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Hey guys, what’s up?
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Just eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winner of the Gravity Rush competition!
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I was going to just leave that there until the end of the day, but I would probably forget 🙂
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The suspense would’ve killed me D:
Grats Zap! (the puppy one was my favourite of the 3 :P)
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Morning Ben
Apparently cache issues in firefox, ctrl+F5 is working wonders. Although since this is all you get when you pop into tay it is unsurprising you don’t stop by more often
How was your weekend?
I hate decaf. Stupid decaf.
Note to self, stay away from all articles/comments that have the words gay, Christian or ACL in them. All they do is leave me feeling rather down and depressed at how messed up the world is 🙁
At least I have you guys to help cheer me up 🙂
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inb4
HUUUUMMMMAAAAANNNNNNSSSSS (hehe)
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🙂
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Such a small minded bunch of biggots.
But that’s enough about the commentors….
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I’ve no idea what ACL is. You youngins and your acronyms.
Back in my day, we used to lynch people for using acronyms!-
Anterior Cruciate Ligament. A rather important piece of your leg that if you injure causes severe pain and will hamper your ability to walk for some time. AFL players tend to be rather susceptible to these injuries due to the potential for high impacts causing their knees to go at funny angles.
A complete pain in the ass. To be avoided at all costs if possible.
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Start a Lobby of your own. One that better represents proper Christians instead of just the bigots like ACL.
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ACLFRY? Australian Christian Lobby Fo Reals To.
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After watching that one with Seamus vs ACL where ACL got way more screen time AND pretty much discriminated us all with the spitting use of “These people”, I basically do not listen to anything they say.
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and by “that one” I meant Sunrise (which I also ignore cuz of how biased they are to everything as it is with all media in TV nowadays)
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Fair and balanced is apparently showing the two extremes, allowing the more “interesting” side to get more air time and not scrutinising anything that is said so that people “can make up with own minds”.
It’s safe to say that I don’t quite approve of the current state of the media in Australia right now.
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It is a really sad state that it’s in right now. It makes me never want to turn the TV on again. I’m starting to hate newspapers too… that Metro Mx front page article about the R18+ rating… that made me rip the newspaper in half in disgust as soon as I saw the first paragraph. Seriously if there was any more bias against video games I’d call that journalist an ACL rep. It’s just the way they opened the article and the wording, they really wanted to make it sound like “the flood gates are open for everything filthy and sinful coming to your households” and it made me sick.
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I try and avoid any article about video games… I mean, aren’t those for kids?
Hey TAYbes, anyone here have Renegade Ops, Motorstorm: Apocalypse or PlayStation Plus?
Those two games are free for PS+ and they’re a lot of fun. Played both with MASSSHAAAAA over the weekend and Renegade has 4 player co-op (maybe competitive multiplayer as well but I’m not sure) and Motorstorm has 16 player online competitive multiplayer. Both should be awesome with more people and we should definitely play them sometime soon :). So go about obtaining them!
I’m sure you’ve all heard of Motorstorm so I won’t explain it but Renegade Ops is a twin stick shooter but you’re in a car. Lotsa explosions, lotsa guns, lotsa fun!
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I endorse this message.
Renegade Ops is fun. It’s basically drive for a few seconds EXPLOSION, drive some more EXPLOSION. Oh you’re stopping are you? EXPLOSION! Out of bullets? Have a cutscene with EXPLOSIONS!!
Motorstorm is fun as well. 16 players crashing into each other should be awesome.
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Motorstorm was the first game I ever played in 3D
Hey hey hey.
The most important thing I learned this weekend is that I’m absolutely terrible at keeping up with children. They just drain me of energy so, so fast. My uncle brought his three children to visit for the weekend and I was able to keep up with them for a few hours, but after that I was just exhausted. They were so very loud.
TAYbie parents, I tip my hat to you.
Can’d Meat 3 Write Up
I packed my bags around midnight on Thursday, sorting out sandwich bags containing herbs and spices into a larger sandwich bag and planning what I’d need to buy for dinner when I got down there.
Friday’s workday went slow but finally 4:00pm came trundling along and I left, stopping to buy a bottle of Dr Pepper BBQ sauce (which would remain untouched) and then began the long treck to Shiggy’s place.
I had to change trains in Redfern where several sniffer dogs and cop type folks were on the prowl for evildoers and became increasingly paranoid about the baggies of dried leaves and powders in my bag. That would have required some ‘splainin’ to do and, most likely, a detour to some testing area. Thankfully I escaped detection and hopped on a train to Minto.
When I arrived at the station, Shiggy and Bish were already waiting so we stood and chatted about things and stuff. We thought Pez may have missed the stop in his bed bug bite itching stupor but soon he disembarked and we made our way to Mconald’s for food. After that we went to Shiggy’s place to eat our burgers, meet his folks and watch Family Guy. Then we played Xbox till the Effluvious Boy appeared. When he did, we all went to meet the puppies and then, eventually. began our long trip to canberra.
We recorded a Potaku Unplugged special which thankfully wasn’t just Pez and Shiggy yelling at each other for 3 hours, stopped to eat at another McDonald’s and finally arrived at Blaghman’s house around midnight to meet Blaghs, JamesMacUsedMyHandle and Rocket…. Oh Rocketman!
We chatted for an hour then went to bed. It was cold.
The next day Flu, Shiggy and I went to pick up Notoriousaur but his fligfht was delayed. Flu and I decided we needed snuggies like Bish’s to keep warm at night so we went to Big W. And bought LOTS of Nerf guns. Pez called Shiggy to find out where we were. We picked up Notty and got to meet him AT LAST! It was pretty cool, but I forgot to bring him Lindt chocolate. Because we picked him up in under 10 minutes, the parking was FREE! $1.50 saved!
We went home and opened the Nerf guns but everyone was far too mature to actually play with them. That last bit? That was a lie. Obviously. I’m sure Blaghs will be finding foam bullets for the next few years. Jordi and Rize had joined the parTAY by then. Soon it was time to leave again, this time to pick up F4ction and get groceries. We told Bish we were leaving but he had to finish off a pizza. We waited for a long time. I think he had a nap. We eventuually left and bought ALL THE THINGS before speeding to the Airport and grabbing F4ction. In n out in under 10 mins! FREE PARKING! $3 saved in total!
We got back then Bish and I set to work in the kitched. He whipped up a tasty pasta lunch while I began preparing my epic dinner. Things happened. People disappeared and reappeared later with boxes of Alcohol. Games were played, many, many, many people were Nerfed. Not that they were some how changed and made less effective. Just that they were shot in the face. We tried to gang up on faction, waiting atop the stairs for him to return from a bathroom break but an unsuspecting Flu wandered into the firing line. I’m not sure who fired the first shot, but after that, it was a massacre.
I cooked dinner and people seemed to enjoy it. I made vegetable, chicken and pizza pakora. Faction proclaimed it, as he returned again and again to steal food before it was served, the best thing he had ever tasted. Ever. That’s a pretty good compliment. We watched some Scott Pilgrim and Bish served up some AWESOME deepfried ice cream. We also sung Blarpy Firthday to Blaghs as he blew out the candles on his birthday brownies. Blaghs sister also turned up earlier and decided to stay.
More things.
Then bed. It was significantly colder. The snuggies, they did nothing.
The next day Bish made breakfast. We did more things. Flu, Shiggy and I took Notty and Rockets to the airport then went and bought MORE NERF GUNS!
Then we watched Robocop.
Then Flu, Bish, Pez, Shiggy and I all hopped back in the car and went home. Stopping at Maccas. Again.
Fin.
(I may have started to get bored at the end)
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Page get!
At least until Meat posts with links on Page 1 get approved.
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Also: I mean I got bored at the end of the write-up, not at the end of the meat. At the end of the meat I had new NERF guns. No way was I going to be bored.
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Oh, people also played Russian Roulette with a NERF gun. Deer Hunter style with NO respins and if you get shot, you take a shot! BEST. GAME. EVER.
I wanted to play but they were drinking some nasty coffee tequila 🙁
F4ction won. Pez and Rize… Not so much.
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That coffee tequila was amazing! AMAZING!
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But I hate coffee D:
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Whoops, I believe my first reply got eaten for only being a link. This time fo’ sho’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQvnhNVgxQ
That’s the impression I get for the quality of the coffee tequila.
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Nice Meat write up Doc. Sounds like another fun meat.
Ha Ha. Did someone pull Rocketman’s pants down or did he just have loose trousers?
That pic reminds me of high school. If Rocketman was caught like that he would wake up to a lower back/upper bottom with smiley faces drawn on him.-
Loose pants. He already had some sick on him, so no one was touching him to doodle on his face.
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His pants just fell down.
We were quite impressed.
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I had a feeling that Rocketman picture would surface again. Poor guy just wanted to sleep!
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If you get so drunk you pass out, you must expect pictures to surface eventually.
Did anyone answer Ruffle’s question?
Why is his ass out? Disinfect that couch! :/
My husband just informed me it’s four years today since we got engaged. I have no idea how he even remembered the date. I was pregnant at the time, so that’s my excuse for not remembering. 😛
Howdy Tayberinos
I had a quiet week off last week, nothing too excited but gave me a chance to catch up on my reading- I highly recommend Anathem by Neal Stephenson.
I also went and saw The Cabin in the Woods (Awesome) and managed to play a couple hours of Need For Speed:Hot Pursuit, which is a great game that I pick up and put down between other games.
So a monday morning question: what is your ‘standby’ game- a game that you play when you’re not playing other things?
Mine is NFS, New Vegas or (when I’m in the mood) Starcraft 2
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I’d say for me, SPAZ or Torchlight, both I can easily alt tab out of to chat or something.
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CABIN IN THE WOODS!
Damn that was a good movie.
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Dark Souls, I just … can’t … kick … the …. HABIT!
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It’s like that with minecraft for me.
I have been so unproductive!-
I logged into minecraft last night when everyone had gone to sleep. I went out the front of my 2nd house and a creeper gave me a housewarming present of explosions =/ Spent a while trying to fix up my house instead of sleeping.
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Awesome, maybe they’re no longer fascinated by me and my house XD
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haha, I don’t know wether to be sad or happy. On one hand I have a house so nice that creepers love it on the other hand I have a house so nice that creepers love it.
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The answer is cats.
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What’s that scree? You want me to spawn 10,000 cats in Nob’s house? OKAY!
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What platform do you play on? I’ve been meaning to organise an NFS:HP playdate for some time now…
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I’m a PS3 player (yes, all you lot jeer at my console-ness)
Pokemon was my staple standby game for a long time, I used to “play” Pokemon while I was playing WoW – that is, grinding steps in Pokemon to hatch eggs whilst grinding rep/dailies/gathering profession mats in WoW. Sometimes I’d do elite 4 runs while I was raiding. Also, sometimes I’d play Pokemon while I was playing Pokemon.
I’d also say that Chrono Trigger is a bit of a standby game for me. It’s my All Time favourite game of All Time and I have played it through at least once a year since 2003. Sometimes I’ll just go through the game as usual, other times I’ll set some challenges or got for alternate endings.
Far Cry 2-the respawning checkpoints don’t bother me as much this time because I’m just playing to kill stuff.
and maybe
Burnout Paradise-It’s always fun to do some crash events and go online for a bit.
Left 4 Dead 2.
No matter what I’m in-between playing, there is always time for Reach 🙂
Morning Friends!
Today I was feeling less like death (I actually got 8 hours of sleep \o/) so I am in work today! How are we all going on this Monday morning?
Hi! I’m still alive!
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EXPLODY! Welcome back! 😀
Hey random question, not in any way stalking xD, do you take the Frankston express train into the city each morning?
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Most mornings yes, sometimes I need to get it a bit earlier so get one of the looooooong trains.
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I thought that was you! I should prod you in the side next time and say hi 🙂 I used to take the long trains for extra DS gaming time. I don’t play that anymore though since I’ve run out of games worth playing.
I’d ask my next question but Strange asked it for me
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, “Hi Explody!”
What’s the hip hop happening?
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work, work is happening.
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Mr Explody! Where have you been?
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Lurking. Work is demanding a lot of my time for the foreseeable future. I also bought a house further from the city than I’m used to, and my wife is square up the duff. Essentially my time is at a premium so I had took a step back from online communities and even gaming in general. But I’m still here, and I still read posts and some comments!
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Hi Mr. Explody,
Don’t think I’ve digitally met you before. (digitally met? I’ll stick with it) I’m Masha or Mashaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Also, thanks for the slang lesson. I have never heard of the term ‘up the duff.’ Wow, according to Google it means pregnant.
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Oooh…congrats and good luck on the baby. They certainly make life interesting!
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Yeah with the events transpiring it’s not surprising that you had to step back, congrats to you though and good luck on making the new family
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Well hello thar!
Is this a permanent return or just passing by?-
Just passing through.
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Morning Fronds!
Was a bit lame last night, couldn’t get to sleep. Then I did, and I found ten dollars.
I’d also like to officially thank everyone who came to the Canberra Meat, you guys are what make meats awesome. Except for that Shane guy. It took a lot of work, but we managed to get him out in less than half an hour, so I think we did a good job there.
Also, I have video of people singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Trying to work out how much I can milk it for, though I do have to compete with the fact that my voice is in the background… Or the foreground at points… … …
I think I need to find ten dollars more, make this post more interesting…
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What about me? why don’t you officially thank me for no reason? WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?
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Nob, I… I’m jealous of you. I’m so mean to you, because I wish I could be more like you, but, deep down, in my heart, I know that I could only ever be a pale imitation.
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How good is your video?
I have this terrible 800×480 footage where everyone sounds like they’re underwater, but I think Shiggy, Flu and Rockets make up for it.-
Mine’s probably 640×480, though I can’t remember which way up my camera was. The sound was pretty good on my phone(though my singing ruined everything), but I’m not sure how well it will hold up on real speakers…
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Hmm, just had another listen, sound quality is quite bad, not to mention that you can hear me talking, but it has the added advantage of me not being in it visibly, and I have video of you recording people…
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Edit them together then upload to the Potaku Youtube channel 😛
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I’ll try salvage what I have.
Easier if I send the file to you, or for me to try upload it myself?-
Either is fine. If you want to upload it, I’ll text you the username and password
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Like I said, you should just mute the video and dub in the real song.
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I think I might overlay the actual song softly over the audio; there are moments of ridiculous screeching that I find amusing.
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Fair enough.
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In and out in under thirty minutes!
That’s what she said?
Morning everyone. Played through Halo CE Anniversary on the weekend. 343 Industries did a good job with it. It gives me hope that Halo 4 will be awesome. Also played some Kameo. Kameo was the first 360 game I played so it was fun to go back to it. The graphics look last gen but they’ve managed to squeeze a lot of enemies on the screen at once, something I imagine would have been impossible if the graphics had of been at the same level most games are today.
My Aunt over in New Zealand also gave birth the other day. A baby boy called Alexander. So grats to her.
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Also, in regards to Halo CE Anniversary, it would appear as if I haven’t improved my game playing skills over the years as I found my self dying on the same sections I died on 10 years ago.
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Anniversary is awesome. I’m up to the Library on my solo Normal run, and up to 343GS on my co-op Legendary run with my brother. Same awesome game, shiny new visuals.
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Kameo is awesome! I haven’t touched it for a few years and never got around to finishing it because I got stuck somewhere. Forgot where… It reminds me of the good old Rare games back on the old N64.
Moooooorning TAY… How are you I am good thanks…
Played more MC over the weekend and nearly finished Game of thrones season 2… Bit slow I know, BUT OMG DAT SHOW!!!!!! What did you guys get up to other then a epic can’d meat?
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Where is your hole?
That sounds so bad but that was the last thing you were working on right?-
North of Powalen’s castle in the snow area in a little hill 🙂
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Too far away =(
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Maybe it’s time for me to install a shortcut. I’ll see if I can drop in during the week.
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My hole is hidden in a mountain- woooooow that sounds so bad if you don’t know what we’re talking about… I started building the wall but now I’m out of coal /o\ GREENIUS I NEED YOU!!!!!!
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When are you usually on?
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I can jump on this afternoon for a short period… I’ll contact you on steam if you’re available 😀
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Alternatively I can just go on now and pop a chest in your house somewhere with a bunch of coal in it 🙂
Is that all you wanted?
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Yes pleeeeeaaaase 😀 the rest I’m good with
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Got my eyes retested (Which my eyes sadly have gotten slightly weaker :(, that sucks), picked out some new frames my next set of lenses and also got my new metal watch adjusted, it fits my wrist completely now. Hopefully it won’t cause a short circuit in my left arm.
Good morning friends!
Didn’t do much gaming on the weekend 🙁
I have a day off work today so I’m going back to work to watch Brave \o/ I’m also incredibly tired. My sleep pattern is destroyed right now.
I watched the pilot episode of Tron Uprising after work last night, I like where the story is going but I’m not a fan of the character design. Maybe it will grow on me, but it just looks bad.
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I really want to watch that, hopefully I can soon
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Brave or Tron Uprising?
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Tron Uprising :), Tron and Tron Legacy I really enjoyed watching
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I have a confession, I’ve never seen the original Tron. I feel like I should hand in my nerd card. I keep meaning to watch it but I never get around to it. Before I saw Tron Legacy I didn’t even know Tron was the name of a person, I thought it was the name of the place. I feel so ashamed.
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I watched Tron again recently. It has not aged well.
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Yeah it’s not easy on the eyes, but remember when it was made.
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I missed it when it first began too, it just looked so awesome for its time, especially when you got into the grid, it was like he was actually in a retro game world. Both movies the digital world is just gorgeous to look at
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Yeah, the characters look a little odd at first, especially with the lines going down their body/legs, makes their legs look way to long. You get used to it pretty quickly though.
This weekend was Global Reddit Meetup Day.
I spent that day in bed.
Rather glad that I did too. A few weeks ago, I was asked out by a girl on OKCupid. I figured I might as well have a few drinks, eat some sushi, see where things go.
It was a trainwreck. She was definitely not the type of person that I would see myself hanging out with normally.
She was also a Redditor who went to this Global Reddit Meetup Day. I know this because there are group photos up on /r/brisbane.
Taking the coward’s way out feels rather good.
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Was she a bad person or was she just not your type?
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Mostly the latter.
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Aw that sucks. Was the date a disaster or was it just her? Hopefully, it didn’t put you off Online dating.
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It’s nothing. Just found it amusing that my laziness let me dodge a bullet this weekend.
I haven’t been turned off of the idea of online dating. Just don’t care to put much effort into it. I’ve tried a few times where I reached out to the girl, went on a few dates and then nothing. My approach for a while has been to simply have a profile and see what happens. That’s lead to two dates with two different girls in about 6 months.
The first was okay but we didn’t really click. The second was this trainwreck.
On the plus side, they approached me. Which is nice for the ego, if nothing else.
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Ha Ha. +1 Ego boost.
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Because we all know that I need an ego boost :p
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So for those who ordered something off Game.com.au, you’ll get it. Just got mine this morning, ordered on Friday 15th. So yeah, just a heads up.
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Not sure if you’ll see this but hows the 3DS situation going?
It’s $168 at Big W but there’s also the announcement of the XL :O. Did you end up buying it?
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Haha, yeah, was really hesitant but ended up biting, next day, bam, new 3DS announced…grrrr Should be here tomorrow though. Thanks a lot mate.
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Oh man, I hope the turnout is good for this week’s GTA 4 play dates (PS3 is on Wed, Xbox on Tue-so if you have both even more fun)
GTA 4 had some fun modes. Like doing a racing event with weapons turned on, then driving ahead a bit, jumping out of the car and trying to shoot rockets at other racers.
or deathmatch where one team can only kill others with cars. Ha, the hilarity as someone tries to chase you into an alley.
I have the DLC but I never played multi so if people have it we could even try base jumping or having a TAY biker gang riding along.
*fingers crossed my connection is good on the night, it has been good so far*
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I’ve never played multi either but here’s a question for the Xboxers,
Would it be better running multi off the game disc (GTAIV) or the DLC disc (Episodes from Liberty City). I assume the latter so we could play DLC content but maybe it doesn’t matter :P, I guess not everyone has the DLC.
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Hmm, that’s a good question. I have the DLC disc release and the Main game on disc as well (on ps3 at least) Anybody have any answers?
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Looks at GTA on Steam
Oh…
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Looks at GTA on Steam
Oh…
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I played some GTA4 online a few weeks ago and came to the realisation that GTA4 deathmatch is basically The Hunger Games: The Game. It is so much fun 🙂
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I guess I should probably finally get the DLC…
CJ’s Log week 4
Pending…. Come back next week. Maybe
Morning all.
R&C Collection is out this week! 🙂
But I’m not sure if I’ll get it…
There was a meme called Bad Joke Amon in the Legend of Korra fandom.
They took a scene where Amon held a rally and made a bad standup routine out of it. Most of them are fairly spoiler heavy but here’s a non-spoilerish example.
After the finale. Someone posted what can only be considered the last one of these jokes. I won’t link it simply because I don’t want to give people the opportunity to spoil things but I can point people who have seen the finale in the right direction if they ask.
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I offer this rabbit in lieu of actual content.
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broken link is broken… it’s blank for me
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I don’t think quickmeme likes hotlinks. Hence the bunny.
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and it is an adorable bunny, I saw a bunch of bunnies when I passed a pet store on Saturday, they were so adorable as they hopped around and nibbled on the hay.
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Melbourne TAYBies: Serrels meat on Wednesday night. Not sure on timing yet but most likely we’ll be aiming to go have dinner somewhere then go to the Mana Bar afterward. Not sure if Serrels will join us for dinner (have not asked) but I’d rather not go wandering on an empty stomach. Open to suggestions re: venues / timing. Not sure who is interested, either.
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I’m keen for whatever!
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I’m in the city for something else at 7, so I was considering dropping in there early evening (maybe 5.30 – 6.30) if anyone else is starting early.
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I’m keen I guess, gotta meat some TAYbies for once 😛
Depends on what time it is and if I can take up your offer for the lift home. Thanks again 🙂
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Anyone offering a lift there? 😛
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Where are you? I need to decide if I drive, or drink 😛
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I’m pretty happy to give you a lift home. I’m going sort of in that direction anyway.
Most likely would be grabbing some food in the CBD (whether with or without TAYbies) then either driving or taking public transport up to the Mana Bar area. However we could also do the mana bar for an hour or so earlier then grab some dinner. Depends what time people are available.
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Mrs Tigs and I will make mana bar, not so sure about dinner. If most people are making dinner we might, otherwise we will probably just grab a pizza in south melbourne
I have the Snake Eater theme on loop in my head.
This is good.
Monday, June 25, 2012 Location Time
13 Departed Facility in MELBOURNE – AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE – AUSTRALIA 11:47
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Except now it probably gets given to AusPost so they can lose it / deliver it tomorrow 🙁
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Monday, June 25, 2012 Location Time
15 With delivery courier MELBOURNE – AUSTRALIA 13:02\o/ \o/ \o/
Flurry of posts this morning, now everyone seems to have disappeared…
Give me something to read!
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I’m working on a Meat write up in between doing actual work (for once!) Hang tight!
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Actual work? That’s a real thing?
Blind mown.
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Hang onto your joysticks
Do you consider yourself a rock hard playerLove the PC master race talk 😀
@Shane a helpful tip in raising your new son
Do NOT let your daughter dress him up in girl clothes, pretend he’s a girl, or give him a girl name. My sister did that to me when I was young. It messed me up, man.
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(I think my girl name was Sarah…)
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HAHAHA
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It sure does explain a lot, doesn’t it? 😛
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Good tip, thanks dude(tte) 🙂
TABTOL GET
Wow… less that 2000 (?!)
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14: Virus__ 42 posts, (2.34%, 960 words, avg 22.86 words/post)
17: Dire Wolf 38 posts, (2.11%, 1342 words, avg 35.32 words/post)
18: Beavwa 33 posts, (1.84%, 775 words, avg 23.48 words/post)
19: Shane 31 posts, (1.73%, 1502 words, avg 48.45 words/post)
20: Rize 30 posts, (1.67%, 514 words, avg 17.13 words/post)
20: lambomann007 30 posts, (1.67%, 762 words, avg 25.40 words/post)
22: Effluvium Boy 29 posts, (1.61%, 832 words, avg 28.69 words/post)
22: Bish 29 posts, (1.61%, 812 words, avg 28.00 words/post)
24: Pixel The Ferret Viking 28 posts, (1.56%, 518 words, avg 18.50 words/post)
25: Rocketman 21 posts, (1.17%, 736 words, avg 35.05 words/post)
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29: Batgirl 18 posts, (1.00%, 440 words, avg 24.44 words/post)
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35: Doc What? 12 posts, (0.67%, 200 words, avg 16.67 words/post)
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Post #1: Hugo the Hungarian Barbarian on Monday, June 18, 2012 at 8:39 AM
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HAHAHA – was waiting for the Post #2000 post, then remembered that there wasn’t a post #2000.
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Post 1000 is me telling Greenius that Xenoblade is ugly. 🙁 He’s going to murder me on Wednesday 🙁
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Wow I think that might actually be my first top 10
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I don’t think I posted at all last week.
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TAY was extra quiet so it made me look spammy!
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Greenius, more like spamius. Am I right
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I prefer Green Eggs and Spam
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You’d think that being on leave would make me post on TAY more, but it’s the opposite.
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Yeah, I’m the same mate. Being home today, I notice my TAY participation is far lower than usual.
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Yup. That tends to happen.
When I have my fortnightly Monday off, I rarely post.
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Top ten! 😀
Repost from last week:
MY CAN’D MEAT WRITE UP.
3:05PM TO 3:28PM, SATURDAY THE 23RD JUNE, 2012
As you all know, I had a semi-valid excuse for not attending the entirety of the meat. It’s not really a great excuse, but I kind of made a promise that implied I wouldn’t abandon my wife when she was in pain. I’m not sure how legally binding that promise actually is, but I felt kind of morally obligated to uphold it today. Long story short (or technically, long story slightly longer by means of appending this summary), I was only at the Can’d Meat for 23 minutes.
One of these days I will attend a meat in its entirety.
Anyway, there was a small group noise that might have been a cheer (might have been a collective belch) when I entered, prodding my two-year-old in front of me. For the first time, I saw a meat through her eyes, how she would have seen it, and I understand her hesitation. Strange music, strange people, strange… smells? What the hell is that in the kitchen? A man who would later introduce himself to me as Effluvium Boy said that it might be Doc What… or it might be whatever he’s cooking. I see at least one empty tabasco sauce bottle and nod sagely in agreement.
All the usual suspects are there, and some unfamiliar faces. I get introduced to Jordi and James NeinHandle (hi guys!) and have time to group hello everyone. Some have noticed that I have lugged in a big box of books with me. After a brief stampede, there are still about thirty bazillion copies left; I may have overestimated demand slightly…
My two year old got interested in Nerf Guns that were shooting pellets around Blaghman’s kitchen, but I decided that perhaps they aren’t the most appropriate toy for a psychotic small child with anger issues. Also, she noticed rum balls, and began to brave the crossfire for a taste… thankfully Doc What had a child-friendly alternative on hand:
Caramello Koala. That’s good.
Wait, she’s already had chocolate today. That’s bad.
But it keeps her quiet. That’s good.
Oh, wait, she got some caramel in her hair. That’s bad.
Pez has found a damp cloth to clean her. That’s good.
I still feel like a dud dad. That’s bad… but par for the course.
Annie took a real shine to Flu, who is a bit of a spunk really. If they were closer to the same age, I’d probably encourage the attraction. But it’s too weird to think about things like that so SHAME ON YOU FLU. (PS: everyone else weirded her out… no offence, guys (PPS: This was a joke, so don’t kill me))
What stands out in meats for me isn’t what gets said. It’s what happens afterwards: all the things that I meant to say or forgot to ask stand out in my mind, and start hurling rotten fruit at me. I feel like such a socially awkward wallflower.
Anyway, here’s what I meant to say:
* Shiggy + Doc What: Potaku is truly awesome – you should be well proud.
* Effluvium Boy: Yep, I’m a public servant. The work is shit boring, but the pay is good. What do you do for a crust?
