.
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My wife is watching 2012. Meanwhile I’m getting the urge to slam my head in the front door repeatedly.
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If you know the names of the guitar chords then just look them up on a Uke chord list like this one
http://ukuleledaily.com/ukulele-chords/Or this one http://chordlist.brian-amberg.de/en/ukulele/standard/
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I now have expectations for your next youtube upload.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24el6drbsJg&feature=relmfu
😛
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“What will be your next instrument for playing this song? Rubber band?”
Do a rubber band cover scree!
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So much awesome!
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I call shotgun!
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I call sniper!
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I call Biotics
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I call heavy weapons!
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I can’t believe I joined so late in the festivities. I need constant TAYbar alerts in future.
Also, STILL WAITING ON THAT BEER.
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PLEASE ALLOW SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.
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NOT GOOD ENOUGH. LET ME TALK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR.
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Your happiness is important to us. Please wait while I transfer you across.
*tinny Glee covers of terrible songs start playing*
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DONT STOP
BELIEVIIIIING
HOLD ON TO THAT FEEEEEELIN’!
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& the 80’s =(
Have you seen what they did to Fireman Sam, Postman Pat & Bananas in Pyjamas, I wanted to cry at how they raped them D=
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THE MONSTERS!
I want to go on a bender. Captain Planet, Magic School Bus, Rugrats, Aah Real Monsters, Rocko’s Modern Life etc;
Massive marathon required ASAP.
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OMG that would be EPIC. I want to raid the ABC archives, think of all the awesome cartoons they would have from our time, it would be bliss.
My mate and I have a plan worked out, I some how get a job at the ABC & slowly steal ALL the shows =D
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Also re: raping of cartoons they went the HORRIBLE cheap & nasty CGI route with those 3 =/
My theory on the Bananas in Pyjamas the ABC sold B1 & B2 off when bananas were 15 dollars a kilo & the ABC needed some cash =P
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Haha I can totally get on board with that theory.
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It’s a good theory which I stole from Wil Anderson in TOFOP or from Twitter, can’t remember, but it always makes me laugh.
But the kids of this generation will never experience the awesome hand drawn cartoons of our time. We need to educate them!
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I believe they did the same thing to Thomas the tank engine. I can’t bring myself to look and confirm for fear of destroying my childhood
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Yeah they did now you mention it =(
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:'( Why couldn’t they just leave it alone? WHY?!?!?! /o\
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I know?! Repeats are the best!
Omg remember the tug boats that were the same kind of animation as the original Thomas The Tank Engine.
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I remember I used to run home from school and sit about 10cm from the tv screen every day for Thomas. Ah memories…
Can’t say I remember the tugboats one.
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You don’t remember “Tugs”? It was basically just Thomas The Tank Engine(Same creators) but with tug boats.
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Should we shun him Blaghs? =P
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Ok, just finished Avatar (air bendy one) and 😀
A while back when Legend of Korra first came out, Trjn and some others talked about some sort of clip that the creators acknowledged. It was posted in TAY once but I never watched it because of spoilers. If I recall, I think it was some YouTube clip where the characters were drawn in a Chibi style and they were in a classroom. Can someone find me the link to this and was this clip what everyone was referring too? Thanks 🙂
I know it was incredibly horrible but I still want to watch the movie :P. It’s just like the Dragon Ball live action movie where everyone knew it was terrible but still wanted to see it anyway. Gosh that was horrible… Any thoughts on the movie?
pew pew pew I wish I have awesome Avatar themed elemental bending dreams tonight 😀
(I’ll repost in new TAY if I don’t get answers)
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I can’t remember the name of the video, but Bun-Bun knows it.
In terms of the movie, I haven’t seen it, but, imagine trying to squeeze the entirety of the first season of Avatar into a movie.
And then they try to explain the plot via exposition, breaking one of the most basic rules of storytelling.
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Ahahaaha, watching Penn & Teller: Bullshit (turns out my episodes of Inspector Gadget are corrupt =/) and Penn is explaining the word nuclear and how it does not always mean bad things by using a naked female holding a pussy cat, and it’s just hilarious.
I would recommend that everyone go to: http://www2.woolworthsonline.com.au/ and search ABORTION and see what comes up. LOL
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