* Bish: Wanted to say anything more than hi, really.
* Everyone who owes me money now: I’m sick of waiting. Honestly, it’s been hours. I’ve already called the debt collectors. I told them to forget the money, and just to break your legs instead. Mkay?
* To the folks I said hi to but didn’t recognise: What are your names?
All right, that’s 600+ words for 23 minutes of meat. For those who made a weekend out of it, I expect about 20 000 words.
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Hahaha! Sorry.
so, i just had what was probably the best day of my life yesterday.
went to the perth supanova and got to meet Burnie Burns and Gavin Free (from Rooster Teeth) who are my favourite people ever. got them to sign some dvd’s and got a picture with them. they were super cool guys, and were obivously very accustomed to extremely nervous fans (me) and i actually managed to talk to them and have a little conversation. i also asked a question at their panel, which is amazing for me, being a pretty nervous guy when it comes to public things. i bought a shirt from roosterteeth (one of gus as Che Guevara) and a cool shirt with deadpool’s symbol on it, but i really don’t remember much except for meeting the rooster teeth guys. because i have been waiting about 6 years to see these guys! and they also confirmed next year different rooster teeth guys will be coming down as well! i can’t wait 😀
I found myself playing a few random flash games over the weekend, and so I submit to you all, as Monday Timewasters, should you feel the need.
STEALING THE DIAMOND (kinda need sound)
This is the third ‘game’ in this series, but I think it’s clearly the best. I found it way more enjoyable/fun than I expected for a random flash game/movie.
It’s essentially a movie with a few decision points littered throughout…
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/574241
THE TOP HAT CLUB (lack of sound does not detract from the experience too much)
Maybe appealing to the more dapper amongst us. Basically a platformer, with top hats and coins. And unlockable hats. I found myself losing interest a little by the end, but managed to push through, collecting 100% coins.
Making following url broken to avoid moderation queue, just replace each word ‘dot’ with …uh, a dot.
www dot daviddurhamgames dot com/games/thetophatclub/
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Binding of Isaac is the bestest!!!!
You guy you guys! It’s okay no reason to panic! The Leprechaun franchise is not dead! The WWE is doing a reboot with Hornswoggle in it! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Ahem.
Where was I? Oh yes. Took the kids to see Brave yesterday. First half of the movie was brilliant and I absolutely loved it. Then it seeme like they wanted to make a different movie halfway and it took a different tone. Still alright but a definite drop.
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Wow… Hornswoggle is still around?
I haven’t really been watching the WWE anymore, since they started making it more kid-friendly.
As for Brave, I haven’t really been paying much attention to it.
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HI STRANGE
It was cold. Entire lawns frozen solid.
Being a responsible adult, I made sure to get a buck of hot, hot water and splash it liberally on neighbour’s lawns.
My Meat writeup:
It was the thing with that alcohol, terrible singing, lots of cooking and baking and people from this one website we all go to (twitter.com, check it out!). Things happened and let us never EVER look at youtube videos certain people may post.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
this one? 😀
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Probably best if everyone everywhere mutes that.
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You know what’s a fun topic to debate with Americans on the internet?
Freedom of speech.
I love when people say their free speech is being violated when they’ve been banned from a non-government website. The same logic that says a site can’t stop them from saying what they’re want means that they can’t make the site say something the site doesn’t agree with.
Silly ‘Murkans.
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Management has the right to refuse entry…..
Now, I’m not usually a fan of doing Meat write-ups, but I think I’m going to break my usual rule, and write one up about the Can’d Meat. As you can probably guess, I usually don’t write stuff up because it would be rather arrogant of me to write something about how amazing something I hosted was. Thankfully, in the case of Canberra Meats, I really don’t do anything, and other people do all the work, so it’s not really my meat. I’m not the host, just the dude who provides (cold) accommodation. My other problem is that alcohol makes me forget things, so there are massive holes in my memory, but oh well. That’s what other people are for, right? Sure, why not.
Friday:
Eight am, waking up in the morning, got to clean some crap, and move some stuff around. I put on my early morning cleaning prop: Potaku Episode 4, and got to work to making the upstairs part of my house less terrible. I didn’t bother with downstairs, so it was a sty, but so long as nobody would go there, it’d be fine, right? Sure, why not.
After hurrying around, and failing to achieve much, I hear a knock on my door, followed by a ring of the doorbell, I rushed up to see some dude, looking like he’d kidnapped the twelve year old who was with him, so I realised that this must be JamesMacUsedMyHandle, and of course I laughed at Rocketman, and made jokes at his expense. Inviting them inside, Rocketman and I proceeded to immediately lean on things, an act which JM2 took a moment to adjust to, but once he had done so, he did it with aplomb. After initial faffing about, I figured I’d show Journey(JJJJJJJJOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY) off, pinnacle of wanky arts games that it is. This show off turned into a full playthrough, where we all agreed that the game was fun, though all the deep meaning was lost on Rocket.
We then did some boring adult things, like shopping, with JM2 deciding that he should make dinner, which pleased Rocket and I greatly. I honestly can’t remember what we did for the rest of the afternoon, but I think it involved playing some inFAMOUS and decide that it was a bit derp, but still kind of fun. We had dinner, and decided to watch the first few episodes of Game of Thrones, while playing the Game of Thrones Drinking Game (of Thrones), however, in lieu of any real rules, we decided that we should just drink whenever Rocket said to.
For the most part, that was fun. For Rocket, I really don’t think it was.
Ha, ha, silly Rocketman(http://instagr.am/p/MLUGfIhDx7/).
Thankfully not long after his little experiment in vomiting where he slept, the Sydney people turned up, and Bish treated him in the typical Bish way. My excuse for why I was such a bad host is that I tend to get a little sympathetic around regurgitation, and didn’t feel like chundering everywhere.
To move on from that topic of conversation, we all went to bed, and all was well.*
*Moderately okay, though also cold, because apparently I forget what it’s like for non Canberrans…
Saturday:
7:56, waking up in the morning, wondering how I was up before my alarm went off(I initially assumed that I had slept through it). Almost everyone was up by the time I got upstairs, and so the derping commenced!
I can’t remember the exact order of things, so here they are, more or less, ish.
People went out to pick up NoriousauR, I panicked because my eggs were out of date, and so I couldn’t make him a muffin. When they returned, with a large supply of nerf guns, and having not rolled down the lawns of parliament house, it was okay though. Because I got to meet Notty, and he’d forgotten about the muffin thing.
Jordi turned up, and I was all “OH GOD, IT’S A GIRL!” And so I panicked. But she’s a pretty cool dude, so it was okay.
Bish shot a can in Red Dead Redemption for ten minutes. I panicked because I didn’t think I could compare with this entertainment. I should add that a lot of RDR derping was done. Killing everything you can is fun.
I said “Oh Rocketman” many times(particularly when he was being “Rocketman” while talking to Jordi). I panicked because he made a claim that he couldn’t possibly keep. Luckily he repeated it when I requested it(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrGZ8AIsOsY&feature=youtu.be). Poor Rocketman, he didn’t keep his promise.
Rize turned up, and brought the fun(Guitar Hero) with him. I panicked about… well, nothing actually, that’s a little dull.
Rocketman was dreadful at the drums on Guitar Hero. I panicked because I took a video of him failing, but it turned up badly, but I managed to record his 54% on Beginner Drums forever(http://instagr.am/p/MNBQowBDzJ/).
Because we needed Coriander, another trip out was done, this turned into a “pick up F4ction” trip, by which I mean a “buy more nerf guns” trip. I panicked about F4ction, because I was worried that I’d make it as awkward this time as I did last time, but I tried my best, and despite the fact that it probably came off as forced cheeriness, I talked to him and stuff, and he was far less scary than last time.
Shane turned up, and I was all “OMIGAWD IT’S SHANE!” And then I chucked a Scree, and apologised because I haven’t actually gotten around to reading The Lesser Evil Book 3 yet. But I promised him that I would, which is good enough, right? I then panicked, because I’d considered offering to take his child down to see my Guinea Pigs, but I realised that offering to take a two year old into your basement, to pat your hairy blobs of fur, would probably look ridiculously awkward. So I kept my mouth shut. You should be taking something from this, Rocketpony.
Powalen turned up, and brought some delicious balls. I panicked because I was worried about not getting Streetpass stuff, but that was for naught, as we gave each other the sweet hits.
I disappeared downstairs to do something(probably curl into a ball for ten minutes, and attempt to get rid of my anxiety through tears and panicking, or something), and when I came back up BDKIAF was there, and I was all “YAY!”
Bish Frond started serving up this pasta meal, which was apparently great, but I didn’t touch it due to my weird aversion to Mushrooms. I panicked as I worried that I’d offend Bish, but ha ha, just like me, he has no emotions, so it’s okay.
My sister turned up, wanting to make sure that her brother was alive. I panicked, as you can well imagine, but she got along with people, and it really wasn’t nearly as awkward as I’d thought it would be.
I sang a song in Guitar Hero. I Panicked because I thought that I’d suck. I did suck, but it was okay, because… shut up. Also, I can’t remember what song it was… I’m good at this.
Speaking of Guitar Hero, Bohemian Rhapsody was played. Ignore the jackass talking over parts of the video, he’s a jerk(nothing to panic about here, except that I really need to learn not to talk while filming). http://youtu.be/1_N4hELV1oc In fact, here’s a better idea, mute the video, until Flu appears, and just watch that bit. Probably better for everyone involved.
Food was served, but I either didn’t eat any of the chicken thing, or I can’t remember eating it, same with other food. Now I’m panicking, because I can’t believe I missed out on a chance for food.
Brownies were made, and put into a kind of cake like thing, and then we attempted to set my hair on fire(http://instagr.am/p/MPhCcYEiOG/)(all panicking here was due to worrying about not blowing out all the candles).
There was also this peanut butter and chocolate thing, that I think Jordi made, while I didn’t have it that night, I have now, and it was delicious. Oh, and nobody ate the muffins I made for Notty, which makes me sad(and panic that my cooking is that bad).
Of course, I ended up bailing on people a little early, assuming that they’d all find places to sleep(cue panic at the disco, I mean, in the morning). Thankfully they did, mostly, even if some of them froze.
Sunday:
8am ish, again, waking up in the morning. Bish made breakfast(again). It was amazing.
People had to leave though, I was very sad. And so they all drifted away, leaving me sad and alone. By which I mean “we watched Robocop.” It was pretty ace. In the end, it was just F4ction, JM2 and I. Sitting around, causing stupid destruction in Red Dead. Then finally we drifted apart. I did some other things, and that night, I found that all that socialising had caused voices to appear in my head. Seriously, I kept doing things, and swearing that I could hear people talking. I was so confused. Still am, in fact. But that’s irrelevant.
This is relatively short, given everything that happened, but still, long enough, I guess. I’d like to thank JamesMacUsedMyHandle, Rocketman, Bish, Shiggy, ‘Flu, Pez, Doc What, NotoriousR, Jordi, Rize, F4ction, Shane, Powalen, BDKIAF, and uhh, god, I really hope that that’s everyone. If not… SUPER AWKWARD. You guys made the meat awesome(for me at least), and I really hope you all had as much fun as I did.
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Sunnofadiddly, that broken instagram link is this: http://instagr.am/p/MPhCcYEiOG/
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Oh, and when I mentioned chundering everywhar, I meant to link this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFjWR7X5dU
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Those videos. Hilarity.
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“Seriously, I kept doing things, and swearing that I could hear people talking. ”
Have you left team speak on? that’s usually what it means when this happens to me. Unless they are telling me to burn things.
Pow Meats: Episode 2 – Can’d Meat
Point form for efficiency! (With lots of brackets)
– Woke up in the morning ready to begin an epic adventure to Canberra! Spent way too long packing my bag (I was worried I’d forget something :P).
– After putting everything in the car, I made a thermos full of tea for the drive down. I carried it to the car only to suddenly remember that I don’t have any cup holders…
– The 3 hour drive actually wasn’t that bad. I’ve never driven to Canberra (or for 3 hours) before, but I had my trusty phone hooked up as a GPS (which was balanced precariously in the unused ash tray).
– The hardest part of the drive was going up Macquarie Pass. For those that don’t know, Macquarie Pass is basically a very steep, winding road with no lane markers/dividers that goes up and over a mountain near where I live. So many tight hairpin turns :S
– The first hour went by pretty quickly while I listened to Potaku (which forced the Snake Eater song to be stuck in my head all weekend).
– Had to pull over at one of those rest stops that have composting toilets. It didn’t smell great.
– Once inside Canberra, I noticed my NSW number plate stuck out like a sore thumb. I could feel the ACT motorists envious stares.
– The rest of the trip was uneventful.
– I arrived at Blaghman’s house just as a big group was leaving. I also accidentally sorta blocked in Flu’s car as he was reversing, whoops.
– I ran up to the front door just to check if people were in (there was!) I dashed back out to grab my bag and my Rum Balls (which I almost dropped…)
*FLASHBACK*
I forgot to mention that for the few days leading up to the Meat I had been making Rum Balls to take with me.
*END FLASHBACK*
– Cue general introducing myself/saying hello/talking/leaning on things.
– I think we started playing Guitar Hero once everybody got back.
– Shane dropped by around this time. I wanted to say goodbye when he left but I was playing guitar! I think I yelled an apology to him? Can’t remember, too busy shredding (that’s what the cool kids call it, right?)
– At some point Trials Evo was played. This was the first (and so far, only) time I’d ever played an Xbox 360! :O
– Fast forward to dinner time: We feasted on several deep-fried (and therefore delicious) things.
– Throughout the night I kept hovering around the kitchen because I felt guilty that people were cooking and cleaning and I was just sitting around!
– Watched Scott Pilgrim (which I’d never seen), had dessert (Brownies, Rum Balls, Deep fried ice cream, etc)
– People headed off to bed. Faction and I had to brave the freezing temperature outside to inflate our air mattresses from a pump in my car. I was worried someone would run over us while we were out there, but then I remembered we were in Canberra.
– Falling asleep, several people were having a snore-war. I couldn’t tell who it was but they kept snoring themselves awake and it was funny.
– Breakfast consisted of pop tarts (by Doc What) and bacon on toast (by Bish). I made tea.
– I watched Pop Asia for the first time. That was an experience. Many jokes were made. Someone noted that the current band was Girls Generation. It was not Girls Generation. (It’s not racism! They’re very similar.)
– Cleaned up the kitchen with Bish. Blaghs recruited us to move a massive branch in his backyard. He’s yet to compensate us.
– Robocop was also watched, which I had also never seen (Apparently I haven’t seen much).
– Many Streetpasses were exchanged.
– People started to leave. I stayed back a little while to help tidy up.
– Blaghman stole a handful of Rum Balls.
– I noticed my car’s petrol levels were quite low. “I better pull into the next service station,” I said. Missed the next two in a row and was praying I would make it to Goulburn. I did.
– Sat behind a family parked at the petrol pump waiting for them to move. The wife kept ducking in and out of the shop while the husband sat in the way of my petrol. I was not amused!
– Accidentally told my phone-GPS to take me back to Canberra instead of home. Luckily I figured it out before I got back on the highway.
– Going down Macquarie Pass this time, except with a conga line of cars piled behind me. D:
That’s it! Thanks to Blaghs again for hosting and to everyone else that went for making it a fun trip! 5/5, would go again.
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Woo, large posts!
CHEERS POW!
KA BLAM. PUNCH. BAM! ONOMATOPOEIA !
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Nice write up Powie, I appreciated that you added the flashback section, I really helped me understand the motivation of the protagonist
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The snorers likely included Doc and Shiggy.
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OH GOD POWALEN
DON’T DRIVE ALONG MACQUARIE PASSSeriously. I’ve had more than one family member crash there (one very badly).
Hey, guys.
I was just thinking of asking something to the more artistic TAYbies here…
My question is, How do I draw?
Y’know, apart from “Drag pencil along paper”.
I do some occasional drawing to practice, but I’m trying to draw something in particular, yet I can’t seem to get it right.
Said something is a piece of work I did a few weeks ago:
http://crazyguy1990.deviantart.com/#/d52y2sx
For some reason, I can’t seem to replicate it.
I’m trying to draw it from memory, but I’m running into trouble.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I don’t draw often but I guess I’m alright. Here’s some random advice but coming from a random noob like me it might not be very helpful 😛
What sort of trouble are you running into? I’d say focus on a certain area and draw that over and over again until you remember it. I have a pretty good memory so I can probably try to draw your pic right now even though I barely glanced at it. You could also try drawing it with it infront of you. I find that the more I draw things, the easier it is to remember and redraw.
As for “how do I draw?” it depends on what you’re doing but look for shapes within the picture and then add detail to them. You can also try putting a grid over it and using the same grid on a blank piece of paper. Just draw each square of the grid one by one until you have the whole picture. Increase the square sizes when you feel confident and you’ll be drawing bigger sections 🙂
Practice makes perfect! Keep drawing and you’ll see yourself improving 😀
Hopefully that was somewhat helpful 😛
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Thanks, Greenius!
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Can’d Meat Notes:
– Delayed flights aren’t bad, I just read more Storm of Swords.
– I see why everyone loves Flu and dulcet tones.
– Shiggy is taller than I expected for some reason.
– Doc What’s beard is most impressive.
– Flu will get lost if Shiggy is busy creating a Boba Fett helmet instead of guiding Flu.
– I want that Boba Fett helmet.
– Pez was clearly drunk when I got there, because he started saying things like “Parmas suck”
– NoHandle introduced himself as James. It took me a while to process who he was.
– I was too scared to talk to people.
– Rockets made racist jokes to Jordi. Jordi and Blaghs punched him.
– Jordi and Blaghs have really small hands.
– f4ction has a pretty cool beard as well.
– Bish cooked some pretty awesome pasta.
– I want that Boba Fett helmet.
– Shane arrived! But I didn’t do anything, ‘cos I’m cool like that.
– Um… things?
– I want that Boba Fett helmet.
– Blagh’s sister arrived, she was interesting enough to talk to.
– Doc What makes amazing chickens.
– Bish made deep fried ice creams and it was delicious!
– Powalen brought these chocolate ball truffle like things, and they were also delicious!
– Jordi made brownies, this was also delicious!
– Blaghs made me a muffin! (Well, he made a bunch.) And it was delicious!
– I want that Boba Fett helmet.
– I had too much sugar. I think. Is it possible?
– Scott Pilgrim! What a great soundtrack. But Michael Cera does not belong in that movie.
– Rize recommended that Blaghs needs to style his hair like Ser Rodrik Cassell’s beard. I heartily agree.
– I want that Boba Fett helmet.
– Escape from New York! Snake? Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAKKKKEEEEEE! (Pretty sure f4ction said that a dozen times. At least)
– Rize and f4ction turned the TV onto sbs, where there was a bollywood movie on. They then proceeded to “australian-ise” it by reading out the subtitles and adding swear words randomly.
– I want that Boba Fett helmet.
– AND SO I CRY SOMETIMES WHEN I’M LYING IN BED JUST TO GET IT ALL OUT, WHAT’S IN MY HEAD AND I, I’M FEELING A LITTLE PECULIAR AND SO I WAKE IN THE MORNING AND I STEP OUTSIDE AND I TAKE DEEP BREATH AND I GET REAL HIGH AND I SCREAM TO THE TOP OF MY LUNGS WHAT’S GOIN’? ON? AND I SAY HEY-YEAH-YEAH-YEAH, HEY YEA YEA I SAY HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON AND I SAY HEY-YEAH-YEA-EAH, HEY YEA YEA I SAY HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON AND HE TRIES OH MY GOD DO I TRY I TRY ALL THE TIME IN THIS INSTITUTION AND HE PRAYS OH MY GOD DO I PRAY I PRAY EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR REVOLUTION AND I SAY HEY-YEAH-YEA-EAH, HEY YEA YEA I SAY HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON AND I SAY HEY-YEAH-YEA-EAH, HEY YEA YEA I SAY HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON AND I SAY HEY-YEAH-YEA-EAH, HEY YEA YEA I? SAY HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON AND I SAY HEY-YEAH-YEA-EAH, HEY YEA YEA I SAY HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON!
The end.
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I completely forgot about watching those youtube videos until that last bit! Hahah
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I forgot about our Bollywood dub. That was fun, and in hindsight, I hope no one was offended by my choice of words… 😛
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I DEMAND A FOOD OF MEAT WRITEUP BUT THIS IS CLOSE
Can’d Meat Write Up
Heard Flu’s voice for the first time ever. Responded with “Holy shit.” Felt like less of a man.
End.
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Best write-up. You speak true.
shameless re-post because it’s the second time in a row my post has been stuck at the bottom AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!
so, i just had what was probably the best day of my life yesterday.
went to the perth supanova and got to meet Burnie Burns and Gavin Free (from Rooster Teeth) who are my favourite people ever. got them to sign some dvd’s and got a picture with them. they were super cool guys, and were obivously very accustomed to extremely nervous fans (me) and i actually managed to talk to them and have a little conversation. i also asked a question at their panel, which is amazing for me, being a pretty nervous guy when it comes to public things. i bought a shirt from roosterteeth (one of gus as Che Guevara) and a cool shirt with deadpool’s symbol on it, but i really don’t remember much except for meeting the rooster teeth guys. because i have been waiting about 6 years to see these guys! and they also confirmed next year different rooster teeth guys will be coming down as well! i can’t wait 😀
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Hah, I was about to post a new comment on this page referencing this, but now I can put it here!
@Grandmaster
I totally understand how you feel about meeting Gav and Burnie. I met them the week before at Supanova Sydney. They’re pretty cool guys. They come across a humble as well, which is really nice. What was their panel like in Perth? The questions they were asked here were a bit silly – some of them weren’t even questions – but they handled them quite well all the same. I bought a ‘Dateline Mt. Fuji’ shirt (animated adventures reference) and volumes 2 and 3 of the Roosterteeth Shorts. Who are you hoping to see next year? I’d like to meet Geoff and Gus, personally.-
i actually said that i wanted all the cast to sign my dvd’s, and burnie asked me who i wanted next year, and i said “gus and geoff” and he said he’d try to convince them :).
i almost bought the dateline mt.fuji shirt, but decided on the gus one.
the panel was great, most people asked good questions, only a few silly ones, i asked gavin what it was like being the companies punching bag (as in, he always gets torn to shreds by everyone else for being british). Burnie was hilarious, Gavin i think may have accidently announced that forge was back in halo 4 (not a big surprise, but hey, news is news).
however, i’d have loved to have seen my face when walking on the show floor i walked past burnie and gav, burnie said hey to me and continued walking, i probably resembled a cartoon character my mouth was so open.
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Ah, I’m jealous. That last part sounds awesome, man! Our panel had a few too many ‘you guys inspired me to etc’ questions-that-aren’t-really-questions but was otherwise pretty good.
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Any Melbourne TAYBies going to Oz Comic Con this weekend? A few of my friends are going so I’ll probably be there.
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It’s this weekend?
Yeah I may actually go there with my girlfriend and son.-
Aw man, I kind of want to go but can’t afford it
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Re: Serrels Melbourne meat – is it possible he’ll be free Tuesday night now?
Looks like Peter Molyneux isn’t going to deliver what he said would happen…
… I’m a bad person for putting it like that.
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I see what you did there!
So what happened? Is he not turning up to the thing now?
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ACMI site shows event cancelled for personal reasons.
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Oh, Molyneux cancelled? Would tomorrow night work better for interested parties? If so I’ll ask Serrels what he’s up to.
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Either/either for me so I’ll just go with whatever suits others
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Just got a message from mana bar and they hold their trivia night tomorrow at 8pm
Could be a good way to get everybody involved and give the people who don’t want to be drinking something to do as well.
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Me and the missus would be up for that.
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Also means it could be busy, since it only holds about 50 people, wouldn’t want 10-15 of us to turn up and it be quite full 😛
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If we are worried about that we might be able to book if we know approximate numbers.
Plus we can always say we have an award winning video game journalist with us 😉
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Looks like he’s not free tues OR wed. Maybe thurs but not sure when the event finishes so probably not doable. 🙁
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So basically what you are saying is he hates us. Fine I see how it is Mark
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He’s just jealous of how awesome Melbourne and Melburians are 🙂
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He’s worried that if he attends a meat here he’ll realise how much better we are and decide he has to move.
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ACMI does have a free ‘late bit’ event on thursday nights as part of the exhibition…
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I’ll be a teary wreck on Thursday unfortunately.
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I play pool on Tuesdays… So I can’t do anything on Tuesdays
Finally got a chance to read up on the meat write ups that have been posted so far. They’re seriously doing it justice, cause it was a freakin’ awesome evening.
Oh, and to the people who loved Shiggy’s Boba Fett helmet (and to Shiggy), I bolted out to Majura Park (airport stores) and grabbed one. I tried wearing it work this morning but I think I scared a bunch of kids.
I need a gaming sound byte! Bite? Bit? 01101011?
Something a few seconds long of a memorable sound effect, I guess.
Zelda’s treasure chest opening noise is pretty rad, but I think I will use that exclusively for messages rather than Twitter(/Twicca) alerts.
Any suggestions, frunds?
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Oooh… Minecraft mob noise. Zombie? Skeleton? Sheep eating grass?
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Mass Effect Reapers making that Inception noise.
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Mario coin collection.
Sonic ring collection.
Mario jumping.
Sonic jumping.
Mario dying.
Sonic dying underwater.
That weird grunt Link makes when he rolls into a wall in OoT.
SEEEEEEEGGGAAAAAA -
The noise a pokeball makes when you catch a pokemon.
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There are recordings of me mashing up and B?
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ahmahgawd
Why have I not thought of using this before.
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Toasty! from Mortal Kombat
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Metroid’s “zomg new you got new weapon/equipment” (alt. “zomg you got new missile capacity”) sound. (the ones from Prime are what’s coming to mind atm)
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PokeCenter healing tune 🙂
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Do you want to annoy everyone around you? If so, the answer is Navi. HEY HEY HEY LISTEN HEY HEY LISTEN.
Note: don’t use it for twitter or else you will probably be murdered.
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Metal Gear solid Codec sound.
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I’m a fan of the Worms sounds…. like “INCOMING!!!! BOOM”
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The Monster Truck Madness menu music?
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Metal gear solid when you get detected
Played more Gravity Rush this weekend. Still struggling with the controls a bit. The lock-on on the gravity kick is a bit wonky and I find I can’t aim it fast enough. Also still find that the gyro aim tweak thing bakes my brain. But it’s still a pretty awesome game, enjoying it quite a bit. Hopefully I’ll get better at using the Vita’s sticks and that’ll fix my issues (the sticks have a very small amount of play, very large dead zone so they require very small, precise thumb movement).
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OH MAN
Doc What and Flu showed us this on Friday evening.
“You can throw little kids into the sky and make them plummet back to earth and they’ll be okay!”
*Doc attempts to demonstrate*
“Where did they go?”
*Doc spots hem flying off in the distance*
“Oh… well, they’re dead because I threw them off the map.”GOTY.
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How far in are you?
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Seven or eight chapters, not entirely sure. Just did the (being vague to avoid having to rot13 because the server eats my rots) mission in the second town zone which unlocked the school costume.
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yeah, sometimes the kick misses and sends you somewhere else, and the camera is a bit hard to get used it. honestly, the best thing to do is upgrade the throw, as it is more useful and reliable than the kick
i turned down the gyroscope sensitivity and that helped the aiming problems i had
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Throw? As in the stasis field thing? I don’t use that very often unless I have to.
I haven’t had too much trouble with the kick.
I turned gyro/camera to begin with, but back on default settings now.On another topic: No idea how I’m going to gold some of those challenge levels.
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I couldn’t get the throw to hit a damn thing, it’s amazingly inaccurate. 🙁 The tutorial bit where it teaches you the throw? Kicked the fliers in the end.
Also my camera problems aren’t sensitivity, it’s actually the way the camera turns when you tilt it left and right doesn’t makes sense to my brain.
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WHY IS MY GAME OPPOSITE?
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Nerf.
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NARF!
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Narf*
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NARF.
Anyone know what Pixels twitter is?
I can’t seem to find it
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It’s https://twitter.com/#!/PixelFerret
Yay!
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Never mind, found it eventually
Serrels meat officially not happening: turns out he’s got events all the evenings and leaves Saturday morning. 🙁
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Really?
Dang, well at least I get to save money that night now.
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MacDonalds breakfast meat at Tulla airport
I might talk to the wife tonight about trivia at mana bar tomorrow anyway. I’ll confirm later but let me know if you are interested-
I might struggle to get there Tuesday honestly. Late evening meetings and it’s a bit out of my way. But we’ll see.
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No worries, we enjoy our trivia so will be going anyway. It will just be a bonus if anybody else comes
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My meat write-up:
Some people went to Blagh’s place. At one point they jumped on TeamSpeak and said hello.
I listened to half of Potaku Episode 4: A New Potaku this morning on the way to work.
First game I ever played? Dark Castle. Mac SE. I was maybe three at the time. First console game I’m not entirely sure, it was either Pitfall on the Atari 2600 at a friend’s place, or more likely the old vector-based Star Wars on my Uncle’s Atari. First arcade game I actually owned, I got a Sega Master System II for my birthday when I was five, along with Rescue Mission and Prince of Persia. PoP was an amazing looking game on that platform.
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MSII Represent!
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World’s music still stresses me out 🙁
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First game: Honestly couldn’ tell ya. It could be Pong on the atari but it was most likely Galaga that I played in an arcade in a caravan park where my cousin lived at the time.
First console game: Gradius, a family friend lended us a NES and that was one of the games. Some how my brother and I already knew the Konami code as well. NO IDEA how we knew that, we just did.
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First game would probably be Chivalry on Dads Apple II in glorious green monochrome.
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First console game would be Wonderboy on the MS. Sega4Lyfe!
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\o Chivalry hi 5
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First game is either Ocarina of Time (awesome introduction to gaming :D) or The Lost Worlds (?) – some Jurassic Park Game on PS1
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Can’t remember what my actual first game is. Probably something on Atari 7800. Early ones I can remember playing include:
Sonic 2 (Megadrive 2)
Ecco the Dolphin (Megadrive 2)
Earthworm Jim (PC)
Mechwarrior 2 (PC)
Quack Shot (Megadrive 2)And others.
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First game i played? Commander Keen on our old 386… that was a ripper game mang!… and Indy 500!!!…
🙁 I guess to DHL, “With Delivery Courier” actually means “Handed that shit to Australia Post who won’t deliver it on time”.
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What are you waiting for this time? You never said earlier 🙁
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I didn’t see you ask.
Newest Studio Ghibli film on Bluray, From Up on Poppy Hill, and also the first Eureka Seven AO bluray (Bandai Namco JP decided to release the series subtitled and I always say I’d buy stuff like that if the JP releases were subbed, so putting my money where my mouth is to hopefully encourage more of it)
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I didn’t ask but you usually say what you’re waiting for 😛 (artbook, figurines, PC related)
I also just saw this:
“Post 1000 is me telling Greenius that Xenoblade is ugly. 🙁 He’s going to murder me on Wednesday :(”
You’re safe… for now…
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How are you not having the DHL guy deliver?
I had an excellent customer service experience with DHL (guy stayed behind at depot until 7pm for me to come in and collect personally, after my colleague turned the driver away because I was in the bathroom, on Christmas Eve.) and I will always use them when I have the opportunity.
Mr Hugo H. Barbarian! I have the hard drive in my grubby little mitts. Many and profuse thanks! Guess I have no reason to not try out this little game called Trials. I don’t think any one would have heard of it. It’s pretty obscure.
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Have fun feeling shit when you see Shady, Sughly and Batguy’s little dots zoom ahead of you 🙂
Has everyone left?
Awww… 🙁
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Not everybody, some of us poor saps are still at work
But trivia tonight \o/
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I’ve arrived!
OH YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!-
ParTAY time
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No?
Realised what a bad person i am when i found humour in being able to go to twitter by just typing twit in the address bar and then laughing about it….
thought i’d share that because i have nothing better to say
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Hi Pixel!
How was not being at the Canberra Meat?
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Hilarious, in the same way it’s hilarious to cut oneself, or watch an episode of Teletubbies…. got stuck at work doing some awesome* stuff because a proxy server fell over
and then i found $8.5 because apparently i can’t do it right
*not awesome
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Well, at least you found something! I’ll stop rubbing it in that you’re a mature adult with a job now, just needed to have a dig at you one last time. 😛
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Eh everything’s fair game so dig away 😛 my new life down here has me so busy that I don’t have virtually any spare time due to family things, dog things, work things etc 😛 so I have been quite neglectful in participation of stuff
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Everything’s fair? Well, you’ll be sad to hear that we didn’t actually honour your national heroes, ABBA, at the Canberra Meat. 😛
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But… BUT… Money, money, MON- *bursts out crying*
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Crust Pizza is far better than Pizza Hut, but it made me sleepy….
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A toilet after Black Beer and Vindaloo Night is more appealing than Pizza Hut.
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I was going to say that a spam sandwich is more appealing than Pizza Hut, but your comparison is probably more apposite.
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TAY, a question for you. Should I buy the Deus EX pack on steam? I’ve never played a Deus Ex game before, so it may just end up another title on my pile.
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Yes! I never played it until I randomly downloaded the original a year or so ago. Had fun with it and it still holds up. I hear 2 is shit and what I played of 3 was pretty good. I’d say they’re worth $15 🙂
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2 is pretty okay.
Just nowhere near as great as 1.
Not that anything ever could be as geat as 1.
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3 was in my top five games of last year, it’s best if you pretend that 2 doesn’t exist, and number one, while very dated, is still a lot of fun. So, my recommendation is yes.
Thanks guys. Sold!
Monday Night Halo Fights are the best. If you’re not there, you’re doing it wrong.
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Did you play Speed Halo?
(I don’t have a console so I have to live vicariously through you guys)
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They didn’t when I was there 🙁
I’m so bad lol
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I probably should pick up Halo and join in sometime.
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But… Xenoblade!
If you pick up Halo soonish we can do co-op campaign. I got it recently too and would like to get through it, I forgot how much fun Halo is 🙂
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I watched too much US Office and now I have feelings. BLURST.
HI TAY.
HOW ARE YOU TAY?
HAVE YOU LOST WEIGHT? YOU LOOK FANTASTIC!
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It’s a special diet we’ve been working on. We used to eat 1000 comments on Mondays, but now it’s down to barely 400. Progress!
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WE LOOK FIIIIIIIIINE. DAMN FINE.
MM-MMM. CUT ME A PIECE OF THAT TAY STEAK. T-BONE. PRIME RIB. WE AIN’T NO RUMP STEAK.
Where am I?
WHAT AM I EVEN TALKING ABOUT?!
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Ha Ha, what are you on?
TAY after midnight gets weird.
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Nutella. Too much of it.
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Haha it does *looks at Masha song below*
I’m surprised at how active it was, there was actually stuff for me to read in the morning! Well done you midnight crazies! 🙂
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As a reader of Garfield comics in my younger years, I managed to find something incredible:
http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/
It’s called “Garfield Minus Garfield” and, like it says on the tin, is basically the Garfield comic strips with every character but John in it removed, making for some absurd moments and unique existential commentary.
I thought it was hilarious.
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Garfield Minus Garfield fascinates me. On one hand there’s so many amazing jokes to be found there, and on the other you realise that Jon’s life is actually pretty damn depressing (with or without Garfield).
The best ones just have Jon doing something ridiculous in the middle panel with blank panels on either side of him.
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That is much funnier than it should be 😀
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This one has been my favourite so far http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/16979087015/g-g-the-book
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Hey, what’s going on this side of the interdimensional gateway?
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Life continues unabated.
I think you’ve failed to bring destruction and chaos, dark lord-
Maybe it’s just a slow burn? It’ll get there.
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That was the original plan, but I ended up enjoying your planet so much that I changed my mind and made it my vacation destination.
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Ha Ha the dark lord on vacation. When are we going to get the cthulu gone wild DVDs?
I’m scared to think what you look like with your top off. *shudder*
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Just imagine, “Six nipples with razor sharp teeth.”
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Also, I don’t wear anything.
That’s right ladies.
What you see is what you’re getting.
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At least you’re honest and upfront.
You’ve really changed dark one. Who is handling your PR these days? They seem to be doing a great job.
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I’m my own PR boss.
I had to learn on this planet the hard way, but I’m getting the hang of it now.
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Baby Steps. Just take it easy and soon you’ll be helping old ladies cross the street.
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I will be the only one to comment here in the next minute
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Wizard Masha
Just a question, TAYbies.
Do any of you turn your computers off at night, or do you just shut the monitor off whilst leaving the computer running?
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I use a laptop and it depends. Most days I turn off my laptop completely, other days I leave it on sleep mode. I always make sure to turn off the sockets where the charger is plugged in though.
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I use my laptop as a night light because I’m five years old. Seriously, I often have a DVD running quietly because it helps me sleep so I have it set to sleep after 2-3 hours usually.
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The latter. I like the lights and sounds and I think it helps me sleep (I find it harder to sleep in pure silence). I usually have something downloading so the computer remains ‘active’ and doesn’t go into sleep mode. Last night/today I had LoL and Korra downloading 🙂
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I mostly turn it off, sometimes I put it to sleep, occasionally I’ll leave it on overnight to download things.
Mash Mash Mashaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Mash Mash Mash Mashaaaaaaaaaa
MASHAAAAAAAAAAA!
One, two three, SING IT!
Mash Mash MAshaaaaaaa
Masha mash mashaaaaaaaaaaa
Mish-mash mash-mash mush-mash mesh-mash mosh-mash
Yeeaaahhhh!!!!
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*Sends him to R’lyeh*
Don’t worry, I’ll bring him back in the morning…
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Oh dear, what have I done? I think I should sleep now.
MASHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shhhhhhh
Oh, sorry *whispers* mashaaaaaaaaaa
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How’s the atmosphere there?
Full of terror and unmentionable abominations?
Oh, wait… that’s the Liberal Party.-
Also, this it what it looks like:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj152/slightly2insane/file_3579411-1.jpg
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Oh god, I think I broke Masha!
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Ha Ha. Yes, it’s all Powalen’s fault 🙂
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Holy wow, it’s nearly 3am…
Time to hit the hay.
See you all in the morning!
My hands are cold.
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warm them by putting them in your pants
NOTHING SUSS
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How about in your pants?
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They were lower then shiggys pants and that is saying something 😛
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Hobo gloves are best gloves.
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Yeah I should get my girlfriend to knit me some.
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And really great for holding chilled drinks as well, according to f4ction.
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AHOY landlubbers how is this magical place doing today?
seems a little quiet?
I had a good time in Canberra, meeting everyone is fun. Canberra is cold as fuck. I think i have covered all my bases now.
TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING THIS WEEK EVEN IF IT IS BORING, I GOTS TO KNOW? or you know whatever.
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I’m going on a camp this weekend! WOOOOOOOO!
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I am going to die D:-
I always loved camping, i got chased around by a baby pig once when i was 16 on a school camp good times 😀
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I’m going on a fishing trip! Leave tomorrow morning, camp out on an island (there’s a resort on the other side too), drink and relax! Will be good to get away, but no LoL man! What am I gonna do!
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I havent played LoL for like a week and a bit. I don’t know if i am finally over it. I think i might start the tourney next week when everyone is around. Have fun with your “fishing” which is really just hope in a boat and drink all day. 🙂
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You can pretend to be Fisherman Fizz and do fancy jumps while balancing on a fishing rod.
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SHARK!
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Imma play vidya games, might play LoL if anyone wants to teach me 😛
GTA tonight I think but free the whole week for whatever the hell I want 😀
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I would be happy to help you out certainly, please get a mic though, makes it easier for up and back questions 🙂
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Heh 😛
Faction said it wasn’t tooo hard to play without a mic but typing a lot of questions wouldn’t really be convenient. I’ll try to obtain a mic :/
Thanks Techno 🙂
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Yeah I’m just going on the assumption this is your first MOBA ever/in a long time so I’m sure you’ll have lots of questions. We’ll get through them much faster this way :). Plus, over mic it’s a lot easier to coordinate with your friends on TS once you get to the higher level of play, you won’t need to worry about that while you flock to playing on your own/with other lower level TAYbies so you don’t risk getting stomped by experienced guys, tagging up with us won’t be fair on you since you’re only starting to come to grips with the mechanics.
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Yeah I doubt I’ll do anything too competitive, at least not without a mic. It’s my first MOBA unless 2 hours against the computer in Demigod and DOTA2 counts (it doesn’t lol). I hear LoL is the easiest MOBA to get into so we’ll see…
I heard there was 99 champions so I’ll pick some free green one and learn them 😛
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Okay, list to start you with for green/wears green champions: Akali, Amumu, Galio (He looks green), Maokai, Master Yi, Nasus, Renekton(maybe, he’s a croc!), Sion (Maybe), Swain (He wears greenish), Twitch and Urgot.
It is the easiest MOBA to get into IMHO since the learning curve is not as severe as other MOBAs since you start at summoner level 1 (Meaning you face off against other level 1s/similar so skill level should be similar, you’re all starting out), there’s no denying mechanic (Denying is killing blow on your own forces/turrets to deny gold to your enemy) and only one shop for everything.
Plus you can play against bots to get the feel for it before jumping in the deep end with PvP
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Any recommendations for the ones you listed? I usually go off which one looks more badass but also isn’t too hard to learn.
Denying sounds interesting but the shop mechanic for MOBAs are confusing. I like the killing and skill tree aspects to them but haven’t really figured out the rest.
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For starting, I’d say Nasus or Akali. The rest are more complex and require either skillshots(where you have to aim your shots on abilities) or complex strategy (like not dying in 2 seconds as master Yi or Urgot) and you should pick them up once you’ve gotten grips on the game and mechanics.
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I would’ve said Amumu too, but his snaring and bandage toss ability requires more skill to use effectively and if you use it wrong it could be an easy death sentence, despite how tanky he is.
Master Yi I would’ve said too but if used wrongly you die in less than 3 seconds cuz of how lacking in defense he is, not that good for a starter.
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Babby’s first MOBA???????
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I like the difference between mine and Techy’s comments.
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Help Knight
And… Bish
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hahahaha yeah I know
Bahahahaha – Just saw this that virus found. Hilarious (SFW, QR Rail Ad).
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On Ya stevo
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hahaha, amazing
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEVE-O
PS it is not his brithday
PPS It actually is
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oh right I completely forgot
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE-O
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE-O
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Happy birthday Steve-O!
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Cheers guys!
TODAY I WILL FINISH THE BOLERO.
NO NAPS, NO MINECRAFT UNTIL IT’S DONE.
I PROMISE.
I’ll probably break this within minutes. It’s terrible /o\
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You are like a junkie and minecraft is your crack. This is the last one i promise 😛
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I know. Which is why I’m buying myself a lego set =P
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haha I remember when I said I would stop playing Dark Souls. GOOD LUCK!!!
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Oh, I’m not going to stop, I’m just going to not play until it’s done. I would’ve finished it last week if I weren’t so lazy.
btw, you know your creeper is hollow inside right? You can make it into a tourist attraction =D
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:O really? Oh man I can make a lookout thingie. People can walk out of it’s mouth / eyes area place. It’s going to be cool!
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Omg so I can spawn creepers inside it!?!
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DO NOT SPAWN CREEPERS INSIDE IT!
IT WENT TO A LOT OF EFFORT TO BUILD IT D= -
What’s that I hear?
“Remove Trollius from creative mode”?
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I AM HELPIUS
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this is the second time he’s threatened to spawn creepers in something I’ve made ;_;
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All I saw was
SPAWN CREEPERS INSIDE IT!
hehe
Don’t worry scree I’m not actually going to do it :P. I’m Good Guy Greenius
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You know that I’ve had problems with creepers, why so mean? ;_;
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Screeeeeee internetttttttt
Take nothing seriously 😛
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But they’re harmless 🙂
You asked for dogs and cats, squids are funny as hell so that’s self explanatory. Plus they despawn so just harmless fun!
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I know, but I didn’t know if you were going to do it or not.
You should know this =P
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Trollius
Yup, completely hollow.
If you want to know, I actually counted the pixels so it would be accurate.
I’m kicking myself because I didn’t add the proper colours (white, light grey, dark grey and more dark green)
Actually, if Bish wanted to temporarily give me creative mode I could fix it if you want
I don’t want you to break your promise thingie you made to finish your work just to fix it up. Also, don’t feel obligated to do it, It’s really amazing as it is right now only do it if you want to =)
Trust me, i will fix it. I was complaining about it right after I finished it =P
NO
NOT UNTIL YOU FINISH DOING THAT THING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FINISH WITHOUT PLAYING MINECRAFT
Don’t worry Bish, I will finish that first. I mean after that
Posted this on Twitter, but here we go: do you think my son is going to be a gamer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lec50itGdbY&feature=plcp
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Hahaha, that’s pretty awesome. He’s probably better than me at RTS games. How old is he now?
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Just coming up to 5 months now.
He sits there and watches so intently.
Then he starts getting frustrated when I move the keyboard away from him. Makes gaming for me a little more fun when he starts randomly smashing every button on the keyboard 😛
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IT BEGINS
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Ha Ha. Awesome .
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Ha Ha. Awesome .
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Haha smash those keys!
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Make sure he has a three letter name so that he can compete with DRG, MMA, MVP and MKP.
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He already smashes buttons at a faster APM than me, so that’s about the only advice I can pass on to him.
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Probes and Pylons!
Micro your macro!
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Mornin’ TAY!
Dat Halo.
– Rize
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Mornin’ Rize.
More like GAYLO!
-Blaghs
@Tigerion: Mana bar is still sounding good for the trivia tonight. What time’s a good time to get there? (never been for trivia before)
I have Hanson stuck in my head.
I have no problem with this.
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Please explain.
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Why would you intentionally ignore my sidetrack joke just to justify your Hanson appreciation.
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25 seconds in – “TAYS MUSIC EXCHANGE”!
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Herpin the Derp – Right at the start too.
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Yup.
The guy on tamborine is Weird Al Yankovic by the way.
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Worse than me watching Jersey Shore…
Actually it’s not :/
Despite being a massive hipster when it comes to mobile phones (as people at the Can’d meat might have seen), I am actually tempted to get one of those smartphone contraptions. What carriers are good/bad in terms of coverage and value for monies? I am thinking of maybe an android phone (Galaxy S3?) or maybe waiting for Windows Phone 8 to come out. Thoughts?
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I found Virgin is the best myself. When I get close to my cap, they send me a message to let me know so I don’t get bill shock.
Plus I get $450 worth of credit for $29-
That message re cap is pretty standard these days 🙂
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Wasn’t when I was with Optus. I very glad I changed
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That $450 worth of credit is in Disney dollars.
Phone pricing is deliberately deceptive like that. You are paying $29 so you are getting $29 worth of credit but they say you get $450 so that they can then charge 90c/min (instead of 18c/min or whatever it works out to). Then if you go over your cap, you then continue to get charged at these inflated Disney dollar rates, allowing for that happy little thing we know as bill shock.
Check out business plans sometime. They’re reasonably similar (but limited to ABN holders) with the major exception being that they spell out the actual cost per call/text/etc.
As for phone companies to go with, I’m with TPG. Dirt cheap ($18/mth) and once you convert their Disney dollars to real money, it comes out as being fairly reasonable. Amaysim is an alternative if you use your phone more. I text fairly constantly and still don’t need to worry.
Those are both on the Optus network and are BYO phone. So just get what you like off of eBay and off you go.
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All I know is that I was paying $50 with optus and now I only pay $30 and have never experienced bill shock with them. Unlike Optus
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Just saying that the “caps” are made in such a way that you can’t easily compare them and give you a false sense of value.
If you’re happy with what you have, great. Just something that more people should know because it’s something most people don’t pay attention to.
Hell, my plan is technically a cap plan as well. Something like $330 in Disney dollars for $18/mth.
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iPhone ya noodle head.
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Already have an iPod touch and an iPad, would like to see what the Android Fanboys are on about. And WP8 looks kinda interesting.
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DONT GO WITH VODAFONE, JUST DONT DO IT MAN. DONT PUT YOURSELF THROUGH THE PAIN OF VODAFAIL!!!
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I don’t know, Vodafone is pretty okay so long as you don’t travel down out to near nowhere like, say, Canberra.
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Vodafone and 3 are straight up terrible. I was with 3 for a long time. Had terrible experiences.
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Yeah, I’m currently with Vodafone. They are terrible, there is no silver-lining the service is just BAD
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http://www.halolz.com/2012/06/25/god-vs-notch/
It’s so true! =D
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Ha, some of the comments are pretty good too.
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I would’ve rebuttled with: “At least the world is sure I exist!”
Hello there TAY.
I have nothing interesting to add to that.
*walks off*
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Hello
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MASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey man. hows stuff?-
Good. Powalen and I went to an Epick Mickey event last night, met Warren Spector and all the popcorn was consumed. First time in Gold class as well.
Still looking for work and TAYing.
How’s the librarian business. Any ladies pining after a sexy librarian? No? I told you to show more skin, didn’t I?
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Mornin’ TAY!
Silver lining post today;
With me being sick for the past week, I’ve not had a cigarette in… 5 days! Hooray for unintentional cessation of suicide \o/
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in that case you’ve got some catching up to do.
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New handle? :O
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same handle, expressed differently.
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Yay, I have the best not interesting stories.
So, this morning, my alarm went off, so I grabbed my phone, turned my computer on, and proceeded to go to sleep for another hour. After that hour, I found that my computer hadn’t even booted properly, so it was sitting there, waiting for me to put a boot disc in, for an hour.
And I didn’t even find ten dollars to make the story more interesting. :/
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Hmm, that was supposed to be a reply to #35. Sunnofa. I need some caffeine.
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If ever I meet you, I’ll be sure to hide $10 nearby.
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that worked well as a stand alone post.
my last week has been boring & grumpy, but as Buddha says : “Fuck that shit. Let’s party.”
Smart man that Buddha.I hear you had a meat this weekend past, from the write-ups, i regret not being there.
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I regret every person who can’t come to Canberra Meats.
Because I need as many people as possible to help break up the tedium here…
And yeah, when life’s crap, punch it in the face. Best strat.
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Next time Blaghman, Next time…
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Man, I am exhausted. Three days worth of TAY Meats in a row takes it out of you. Nobody plan anything fun for at least a week! I want to sleep!
On the plus side, I got free stuff last night! \o/
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YAY! FREE THINGS!
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OOO WHAT FREE STUFF :O!?
I assume this is from the Epic Mickey 2 thing? Kotaku had an article saying there was “$100 worth of goodies” in a showbag at EBGames for some Epic Mickey event a few years ago. Safe to say it wasn’t $100 worth of stuff and my friends have thrown theirs out and mine sits in a corner somewhere collecting dust :P.
While not terribly bad it was just a THQ tote bag with some Epic Mickey merchandise (pencil case, notebook, sticker, statue thing and a poster). Free stuff is free stuff though :D, can’t complain!
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Hah, that’s pretty much what we got as well. Small stuff like notebooks, stickers, pencil case, etc. Plus a few DVDs of the Mickey cartoons and a Mickey plush toy. Not amazing stuff but I wasn’t really expecting it to be (I was hoping for a copy of the first Epic Mickey game :P).
I’ve got some photos that I can post later as well \o/
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Oh Mickey Cartoons DVD and Plush sound good 😀
Yours was better than mine! D:
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Oh yeah. Email me the photos when you get the chance.
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Send me the photos you have first so I can try and fix the quality a bit!
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Free Things \o/
Ha Ha. I don’t know why but I always chuckle at the ‘and then I found $10’ line during a comment on TAY. Now obviously there are not that many $10 notes hiding around but I think we could make it a reality. We should make the ‘and then I found $10’ thing more likely to happen.
Maybe before or after Easter we could have meats all over the country where we have easter egg hunts but the eggs are replaced by $10 notes. The only rule is once you find $10, you stop hunting. That way everyone or most people can say they found $10
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True story:
I found $10 once.
I’ve also found a $10 and a $20 once (but that doesn’t count as “I found $10”)
My friends have found $50s 🙁
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I found ten dollars once, but I returned it to the owner because I saw them drop it
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I once found $20 in a birthday card I had gotten a few months earlier…
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I found $10 when I opened my wallet and looked inside.
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I have found $50 on many occasions.
If my tales were to be believed though, I would probably be the richest man alive(not really, but shh).
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I got home one time and found $20 in the stairwell of my building. I still feel like I owe two stories for that.
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I’ve never randomly found $10 in my life.
I now realise how hollow and empty my life is.
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Go consume some humanity then.
It’ll increase your drop rate.-
I also should use the “Silver Serpent’s Ring”. It increases drop rates by 100
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I have!
Well, not randomly. Just forgot I had money and then found it again later.
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I managed to find $70 in my jacket (which I hadn’t worn in a year or so) followed by $70 and a further $50 in my jeans pockets. All on the same day.
BEST! -
Once when I was swimming in the surf, a $50 note stuck to my chubby child titties. Poseidon knows how to tip.
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Ha Ha, What!!
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Unleash lambogirl onto reddit, yay or nay?
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No comment 😛
But lambogirl was alright in Halo! Spawn point buddies!
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Poo 😛
I suppose it’s better than my “0000” though.
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Kotaku is back! <3
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WE’RE BACK!
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Kotaku is back pt.2! <3
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In Pog form.
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Aw man, I got the Alexpants pog… 🙁
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I’m looking for the rare Powtato Mash pogs.
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I got The Reply Button pog. :/
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I can has the The Oar… Pog?
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The Oar is a slammer
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THE BOIZ R BACK
Wow…Kotaku is having a great time.
WHIIIIIIIIIIITE! *shakes fist*
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Could be worse, if it had errors it could switch to Dick’s colours. That would be bad.
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Clever Dick…
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Could be better, it could have switched to The Stath in top form. That was a nice ad.
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Woah, uh, that’s… a bit racist there, Rize.
Danger Zone-
I’m a self-hating Caucasian.
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Holy shit.
The Tour de France starts the same time as Shameless Gaming Month.
My TV and my monitor shall be side by side so that I can watch le Tour while playing my vidja games.
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I’m going to be the only person here watching le Tour, aren’t I?
Well, screw you guys, I’m going to mention it far too often in my shameless gaming month writeups :p
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Is that some kind of Starcraft II Tournament?
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French grandmasters league yeah
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That’s the Iron Squid.
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Warranted hat!
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You too?
Awesome, I have someone to watch it with!-
My dad used to make the whole family watch at dinner time. The last few years, I’ve really gotten into it.
I’m sad that Thor Husovd isn’t racing this year. I really enjoy his occasional stage wins. Andy Schleck is a joy to watch in the mountain and without him or Contador, I really don’t know who is going to rise during the mountain stages. The battles between those two the last few years were amazing.
Cadel Evans and Bradley Wiggins are the two obvious frontrunners at the moment. I honestly don’t know what form either is in (I only watch the Tour) but seeing as Wiggins is in the same team as Cavendish, I find it hard to believe that they’re going to be able to support him and get Cavendish the Green Jersey.
There’s no way you have Cavendish on your team and not go for the green, so I don’t know how Wiggins will fare.
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I am apparently unable to close tags today.
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Cav will drop out of the tour when they hit the mountains to focus on the olympic road race.
He is going into it lighter than last year as his primary focus is the Olympics.
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Bloody Olympics.
Thor dropped out so he could focus on the Olympics. Cav dropping out after he’s picked up a few stage wins is going to be rather annoying.
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i will also be watching le Tour! Many a late night ahead that’s for true.
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I love Le Tour time. I attempt to watch a couple of hours every night. I was just in France on holiday…shame I wasn’t able to extend it to include some of race.
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I watch it when I can. Always interesting to watch.
Surely the pinnicle of excitement.
I realised this a while ago so figured that I wouldn’t have as much an impact on shameless gaming this year. Unfortunately my PC and TV are in different rooms, so it is likely that I will be watching TDF and working on the laptop while my wife uses the PC.
That said who are you liking for top 5?
1. Evans
2. Wiggins
3. Sanchez
4. Nibs
5. Gisink (If he can stay upright)
Sagan or Goss for green
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Evans, Wiggins and Sanchez are the names that stand out. Hesjedel and Casar are both noteworthy but I don’t think they’re contenders. Cancellara might stand up as Radioshack’s man and if Voeckler goes to the same pharmacist he went to last year, he’s a top 5 contender.
Really, I don’t pay enough attention to form to make an honest judgement. Most of these are just names that stand out from previous tours.
That being said, I really want to see Mark Renshaw in the Green Jersey this year and a stage win for the Orica Greenedge boys (the new Aussie team) would be the highlight of the tour unless Cadel wins again.
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Hesjedel won the giro and won’t have recovered from that yet. Not sure if Sandy is going to be riding GC or stage hunting.
I think that Goss is a better chance for green than Renshaw, but really hope the green edge boys can get at least on win.-
Good on Ryder. Didn’t follow the Giro this year (only watched it once or twice).
Renshaw winning the green is just something I’d like to see. He played second fiddle to Cav for a long time and did a brilliant job as the lead out man. Would just love to see him get some individual reward especially as he is one of the better sprinters that I’ve seen in recent years (although let’s face it HTC had something special going on there).
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That’s a rather sad thought. I can’t think of another team that ever took such complete control of stages to guarantee their man the stage win. Especially not one that could do it whenever they damn well pleased.
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SPORTS AND SPORTS TALK
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GO LOCAL SPORTS TEAM!
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GO WILDCATS!
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GO BANANA!!!
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I would like to make an unreserved public apology to Mcgarnical- it seems I offended his sensibilities by dividing my attention watching Unforgiven.
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He’s probably not going to forgive you.
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so I’ll remain… Unforgiven
*Puts on sunglasses*
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Wow, am I the only one who lost Kotaku for a few hours?
Anyway, it’s working fine, now. 🙂
Also, Penny Arcade RSPOD Episodes 1&2 are $3 on Steam right now.
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happened to me too, what the heck?
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I prefer the shortform isup.me
And yeah, someone tripped over a wire at Allure HQ.
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Serrels wasn’t there to keep everyone moonwalking in the giant hamster wheel that powers the site.
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Hahahahaha!
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What they hell have they done to my penny arcade?!?
I’ll probably still get episode 3, but what have they done? Oh and if you don’t have the other ones grab them for $3
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From what I know the third game got cancelled, so this is a resurrection of the project via a collaboration with the team that made Cthulhu Saves The World. Thus the retro graphics and play style.
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Ahhhhhh
Well I’ll still give it a try, the humour still seems to be there but I did really like the art style of the original two and have been waiting ages for this to come out.
I actually found out about episode 3 release date during e3 (unrelated to e3) and had more hype for that than anything at e3
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Also, have any TAYbies tried Microsoft Flight?
If so, what are your thoughts?
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I’ve played it. It’s alright, there’s only two planes you can fly without having to pay though. It’s fun to just fly around randomly. There are missions you can do, which are cool because in one of them I made my passenger sick 😛 There are also hidden ‘aerocaches’ around the island to find, as well as daily ones. They’re a bit too easy to find usually. Also, it’s okay with keyboard/mouse, good with a joystick, but I find it a bit too sensitive when using an xbox controller. I don’t think I was able to find any options to change the sensitivity.
It’s also got a multiplayer mode, which I haven’t tried out yet.
It’s pretty cool, worth checking out if you’re interested in flight sims. If you’re a flight sim fanatic (which I’m not) you may be better off just sticking with whatever flight sim you have, although it’s free, so it’s not like your losing anything to check it out 😛
So I was all set to play Halo last night but then I got home. We’d had an electrician in to try and isolate & fix a phone line issue – very crackly voice line. Telstra guy came a while back, couldn’t find any issues with the line from the street so felt it was internal wiring.
The electrician had disconnected all the phone sockets in the house bar one, noticed there was reduced noise (because there was also nothing at all using the line, mind you), declared this ‘fixed’ and buggered off somewhere else. “Oh, you’ll have to move your router downstairs to the one socket I left connected”. I have no less than seven wired devices on my home network, including my main PC. “Just move your PC down here then” was his response apparently, “or get wireless”. Because yeah, lots of devices on an already noisy wireless spectrum, that’ll work pretty well.
So I’ve had to disconnect a few things to free up enough ports on my switches etc, plug the router in downstairs and run an enormous long ethernet cable down the stairs and across the roof and stuff into our study where the one remaining socket is.
Got to get the landlord to authorize having the guy back to fix his ‘fix’. Meanwhile I’ve got cables everywhere. 🙁 And the noise on the line is no better than it was.
Bit late to the HOLY SHIT KORRA party but…
HOLY SHIT KORRA!
No spoilers here but since the first season is over here’s some of my thoughts:
I’m not sure whether I like it more or less than Avatar but I’d say it’s on par. There’s certain aspects I like and certain ones I don’t. I can’t help feeling like it’s rushed but the pacing towards the end was pretty good and those last few episodes were very eventful and, thus awesome :).
Some of the voice acting just feels off though :P. I’m not sure if I’m the only one but I’m not too fond of Prince Zuko’s voice actor. Just doesn’t sound right in my opinion 😛
Anyways… Season/Book 2 should be super awesome when they work out the little kinks and I can’t wait for it :D. Woooo! HOLY SHIT KORRA!
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I liked the ‘rushed’ aspect- all meat, no filler.
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They really could have used two or three more episodes with the same amount of content. Particularly that one story arc that felt like it was a distraction from the main event that ended up having quite the payoff. You know the one.
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Which one? (rot13 if necessary)
I like the all meat, no filler aspect but they could’ve fleshed out some plot points over more than 1 episode because it ends up feeling rushed. Avatar had lots of filler so I like how Korra is ‘moving forward’ all the time but it’s moving at a fast pace.
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The one with the biggest payoff. I’ll tell you on TS if you still don’t know what I mean.
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Possible spelling errors
Oybbq oraqvat Nzna guvat?
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Close.
Gur erfg bs uvf snzvyl.
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Yeah that’s what I meant, the whole thing surrounding it.
Mind Blown!
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Cool, now that Korra is over, check out Tron Uprising…or the clone wars! 😛
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No thanks 😛
Next on the list are my weekly shows and Bob’s Burgers and Young Justice 🙂
So after briefly talking about Snake Eater on potaku last week, & having never played a MGS game, I figured I’d look into them. Picked up the MGS HD collection. played it for about 30mins & got waaaay too confused to continue.
Question is, what order should I go with? Order of release, or order of chronology within the series?
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1 – talking about = listening to the other guys talk about.
2 – I’d like to give it another try without getting confused, hence the play order question.-
I asked that a while ago but that was for me sorta replaying them. When I started I think I went 3, 2 (just messing around, didn’t get far as a kid) then went back and did 1, 2 and 4 (finished all). As a newbie to the series I would recommend release order otherwise it’ll be hard getting back into the older releases if you’re use to the new mechanics of the more recent games.
So 1 – 4 is my vote. Not sure where PW would fit there as I’ve never played it but assuming you don’t have 4 and just the collection then 2, 3, PW.
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Oh and the story is batshit insane and confusing as hell in MGS (at least in the games I’ve played) especially in 2. I wouldn’t worry too much about it 😛
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If you CAN play the original MGS, go for that then work through them in order.
Otherwise if you just want to jump into the series then Snake Eater is your best bet, it’s a prequel so you do not need to know oodles of back story, plus it’s plot is a LOT less confusing than MGS2.-
oh cool, coz I started with MGS2 & every three seconds I was asking myself ‘whos this guy?’ ‘why am I on a boat’ ‘where can I get myself one of them fancy hats?’ etc.
I’ve read the synopsis for MGS1 & yeah, that makes sense I suppose. I’ll give snake eater a go. extra bonus – that Snake Eater song is pretty awesome.
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I think it’s best to play in order of release. The stories inform each other. MGS 1 is the absolute must starting place anyway
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Ha! I just realized what your username meant!
I like it.-
yeah, figured it was time for a little bit of variation.
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OK seems the consensus is order of release.
& to make things even easier, MGS1 is on the PSN store.this will be done.
Just Cause 2 is ridiculously addictive.
I realised that it’s not Just Cause, as in fighting for a worthwhile cause. It’s actually makes much more sense as Just (be)Cause.
Why am I doing this? Just because. Makes me feel better about skipping over the terrible cutscenes 😛
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Told you it was awesome. Now go blow up more refineries or attach a car to a 747.
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People to propane tanks never gets old
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HOW IS BABBY FORMED?
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LIKE LEGO
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Ask Shane 🙂
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When a mummy and a daddy love each other very much, the mummy nags and begs and nags and begs. And that’s where babies come from.
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HOW GIRL GET PREGNANT?
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they need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back?
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babbies 🙁
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Of course not, it’s just that the instain mother bit is so crazy that no one actually remembers it well enough to be able to quote it.
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@Beavwa + Melbourne taybies (Or interstate taybies who happen to be in melbourne)
Trivia is at Mana bar in Fitzroy at 8pm. please let me know if anybody is interested as we will probably only go if we can meat up with others there.
So who is interested?
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I can’t unfortunately 🙁
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Sorry mang, got a farewell dinner on tonight so I can’t make trivia. Been dying to go to one of those though.
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Going to have to pull out as well, turns out I’ve got something else on that no-one told me about until now. Oops.
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No worries, next time we will have to get more than a days notice
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Can’t make it but maybe another time 🙂
I’ve never been Mana Bar so it should be interesting and it’ll be good to meet up with fellow TAYbes. Is it general trivia or vidya game trivia? If it’s the latter I won’t be very good being young and whatnot and not having played many of the retro games 😛
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It is geek trivia whatever that would entail
I’ve never done trivia there but I would expect a mix of gaming, sci – fi and comics.
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Yeah I guess having a wide range would be good, different ages will know about different things 🙂
Sounds interesting and hopefully we get a Melb meat happening around one of them sometime in the future.
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Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat’s the only cat
Who knows were it’s at
Everybody’s pickin’ up on that feline beat
‘Cause everything else is obsolete.
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren’t born
Every time he plays
But with a square in the act
You can set music back
To the caveman days
I’ve heard some corny birds who tried to sing
Still a cat’s the only cat who knows how to swing
Who wants to dig a long haired gig or stuff like that
When everybody wants to be a cat
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Call Me Maybe vs Friday.
As a song, Friday wins hands down.
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TAYbies, what’s your preferred hot beverage?
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COOOOFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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I only drink the blood of my enemies! /Sarge
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Mulled wine
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Oil
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Warm milk with Milo in it.
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^ This!
Not because it’s super amazing but I don’t really have much else (no coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc.)
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Mead… ’nuff said
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Hot chocolate!
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I would say this as well, but SO many cafe places can’t seem to make one properly. Maybe I just have impossibly high standards.
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AM – coffee, PM – tea.
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Yeah this.
9-3: Coffee, 4-late: Tea.
Unless it’s not a school night that is ;P
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LEGO building in your browser. Do it now
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Defying physics!
buildwithchrome.com/build/_Bg
Does any one hear play the ARMA mod DayZ?
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Kiwi! I noticed your first post over the weekend. Hi.
That is all.
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No wait.
Also, you said you’re a librarian. That’s 3 in TAY that i know of.
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He he he… Yeah well I am a Library Officer and after one more semester I will be a qualified librarian… Thanks for the trivia… I had no idea there were some other librarians here at Tay.
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“Library Officer” made me think of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_War
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Who’s the other one besides you two?
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Nope, way too busy with other games, but I hear it is awesome.
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& there are a few DayZ players around, though i can’t think ofwho they are.
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Ynefel does
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Yeah I play a fair bit, but more over the weekend when I can jump online with all my mates from work
@Greenmang, RE: LoL
LoL has +/- 5 classes.
Tank
– Can take a lot of damage.
– Can divert damage away from allies.
Tank is probably the simplest class to define. Usually the term “true/full” is used to describe a Tank with a Taunt mechanic which will force an enemies focus. It’s actually a somewhat limited pool, and I would extend the definition to include Tanks that also have some kind of ‘hard’ Crowd Control such as a Stun or Snare.
Tanks include Shen, Rammus, Amumu and Leona.
Support
– Can buff and/or heal allies.
– Does not rely on build to be effective.
Support covers a fairly wide definition. A good Support should have the means to buff their allies and debuff enemies. A good support player will purposely avoid earning killing blows on enemies (minions/champions) so that their allies can get stronger faster.
Supports inculdes Sona, Lux, Kayle and Soraka.
These two classes are fairly straight forward. The rest of the classes are really just different ways to describe damage dealers, and I find that some of the existing definitions aren’t watertight.
Ability-based (Spellcaster) champions are referred to as simply “AP”. The term “Mage” exists to define Ranged AP champions, but is rarely used. This is likely due to the fact that there’s not really a term for Melee AP champions.
Attack-based champions are referred to as simply “AD”. Sometimes the term “AD carry” is used, indicating that the champion needs to be carried to late game; it’s almost exclusively used to describe Ranged AD champions, since melee AD champs are a little more self-sufficient. Melee AD champions can be called either “Fighter” or “Brusier” or sometimes both, and you’d be hard pressed to find a definitive description for either term.
Ranged
– Has Ranged attacks.
Melee
– Does not have ranged attacks.
You should have two strong damage dealers on a team, and you should probably have both some range and melee, some physical and magic damage. A good spellcaster will have some kind of Crowd Control, but are squishier than their physical damage counterparts. Most Attack Damage champs will have abilities that buff their auto attacks.
Mages include Annie, Xerath, Morgana and Ahri.
Ranged AD includes Ashe, Caitlyn, Vayne and Varus
Melee AP includes Katarina and Mordekaiser
Melee AD (Fighters?) include Xin Zhao, Master Yi, and Volibear.
Junglers are the “fifth class” of LoL. In theory any champion could “jungle”, in practice, it’s a subset of champions, mostly Melee AD, that fill the role. A jungler spends their time moving through the creep camps in their jungle and assisting their lanes with ganks.
Jungler Champions
– Can clear the jungle creeps solo, quickly.
– Have good combat survivability.
– Have an ability for ganking.
Jungler Players
– Have fantastic map awareness.
The champions ability to gank “well” is not as important as the ability of the player to know when to gank, as well as knowing the abilities of allies and enemies in lane and what to synergise/avoid.
Junglers include Warwick, Lee Sin, Nocturne and Nunu.
There’s a great guide on Mobafire which goes through the main roles that are a part of the current Meta (Solo Top, AP Mid, Support+AD Bot, Jungler) which you can read here: (http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/5-champs-you-should-know-how-to-play-aka-who-do-i-buy-next-70445) The example champions it uses are Annie, Janna, Shen, Ashe, and Warwick, which are all great starting champions.
From this the champions that are available this week, some good starter picks would be:
Shen (Tank)
Cait (Ranged AD)
Alistar (Support)
Nunu (Support/AP)
My advice would be to probably avoid Orianna and Fizz, as they probably have the highest skill requirement, and don’t worry with jungling before about summoner level 20.
Also, browse through Mobafire for some good crash course info for champions.
Also, if you’re not Greenius but are interested in LoL and have read this far, good job!
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I skimmed it and then read the last line. That means I did a good job. 🙂
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TL;DR bros o/
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Wow thanks for the write up, very helpful 🙂
There’s still some terms I don’t quite understand but I haven’t played it yet. Tried earlier this morning but had some problems connecting, hopefully it’ll all “click” and most of it will make sense as soon as I have a crack at the game.
Thanks again Mawt
Hello?
*blank face*
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Is it me you’re looking for?
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Always.
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I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile-
You’re all I ever wanted.
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So thanks to the twitters, I may have to set aside *another* month for a second Pile of Shame that I hadn’t realised existed. Shameless TV month \o/
Thanks to Strange, MASHAAAAA, McGarnical and Lambo, and a huge ups to .05*70 for increasing my pile from 0 to 12 new shows I need to watch. I plan on getting through at least the first season of each show in a month.
Huzzah!
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What’s the list?
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? 😀
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So I see The Wire 😀 (good show, kinda falls apart in the later season though :P), I assume you’ve seen Breaking Bad. Mad Men was good but kinda got boring towards the end of the 4th season (haven’t watched the 5th yet), Dexter is good too but also falls apart… um…
What did you think of Misfits?
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Misfits is excellent, I’m watching the final episode tonight. I really enjoyed it thus far though!
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GODDAMMIT GREENIUS. That’s another to add 😀
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Tron Uprising
Laid
Newsroom
Carnivale
The Wire
Spaced
Oz
Six Feet Under
Mad Men
Rome
Sopranos
Persons Unknown
Community-
I’ll comment on the ones I’ve seen:
Philly – stupid sitcom that is absolutely hilarious, one of my favourite TV shows)
The Wire – excellent Drama, another of my favourites)
Community – great writing and episodes especially good for a nerd/gamer. Not super good but it’s one of my favourites when it’s airing)
Mad Men – pretty interesting but drags a bit on, I hear S5 is really good thoughAll shows mentioned above start of pretty good, get better then drop in later seasons (but all TV shows do that :P)
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Has Allure been offline for a couple of hours, or just me?
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Yeah, they were fixing maintenance problems.
I couldn’t get on earlier in the morning.
Hopefully it’s all fixed now.-
Thanks Crazyguy1990.
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Brrrr… I’m cold… I really should turn the heater on…
Jeeves!
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I really must insist that I am still uncomfortable with throwing Necronomicrons on the fire, sir.
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You’re burning it?!
That’s it, off to R’lyeh with you!-
What is it with you and that place? I thought you liked earth now?
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@Puppylicks, was that you at Mrs Parma’s last night? I was pretty sure, but didn’t want to walk up to someone and ask them if they were “Puppy Licks”
Did anyone grab Motorstorm Apocalypse off the PSN freebies and would be interested in a few races? Seems like it would be a bit of a laugh online.
Also, Halo 3 and Reach? Yay or nay if I thought 1 & 2 were above average but not amazing?
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Maybe… though I don’t really play it all that often…
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YES!
Duuuuuude I posted about that a few pages ago :P. Me and Masha were playing the other day and it was a lot of fun, we were looking for others. I’m down to play now but I assume you’ll have to download it first.
I never thought Halo 2 (never played 1) was amazing but I still had a lot of fun with it. Halo is Halo so if you didn’t mind the gameplay then go ahead and get 3/Reach. I wouldn’t bother with ODST thought, it was pretty crap…
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I have it installed! Was just playing it. But the PS3 wants a system update. The auto update must have fallen asleep at the wheel unless it was just put up today.
Tomorrow night in definitely in.
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Sweet :). Me and Masha have been playing the free PS+ games lately. Have you tried Renegade Ops? That’s another good one but only 4 player.
The update came today so mine didn’t download it in the early mornings either :(. The update cause network problems for me and I had trouble downloading it. Apparently Sarcasm Fairy and Masha also had issues with the update this afternoon.
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Tomorrow was the GTA 4 playdate but I didn’t hear anyone talking about the 360 one tonight. If people don’t turn up for the PS3 one tomorrow we could play some motorstorm or even 4 player renegade ops.
Count me in
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It’s Tuesday… why do I feel like tomorrow is Thursday?
Ah Fire Emblem. I love you, but I hate you sometimes. I spent the last 2 hours doing a single late-game mission. Making sure to collect every item and find as many character conversations as possible… Turn to face the boss with one of my most powerful (and most favourite) characters… Boss gets a random critical hit and kills him in one shot.
I love that perma-death makes you really take care of your units, but it sucks sometimes. xD
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Are you playing the Ambassador program one? I can’t remember which one but I played one of the GBA ones on an emulator years ago and it was my first Fire Emblem. I was really enjoying it but then one character I liked died… 🙁 so I gave up :P…
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Yeah, Sacred Stones. I’d never played it before the Ambassador thing so it was perfect timing.
But yeah, after the guy died I just sat there with my mouth open in disbelief. So much wasted time that I’ll have to re-do! (I always restart if one of my favourites dies :P)
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Yeah I think I would restart too but I had played for a while without saving so I didn’t bother. I’m sorry random character I liked… :'(
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So I realised earlier than my phone, laptop and computer all have different names but I’m too lazy to change them…
Anyways starting tomorrow JB Hi-Fi has 20% OFF DVD/Blu-Ray/Games. I think it ends Sunday but this also includes the 2 for $40 Range of games ($32 with the 20% off) there’s a decent selection there too. This might also include accessories but I’m not too sure.
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What?!
Yes!!
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wow. if it includes the 2 for $40 stuff, i’m there.
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Dammit Greenius! My wallet is very angry with you at the moment.
Anybody know if the Tomb Raider HD trilogy is any good? I’ve never played any of them (and it’s part of this 2 for $40 thing)
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I heard it was okay. Nothing special.
I’ve never played them either but seems like its worth it for $16 😀
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Anniversary is a pretty solid game. The other two have their moments but are also quite flawed. Still, at that price, it’d be worth picking them up.
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I’m not sure if I’ll be able to sleep tonight….
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Too cold? Heater and/or electric blanket 😀
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I have neither.
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Electric blanket will be your best friend 😀
I have mini-heaters all round the house :), not so useful when you’re in bed though but still warm!
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JB sale isn’t THAT exciting 😛
@Aleph, Six Feet Under is the best show that has ever been made. Ever.
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that ending, fantastic.
(let’s not spoil it for Aleph)WATCH IT ALEPH!!
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You spelled Breaking Bad wrong.
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My thoughts exactly, goddamn it’s good!
People say The Wire is the best but it’s just not as good as a whole. BB all the way!
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Sorry, but it’s pronounced “Dollhouse”.
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As someone who has defended that show on many occasions, swing and a miss there. :p
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Thanks man! I just finished with Misfits last night, and once I’m done with the HTTG radio play, I’ll be back to televisual entertainment 😀
I’ve got a list written down beside my computer at home, so as not to forget. (It’s been written in the physical realm, which means it’s srs bzns…
Am I the only one still awake?
Because I’m going to bed.
Goodnight, TAYbies.
🙂
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Nope.
Pretty sure I’m the only one still awake though.
Good night Crazyguy!#goddamninsomnia
I hate leaving for work in the mornings. My youngest always stands at the front door crying and reaching out to me. I give in every time. I’m a terrible father.
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You’re a heartless bastard to be sure! How could you think of leaving him like that?! He doesn’t need to eat, or a place to live! All he needs is LOVE!!!! 😉
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I thought he had daughters 😛
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Yup, both girls
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Then whose son is that standing at the front door?!
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lol! I wasn’t sure which/how many he had… or maybe I did.. I been working all night! That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it! 😉
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I do not have high hopes for today being a good day. Just a feeling in the water, which is falling from the heavens.
@Mawt page 5, that was a really good write up, hopefully it helps anybody get started on it, though I doubt jungling he needs to know about for a while in THAT much detail given that jungling barely happens pre-level 20 or even pre-level 30 while I played 😛
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just pick ryze and roll face across keyboard
#helping
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Just play Darius and get one of those “water drinking” birds and set it to keep pressing R.
ALL THE PENTAKILLS!
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I’m gonna start trying to get DoTA2 downloaded and installed tonight after I go to bed. It doesn’t look easy to play, certainly not how I remembered it :/
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Nah man drop me into the deep end! MLG material right here 🙂
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hahah and here you were yesterday saying you weren’t going to be competitive 😛
But hey, don’t say I didn’t warn you 😉-
Stun and kill Graves!
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I hit level 30 before the changes to the jungle. In old jungle, Warwick was the only champ that could jungle adequately before 30/without full rune set. In new jungle, I’d imagine it’s not too different.
I think the best advice in there was to go and read the guide I linked. Annie and Ashe will both teach you the importance of last hitting (mana return on Annie’s Q, extra golds from Ashe’s E). Shen and Janna will both teach you how to maximise your abilities to benefit the team (Shen’s Q for life tap, Janna’s shieeld for AD buff – her E? maybe), you can still play Warwick in lane pre-30 as a kind of AP magekiller – and that will kind of teach you ganking; since he can be knocked/stunned/silenced out of his ulti, you learn to try and hold off, or use it on the person that can counter you.
Those five aren’t the be all and end all of learning the game, but they are all fairly straightforward to play, and all have a pretty low IP cost if you’re keen to keep playing them after free-week.
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Yeah it was really sad I was preparing to do jungle warwick on my way to level 30 until the jungle patch came out. It really saddened me, since he was once regarded as the god of the jungle, now you can really only use Lanewick, if lucky enough to go up against a melee champ at top.
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I bought Dragon’s Dogma yesterday. I’ve gotta say it’s not the buggy piece of poop I was led to believe in fact I may even be (brace yourselves) enjoying it!? I’ll put up a proper review in a couple of days when I get to give it more of a go.
Oh lawd, Jean Reno costume for the Sniper.
http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/cityonfire/
BRILLIANT
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“Scene from Meet the Pyro”
WOOOOOOOO
PYRO BEST CLASS
MEET VERY GOOD-
MMRRRRRRGHHH
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MMMMRFFF MMMRRRFFFF MRRFFFFFF!!!
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SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD!
*deep breathe*
SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD! SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD!
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Curse you timed exclusives!!!
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If the vampires look like what I just saw on the first page of kotaku just now when you’re being one, they look like hovering statues while they move… not impressed tbh
They should have made the wings less like claws and more like wings and had a flapping animation. Also maybe having the character lean forward slightly when they move.
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Actually, just rewatched the video and it looks like the character does lean forward. Still, flapping wings would have been cool.
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The whole 3rd person made me cringe so much with the lack of animation while moving… not even the arms did anything
Out of curiosity, is anyone else planning to replay ME3 from the start now that the extended cut is out?
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I haven’t even bought ME3 yet, seeing how long my PC can be Origin-free for. Plus, only going $30 maximum for getting that game and it’s no where near that currently as far as I know.
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It was on sale for $25 about 2 weeks ago 😛
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Heh.. might be enough 😛
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What I mean to say is, where was this?
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Directly through Origin…think it was a “50% off almost everything” sale.
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Huh… $60 now, oh well
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Nah I’m just going to re-load my save and go through the last mission again.
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I considered doing that but decided I may as well just play it from the start. At least it’ll give me a chance to save a certain character this time. I’m 99% certain my game bugged out in my first playthrough because a character that was supposed to appear in the Citadel never did.
CAN ANY ONE HELP ME WITH LEGO QUESTIONS!?
I wanted to use Lego Technic to build a rotating chainsaw blade for the zombie film and I need help. I’m not sure what parts I’d need or how best to acquire them.
Also, any suggestions on how to make a chainsaw blade another way would also be greatly appreciated!
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Buy a chainsaw blade? Not sure how much that’d run you for, but I’d assume that’s the easiest solution. Probably cheaper than Lego, too :p
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As in a real, sharp chainsaw? Cause, I dunno… That might hurt… You know, when the chainsaw presses against the actors…
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It’s all in the name of art. If they didn’t want to get dismembered by a chainsaw then they shouldn’t have become actors.
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Pah, actors are expendable. What you really want is a nice, new blade.
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Have you ever stepped on a piece of Lego? I think I’d prefer the chainsaw!
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You could always try this:
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The Harry Potter LEGO is getting dark…
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That reminds me, last night my mum was saying that when she was at the shops earlier she saw this lego like toy (I don’t think it was actually lego) that featured a car with a cage on the back, a rhino and a man holding a whip and a rifle. Apparently one of the pictures on the box showed the man forcing the rhino into the cage with his whip. Given how endangered rhinos are this seems like a pretty dark kids toy.
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“Hey kids! Let’s play LEGO Animal Poaching!”
“I want to be the endangered Black Rhinoceros!”
“I want to be the Black Market Dealer!”Ages 3 and up.
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With pieces carved out of real Rhino horns!
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What exactly do you want from it?
I’m trying to keep up on Twitter, but I’m not really sure what you need.
I’m assuming the Lego idea is that so it’s harmless, but then you said your one was “making a harmless moving chain” which has you stumped. I thought that would be a good thing?
You’d probably want to use treads like the ones in this set http://images.wikia.com/lego/images/2/2a/Marsmission7654.JPG
It’s got holes to stick pins in, so you could stick those pin to stud pieces in them, then stick some lego teeth into the stud. The tread’s a bit wide though. There is a smaller one (in a star wars tank droid set), but it has smaller holes, and things don’t stick as well in it and they get in the way of the cogs.
To power it, you’d just need a lego power functions set, which has a battery box, motor, 2 lights and something else.
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Also, check out http://www.bricklink.com/index.asp it’s an unofficial lego marketplace. You can buy practically every single lego set and piece ever made off there.
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YES BRICKLINK
It’s awesome, used it to buy my Mobile Frame Zero garage
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I think the problem would be getting the treads onto a railing that’ll move with the motor.
And I’m not sure the Power set would have enough power to move that.-
Nevermind, might do rather well.
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A railing’s easy, just need some technic beams for it to slide along. Have a cog at the end, and another one at the other end inside the chainsaw body, motorise the latter, and it should all work. The power set should have enough power, you can hook it up to that set with the treads. Plus lego motors are usually quite powerful, I’ve got ones from some of the robotics kits.
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I was just going to use the Lego Technic chain links. Those treads look pretty wide.
It’s only 9:45.
Fuck.
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That seems to sum up this morning quite perfectly.
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Agreed.
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Should be:
“It’s 9:45.
Better drink my own piss.”
I’m buying a netbook today. The Asus EEE is pretty much the one to go for, right?
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Mum has one of them. What are you planning to use it for?
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The only reason I can think a netbook would be useful is because a laptop is too bulky to take your porn into the toilet and it has a bigger screen then a smartphone.
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Wouldn’t a tablet be less bulky?
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I do not like this. Nosirree, I do not like it at all.
My heating stopped working for some reason yesterday(unlike on Monday where I just forgot to turn it on), so I woke up this morning to a house that was 9 degrees upstairs, and a whole lot colder downstairs. :/
On the bright side – Uhhh… Nope, nevermind.
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THANK GOD WE ALREADY LEFT.
I mean… uh… I’m sorry to hear that, Blaghman!
I get the feeling I’m going to get a W8P Surface when it comes out…if I can be convincing, maybe through my work.
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I’d like either one of those, or one of those Razer tablets.
RE-POST
Just a few thoughts I had last week. I posted it over the weekend but hopefully more people can read it and maybe spur some discussion.Freeze, Smurfydog, Greenius, Strange, tigerion I think read it over the weekend so feel free to skip this or read it again.
OK HERE WE GO:
You know Activision deserves all the criticism it gets.They have done some crappy things-studio closures, poor business decisions, running franchises to the ground and the whole Infinity Ward fiasco just to name a few.
However, I think the company also deserves some appreciation, even a little.. The company green-lights and supports new and sometimes risky ventures. The problem is that once the venture succeeds they continue to over-saturate the market with said product, leading to fatigue. Other times they support cool concepts but don’t market them.
A few examples:
RISKY VENTURE 1: Guitar Hero.
Activision took a risk distributing and eventually publishing the franchise. Guitar hero borrowed heavily from Japanese arcade games but games like DDR had never done that well in the west. The rhythm genre wasn’t as popular as well. It was a risky move but it paid off.
PROBLEM: Too many versions diluted the market. Now the music peripheral market is all but dead. Rock Band still survives because of its clever and continuous DLC strategy.
RISKY VENTURE 2: Skylanders
The basic game is OK and a fun romp, but the cool thing is how the toys interact with the game. They work on all consoles and it’s a fun way to bring some physicality to the digital characters. It’s a fairly basic idea but it has invigorated both the toy and games market. Skylanders is one of the best selling games of last year and the figurines made skylanders the best selling gaming accessory as well.
PROBLEM: Skylanders Giants is coming so soon after the first game. The market hasn’t bottomed out yet, but will a one year turnaround work? The toys are bigger but will they be better? They light up but where are the movable parts, the accesories like hats for the toys?
RISKY VENTURE 3: BLUR
Blur was an interesting mix of realistic racing and some good old kart combat. The game had a talented developer behind it, it reviewed well and the few who bought it like it. So what went wrong?
PROBLEM: Barely any marketing. Activision had a few online ads poking fun at Mario Kart but that’s it. The racing genre is still a fertile investment and a bigger marketing budget would have gone a long way to at least try and compete with the Forzas and Need for Speeds of the world. While a similar game, Split/second. released at the same time didn’t do as well, Split/second was barely marketed by Disney as well. Another possible issue, release date. This is a stretch but most racing games release towards the end of the year. Maybe that could have helped BLUR do better-think about it, GT, Forza, Need for speed, they all release around sep-Dec. To be fair though, it was shrewd of Activision to release it when there was no competition around.
Those are just a few examples. Finally, there is the biggest series in gaming history, Call of Duty. I didn’t put Call of duty in the above list because it’s in a slightly different situation. Call of duty has never been a risk in the traditional sense of the word. It’s a first person shooter. Since the early 90s First Person shooters are gaming’s ever-green genre. Think about it, shooters are always there. When JRPGs slow down, there are 3-4 shooters. When Strategy games dwindle in popularity, there goes a shooter. When platformers are few…you get it.
Despite being in a ‘good’ genre, the series has actually innovated in significant ways. With two titles especially, COD 1(even 2 to some extent) and COD 4. These two games basically changed the way certain parts of games were designed.
IF ANYONE EVER TELLS YOU CALL OF DUTY HAS NEVER INNOVATED, SLAP THEM IN THE FACE!!!
Call of duty 1 and 2 introduced the ‘campaign from different perspectives’ singleplayer that is so common today. The cinematic presentation and tense missions are still talked about today. Call of Duty 3 faltered but COD 4:MW changed the industry with a push to modern warfare and a surprisingly good singleplayer that in some parts actually criticised and questioned modern war. At the time Activision was really tense about veering away from WW2, but a combination of developer persistence and some smart folks within Activision ensured the game was finalised. The rest is, well, history.
The changes introduced in Call of Duty 4 changed the multiplayer landscape for all subsequent shooters and the XP multiplayer system is now standard in other games. The military genre is also a mainstay nowadays.
This was not an apologetic post in any way. Activision has done and still does crappy things, and they should be criticised for it. I think this was just in my head and I thought I’d put it out there. I guess the main point is that absolutes are not a good way to characterise anything.
Also the developers who made these games should not be forgotten. The teams made the games and they spearheaded their innovative features:
1. Harmonix and Neversoft with Guitar Hero (a kudos to freestyle games as well who did DJ Hero . )
2. Toys for Bob with Skylanders
3. Bizarre studios with Blur
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4. Infinity Ward and Treyarch with Call of Duty.
Thanks for reading.
(Please forgive any grammatical errors I missed while typing this out.)
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I agree with all of this.
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That’s more about what has been happening at Blizzard since they merged.
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But yeah…. “With respect to the franchises that don’t have the potential to be exploited every year across every platform, with clear sequel potential that can meet our objectives of, over time, becoming $100 million-plus franchises, that’s a strategy that has worked very well for us,” Kotick said in the Gamasutra-attended call later transcribed by Seeking Alpha.
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I knew you’d post that as a response 😛
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Well it’s the best written post with links to everything 😛
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I’ll read that soon. Thanks for the link.
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I’ve read it now and, wow. Those guys have done some distasteful stuff.
I still stand by my above text but I see the where the criticism comes from. Thanks Klutar.
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Wow… I wouldn’t have believed it myself if I was told this, that’s disgusting!
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No. You must blindly hate them because the Internet says so otherwise you’re a corporate sheep.
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I submit.
BURN ACTIVISION!!
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Disagree but can’t type much on the phone.
Guitar hero – they bought in after it was already successful, then milked it to death.
Skylanders – cynical ‘marketing brand identity’ exercise from a shovelware studio. Think angry birds.
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How is Skylanders a ‘cynical marketing brand identity exercise’? What do you even mean by that? Do you mean the use of the Spyro name? Because that’s the only recognisable name in the Skylanders brand. Even then the Spyro name was basically dead prior to this game and the game is Skylanders first and Spyro second. The game is Skylanders: Spyro’s adventure afterall.
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The primary focus was around creating a marketing brand of skylanders (same as the approach for angry birds). The genuinely fun and well designed game is a side effect of that.
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The Skylanders game was the result of Toys for Bob being given the chance to revitalise an old Vivendi franchise. Like Angry Birds, the brand extensions(clothing, books etc) came about after the game’s initial success. A quick Google search and you can find features detailing the game’s conception.
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/38565/Toys_For_Bobs_Rewarding_Skylanders_Flight.php for exampleIn the above text I’ve mentioned my reservations that they could me moving too fast and saturating the market and at that point then it’s fair to call it a cynical marketing exercise. The initial design was the result of a good idea, clever market research and testing(which most entertainment companies do) and a streamlined approach for accessories interacting with the game.
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Ad Man dropping the Marketing knowledge!
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I’ll be sure to give that a good look through when I get home. Sorry I can’t really continue this in-depth from work.
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So my internet which is usually pretty shitty and keeps disconnecting has decided to be good this morning. My download of Conan went up to 1mb/s which is pretty much the top speed for my internet so I’m now downloading all the things.
Any really quick suggestions?
I may even download that Tron thing if that person recommends it, but who knows 😛
I’m currently downloading Penn and Teller shows. I randomly stumbled across “Fool Us” a few weeks ago and sat there watching nearly 2 hours worth of YouTube clips. Virus__ also linked it last night on Twitter and I ended up watching a whole bunch of clips last night and this morning 😛
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Fringe
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I’ve heard of Dead Like Me and Fringe (perhaps on TAY?) but I’m not interested in Dollhouse or True Blood 😛
Looked up the former but don’t feel like any dramas at the moment. Dead Like Me looks really familiar I think I may have seen it before? Who knows 😛
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Fringe is awesome. You should watch it.
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Bullshit is pretty entertaining if somewhat sensationalist. Probably wouldn’t bother with Tell a Lie.
I noticed on Twitter that Dan! discovered Frisky Dingo. If you haven’t seen that do eeet! Venture Bros is best written show on TV. Otherwise I watch a lot of procedural cop shows and Discovery docos so not sure how much help I can be.
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Got all 3 of them (Fool Us, Bullshit, Tell a Lie). No idea what Tell a Lie is but I’ve been watching clips from Fool Us and I’ve only seen that ‘gamer’ clip from Bullshit which you talked about.
Never heard of Frisky Dingo but it looks stupid, I like stupid and I’ve already seen all of Venture Bros. Not sure about cop shows but I do like docos (especially nature ones). If something is readily available in HD then sure, why not :). Last HD docos I saw were Frozen Planet and Life.
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Frisky Dingo is awesome!
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Oh and I forgot to add that I’m watching Bob’s Burgers now. I think you recommended it to me because I liked Philly? It’s not really like Philly but I also watched The League recently, have you seen that? Pretty funny 🙂
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Tron? What’s a tron? 😛
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*Pron.
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Get on it people, LA Noire is $3.74 on steam at the moment, its a good chance to pick it up if you haven’t played it yet, me on the other hand i picked up Aliens vs Predator for $8 today.
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At that price you can’t go wrong, people! I think I paid more than that for each DLC case. 😛
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Nooo… b-but… Shameless Gaming month…. I’m gonna be surrounded by steam games….
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Think about it as being prepared, you wouldn’t go into a body building month without stocking up on protein powders and the like so why is this any different.
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I picked that up but didn’t get the additional DLC yet. I know it is only $5 but still wasted money if I don’t like the game.
PS3 lesson I learnt today: It’s faster to update via USB.
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Did you get it working?
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It was spotty at the start and kept disconnecting in the middle of the update download, hence the USB solution.
My connection is better now. Just downloading the LEGO:Batman 2 demo.
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You can do most things faster via USB in Australia.
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So, I think I’ll probably end up getting Spec Ops: The Line at some point in the near future.
Anyone else have any thoughts (positive and negative) about it?
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The demo seemed cool and reviews are positive.
I’ve heard the campaign is kind of short though and if the multiplayer community doesn’t pick up then I wouldn’t advise you to get it at the release price.
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I haven’t learned much yet, but it sounds like multiplayer could be pretty cool. Obvious issue is how many people will jump on each platform. I’ll be leaning towards PC, cause it’s a shooter.
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I can’t take that game seriously after E3, having to watch that stupid trailer before each trailer has already made me sick of the game
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I really enjoyed the demo. Played through a few times. It’s was fun attempting to play through it without firing a single shot and instead ordering your squad to do all the heavy work.
I found the setting pretty interesting as well and the story seemed competent enough to get me intrigued. I’ll probably buy it but a month or two down the track.
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I knew nothing about it then I listened to last weekend’s Weekend Confirmed and now I’m kind of interested. But at the same time it’s a military shooter and I’m kind of burned out on them, so going to wait and see how it reviews.
Some ads on the net can be pretty mean to certain minorities:
“The new Samsung Galaxy SIII. Designed for Humans”
…sorry Techy.
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I cried when I saw that… I really did :'(
I really wanted that phone… *cries and runs off*
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I suggest we protest?
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No, I’ll simply add them to the list of the first to die when we take over.
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I’ll never harm the dogs or any other animals… maybe spiders will be the exception on that.
I personally love dogs and cats 🙂
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Sounds good. I also hate spiders. KILL THEM ALL!
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Boss just saw a real estate brochure and bank stuff on my desk.
Called me into his office and told me he would assist with guidance, resources (fit out the unit with furniture, LED lighting, etc.) and a little bump in salary.
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Your plan worked perfectly!
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Haha! It did.
I had the stuff on my desk yesterday and I thought he spotted it, but he didn’t mention it.
So this morning I relocated it and got a bite almost straight away.
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Wow, that’s good news. He must be having a really good day or is he always that kind?
If it’s the latter I wouldn’t mind having a boss like that.
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I think he’s having a good day, plus he’s just into that sort of thing.
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I suppose people do things out of character around the Winter Solstice.
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He likes dealing with money/banks/assets/investments/etc.
It’s his porn.
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Wow I wish i had people that nice at work
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Next try leaving a hooker and drug brochure on your desk and see if any help is given for that!
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Note: I’m assuming I’ll still have to pay to fit out the place, but at very low prices and with free design advice.
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And I’ve already scored a fair bit of free gear from work
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Wow, is your place employing? =P
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Nope.
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Reckon. It sounds like a pretty awesome place to be!
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It has it’s benefits and drawbacks.
Can be a nightmare working here sometimes, and I don’t earn a lot, but they take care of me when necessary.
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Glad we had to cancel the mana bar meat – taking my cat in to be put down this afternoon. She was wandering around the house this morning in very obvious pain, decided it was unfair to keep her going an extra day 🙁
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That sucks, sorry to hear 🙁
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Sorry man but since it needs to happen anyway I guess the best thing you can do is get it done for her as soon as possible
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My condolences. It’s very hard to do, but it is the right thing.
I had to put my dog down and he was comforted by the fact that we were there. He waged his tail feebly before dying.
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Same deal here. I’m not above admitting I cried.
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I also cried, for days after it too.
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Bummer dude…
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Wow, that sucks…not made any better by having to make that sort of decision.
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Sorry to hear that man 🙁
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Sorry to hear that.
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I have no words that are going to help. 🙁
*hugasaurus*
I may take advantage of the JB sale to update my PC peripherals. My G19 is dying in the arse and Logitech claims it’s not their problem, and my mouse is wearing out (can’t remember what it is…).
Currently looking at the Deathadder (wired) mouse, and looking amongst the Lycosa, Arctosa, Blackwidow and Anasi for a keyboard.
Thoughts/opinions? Particularly interested in the good/bad of the Anasi’s thumb buttons.
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Personally I use a bog-standard MS ergonomic keyboard. The one with the raised palmrest and split keys. I got one for work years ago and ended up having to get one for home as well. It works absolutely fine for everything except MMOs where you need to use lots of keys, but for that I ended up getting a Razer Naga so I can just hit buttons under my thumb, which actually works better for those sorts of games.
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I just switched from a Ducky keyboard with Cherry MX Blue switches (the same ones in the Blackwidow but with better keycaps) to a bog standard Apple keyboard.
Apple keyboards are pretty awesome.
The switches in the Blackwidow do not need to bottom out when you’re using them. They’re incredibly responsive but you need to learn to type lightly on them, which is hard when there is a lot of travel distance (think of it like the clutch in a car, you don’t need to hit the floor, there’s a grab point about halfway).
Can’t say anything about the rest of the keyboard, if they’re not mechanical they probably aren’t worth it and if they are mechanical they would still use the same switches and feel roughly the same.
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Just had a more indepth look.
Blackwidow Stealth uses Brown switches, all other Blackwidows use Blue. The other keyboards are all membranes and frankly, don’t look that good.
If you’re going Razer, get Blackwidow. The standard if you want it to be clicky, the Stealth it you want it to feel slidy (I’ve tried Brown switches before, not a fan).
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The Anansi doesn’t look too bad, to me.
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Yeah, I’m quite curious about it, given that it has thumb buttons on the keyboard (under the spacebar). No idea if they’d work well (or work well for me), but wouldn’t mind trying it out.
@Trjn, I’m tempted to move back to mechanical keyboards, but at the moment I’m not too phased by membrane ones. I guess if I had a chance to test drive the ones I was interested in I could probably make a decision really fast, but not many places have that sort of setup. EB generally has one on display, but I think that’s always a Lycosa.
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I’m not using my Ducky keyboard at the moment. Should feel roughly the same as the Blackwidow (different keycaps but meh).
Pester me on TS and I can send it to you for a few weeks to try out.
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And I just can’t see Razer membrane keyboards being worth the premium.
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We all need mechanical keyboards JUST TO DROWN OUT THE SOUND OF PEZ TYPING OVER TS
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The Lycosa, whilst a nice keyboard. Not worth it or its clones from Razer imo. I own one been my main keyboard for the last 5 years, it’s alright but not the best. It’s blue screened my PC on numerous occasions, the drivers are rather out of date, the media keys break windows from time to time..
Is twitter playing up for anyone else?
Sorry for the downtime yesterday and last night – we had some fun issues that could only be fixed over in the US of A. We’re working hard to ensure we have something to fall back to if this ever happens again in the future.
Thanks for your patience!
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Hamster shortage state side?
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set up a url redirect rule to http://nyan.cat/ if the host cannot be resolved.
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/game/pc-games/thrustmaster-hotas-warthog-pc-flight-joystick/645785
Get out of my dreams and onto my desk!
On a lighter, more awesome note, who’s up for some BF3 tonight (PC)?
I need someone/ a squad to show me the ropes 🙂
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I was about to say “what the hell, why not?” but I think mine needs about 2GB worth of updates 🙁
Lol.
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Shit on a biscuit. he’s back.
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Hmm. Probably should mention the possibility of no no words there.
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What the…?
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Fairly sure it’s footage from a recent Sydney Meat.
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NATO phonetic alphabet. Learn it. Use it. Don’t just spell out weird email addresses on the phone and hope that someone gets it right.
Although substituting P for Penguin instead of P for Papa is perfectly acceptable.
If you have any difficulties learning this, try watching Dollhouse. You’ll never forget Alpha, Echo, Sierra or Victor again.
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YAY DOLLHOUSE!
“Dollhouse, Dollhouse! Doll-Freakin’ House!! I love to say it”
Yeah… I may not know the phonetic alphabet, though I *do* substitute for other options. Doesn’t really help when you’re talking to an illiterate person though.-
The beauty of it is that each word has a unique sound and you have to be pants on head retarded to think that the word starts with a different letter.
Not entirely helpful but better than M for Mancy.
Enver Gjokaj needs more work dammit. He was the best actor on Dollhouse and the last thing I saw him in was as a cop in The Avengers that doesn’t say a single line. Before that, he was in a single episode of Community as Britta’s boyfriend who turned out to be a truly horrible person.
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Unfortunately, that’s the way it goes, manfriend. He is a great actor, but I’ve not really seen him in any other decent roles.
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It’s amazing how popular Dollhouse is getting now that it’s on Freeview, despite most people watching it (that I know) online/downloading.
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I saw it when it came out, barely heard of it again until recently.
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I prefer the TAY alphabet.
A = AlexPants
B = Bish
C = Chuloopa
D = Dire Wolf
E = Effluvium Boy
F = Freeze S. Preston Icequire
G = Greenius
H = Harli
I = Inquisitorsz
J = James Mac
k = Klutar
L = lambomann007
M = Masha
N = NegativeZero
O =
P = Pixel The Ferret Viking
Q =
R = Rize
S = Scree
T = Tech Knight
U =
V = Virus_
W = welbot
Y = Ynefel
Z = Zap*Sorry for those who missed out. I was doing most of this from memory so I either forgot about you (sorry) or you weren’t the first name to come to mind.
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No B for Bunny? R for Rabbit? T for Trjn?
Sadface.
You also forgot Q-bo.
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We both missed out on P! This is the worst Christmas ever.
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Can’t believe you forgot Q-bo. 🙁
Also, I’m mad you didn’t put me in there…. 😛
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Oh! I also would have put Doc_What as ‘D’ instead of that Dire Wolf fellow. 😛
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I agree! Who is that Dire Wolf guy? Never heard of him 😛
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I can’t believe I forgot you Strange /o\
Forgetting Trjn, that’s easy, but forgetting Strange is just wow. I should go get myself checked out, there’s definitely something wrong with that brain thingy whats in my head.
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No X?
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And now I’m forgetting entire letters of the alphabet. There really must be something wrong with me.
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Ah it’s okay, you’re only hum-… wait a minute!
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My email address is perry@gmail.com
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Like Sir Pterry?
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You also need to be substituting in U for Unicorn over U for Uniform.
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Seeing as U is one of the letters that I frequently have to say when this comes up, I’m doing that from now on.
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Picked up the Amazing Spider-Man at JB, although it seems to have gotten rather average reviews, I truly am a sucker for open world games.
EXCELSIOR!
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I bought it on Amazon for the Stan Lee DLC 😛
I’m not so much a sucker for Open World games, but I am a sucker for Spider-Man!
EXCELSIOR!
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Let us know what you think after you’ve played it. I’m curious about it and I remember talking to you about getting it last week.
Hi all. Just dropping in to say hi and stuff.
Im writing an article over the weekend about my trip to Finland and meeting the redlynx team. There is also a surprise addition to the article that I have not even seen… I’ll be going on about it on twitter when it’s released late Friday night i suspect… but the article will be up Monday hopefully. Nothing special really, but im hoping others will like hearing about a random aussie bloke making the trip half way around te world to meet a game dev? Im sure you are all sick of my fanboyism by now 🙂
now, Monday night Halo Fights… WTF. I SUCK! I had no idea what was happening, who was who, I didnt even know what button was for sprint or grenades… I did soo poorly I think I actually rage quit mid match or in a lobby. I might go back, but man I am not geared up for that craziness. Give me a motorbike any day!
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Always happy to hear more about your adventures mate 🙂
As for the Halo Night, well to be fair you did jump in halfway through a Speed Halo match so no wonder it didn’t make much sense 😛 There are no proper rules to Speed Halo apart from just going batshit crazy in your warthog and dodging dem hammers 🙂
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I can’t believe someone actually WON Speed Halo at the end of the night. How does that even work?!
Also, Fatshady; I think I came in once your adventures were over, but as someone who’s never been overseas (really should amend that soon), I’m always happy to listen to stories of far-off places :p
Especially those of a fellow TAYbie!
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Remember when I read every post of yours on SpamShady night? We’ll never be sick of anything you have to say. Keep on fanboying!
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I will seriously never forget that.. you were immortalised in WWE wrestling video sub-text as a result of your efforts!
That was such a good night.. so many posts!
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Always keen to hear about your adventures brother!
And so it was that Powalen’s pile of shame gained 4 new members in a single shopping trip. It had been foretold that a lightening of the wallet would occur, but it was never expected to be this extreme.
I caved and bought stuff on impulse! I NEVER do that so I’m feeling a little guilty 😛 I grabbed Tomb Raider Trilogy, Deus Ex HR, Mass Effect 2 and Bioshock. This is going to be a shock for me, all of my recent games have been cartoony Nintendo ones… I also bought Toy Story 1/2/3 box set on Blu Ray. I’m not too saddened by that, though. 🙂
ps. I thought I would to the shops early to beat the after-school rush. Turns out there is a teacher strike today… Youths everywhere! D:
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I haven’t played the Tomb Raider games but HR, ME2 and BioShock are all awesome. You should play them right now, all at the same time .
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Yeah I figured that I’d heard a lot about them (well, except for Tomb Raider) so they must be at least decent. They were in the 2 for $40 bin at JB, plus 20% off on top of that. I was tossing up between ME2 and Yakuza 4 though (only because Yakuza 4 came in a fancy steel case) but went for the safer option.
$64 for 4 games (6 if you count each Tomb Raider separately). Not bad!
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Yakuza 4 is good but it would be better if you’ve played previous games (which I assume you haven’t)
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Crap, I forgot to look for Pokémon Conquest! I’m sorry Bish!
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Mine added LA Noire and penny arcade ep 3 to it today.
I saw that I am just short of 500 games so resisting the urge just to buy any random thing to boost me above the 500 game mark.And and shame, powalen, shame 😉
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I think I want to get Sanic Generations, but I don’t know if there’s anything else in 2 for $40 that I really want. Also I noticed that Pokemon Conquest is $49 at JB, so that’s $40 after 20% off. I’m tempted to buy it, but I entered Vooks’ competition with a real zinger, so I think I’m in with a chance, and it would be silly for me to have two copies of the game, right?
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What’s JB’s return policy? I think they let you return it if it’s unopened.
You could always just buy it while it’s cheap at JB ($40 sounds good to me) and if you win just return the copy you won or sell/give it away 🙂
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For some reason I read that as Satanic Generations. That would be a whole different game
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I have purchased Halo Reach.
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While some people hate on Halo, Reach has a damn fine campaign.Oh and the multiplayer is okay, I guess ;P
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Lemme know if you want to play the campaign. I got it recently too and played maybe the first 2 missions.
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oh can you do co op… i borrowed it off a mate but im keen for that if more than 2 can join?
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Yeah sure man, we’ll work out a time/day 🙂
I think up to 4 people can do it.
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LEGENDARY RUN
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4 man Legendary gogogo!
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Normal/Easy run? 😛
gogogogo!
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That’s boring. Legendary or GTFO!
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This man gets it.
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Count me in on a weekend!
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Today has gone rather slow.
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That it has.
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Very, very slow.
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Like molasses creeping uphill on a cold, winter day.
Carrying a turtle.
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What’s the name of that super ridiculous liquid that’s housed here in Australia and has dripped only 8 times in the past ~100 years or so? (Don’t quote me on those numbers, I’m pulling them from my arse.)
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Drip…
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Today is a much less energetic version of this.
Except not.
I actually did productive stuff at some point. Not sure how but it happened.
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Is anyone here familiar with anecdotal “healthy crap”?
I’ve decided I may as well put some conscious effort into treating my body a little better than a scrapheap.
So far it’s been “don’t smoke” which by no means started as a conscious thing, and “don’t have coffee after midday”, even though I only have coffee at work, typically in the morning.
Also, slow day is slow.
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I’ve done the “no soft drink” one for a little while. Have cut back quite a lot but still drink it from time to time. Just not daily.
Joined the gym a while back. Haven’t gone in weeks. Will probably start back up again soon thought for some reason.
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Yeah, I generally just stick to water, and will splurge on a nice drop of scotch or port every now and then. I think my main vice was nicotine, and aside from that, I never really mistreated my body. Exercise could be the answer, though I’m afraid of change*.
*Because one thing leads to two if this occurs**
**Two things lead to three… I needn’t go on***
***I know I needn’t have started initially, either****
****Needn’t may or mayn’t be a word*****
*****Mayn’t is a word******
******Just not a real one.
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Yeah kinda,
I stopped putting sugar in my tea and coffee and made an effort to not eat bad food as often.
It wasn’t a super drastic change but over the course of six months I lost about 5-10 kilos.Also not having sugar in my tea and coffee anymore means I know the difference between good tea and coffee and crap now, bonus 🙂
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I’m not much of a sugar person at all, really. If anything, I want to be putting ON weight. Losing 5-10kg would render me invisible under the right lighting conditions.
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When I die of all the unhealthy food conditions in 5 years, my last words are going to be:
“Worth it.”
I just opened Steam to find it was updating Portal, even though I had done nothing to it.
Now I am pondering whether or not to get Crysis….
I think I might leave it…
QUESTSHUN TIEM!
If s special effects offered to make you a spot-on perfect cosplay outfit of whatever videogame character you wanted, what would you choose?
Me? Either it would be my custom Imperial Fists Space Marine that I use in the Space Marine multiplayer, or it would be my custom spartan armour that I use in Halo Reach.
Both would be awesome to just strut around in at conventions and be a total badass 😀
So how about you guys? ANSWERS NAOW
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Isaac, Binding of Isaac
Barrett, FFVII
I can’t decide between the two!-
Wait, Isaac?
So you’d be naked?-
And crying!
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Like me most weekends.
BADOOM*TISH
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I don’t know…
I’d probably choose Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank.
Just because.-
Can I be clank and ride around on your back?
Seriously though, I’ve always wanted to see some good colossi cosplay. Having two-four people making up a huge colossus would be awesome. Especially if the guys are on stilts and can make the colossus look tall and imposing.
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Coordination would be super difficult, but VERY impressive if done right.
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I like to imagine that it would work a lot like “Muppet Man.”
So, poorly.
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Pulsefire Ezreal or Mordekaiser from LoL
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One of those guys from Cho Aniki.
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The Hawke armour from the Dragon Age 2 trailers, or a set of the ranger’s armour from New Vegas
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Either Master Chief’s armour, the Lich King’s armour or some N7 armour.
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For me it would have to be Lich King Arthas.
He’s certainly not my favourite character, and Warcraft is not my favourite game; but the armour looks badass and it’d be a lot more recognisable than simply getting whatever top tier armour for any given WoW character.
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Tyrael – Diablo II
Earthworm Jim – Earthworm Jim
Zer0 – Borderlands 2-
(Jim in the super suit)
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Tier 5 Warlock
BAM http://www.locksucks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/corruptor-tier5.jpg-
Tier 2 Paladin for me.
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Batman.
Always Batman.
One last thing before I head home today;
WHO THE HELL STEALS A BIN? REALLY?!
I’m away for 2 days, and they take my bin?! I’m going to start permanently securing ALL THE THINGS to my desk.
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When I was in a residential college, someone was burning bins. Inside. at like 2am, middle of winter.
That was a fun wait for the fire department in boxers and a t-shirt in the rain.
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At my previous house, someone stole the wheelie bin used for recyclables. We woke up one morning and it was gone from outside our house. Had to get a new one from the council and pay a deposit.
Fucking bin thieves man. Who knows how their minds work?
Feeling kind of down.
New life plan: Move out of home, get a new cat. 🙁
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Feel for ya bud.
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I’m surprisingly not that upset about it. Maybe it hasn’t sunk in yet. I elected not to go in and watch. Also I had her since I was ten so it’s sort of hard to remember when I didn’t have her around. Super glad we did it today though, she was really in bad shape and looking back a bit I think we probably should have done it last week.
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When you’re not there to witness it it can feel a bit surreal. I remember when I was about 15 I came home to be told our dog had been hit by a car and didn’t make it. Never even saw the body. I barely reacted and it took a while before that part of my mind finally accepted it.
Why do we get pets? They become such an integral part of your life and family but they always end up going :(. I’ve had 3 cats and 5 dogs at this point in my life.
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So, that Battlefield 3….
Completely forgot how much I loved The Presets.
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I think you mean LLLLOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOVVvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeee.
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*gratuitous milk scene*
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Blast this infernal cold, it would be much better if t’were done away with, I say!
*adjusts monocle*
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My heating system is broken, so it’s about 10 degrees upstairs, and probably 5 downstairs. :/
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Should’ve bought a snuggie!
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I’m just wrapped up in a blanket.
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They’d help get the fire started quicker…
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PS3 GTA 4 Playdate still happening?
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Is it?
I’m busy now but I’m up for Dead Nation/Motorstorm later tonight? 🙂
Dear Games Journalism,
Please stop making me feel like I’m some kind of horrible misogynist puppy-kicking asshole because I enjoy playing the Dead or Alive games. I get enough guilt trips laid on me for all the other things I like.
Regards,
NZ
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I get guilt trips for partaking in misogyny and puppy-kicking too man. Never played DoA (I’m no good at fighting games), so I can’t empathize with you on that last point sorry 🙁
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Dead or Alive is basically the only 3D fighting game franchise I still care about now that Namco managed to utterly ruin Soul Calibur for me. I was super super excited about the new game and the very first thing I see in western media is about how utterly terrible and disgusting the series is. 🙁
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I’m with you man. This sudden white knight mentality the games media has got is making me out to be a monster for liking boobs. I like the DoA series. I liked the stylistic over the top silliness of the Hitman trailer. I think booth babes are awesome. Doesn’t mean I’m a sexual deviant who can’t see a girl for more then 30seconds without fapping. It doesn’t mean I hate women or think they are objects. I’m comfortable enough with sex and sexuality not to get bent out of shape when people use it to do what it does best, sell stuff.
You’re not weird. At least I don’t think so. There’s far worse things out there.
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I can’t even add to that, I’m afraid.
Well said, Freeze. Well said.
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TF2 is insane.
That is all.
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Trade Fortress 2; Hat Simulator. Best!
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You’ve never played it before? It’s good! 😀
Ok, not sure if anyone’s seen these videos before, although I’m sure you guys will appreciate far more than the people I know in the physical realm. They’re a bit old (by internet standards) but don’t seem to have *that* many hits.
Super Mario World ROM hacks. Some of the most insane levels I’ve seen completed without tool assists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GnG7VeSlz0&feature=plcp
I feel for the person playing, I really, truly do.
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Ok, so after further hunting, I found the first instalment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWot7bX-_c
Clicky!-
You might enjoy this then
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Greeny green green Greenius green guy.
I lost track of which twitter account you were using these days so I’ll put it here too. I grabbed a Xbox gold sub so I can play co op Reach when you want. May as well get some use out of the money.
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@JoelGreenius like it says on TAYnames :O
It was jeeeole but I changed it months ago, sometimes Twitter will keep the older name in the list of names when you type @ (and it shows names). Just unfollow and refollow again and it should be fixed. It happened to me when Jugsy, Jordi and others changed their twitter names.
The “Bear love good, Cancer bad” saga over at the Oatmeal is simultaneously the funniest, entertaining and despair inducing thing I’ve seen in a while. Some people are just awesome and others you wonder how they put their underwear on without injuring themselves.
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Looking at you, CrazyGuy!
Really, how does the clothesline win?!-
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Hey, I like The Oatmeal.
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For all those who loved 90s girl singers, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTGdtH0Mec&feature=related
I’ve played it about ten times now!
Freezey freeze freeze Preson Icequire Esquire S SSssss SNakeN SNAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I replied to you last page but I also remembered something (this is also relevant to those not on XBL Gold). Recently they added 1 month of gold for $1. I’ve heard people buying it, letting it run out and buying it again for at least 7 months. I’m going to assume you just bought a 12 month somewhere and will probably hate this news 😛 but it should save you some moolah in the future.
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Good news! I got the 2 months for $2.
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Wooo!
You mentioned getting your money’s worth so I assumed you paid more than that :P. I bought that too nearly two months ago so mine runs out on the 14th of July :(. I went on Steam like 2 hours ago to ask you to play something but you weren’t on. We can still do Motorstorm and other co-op PS+ games like Renegade Ops.
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That $2 is still $2 more then I’ve ever paid to play online with te PS3.
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Getting harder and harder to justify why Gold costs money.
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Yeah I’m hardly ever on it. Live was better than PSN (before PS+) as a whole. Since E3, PS+ has been amazing and it’s definitely something I’ll continue to buy and wish others adopted this system. You’re not paying to play online but you’re playing for the extra benefits. Sounds good to me 🙂
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I’ve had Gold for I think eight years now (I got it back on the original Xbox, for Halo 2) and I keep forgetting to cancel. Never use it.
There needs to be some benefits beyond just online gaming. Especially for the next system, because free to play is such a big thing now and limiting F2P games to Gold subscribers wouldn’t really be a good approach.
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If you need to get me twitter is usually the best option as my phone is pretty much always on me. Or I’ll be on one of the consoles.
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Ah k, most people are usually on TS or Steam, I’ll remember to tweet you next time :). For me it’s either Steam/TS or just TAY since I refresh it now and then. I don’t have notifications turned on for Twitter atm but I’ll turn them on now, just remember it’s @JoelGreenius now 😛
I’m free all day tomorrow but I assume you have work so I’ll talk to you sometime in the evening/night.
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Can someone please organise a Game Masters meat? Kthx. How long is it on for?
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Thursday 28 June – Sunday 28 October 2012
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IGF 2012 finalist games are in the downstairs area free to play until 8th July as well. Some pretty good games there:
http://www.acmi.net.au/igf-2012.aspxI went to the IGF2011 set with Tigs and Mrs Tigs, it was a fun hour or so 🙂
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Has that been going on for a while? I remember my stupid selfish friend hogging Castle Crashers the whole time back in 07… (it was a school excursion)
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I think so.
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Whoa October?! I didn’t think these things lasted that long. That’s ages! I think NotoriousR might’ve mentioned added it to Batmang but I don’t know. No rush then 🙂 I assumed it was only on for a month or so. I’ve only been to ACMI once for a Pixar thing back in 2007 😛
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Yeah I think the plan for Batmang was Game Masters then Food then Batman @ IMAX.
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The english voice acting in Lost Odyssey is truly some of the worst I have ever had the displeasure of hearing. Especially the Numaran general with the Liberace head piece.
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Agreed. In some ways, it was a relief to turn the sound off in that game and let the subtitles carry it. 😛
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I’ll raise you:
http://www.humorgasms.com/2011/09/new-members-always-welcome/
Honestly… I have no idea why I’m awake…
I went to bed, tried to sleep, couldn’t, ended up back here.
So, now I’m listening to Wimbledon.
At 2:15am.
Fantastic.
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An addendum:
And then I checked the Playstation Store, and the only things worthwhile on there are the ratceht & Clank trilogy, and the new GT5 content (Scion car and Twin Ring Motegi East, West, full config, and Superspeedway).
Turns out that a local car hire place in Brisbane held a Starcraft 2 tournament in their office last weekend. The weird part is that I had heard about it beforehand and dismissed the idea of going. Now I actually regret that.
They’ve done a blog post declaring it a success and there is a thread on sc2sea (the Aussie Starcraft forums) saying that things went pretty well.
A rather novel idea, having a business host a tournament in their own offices. Definitely something that I didn’t think would work (honestly thought it was going to be 5 people all gold or below rocking up). Yet here we are, after a 32 man tournament with several GM players.
Not bad for Brisbane.
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I remember when SC2 got released, my local EB had a midnight launch. It was only a smallish store, but they set up 2 computers and actually had a knockout tournament of Brood War going for a few hours before midnight. I don’t really know how it’s relevant but I guess I’m saying that tournaments in stores can probably work because the companies supply the equipment needed for free advertising
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I imagine that the hardest part is getting enough computers set up on a network. A small business doing it already has that part handled (and just needs to take steps to lock things down).
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Yeah, this being an EB store, they just got some computer store in the same complex to loan a few computers and network gear.
If there was an actual big event in Melbourne like that, I’d probably go (as a spectator unless they have a Bronze tournament)
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I preferred the interview style of the other Meet the Team videos, but this is also pretty awesome.
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Do *you* believe in magic?
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I loved it. Pyro so happy!
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I’m undecided about this video, I dunno, I guess as the Pyro is my favourite class I was expecting something more form the video.
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Okay I’m liking it more the more I watch it. Guess it takes a while to grow on ya
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Yeah, me too.
I think them sitting there with the Pyro talking through muffled sounds and cutting to random scenes of Blu being murdered would have been pretty funny, but this was still pretty amusing. Plus, I guess the former was the more expected route so this is something nice and different, whilst still keeping a great sense of humour and horrible murder.Also, turn the captions on, and hear and read what the Scout says.
Valve trollin’-
“He’s not here, is she?”
NOICE.Oh and I LOVE the curious little head-tilt the Pyro does, just to highlight how batshit crazy s/he is.
http://i.minus.com/iZcGnME6cdYpA.gif
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Not as brilliant as Meet the spy but I think that was worth the wait.
I’d probably start playing hats again if I could get the flamethrower he uses in that video.
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That was unexpected :O
It got me thinking, are any of the classes English and what nationality is the Pyro? They seem to cover most bases in Europe, America and Australia so just wondering 🙂
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We don’t even know what gender Pyro is.
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The identity of the Pyro has been one of the main jokes since release of TF2.
People assume Pyro was male, but you can find a pink purse in the Pyro’s locker on a map. And Valve drop trolly things in, having develeopers switch between “he” and “she” when referring to the Pyro.
A lot of people expected Meet the Pyro to be the reveal, but I think I like it this way. It’s fun.
Pyro is Pyro and that’s all you need to know.
Also fire.-
Pyro is fire, Pyro likes fire, and Pyro is absolutely bonkers crazy.
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I dig the W+M1 action.
Nothing like getting a good ambush of and Backburning half a team.
Delicious firey corpses.
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I liked it! So does that mean we’re going to get a rainbow-thrower as a new weapon? 😀
I could spread cheer to all my enemies!
Hi People!
I am really enjoying Dragon’s Dogma, I would suggest anyone that’s a fan of fast pace yet interesting combat and/or swords and sorcery settings to definitely buy it. I will hopefully do a review sometime soon. Anyway, How are we all doing this fine morning?
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Contemplating whether I should try my hand at Dwarf Fortress. Seems interesting! Far more so than work, at any rate :p
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It does look quite good..combat-wise. I was on the cusp of buying it, but then all the negative reviews swayed me. I’m interested in your review Noob. Anyway, I’m still playing Skyrim and now Dawnguard is out Dogma is far down the list. I still have to play ME3 for goodness sake.
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Sorry, the above should have been in bold it would seem…..
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Really wish that I had updated my iPhone the other day. There’s some music I have on my laptop that I’d like to be listening to right now. Oh well. Might try using some sort of streaming service at work. That can’t possibly go wrong when it takes ten minutes to load a two minute YouTube clip…
Mornin TAY!
I jumped on Kotaku to see what’s been posted since yesterday and see the title “New Mass Effect 3 DLC Could Revolve Around (I removed this part to save it for anyone that didn’t see it) [Spoilers]”
The title tells me more than I ever wanted to know. I freakin’ HATE that…
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…I checked those html tags and they were fine. WTF?
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A bold statement to make, surely.
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Is this revenge for Kotaku going down?
You know what they say.
Revenge is best served… bold.-
Looks like I’m getting… bolder with each pun.
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These puns are great…completely bold me over.
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Bish, that was bold blooded
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Yeah I’ve been spoiled to hell already thanks to KotakuUS and other humans mentioning it in other places I won’t mention. I’ll still be getting it probably this weekend though since I’ve found a worthy enough price tag.
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I’m the biggest spoilerphobe, but strangely I didn’t mind that headline. It made me curious about the DLC, but I didn’t think it really gave anything away.
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Yep, that gave me the royal shits too
Last night, I ordered a pizza with mushroom, pepperoni, olives and ham. I got a pizza with mushroom, pepperoni and ground beef!
I figured I’d take advantage of Rize’s emboldening of TAY to make that seem more dramatic.
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This is my first TAYbreak. I’m rather proud I was able to help your story! *wipes away tear*
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Not sure if you saw my offer before, but I can loan you a mechanical keyboard to test out.
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Must have missed that 😛
I appreciate the offer, but I have someone in Canberra I’m gunna bludge off 😀
I’ll let you know how I go, anyhoo.
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Well dang you borked it.
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Started off weak but ended with the happy ending of no olives 9/10
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I think this review was well written and reflects my opinion exactly.
3 thumbs up.
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sarcastic dramatic!
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Ground beef on pizza is awful. Did you tell them they got it wrong? Usually it will get you a free pizza next time.
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I believe my thoughts on the subject were “fuck it, I still have pizza”.
Could have complained and got a freebie. Was more in the mood for eating and then lazing about. So I did that instead.
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Why is everyone putting so much emphasis on every word!?
I left my comment out and now it has gotlne all boldey. Damn I should have packaged it correctly.
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Wtf is gotlne? Thanks phone autocorrect!
So I’m thinking I might take Mum to see Game masters.
She also likes games and I’m hoping she might find something she likes
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She won’t be doing what she usually does when watching the footy does she? She’s scary when that happens and I’m on the other side of a TS line
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Very scary :O
Except when she claps lol, then it’s more funny than scary 😀
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I’m sorry about that guys. you won’t have to hear it this Saturday…
Unless you want to-
nooo neeed toooo apologissssse
It’s coo dw 🙂
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HAHA it’s all good scree 😛
Also don’t forget, Epic Mickey at JB for $30!
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I know, but I can’t afford it. I have no money because lego
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If you want I can pick you up a copy when I go to JB during my lunch break. $24ish seems like too good of a price to miss out on.
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I dunno, I’ll feel bad. I think i have $20 left in my account XD
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The people of TAY have got me in a very giving mood. I will buy you a copy! 🙂
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I will have to make you something in return but there will be a wait, sorry
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No, not really. She asks for help if something frustrates her.
Also i think fruit ninja kinect might help her frozen shoulder, but I want her to try it first
Take me tooooooooooooooooo!
DoTA2 has now been acquired, installed and first time run’d before I went to work today. \o/
SKYRIM! DAWNGUARD!
Sorry, this was just an opportunity to say it more intensely.
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When’s that out for PC?
I’m keen to give it a try. I think they kinda went down a crappy path for Skyrim vamps. Too many powers, as opposed to Oblivion’s passive bonuses. Also, I wish I could reach through the ice, like the stories in Oblivion claim…
Anyone else at least curious about the Nexus 7? I’m intrigued, and it’s sitting at a wonderful price point o.0
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Yo Rize, I checked the source code of your comment, looks like you closed one of your comments with ‘b/’ instead of ‘/b’
Silly billy 😛
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b/est!
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now I’m just posting to see if this bold can be unbolded…
not working</b-
A lot of people have tried things in the past, but the best (…only) solution was to go to a new page.
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Yeah, I had a look at that straight away, and that is what it says, but I’ll put $500 that that isn’t what I wrote. I’m unnecessarily cautious with tags after the amount of other messes people have made 😛
Oh well, at least it wasn’t strikethough.
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Don’t get any ideas, human 😛
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Morning all, How are we all? *free hugs for all*
I know i’m starting to sound like a broken record, but can someone recommend a motherboard, fan/cooling, and graphics card based on my the rest of my parts
http://i47.tinypic.com/14y3a0l.jpg
I had a motherboard ready to buy but then i found out it wasn’t compatible or something (i have no idea)
The parts that i’ve listed are the ones i’m certain i’ll go with. So i just need those things then i’m ready to buy.
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Graphics cards are generally straight forward in that a higher number means better performance, but (again, generally) big spikes in cost. Brand used to be a fairly debated thing, but in the next few years (with AMD moving away from high-end and going for mass consumer market) it’ll be nVidia stuff for gaming.
Mobo, couldn’t say, cause my knowledge with the latest lot is waaay behind.-
Money is of no concern. I am as the kids say, rolling in cash right now.
I’m building (hopefully) a monster. So i’m not too fussed about paying a lot for it.
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I had that case (or a very similar one).
Get a different one. Seriously. Coolermaster seems to be in love with using shitty latch system to hold your cards in place. They never work as intended and just get in the way. If you have a GPU that takes up two slots instead of one, it’s a nightmare to get it to sit properly.
Access to your SATA ports on the motherboard is rather difficult as well.
Then again, my views on this might be a little skewed. You know, because I’m clearly cursed when it comes to PCs.
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For air cooling, I went with https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13232 the Noctua NH-D14. I’m unfamiliar with watercooling, so wouldn’t be able to recommend anything in that respect.
As for GPU, if money’s no problem, the GTX 690 says HI!-
The GTX 690 says “Gimme $1000 and bend over”*
*I rewrote this 4 times due to personal censorship…
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I’d bend over, but I’m not sure I’d relinquish that $1000 so readily :p
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wow, I would pay $1000 for a graphics card that talks. Although I think all I would hear it say is “It’s dark in here, then I would feel bad”.
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“It’s dark in here”, then I would feel bad.
LEARN YOUR QUOTATION MARKS KIDS!
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will it be able to run crysis
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I like the idea of building a complete behemoth of a computer and only playing something amazingly low spec like Minesweeper, Farmville or Brood War.
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Heading off to camp now. See you guys next week!
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Don’t drop the soap!
Oh, wait, camp? Neverm… actually, you know what? My warning still applies.
Seriously though, have fun. Camps are pretty fun.
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I keep reading that as “don’t drop the soup” which leads me to wonder why someone would say that until I realise it’s “soap”
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Dropping soup is also pretty bad, especially if it’s hot and you drop it on yourself.
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What happens at camp, stays at camp?
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Have fun!
Try not to get hurt but if you do give us an update 😛
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This one time? At band camp?
Have a good weekend Lambomang!
It really sucks sometimes being the only one in your monkey sphere that owns a ute. Spent all morning helping a friend move until I go to work until 9 tonight.
Long day.
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I read “Monkey Sphere”. I thought “Super Monkey Ball”.
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First time in about 12 years I’ve heard someone use that term. It needs to make a resurgence!
Also, I love those people, cause I’m not one of them 😛
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Sounds tiring =(
I’d be glad to just have a license and a car with 5 seat belts (Sid’s chewed up 3 of them)
The scene: All of Kotaku is packed into an auditorium. The lights go down and “The Ecstacy of Gold” starts playing.
Smoke rises from the stage and Shiggy comes from underneath the stage. People go wild.
“Hello TAY and welcome to this special presentation. Today I will announce not one…but TWO meats. First will be Dapper Meat 2.0 on August the 11th. The Second is the Styrofoam BBQ Meat on either the 18/19th August. Will your body be ready?”
Shiggy rockets off into the sky. TAY goes bananas.
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What a convenient page get. Almost like he planned it this way…
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I love BBQ’d Styrofoam.
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While I like the sound of this, I’m mainly just curious which recording of Ecstasy of Gold you believe is most appropriate for this announcement.
I’m quite impartial to the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s rendition from the Metallica S&M Album.
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Original Ennio Morricone one. Its the best one.
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This.
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You are not incorrect with your opinion.
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Nah
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I would have used this instead. Would have been much more classy.
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BREAKING NEWS:
3rd new Meat announced! It’s the Jelly meat where people in other states get jealous of all the cool Sydney meats :(…
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No no. Other states have meats. Just QLD meats always seem to be organized whilst I’m away or unavailable. I’m on to you *shakes fist*
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YAY GREENMANG!
We can both go on Teamspeak and cry while all the Sydney Taybies are meating it up!
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We should organise a game masters meat!
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Yay? nay?
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YAY.
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I thought Pyrean and Gorzy wanted to do some sort of house-warming meet on the 11th of August or some such?
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Won’t be able to make the one on the 11th, but the 18th/19th one sounds awesome!
On a note that is completely unrelated to Shiggy’s announcement, I think that everyone should go watch The Good, The Bad and The Ugly tonight.
It has been decreed, so shall it be done!
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no thanks
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Yes.
Yes, thanks.
Yes, thanks and you’re welcome for this brilliant idea, Bunny.
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I wonder if there’s anyone here who hasn’t seen it?
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I haven’t =P
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Guess what you’re going to do tonight then 🙂
It’s one of my favourite movies of all time.
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And …?
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I haven’t, but is that unexpected?
I watched it last friday. Great movie
OH GOD FORGIVE ME! I mistyped “aluminium” as “aluminum”.
I amended it the minute I noticed,
but I just can’t fight this feeling anymore.
I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for.
It’s time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars forever
Speaking of Meats, are peoples interested in a Meat at my place during July sometime?
A hotdog Meat.
I will make chilli for chilli dogs and a bunch of other things and people can decide what they want on their dogs. I’ll even have vegetarian options for those who are silly enough to not eat meat. 😛
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This is a trick isn’t it?
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Are you going to be busy for the whole of July? 😛
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I am 😛
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Everyone cosplay as Sonic and scream Chili Dogs!
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This guy gets it!
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:O
I’m going to go buy one of those Sonic hats from Gametraders to wear to that meat. Maybe a sonic shirt too.
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I’m thinking Saturday 14th or 21st.
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Are you waving or hi-five-ing? I can never tell. You’re welcome to come and stay if you like. 🙂
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I was raising my hand because chilli!
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I’m going to have to make it mild-ish though to please many palates. You probably wouldn’t even find it hot. 😛
We will have a range of fiery sauces on hand as well.
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I’ve now set the date in stone for Saturday the 14th of July.
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Day or night? (working through the day)
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Afternoon start, chilli dogs for dinner, keeping going into the late evening. Families are welcome, but there will be loads of drinking. 😛
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ROAD TRIP \O/
Now if only I had my own car. Minor obstacle.
Page 9 is now the Meat page…
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Get in the spirit of the Tour de France!
On yer bike, son.
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Okay, but at my current fitness levels if I leave now I should arrive there by…next January. Just in time for my birthday!
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Maaaaaaaan…Strange Chilli meat, and I dunno if I could make it up there.
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Any Melbourne TAYbies driving up? Road tripppppp!
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Hi Strange!
My wife has been asking to go somewhere warm so we would be interested in coming up.
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Hi Tigerion!
I’d love to meet you so I hope you guys can make it. 🙂
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Chilli! On Bastille Day!
ALL THE LLLLLLS
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Maybe people can play LoL while eating chilli on Bastille day! 😛
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Oh man. We need a team name. THE L TEAM
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MELBOURNE TAYBIES!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A GAME MASTERS MEAT?
I KNOW THERE IS A BATMANG MEAT BUT WE CAN’T DO BOTH ON THE SAME DAY, RIGHT?
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I’M NOT FROM MELBOURNE BUT I’D BE INTERESTED IN GETTING DOWN THERE IF I COULD. PRETTY KEEN ON GAME MASTERS.
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Any meat is a good meat in Melbourne and if I can attend, I’d be happy to 🙂
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We could do both on the same day but I’m not against doing Game Masters separately as well.
SHOULD I BE YELLING THIS?
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I LIKE THIS IDEA!
Then people travelling down/up/over/ could do both!
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I had assumed that the Batmang meat would include a Game Masters visit, but no reason not to make it a seperate event. My free days are Friday and Saturday. And I’m free the last two weeks of July. -
Sure why not 🙂
I mean…
SURE WHY NOT :D. But definitely keep it part of Batmang incase interstaters are down for that, gives them a chance to check it out but there’s no reason why we can’t go before as well 🙂
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If this isn’t in July I’m keen for such a meat.
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WE CAN MAKE IT PART OF THE SCREE’S EAT JAPANESE FOOD MEAT
You know what I really don’t like?
“It’s not my job”.
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It’s my first day!
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My strategy is “head down, keep quiet”.
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Haha, I used this on my last day at my old job.
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I use that, I use it all the time. People need to know when its there responsibilities that they are fobbing of that they should be dealing with it not me. It usually ends with me doing it anyway. BUT GODDAMN DO I TRY AND AVOID DOING OTHER PEOPLES WORK 😛
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It’s exactly that which leaves me to do other people’s work anyway :p
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That means that you’ve got some kind of weird process inefficiency or there’s a lot of confusion in terms of chains of responsibility. “It’s not my job” should barely ever happen because the work should immediately go to the person who’s job it actually is.
Sydney Meat Amendments
SUP HOME-SLICES!?
So fixing up some Meat dates and hopefully not breaking TAY.
First: Dapper Meat 2.0 is being moved because of Gorzy and Pyrean’s/Steve-O’s Meat. Does any one have prefered dates for dressingup all fancy-like and hanging out?
Second: The 30 Doc Birthday Meat (not styrofoam BBQ) Is actually a celebration of my 30 fun filled years on this planet and what better and mora mature, adult way to celebrate than to shoot nerf bullets at one another and eat tasty noms. There is currently no date for this meat as I have only JUST started planning it. It should be around the 18th/19th. There are also other awesome stuff planned for it, but I’ll explain more in a few weeks when it’s officially announced. I think Shiggy got a bit excited and shared a little too early. It happens to us all sometimes…
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I WAS PREMATURE IN MY ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS HASNT HAPPENED BEFORE I SWEAR
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Nerf and Noms sounds like fun.
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Aww, I wish I could go to your Birthday Meat. I may have been able to swing it yesterday, but last night the first 10 bands were announced for the next 70000 Tons of Metal and Sabaton as well as Lacuna Coil were among them so getting Mr. Strange to spend money on anything else will be problematic.
@Ruffleberg: As far as GPUs go, a 670 OC is just shy of the performance of a 680, 680 OC is better again, and the 690s are crazily expensive for what you get. I’d go 680 OC. Recommend the ASUS ones, they have better cooling systems, but the other manufacturers are fine too.
Get a different PSU. That 900W Antec one is not modular and only 80Plus Bronze, plus it’s Antec who are middling quality IMO. Consider investing a bit more in a more efficient PSU from Corsair or Seasonic. Extra reliability. But you really want a modular or semi-modular PSU, otherwise you’ll have a massive spiderweb of tangled cables in the system and that will affect airflow.
For cases, consider the Antec Three Hundred Two instead of that Coolermaster one. Very similar price, but better case. You don’t want the Coolermaster case at all, the maximum length GPU it can fit is 270mm, but the GTX 670/680 can be up to 285mm. The Three Hundred Two has a lot more space (~320mm).
Personally I just use the stock cooler when I do an initial build, and only replace it with a third-party one if the temperatures or noise levels are unacceptable. However I also don’t overclock, and I tend to sink a fair bit into my cases. Fairly sure my next PC upgrade will be one of the Corsair closed-loop CPU water coolers actually, since my new case (Corsair Obsidian 550D) is designed to fit one.
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My issue with finishing games is more time. It takes me 2 weeks to finish a CoD campaign.
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Hitmannnnnnn! I am still working on finishing the previous ones. So what if it’s taking me years, I’ll get there in my own good time, don’t rush me!
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Bugger that.
Rush!
You have two weeks during July where you are not working. Use them to finish Hitman. And other games. But first Hitman because I’m rushing you.
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I don’t want to finish Hitman though. Then I’ll have to wait until November for a new one :/
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Not until you finish your sundae!
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OM NOM NOM NOM
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I think I need to reinstall Hats tonight.
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Yeah man, it’s going to be a (n air)blast playing just after the update with ridiculously class uneven teams just so that people can try out their new weapons.
Still, always fun to kill another Pyro. Because then you can taunt over their body and shout that you are the superior Pyro, since Pyro-offs largely rely on actual aim.
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It’s going to be mass Pyro.
This can only end well. We should get the people on TS to take part.
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TAY Fortress 2; Pyroland Party?
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That should probably give me time to download and patch up.
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TAY has a TF2 server that’s never been used as well!
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I’m up for it.
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I’ll probably end up playing Heavy anyway 😛
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All classes get Pyrovision! 😀
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I wonder how they’ll implement that. Will it just be a texture change? Surely they can’t make such dramatic changes as nappy-wearing cherubic opponents (with disproportionate hitboxes?).
What about the death animations, will they be altered for Pyrovision?
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I’m not 100% (haven’t played it yet), but I’m pretty sure the only things that change are the new Pyro weapons/effects (rainbows instead of flames, etc). If you don’t have the Pyrovision on, it will just look like the Pyro is holding stock items. Who knows, though!
I guess we’ll be able to confirm it tonight!
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Really looking forward to not only checking out the update, but doing so with a bunch of likeminded souls. Also, I can talk again! (Kinda). I sound like a phone-sex worker currently.
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That’s bad! Pyro is one of my most-played classes. Now when I use it I will look like I’m just on the Pyromania bandwagon! I was a Pyro before it was cool! #HipsterPyro
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I’m fairly sure that Pyro is my most played class by a considerable amount.
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It’s about a quarter of my ludicrous 250+ hours of hats.
I posted this on twitter but just in case you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s a star wars parody of Gotye’s somebody that I used to know.
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So I should really watch the rest of the Star Wars…
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No. You’ve seen enough.
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You’re not my dad! You can’t tell me what to do!
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To all those NRL fans out there, rugby league live 2012 has been announced and looks quite good.
Read about it here http://www.trublu.com.au/newsite/infopages.php?pagerequest=rll2release
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The last game was absolutely horrible, so I wouldn’t say I have high hopes here. I’d be glad to be proven wrong though.
Oh dear… JB Sale + Nerf Sale = Potential Wallet Trauma
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I’ve survived this far. Saturday does not bode well though.
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Yikes… I doubt my wallet will survive Friday.
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Apparently Kotaku ate my reply! 🙁
DID YOU GET THAT THINK I SENCHA!?
NERF N-Strike Toy Sale Price Comparisons!
Yes… I may have too much time on my hands…
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Your post intrigued me with the possibility of a green tea delivery mechanism involving pallets attached to foam missiles fired from nerf weapons.
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Are the N-Strike bullets all universal? I’ve got a couple of guns but could do with extra ammo and that 100-shot box K-Mart has is tempting.
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I believe so. Best looking online for a definitive answer. Possible on a Nerf Wiki?
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There are Whistler Darts and suction dars which are interchangable and are the regular Nerf dars and the Clip Darts which are thinner and are for putting in the clip fed guns. That’s all I know.
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I just got paid. And I’m on a week off /o\
Thankfully I struggle to leave the house some days, yeah?
I just had a thought….
Monster Truck Madness 3 for PC and 360.
Microsoft, please make this happen.
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Just saw this, apparently Monster Truck Madness was Bill Gates’ favourite game on the Xbox.
Today is not going well.
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Hooray for tomorrow!
Best thing about bad days is that they are only about 16 hours of dealing with it.
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Oh man, this whole week isn’t going well. Something about miserable weather seems to make everything else miserable too.
I haven’t watched much of Mike & Molly, but the premise seems to be that fat people are funny and we should laugh at them.
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Yeah, it’s pretty cruel.
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That’s what I noticed. When I first heard about it I had the same thoughts as you, but instead it seems to be about the fat jokes.
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If I am thinking of the same show you are, the premise is that a bumbling, fat, middle classed guy can have a ridiculously attractive and sassy wife who will solve all of the problems he inevitably causes in about 22 minutes plus ad breaks.
How close am I?
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I think you’re thinking of King of Queens.
Mike and Molly is about a fat cop who meets a fat lady and it’s funny. Because they are fat. Together.
Tee hee.
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You sure I wasn’t thinking of According to Jim?
Or pretty much every sitcom ever with an everyman protagonist?
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I wouldn’t call Jim Belushi fat exactly…
But yeah, generally that’s the premise.
Mike and Molly is a little different…
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Molly looked familiar.
Turns out she was Sookie on Gilmore Girls. I feel no shame in knowing that.
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That was a great show.
Great fast, snappy and witty dialogue.
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Didn’t need a TV show to tell me that :p
But really, the amount of humour derived from degradation of others is directly proportional to the depth of our misunderstanding of those.
Does anyone have any trouble with LA Noire on pc?
Because in the Main Menu, the mouse cursor isn’t appearing for me.
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(Hi Strange!)
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There’s no way I’m clicking that link…. 😛
(Hi Bish!)
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Nevermind, it’s working fine now.
MAROONED MAROONED!
I’M ON A LAGOOOOOON!!!!
Hiya peeps!! 😀
How is everyone?!
Finished reading the first Gaunt’s Ghosts omnibus – HO-LEE FETH!!! SO FETHING AMAZING!!! Can’t wait to get the second! 😀
Massive thank you to everyone that helped out with liking the facebook photo i put up and checking out the review i did for the Sony HX20 – my team won and i will soon have one of the shiny bricks of awesome for keeps! 😀
Bee’s family just got back from a tour of Europe and brought us back some goodies – They gave me 3 new Vita games (Mod Nation, Digaea, and Army corps of hell) and Dragons dogma!! YAY!! And a watch! YAY! 😀
Also, just started playing Uncharted on Vita – Such a beautiful game! It is sooo damn good except for one this – all the fething mini-games it makes you do!!! My god.. just stop it already! You’re not making me use the touch screen to play the game, but suddenly you’ll give me yet another boring and frustrating mini game that forces me to use only touch controls!!! FETH YOU!
Also – i’ve been accepted to Deakin Uni for second year!!!
Things are pretty allright right now! 😀
How is yous?
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The goddamn minigames in Uncharted at least don’t kill you if you don’t do them exactly right. Fucking balance beams. Hate hate hate.
I got to a point fairly early in the game that it wanted me to cross a balance beam doing that goddamn fucking sixaxis motion bullshit. I gave up after the 10th attempt and have not touched the game since. There is something utterly disconnected in my brain when it comes to motion controls, they literally do not work for me. I can’t even do the move to tweak aim stuff, my brain and my hands start arguing and it just doesn’t happen.
Uncharted is bullshit. It looks like a fun game but I literally cannot play it. They went balls-deep into the ‘awesome’ new technological features they could use because they’re there, but otherwise ported the game exactly from PS3, controls and everything. The game feels like it’s begging for some aim assist. 🙁
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Just thinking about that game makes me a sweary angryman. 🙁
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It does have an aim assist – which i’m using because the aiming controls are absolute bullshit.
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It does? Maybe it’s on for me and I’m just so shit at the game that I still can’t hit anything then 🙁
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FETH FETH FETH!
Always feth with you Loops 😛
I’ve been playing Space Marine lately and tis pretty good! Gets a bit repetitive but I’m getting my money’s worth and having fun with it :D.
Grats on winning more comps (hehe), getting gifts and getting accepted for your second year :)!
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HI LOOPS!
What console did you get Dragon’s Dogma on, IT IS TOTALLY IMPORTANT WE FIND OUT.
So… does eating Vitamin C tablets actually do anything to help prevent and reduce colds?
I used to eat them and some other random multivitamins because they were there but it never felt like they actually did anything. I’ve stopped taking them for a few years and the amount of times I’ve been sick is either less or equal, granted I leave the house less but going to school/uni is bound to expose me to dem germs.
I’ve got a cold now and it’s probably the first one this year and I found a random tub of Vitamins… ya know just as I was typing this I looked at the expiry date on them. An unopened tub of 300 Vitamins that expired in May 2012 :P… Guess I won’t be eating them then…
umm… so yeah… if they do anything I guess I should obtain a new batch of them on the weekend.
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If they do anything it’s because you don’t get enough in the first place.
The only supplement that has actually been clinically shown to have any effect on colds is Zinc.
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Nope. All you get from Vitamin C tablets is expensive urine.
Thank Linus Pauling for misleading the planet on that one.
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Essentially? No. Vitamins are useful for staying healthy, as they’re used by your body as part of natural reactions. If you don’t get enough of a vitamin, for instance, C, then you will have adverse effects, in this case, scurvy. While upping vitamin and mineral intake may help when sick with something like a cold, as they’re used for natural bodily productions, meaning that if you’re deficient in something, your body may be unable to fight the infection probably as it can’t create proper cells, and undergo reactions properly, but the odds of that happening really are quite slim.
Note that I’m remembering all of this from Biology, which I did quite a long time ago.
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It’s extremely hard to overdose on water-soluble things like vitamins as well. Anything your body doesn’t use, you’ll literally just piss away. So within reason it’s not a bad idea to have supplements available when you’re sick to ensure you’ve got enough for your body to work.
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Oh, definitely, though I’m a believer that a good diet should do the job for you anyway(and I say this as a blob with a ridiculously bad diet).
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Monstrosity!
Anyways thanks for the replies guys :). I guess I won’t bother with it. I have a pretty good diet anyway.
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OR DO YOU?
I take a multivitamin just in case. There’s stuff you can be missing out on without realising even if your diet is relatively healthy. I know I miss out on some stuff because I don’t eat fish for example.
I also take magnesium after I go to the gym because it moves my 48-hour-after muscle aches from debilitating to merely painful.
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Vitamin C tablets are great. Because they come in tasty flavours! 😛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-XuW2oEWFs
This is all I can hear in my head right now…
Somebody please help me…
KFC Double Pro Tip: Don’t eat two in a row.
*Drops dead*
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You ate a second because Bish couldn’t? That’s so kind.
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Never again.
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I think a good rule in life is that if Bish can’t do something food related, nobody should do that thing.
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I promise you, I will tell someone’s grandchildren of your heroics.
We shall not forget.
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“Can I please have a quadruple?”
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I think more people need to try the McGangbang. I know I haven’t.
It’s a Big Mac with the fillet from a McChicken thrown in. Or some other nonsense like that.
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I think Mawt mentioned something like this being his Twitter pic…
Stop it guys you’re making me hungry!
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Yeah, my old twitter pic was a McGangbang. It’s a McChicken inside a Double Cheeseburger – not just the chicken breast, the whole McChicken. Since the Double Cheeseburger is on the $2 menu, you could probably sub the McChicken out for Chicken and Cheese for a $4 feast.
But that’s old news now: real men eat the McZoo (beef patty, bacon, chicken & fish).
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Big Mac with the chicken replaced by the beef? Or do they replace the middle bun bit with a chicken fillet?
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Replace?
Nonono. In addition to.
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I would have thought with a name like that they’d replace the middle bun part. Chick surrounded by meat etc.
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Turns out I was wrong.
It’s a Double Cheeseburger with an entire McChicken burger (not just the fillet) in between the two bits of meat.
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Quadruple bypass amirite?
I reckon your voice will sound even bassier once you’re done chundering your guts up 😛
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Just copped my first spurt of reflux. The acid is loosening up my vocal cords nicely.
TAY Fortress 2; Pyroland Playdate
~8:00pm Eastern time tonight?
Also, holy crap it’s only 2:30 🙁 Let me go home!
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I believe that should definitely occur.
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Does the TAY server have to be updated or something before then? (Not really sure how it works :P)
But anyway, I’ll definitely be there. And on TS too.
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Yeah, I’ll make an appearance on TS, though I doubt I’ll be saying too much. As for the TAY server, I don’t know the details for it, are you able to enlighten me please good sir?
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Hm, the details aren’t in TAYNAMES anymore. I guess we don’t have it anymore? Oh well, I’m sure someone can find a good server somewhere.
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If I’m remembering right, Cake said it was expiring soon, but he said that a few weeks ago, so that time has evidently come.
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Ah, must have missed that. Fair enough.
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I’ve also asked Doc and Shiggy to announce one for sometime next week, if people are still keen.
Forgot that dropped today 😛
Just caught up with the day 3 announcements, and they’re pretty freakin’ awesome. I’ll definitely be in TF2 some time soon. Not sure about tonight, but we’ll see.
OH noes! I thought it was still far enough off that my laziness in organising a meat other then talking to people on TS would not cause any trouble!
Well, for those who don’t know Pyrean and I have recently started flatting and were thinking of having a house warming meat, then stevo organised to come down and stay with us when he had something to do in sydney so not it’s a house warming/meet stevo again meat!
So at the moment Saturday the 11th of August is the day, In Parramatta.
Email is the best way to organise the details right? I’m goign with that. Email gorzillaau@gmail.com for details.
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WE WILL ANNOUNCE THIS AGAIN ON POTAKU!
I hope you’ve been listening!
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Is flatting a euphemism?
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Yes, it really means we are living in the same building! (for warmth)
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Same building, same bed, same thing.
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Same penis?
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Danger Zone
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Alternatively:
Thanks for that comment, Rocketman!
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Is there still a theory that we are actually the same person? because if so, then yes.
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Jerking off, Fight Club style?
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by the way I will totally try to come 🙂
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A co-worker with terrible phone manners (actually, she’s pretty rude in general) just got into a less than great conversation with a person that was unhappy about not getting called back from someone else.
She put him on speakerphone so that the rest of the office could hear what a dick he was (or something like that, I’m basing this off of the explanation I just heard her give the boss) and then didn’t hang up properly. So when she said “what a bastard” he mentioned that she might hear of a complaint made against her.
Ladies and gentlemen, never use speakerphone when you don’t have to.
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BAHAHA! Just brilliant.
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I don’t understand why people are so rude on the phone in general though. There’s still another person on the other end of the line!
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I’m always polite on the phone unless someone is impolite to me.
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Same. I have to deal with people on the phone all the time. Being a dick to them just means that I won’t get what I want. Pretending to be nice is more likely to get things sorted out sooner.
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Bah, people on phones aren’t worth anyone’s time, least of all their respect. Didn’t you know?
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Ohhhhhhh dear! 😐
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So why did you call her in the first place?
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Easier than getting up and walking ten metres.
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Sometimes our crappy work phones don’t hang up properly even when you put them back in the cradle thingy. I’m paranoid this is going to happen to me.
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Learn to hit the hang up trigger first before putting the phone down if that’s the case, with the ear piece still on you so you can make sure it’s disconnected. Simple 🙂
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This guy android knows what’s up!
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I always hit the button then put the phone down.
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So… it’s going to rain in Melbourne tomorrow…
And I was going to ACMI…. 🙁
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So expect my car to be fully frosted up? Okie dokie! Or is not going to be that cold this time? 😛
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It’s going to be 14 degrees tomorrow.
So, a bit cold.-
No frost though! \o/
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So, ACMI has a roof, right?
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I see your crazy, and up the ante!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqzt3T4R38cPOW
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perro perro peerro pero eprrrooh perrrOH PERRROOOOH Perr OOOOHH OOoHO OOOh
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OH GOD NOT THE BEES!
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hey crazyguy, thanks for trials, i’ve never played one and wanted to try it!
also, that meet the pyro video is both the funniest and scariest thing i’ve seen in a long time.
ALSO, LA Noire and all the dlc for 15 bucks on steam… nice!
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It’s actually like $7 if you buy them separately 😀
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It’s funny when the DLC costs more than the full game.
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Pyro, yes! In case you missed it we’re playing TF2 tonight at around 8pm (AEST) to test out the update!
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cool, i might join then!
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You’re welcome. 🙂
So has anyone here completely skipped all the cutscenes in a game for whatever reason? Whether the story is bad or they just didn’t care, if so, how often do you do it?
Usually I try to pay attention to the story (and thus, watch the cutscenes) but sometimes I just want to kill stuff and honestly don’t find myself caring about it. I’ve only done this for shooters and lately it’s been Gears of War 3, Halo: Reach and Space Marine.
Because I skip everything it’s hard to know what the heck I’m supposed to be doing or why I’m here given the lack of context :P. I’m currently playing Space Marine and I’ve been skipping all the cutscenes after the first two chapters and I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. Not really a major issue but I just did something (which I assume is a major event) and now weird stuff is attacking me and I have no idea why 🙂 (erq sver qrzba guvatf?)
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No, not unless I’d played it before or was repeating a section for some reason. Most games don’t have skippable cutscenes anyway.
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Argh I hate it when games don’t have skippable cutscenes, don’t let me pause during them and/or don’t have confirmation to skip them.
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Don’t play the first kingdom hearts then 😛
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Already have 😛
I don’t mind it so much for the first playthrough it’s just when replaying certain areas (like if I fail before a boss fight) and I can’t skip the cutscenes then it gets annoying :(. Non-pausing gets annoying if I need to do something mid-cutscene or get interrupted 😛
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Yeah, one specific boss fight (Not the final boss), epic as hell but long cutscene before the fight and he kept taking me down 🙁
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let me guess rikku after (or before? i forget) sora gets turned into a heartless?
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Unless it’s a second playthrough I never skip cutscenes, and even then it’s unlikely I’ll do it. I don’t think I’ve ever played a game where the story is so bad that I don’t have any interest in it, though I will admit that sometimes I do get the “hurry up and finish so I can kill things” feeling.
I’m one that enjoys the cutscenes, especially when it’s more of an emotional/adrenaline response. It really gives me a purpose for beating these odds, something to look forward to, something worth fighting for 🙂
I never skip the scenes. I hate not having a reason to do things. It’s why I don’t like open world games so much. The aimlessness confuses and scares me.
That said the voice acting in Lost Odyssey has made my thumb twitch towards the start button on a few occasions now.
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If I recall there’s like 3-5 different languages, so you can swap the audio 😛
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You know LO has a Japanese dialogue option right? Don’t know if that would be an improvement for you or not.
I watch pretty much all cut scenes at least once but I agree that non-skippable cut scenes are extremely aggravating, especially if you have to watch it multiple times. The confirm if you want to skip is also very useful least you accidentally skip something you wanted to watch!
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Yep! Sometimes I press START to try and pause it but end up skipping it 🙁
I don’t, unless I’ve already seen it of course.
Just Cause 2.
Why?
Just ’cause.
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Oh you!
I never skip cutscenes. Never. How could you do that, Sir Greenius?! I thought you were a good egg! 😛
One of my pet hates is when just pressing start once skips the cutscene. The amount of cutscenes I’ve accidentally skipped due to having to try and pause for kids is ridiculous. Then I have to quit and replay the section so I can see the cutscene.
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I’m a Green Egg, not necessarily a good one :P. I hardly skip them too but lately I’ve just been doing it for shooters cause I… just… I dunno… :/
Yeah the no confirmation START skip is super annoying. Best universal system should be something like START to pause and you get given the option to skip from the pause screen :(. Unfortunately not many games are like this…
Another thing I MUST HAVE
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I’m just imagining all the Pinata’s that’ll come from meet the pyro.
That was an interesting start to my shift.
I called a customer to let him know were were getting some tamper alarms though on his system.
he said “I’ve just smashed the fuck out of it with a hammer.”
Apparently he’s been dissatisfied with the service he’s been getting 😛
Most entertaining call I’ve had for a while, mainly because what’s been upsetting him had nothing to do with but rather the company that we were monitoring on behalf of so I get to just sit back and laugh.
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He didn’t realize you can change monitoring companies simply by changing the number the panel dials and not have to smash his detectors?
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…well I doubt that panel will do much now
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It wasn’t the monitoring he had a problem with but the alarm panel/guys who installed it. But yeah, He probably could have just got another company to service his existing alarm panel.
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Also, apparently that customers with that company pay a year in advanced so he’s really only hurting himself. Well himself and the alarm panel.
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Wouldn’t surprise me with some of the techs I’ve worked with. We were doing an install at someone’s house once, massive mansion with about 20 zones, and we had the plans with how the client wanted it all done. The tech I was with did his side in half the time then I did by saying “eff this, too much work to put it there. I’ll move it here do I don’t have to drill any studs.” When the client blew up and demanded it get done how he needed it the tech called him a wanker and to do it himself. I got stuck redoing it all without getting paid for half of it.
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Yeah, like any industry you get some really good people and some absoutly shocking ones.
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Well… that was fun…
To explain,
I started an Indycar race at indianapolis in rfactor, lead for a quarter of the race, pitted, went back out, lead, and then received a moronic stop/go penalty, effectively ruining my chances of a top ten finish, and then on the next lap on turn 3, I spin, and cause a pileup involving a quarter of the field.
F**king fantastic.
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That’s what you get for breaking the rules. 😛
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It was contentious to say the least.
The pace car was pulling in, and I was in the lead.
Apparently, it said that I had overtaken it before the green flag had been waved.
I’m still dirty about it.
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Ok, so I just got L.A. Noire and all DLC for $8.85
I really need to stop buying games >.<
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At least you bought a good one!
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Yeah, not like me, I have a track record of buying horrible games and then not playing them anyway 🙁
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Or buying good ones and not playing them but when you do, not liking them 🙁
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That also. I’ve got poor taste and poorer self-control apparently.
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And for a great price!
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I had a day off today. I did what any responsible adult would do. I turned my Death Knight into Iron Man. http://imgur.com/S2R82
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That looks pretty cool
Zinger Double.
Just as good as I remember it to be.
Super weaboo nerdy merchandise warning. So excited, been waiting for this to ship since December. Mine is currently being packaged up, should ship tomorrow \o/
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DHL?
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Nope, EMS for figures. Japan to Melbourne is usually about 3-4 days. Hobby Search (who I buy models & figures through) don’t offer courier, just EMS and SAL, and EMS is tracked and insured so it’s better even though it usually ends up that the AusPost guy tries to deliver at midday then cards it to a post office staffed by harpies.
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Whoa, no idea what that is but it looks kinda cool :D. Looks expensive though 😛
Do you buy Gundams? I don’t think you’ve mentioned them before but I’m sure some of the sites you use sell them. I bought one randomly in Japan (since it was cheap) and then… got somewhat addicted and bought like 10 more :/. Haven’t really been able to buy more since then since shipping and prices are horribad in Australia
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I used to but they’re a lot of work and I’m a hamfist with paint so I stopped. The last mecha-related thing I purchased was a VF-1A from Macross: DYRL.
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Actually I never had a problem with prices on 1/144 HGs for shipping, but the Yen might have been weaker at the time. Have you looked at Hobby Search?
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I remember I downloaded that show after seeing the pic with her on a motorbike thinking I’d get my motorbike fix out of it. I’ve about 4 episodes to go and no motorbike 🙁 I’m guessing that’s something from the second season?
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It’s only in one scene toward the end of season 2. It’s a pretty epic scene but yeah, not what the show is about.
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LOUD NOISES
Or not.
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LOUD NOISES
Or at least bold text.
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NOISENOISENOISEquiet…
Thanks to all involved for the TF2 session!
Can’t wait to do it again sometime!
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Indeed!
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DEFINITELY.
TF2-sdays a possibility for a regular-ish thing, you think?-
It used to be fairly regular earlier this year but… yeah… 😛
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We stopped because Greenalen was unfair for everyone else? I knew it!
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The time just disappears when you have Pyrovision!
Also, all Heavies, all the time.
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I’d like to re-do all engies, and actually have a battleplan to go along with it :p
Damned smartclass.-
Just have a giant sentry nest with a wall of dispensers for unlimited metal. All we need to do is find a spot to do it.
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AT THEIR SPAWN
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You are best strategist.
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HAPPY TIM SCHAFER DAY EVERYONE!
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Puppylicks’ birthday?
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I hope I don’t accidentally get PuppyLicks to sign my Psychonauts poster tonight then…
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WOOOO!
I’m in a gooderer mood then I was in yesterday thanks for Dragon’s Dogma! There is a special currency in game called “Rift Points” (or something along those lines) that you spend to hire other peoples pawns which are higher level / rank / better gear and you start off with something like 200 points.
Last night I was heading to bed after wiping out a bandit stronghold and thought to myself “I might just go to the inn to see if my pawn was used by someone else”. I arrive at the inn and am told that my pawn has been summoned by a couple of people. “Cool” I think to myself “Maybe I got a couple of healing herbs or something”. I look at the items acquired and notice I received some Rift Points. How many rift points you ask? Well I think to hire someone like 1 level higher then you it costs approx 20 Rift Points. My pawn returned with 2000 Rift Points, I sat there staring at my screen for like 5 mins not believing my eyes.
TL:DR – Dragon’s Dogma is awesome and people should buy it and summon my pawn!
Anyway that’s enough about me, how are we going friends!
STOP MAKING ME WANT TO BUY THIS
YOU ARE THE WORST
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I agree!
…I’ll most likely cave soon. Well, once I get sick of SKYRIM! again.
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HEY BISH,
HAVE YOU HEARD OF A GAME CALLED DRAGON’S DOGMA. HES A PRETTY COOL GUY!
Anybody interested in a free Dragonborn helmet for their Xbox avatar?
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Zomgzomgzomg YES! Erhm I mean… If your offering 😛
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Ye-…damn it, Pixel!
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It’s okay, Download Ether vapor instead =P
I can try D=
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Morning everyone!
The company I work for released this game today.
http://ethervapor.com/
There’s a demo available on there, so feel free to download it and give it a try.
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I should mention it’s a shmup
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Oh it’s ready to roll? Sweet!
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While you can use a keyboard, i suggest using a controller if only for the on rails parts.
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I have a flight joystick, will that work? 😛
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Should do. Best way is to try it out
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…sweetroll?
Someone took mine…
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Probably by some human with a curved sword… Curved! Sword!
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I don’t get it?
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The look of it reminds me of Lylat Wars in a very good way.
By the way, what was your specific role in the development of the game?
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Grabbing screenshots and testing. Alpha tends to handle the shooters, I’m more the other genres.
Pretty much my roles vary from game to game. It depends on what they need as it’s only a small team.-
Aah, fair enough.
I’d be useless at testing Shmups. I like them, but they don’t like me… -
I’m in the exact same situation XD
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“no nonsense” looks like ALL THE NONSENSE, filled with 2.75D action.
I’ll be keeping that one in mind Scree, it looks pretty!
Bullet hell shooters are just great fun ^.^
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Yeah, I miss Raiden II 🙁
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Trust me, it’s no nonsense.
There is no difficulty choice which I found was the hardest part for me.
Ok so I just got my Vita, with bugger all to play as i spent my last of this months moneys buying my vita, 16gb card, and case, but just prior to reaching my poverty-stricken state, i managed to get Dungeon Hunter alliance, which is ok-fun online, but my second game, my current GEM is “Mutant Blobs Attack”.
Cant remember who on here recommended it, but honestly, had they not, i would have NEVER even looked twice at it in the store, let alone actually buy it! Thanks dude!
Is Unit 13 on the Vita any good? apparently $24.95 on the PSN Store, if you go through the free resgistration for PS Vita Insider…
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I liked it. A bit like Syphon Filter on PSP I guess.
Played it heavily until I got the Plat trophy, haven’t touched it much since.Try the demo first.
Mornin’ TAY!
Pretty great TF2 last night. Personally, I played like crap for a lot of it (people in TS would know this, cause I was yelling at myself a lot…) but had a lot more fun than I was expecting, considering I haven’t picked up that game in months.
Honourable mention to Blerghmarghl for doing really well in what was essentially his first attempt at TF2, particularly when he started facecharging the enemy and getting kills for it. As a medic. Against us.
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I’ve learnt the secret to success.
Be even more of an idiot than your opponents suspect.
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Oh, we had a pretty good idea of how much of an idiot you were.
We just took the base level of stupidity of the rest of your assume and halved it.
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Your assume. Yes. That. Definitely not your team.
I should really be in bed.
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And yet I still managed to get three kills by doing the old “W-M1” combo, with the saw out.
Clearly your expectations were set too high.
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I don’t know. I think things were just as derpy as they should have been with a team full of Heavies.
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If it wasn’t you cursing, it was me cursing you for killing me AGAIN!
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We need to be on the same team more 😛
Also, the class rushes that we did were pretty awesome. Haven’t done that in a loooong time.
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We need to do a Bow Sniper one. Love Bow Snipers.
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I just randomed my class until I couldn’t take it anymore and went to Heavy. I’m not a fan of games like TF2 where you can get bum rushed by lots of enemies, and the worst thing IMO in any FPS: Kill Cams. Engie was okay, planting a turret is pretty cool, yet I had no idea what I was doing.
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Hi five! I’m pretty bad at TF2. =P
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But TF2 Kill Cams try and encourage you to do better next time.
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To me, it feels like it rubs it in my face with a “Har har you died!”, just the kind of feeling I want while I’m waiting to respawn. Don’t get me started on the heavily patronising “On the bright side” message… I almost wanted to punch my screen each time.
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I’ll give you an honest truth about TF2: you’ve gotta learn to laugh at your mistakes/failings, and it makes the game so much more enjoyable. This is coming from someone who’s not great at doing that, but the point is valid 😛
Best thing to take from killcam: try to get awesome screenshots. I have a couple of good ones, like me dead as a medic doing full splits. -
Death means nothing in TF2.
I tend to get rather competitive in game. Even last night I was doing it. Didn’t give a damn about my deaths unless they were from me doing something truly bad. Not dumb. I had lots of fun dumb deaths. Just bad deaths. Even then, there’s basically no penalty but a little wait and a short trip back to the objective.
The kill cam just reinforces the idea that death is just something that you should have fun with. Or tries to anyhow.
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I think TF2 can be summed up in two soul-destroying words spoken by the commentator.
“You FAIL”
It’s just spoken with such conviction! Gotta be able to laugh in a game like that. I definitely think the art style helps with the feel of the community, thus separating it from… the others.
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Morning all!
…I’ve forgotten what I was going to say…
HOLY CRAP, the back support of my office chair just snapped off and I fell off the back of my chair!
Well, that certainly woke me up!
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Yikes! I hope you’re not hurt, I know how you humans can get in such situations 🙂
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I choose to believe a guardian angel did it to save you from a ninja ambush.
Also, good that you’re not hurt 😛
Split the crotch of my gym shorts getting back into my car 🙁
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At least you didn’t rip them getting out of the car, hah.
Man, it’s 10 o’clock and I feel tired already D=
Oh
my
blarglrgaralgllgl!!!!!1one
Pokemon Conquest.
Why aren’t you playing it yet?
hey Kotaku, how about an IRC chat section?
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That’s what Twitter is for. 😛
The TAYnames document has twitter handles if you want to join in.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFxIpTLAp-LdDNZbWVTNjhYNGE2bXpFTkxqV3BzM2c&hl=en_US#gid=0
Did anyone else get an Android update last night that has then ensued in their headphones no longer working?
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what phone / tablet are you running?
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Hi Azza!
I have no news on your problem, I just wanted to say hi. Usually you’ll just post on the first page of a TAY and we never see you again.
hey.
you know what’s great? having a half day at work today. also cheesecake. and bacons pretty damn great too, but alas, I have no bacon at the moment… this will be remedied upon my departure from the office.
so i think that mass effect 3 extended ending is exactly what that game needed. dont wanna spoil anything, so I’ll only say that it makes the ending worthwhile & satisfying.
aaanyway… how stuff with you lot?
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Thanks for letting me know, makes me justify getting Mass Effect 3 more
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I greatly dislike you for fully justified and totally not petty reasons.
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its the cheesecake isnt it?
that is a total justification.-
It’s the cheesecake.
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It is indeed fully justifed and totally non petty.
My mum made 2 cheesecakes for my dad’s party the other week and even though I cooked everything else for the party and hosted it at my house she took the cheesecake leftovers home with her and left me crying with no cheesecake. 😛
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So I checked my emails on my phone this morning and I had 14 emails with the title Steam store – You’ve received a gift copy of the game
I admit I was quite confused for a while but it appears that a frined has gifted me SPACE MAUREEN and all associated DLC.
So I might be late to the party but I can finally join in the chainswording
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I just got it on PS3 and it’s pretty fun just killing stuff. It’s quite repetitive but going for the cheevos/trophies is a lot of fun as it makes me focus on a certain thing (executions, melee, headshots etc.). I haven’t played multiplayer yet but I did try the co-op ‘survival/horde mode’ once which was okay.
Anyone have a spare ticket to Tim Schafer tonight? I’ve been face palming myself for quite a while now for not getting tickets on time…
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…Yes…
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dude i would be eternally grateful!!!
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Ok… I work in the city, I’ll be there tonight, and I have it printed out in front of me. How would you like to arrange this?
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if u can email me . My userid. @live.com.au
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Emailed.
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@Mawt: Is Pokemon Conquest really that good? D: I have so many others things to play, though!
I was thinking of waiting until I get a 3DS XL to catch up on all my portable gaming, but maybe that will have to wait…
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Enter Vooks comp! Get free game!
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I gotta be honest, I don’t think it’s that good.
It’s good, but not OMGBBQWONDERSAUCE good.
So far, the cross-genre stuff has been pretty basic. There’s a basic levelling system, the RPG elements have been stripped back from vanilla Pokemon games, the TBS elements are nothing outstanding.
Mush ’em all together and it’s a fun and decent game. Would still recommend if Pokemon fan.
The character portraits are pretty good. That’s a bit of a step up.-
I actually think I’d recommend it more to someone who was a fan of “tactics”-style games. I feel there’s very little of “Pokemon” in the game – if it was “Samurai Warriors Tactics” the game would still work – although the fact that it is a Pokemon game might mean that you do need to be a bit of a fan to stick at it.
I am, however, finding it very enjoyable. I was a little disappointed that most of the special characters start off with their Perfect Link pokemon (highest potential for stats) but I can understand that from a story perspective it’s better to have a partner that sticks with you the whole way.If you can get into a JB before Sunday then you can get it for $40 which I think is an acceptable price point. That’s approx 5 hours of cinema time; I’ve already put in 5 hours, so I think I’ve already got my money’s worth.
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While it does lean more towards tactics and stragy fans, I don’t think it really does enough to satisfy them.
Map variety is okay, but there’s very little need to think about where you position your units, and your units are stuck with the one move. So in that sense there’s very little combat variety.
It’s no Fire Emblem or Devil Survivor, but that’s mostly me being unreasonable; because gosh darn those are great games.-
Agreed. Most of the strategy is in the prep time – pairing a Warrior’s ability and preferred type with a Pokemon with high Link, good attack and passive ability is, I think, the most important part of the game. Once you’re in battle, the game becomes very simple – although Banner missions seem to help mix that up a bit.
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This is why I got so excited for it in the first place. Pokemon x Fire Emblem! Two of my most fanboy-inducing games possibly rolled into one!
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Considering with JB’s 20% off deal it comes out at $40, I’m pretty tempted to go pick it up myself.
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Just had a quick look and it looks FANTASTIC!
I’m gunna grab it, and hopefully it’ll live up to my expectations. I’m a pretty big fan of Tactics games, and pokemon is the icing on it. Plus, the concpet of war fits in nicely with the Gen1 theories of a huge war going on…
TF2: That was a lot of fun last night, even though I had no idea what I was doing and I died a lot. Thanks everyone!
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Sounds like the same experience everyone had 😀
I think we should organise a TF2 thing every so often. Not a once a week thing, cause people seem to get over it fast. Maybe once every few weeks?
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Yeah, too often and people get bored. Maybe every second week (and on the off weeks play a different PC game)?
All I need to know is the day we’re playing and there’s a good chance I’ll be there!
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Do you play games with subtitles on?
I didn’t used to until probably about Saints Row when they were on by default and I just left it like that. I think Grand Theft Auto IV was a main one for me. Dat Rasta accent would’ve been almost impossible to understand without subtitles for me!
If the audio is in another language I’ll have subtitles on but lately for whatever game I play, turning on subtitles is one of the first things I do. I just find it helps understanding things in cutscenes especially if they use terms, names or phrases unqiue to the game.
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Yes. But I am also deaf and generally considerate of neighbours. And can’t afford decent headphones at the moment.
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Not normally but I’ve found in games like CoD I have to because I can’t hear what characters are saying over the sounds of gunfire and explosions.
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I play half and half. I don’t always need them but there are some games where I like having them on. The big ones for me are probably Assassin’s Creed (because accents and random switches to the Italian language all over the place) and Mass Effect (because sometimes I can’t be bothered to listen to a character’s slow dialogue so I read it really fast and then skip to the next line). I find the more dialogue there is in a game, the more likely I am to use subtitles, but I can’t exactly justify why that is, because I also find that reading the subtitles really takes my attention away from the visuals. It’s weird!
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Was I the only one amused when they fully voice acted walls of text for the wookie companion in KOTOR 2? Read the subtitles then wait a few more minutes for the wookie noises to finish.
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The same went for the 1 of 3 alien language sound responses like the Twi’lek or Greedo’s race where they all sounded the same almost. 😛
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They are all the same. They have like 5-6 sound bytes for each species. You really notice it in SWTOR.
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Yeah I usually have them on. I have issues fully understanding what people say if there’s the slightest noise over the top of it, or their speech isn’t 100% clear to me
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You don’t need to understand things in cutscenes because you skip them like a naughty boy. 😛
And I always play games with subtitles. I hate it when there’s no option in the menu to turn them on before the game starts.
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Oh you! The games I skip them in don’t count 😛
The no subtitles before game starts is annoying as well! Sometimes I’ll miss stuff in the opening cutscenes because of it and opening cutscenes are always extra actiony/explody
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I go with whatever’s default for the audio language I chose.
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I the game is in English, I usually prefer to switched them off. I find them too distracting when I can read the words faster than the characters can talk (which isn’t really a problem in foreign language stuff because I can’t understand them anyway :P)
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On, usually.
Carlos just sent me the logo he’s done up for Shameless Gaming Month.
It’s not final but it’s a pineapple.
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Delicious
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But people will question why there’s a pineapple!
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There will be an FAQ.
It will explain things.
So far my explanation is going to be “because it’s a pineapple” unless I can come up with something better.
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It is all Bawdle/Crabjiffy’s fault
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Or people will start to question why more logos aren’t pineapples.
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Any plans for a mascot?
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… an anthropomorphic pineapple?
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Logo is pineapple
Mascot is pineapple
Everything is pineappleShameless gaming month is now pineapple gaming month
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YOU WANT DRUGS?
BANANA IS DRUGS, MONKEY IS DRUGS.
WHOLE MARKET IS DRUGS! -
Shameless gaming pineapple
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Pineapple Pete?
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Someone in Japan has probably already drawn this.
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Pineapple.
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Man, or you could come up with wanky reasons like they are delicious but bitter. Also they taste amazing when you deep fry them and roll them in brown sugar.
Hmm so I forgot to change the handle on each of my TAY reading devices (PC, laptop, mobile) so each one displays a different name (can you guess which is which?!). I wonder which one I post the most on and TABTOL will give me a nice little insight into my posting habits 😛
Since TAY has been slow lately I’ve noticed people have been posting less but I’ve generally been doing the same. This makes me look like Spamius :(. If TABTOL shows all 3 of me in the top (or at least 2) then I think it’s time to take a TAY break :P. I can’t help thinking that I’m posting too much and it’s annoying people. I just get bored easily :/
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Yeah, you could spend the time getting to know LoL at least
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😛 but I like derping around! Just need more derping to find someone I like.
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As you do when starting it 🙂
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play rammus, you liked him last night and he sort of fits your play style of never running away ever. 😛
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Yeah! I saw Nob play as him and I was like “that’s one badass turtle dude, I want to play as him!”
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Tanks are more fun, bruisers are just the best part of the game. They are so much easier to play then everything else. So much more forgiving with your postioning aswell. 🙂
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Yeah, I want to do a sort of guide video with an example match that I recorded, starting with just doing a guide for each role, then if people like them, branch off to the characters I play in such roles.
If only my LoLreplay worked for me 🙁
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Trust me, if you were annoying I’d tell you. 😛
Your comments are always welcome so if you think you need to TAY break for your own sake, that’s fine but don’t think you need to for our sake. You’ve actually started off some interesting discussions in the past few weeks.
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Thanks Strangey 🙂
So I beat the Mass Effect 3 Extended Ending last night.
I didn’t ask for the ending to be extended but I am really satisfied with what Bioware did the the extended cut.
People who didn’t like the ending are entitled to their opinions, but anyone who is flipping their lid (again) over it probably need to rethink their priorities.
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What’s more, that I suspect that the extended cut was not bowing to fan pressure but Bioware making the ending they wanted to make from the start.
Looking at the gaps in the original ending (and missing Joker dialogue that was still on the disc) Bioware had to make some cuts to the original ending to make deadline and budget. So once the fan backlash happened Bioware used that as the catalyst (see what I did there) to convince EA to give them the extra time to develop the ending they really wanted to make.
But that’s just my opinion on the matter, either way, I liked the ending, haters gonna hate, etc. etc. etc.
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I’m looking forward to getting the chance to play it tonight. I didn’t have major problems with the ending, just a couple of niggles so it will be interesting to see if the Extended Cut made any difference to my niggles.
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No more of stupid overthinking rocket. Whats done is done and even if i wanted to i can’t fix everything. i am not going to over analyse anymore. I am just going to let my mind wander. I have so much more fun that way.
On another different but still me related note, i am going to see brave with a friend on the weekend, then we are going to see rock of ages. I am aware the conottations. there fore i am bringing my little sister. then its like i am being super awesome protective little brother.
My son is going through a stage where he likes to name things. With nonsense names. I just heard him making fight sound effects from his bedroom and yelling “This is a punching game! It’s named Wenladaja!”. 😛
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I loved playing Wenladaja! I don’t think my little brother did.
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I’m glad I wasn’t drinking right then because it would have been sprayed all over my laptop. 😀
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How old is your son? My cousin’s 3yo daughter “makes friends” with the models in catalogues with alarming ease. She knows their names, partner’s names, where they work and all.
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Yeah, he’s also 3. It’s a great age. 😀
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Future Fantasy writer in the making?
That Warren Spector clarifying his points on E3’s crazy hyper violence press conferences comment thread makes me want to engage in some violence.
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Yeah I think it’s the same old case of people either not reading it all, not understanding it, or just plain getting defensive.
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I don’t agree with him entirely but he makes a good point.
Of course, there was no way that the comments section could be anything but derp, so I just completely avoided that.
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I like to think my comments are not too frequently “derp” thank you very much Mr Rabbit! :p
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For lunch today, I shall have a Veggie Patty from Subway.
I’m not sure if I should add bacon or not but I am tempted to add bacon.
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All the calories
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I like to order that Mushroom burger from Grill’d and get them to add bacon.
And dammit, Bunny! TAY is not your personal lunch chronicle. Save that for Twitter or your sparkly pink diary I may or may not have read while at your Meat. 😛
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Bugger that. My diary is for more important things than bacon!
That’s why it’s blank.
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I’m going to try that next time I’m at grill’d.
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I had the veggie patty one yesterday. It was surprisingly good, considering I like animals on bread.
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It’s an underrated sub. One of the better ones on the menu.
I quite enjoyed mine.
I also quite enjoyed ordering about the only halal/kosher item on the menu and adding bacon. Mainly because bacon but also because that’s slightly amusing to me.
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I have some home-made veggie slice today 😀
That new google tablet actually looks pretty cool.
Might have to buy myself a birthday present.
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No expandable memory is a drawback, though I dare say that’s only due to a lack of service/reception where I live. If I were living centrally, in a city etc. I’d be snapping this up quick smart!
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Yeah, I did notice that. it does have the micro-USB port, and I know you can get some cables that’d let you plug a USB in.
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LoL Talk
So I’ve still only derped around on maybe 3 or so champions (which really wasn’t enough to help me find someone I like) but I’ve figured out the type of playstyle I’d like so can you please help with recommendations out of the free/cheap champions?
I don’t really like mages in any game I’ve played. I haven’t even bothered playing any in LoL but I don’t think it’ll be something I’ll like since I generally prefer melee or ranged characters. I don’t like being squishy and having to run away a lot, and I also don’t like being too weak. I’ve seen some champs do massive damage and here I am doing barely anything. So a ranged/melee character who’s able to take and deal some decent damage is something I’d be interested in. I’m not sure if they exist but who knows.
Now I know you can buy champions with two types of points(?) one is with real money and the other is in-game currency. Can the in-game currency be earned in bot matches or do I have to play against real people?
Thanks in advance and any help would be appreciated :). I know practice will make me better so I’ll just derp around as much as I can on the free champions until I find someone I like.
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Love the LoL Talk warning 😛
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I usually skim over it but I guess now I’m one of those LoL people 😛
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It’s been necessary apparently so that not so many complaints are made
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Mages tend to fall under AP carries. What you’re looking for is either an AD carry (typically ranged) or a Bruiser (can be ranged or melee but most are melee). The Bruisers are probably closest to what you want, so start looking into typical Top lane champions.
Doing tons of damage comes from having the right items. Once you get better at last hitting, getting kills and assists etc, you’ll be able to buy the items you need to do the damage you want.
The in game currency is earned in bot and PvP games. Just less in bot games.
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IP question has been figured out :), turns out I already have some points from doing Bot matches.
For added info I played Shen (didn’t like), Caitlyn (liked more but was a bit squishy) in 2 bot matches and Ashe and Garen very briefly in tutorials.
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Shen is a tank that can be used as a bruiser. Caitlyn is a ranged AD carry (so she hits hard and gets hit hard, the trick with them is to stay back and hit anything that comes in range). Ashe is very similar to Caitlyn in that regard.
Maybe try Urgot or Graves? Both are ranged AD carries but are two of the less squishy options.
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So yeah looks like bruisers are more your style if you don’t like being squishy but still want to be able to hurt your enemy. The in-game currency(IP) is earned through any kind of LoL game, be it bot matches or PvP, however, you get a percentage decrease in IP earned per match if you play against bots, even more so if you play against beginner bots. Tanky ranged characters are pretty rare, in fact I think Urgot is the only one that is classified as a ranged tanky. All other tanky bruisers are melee, but lots have gap closers like jumps or grabs.
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There’s also Vlad who might be a bit tricky.
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Yeah I figured being ranged implied being somewhat squishy and tanky one would be unlikely (or rare). I’m fine with going melee. I’ve also found it hard to kill champions because they ran away. I didn’t chase them but I wasn’t really sure what to do in that situation. When the roles are reversed though and they’re chasing me, I always seem to die. The champions I’ve faced seem to have stun/slow/nightmare(?) type of moves that make it harder for me to run as a squishy and they always seem to gang up on me :P. Granted this is with bots so it’ll be different with people.
How’s Poppy? She seems tanky. I briefly played with her earlier before disconnecting :P. Someone mentioned AD carries should build the attack stat, so what about bruisers/tanks?
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Bots are EXTREMELY aggressive when chasing, in PvP you won’t see that as much. Some champions are pure damage with no things like slows/stuns, but others do. You keep this in mind in terms of who you’re facing and who you’re playing as. Have you got ways of avoiding it? Have you got ways of countering it? Here’s an example, you’re playing as Shen, they try to throw a stun on you, pull your shield ability up and block the damage and all you get is stunned. If you really don’t have anything like that in your arsenal, then simply play cautious, don’t push aggressively since the further you are from home, the lesser the chance you have of escaping if they try something.
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Knowing how to run away is something you’ll pick up. Knowing when you should is also pretty important :p
Poppy could definitely fit under your criteria. Most AD carries are squishy and rely on their support to keep them alive early game.
As for what to build, it depends on the champion and team composition. Sites like Mobafire are a good place to get an idea of what to do with which champion.
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I’ll try to play on Popppy for now as she’s a free champion and one of the cheaper IP ones. I still struggle with all the items and what to buy at the moment so I’ve just been sticking to recommended items or if I feel like a certain stat (say health regen), I’ll just buy whatever is the highest and seems the best for that stat. I’ll slowly learn which items are good or not through experience and practice 😛
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You might want to try reading a guide like this one to get an idea of what you should be trying to do.
Most of the Poppy guides I glanced at seem to be fairly consistent. Get a Philo Stone, get a Trinity Force, break faces.
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Poppy is an … interesting choice.
Not to turn you off from playing her but she can be a difficult champion to target. Mostly with marking the correct target with your ulti.
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*champion to master
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My theory is that if someone is enjoying using a particular champion, it doesn’t matter how hard they are.
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Like with Starcraft.
I would probably be better with Zerg. The way the race currently functions in the metagame is much closer to my playstyle than the way Protoss plays. Yet I enjoy using Protoss more, so I play Toss. Even though it would be easier to learn Zerg.
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well yeah obviously. I think a warning should be given though so people learning her don’t get disheartened when they cant solo 1v5 like I have seen some streamed match poppy’s almost pull off.
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Yes but you also know the mechanics of the game. I think greenman has a general concept of the game and has the basics down pat but poppy is a tricky champion to master. If he were to ask “What mage champion is fun to play” I wouldn’t suggest Orianna right off the bat.
Still all this is moot, if you like the champion greenman then play the champion 🙂
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I can’t give examples from games where I don’t know the mechanics because then example of what I enjoy despite it being the less obvious/harder option couldn’t exist.
Knowing that a champion is tricky is good to know. It’s more important to find one that you enjoy playing enough to endure that than to pick one that might be easier but less fun.
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Plus she’s HEAVILY reliant on farm, meaning last hitting. If poppy doesn’t do well in the early stages to get high farm, she’ll fall flat
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Yeah Vlad is pretty tricky, and that’s more of having plenty of health that his style uses, not base defense like Armour/MR.
To add on to tanky ranged champs there is also Swain and to lesser extent Ryze.
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Urgh Swain… so much grief when I took him on as Anivia 😛
Not a cheap champ, but if you want damage and tankiness, go Darius.
As mentioned, a lot of the solo top champs pack damage and survivability (note that sometime survivability comes in the form of life regen/steal rather than being hugely bulky). In no particular order:
Sion – Can be played either AP or AD. AD Sion will teach you to last hit with E as it snowballs your HP as the game progresses.
Nasus – Not very offensive early game, but very good at being defensive, all while farming his Q, which increases it’s damage for every kill it earns. Again, this will train you to farm last hits and avoid fights.
Mordekaiser – Manaless champ, takes to HP regen/steal well. Has good survivability.
Warwick – Played as an AP assassin champ, “Lanewick” build has grrrreat survivability. Good damage on Q for lifesteal. Can output mixed damage.
I think all of those are 3150 or less. They’re all melee champs though – not many bulky ranged champs – as stated Graves is probably the best as his passive stacks defenses when in combat. I’d actually advise to steer clear of Urgot for a while – he’s not a bad champ, but he’s definitely not an easy champ to play, and his endgame usefulness is not great. Although you found her squishy, Caitlyn can solo top well against a melee champ. Her traps give her great zone control and her range is cray cray.
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Also, RE: Poppy.
Poppy is one of the few Anti-Carries in LoL (the other is akali). Some builds will need farm, but she is definitely viable with a Gp5 item, boots and maybe Aegis.
I would agree that she’s a difficult champ to play. Definitely check her out on Free Week, but I’d advise picking her up early.
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erm, advise *against
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RE: Poppy
I guess not then :P. I haven’t really played her (quite literally like 3 minutes before I disconnected) but I’m not fond of champions that rely on last hitting since I’m still not that good at it. I only decided on her because she looked tanky and also happened to be free and one of the cheaper ones. If I find something I like I’d want it to be cheap so I can obtain it earlier.
Still yet to see anything that I really “like” but at the moment I’m really just basing it on how badass their portraits look more than anything 😛
Thanks again for the help/replies
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Every non-support/non-jungler champ relies on last hitting. It’s just one of those skills you have to pick up to be able to play in lane. Don’t worry about it too much right now. You’ll get the hang of it soon enough.
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I don’t intend to sound like a meany or party pooper, however every* champ relies on last hitting.
I’d say it’s definitely a trained habit/skill. The natural response to Bad Dudes trying to Wreck Your Tower is Kill Them To Dead. In MOBA games it’s a much more measured response. Last hitting will take a bit lot of practice – that’s partly why Ive suggested champs that utilise it in more than just earning gold. Annie’s Q refunds the mana cost if it scores the last hit. I’d say she’s one of the better champs to practice with, because you’ve very quickly run out of mana if you’re fluffing it. Once you’re landing it regularly, not only are you going to be earning gold faster, but you’ll have a nice chunk of mana to deal with your opponents. Nasus is probably my best suggestion, as missing a LH with his Q won’t really “penalise” you as much as Sion or Annie.
If you see me play, I will often recall if I have pushed a friendly minion wave to the enemy turret, because I want to keep in “early game” mode as long as possible. This is the best time to be earning gold. Once the first turret goes down, the game usually moves straight into “mid game”, with one side able to have an additional roaming champ.
From this weeks Free List, I’d say try Alistar and/or Nunu. Both of them are fairly flexible in what role they can fill, both have good survivability in the form of heals.
*Ok, not every champ. But offtanks/bruisers/solo tops will definitely want the golds.
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I was actually looking forward to playing Nasus just because he’s green. He’s one of the fairly cheap ones too so I’ll look into trying him out when I get the chance.
Guess I’ll have a look at Alistar and Nunu as well before the end of the rotation 🙂
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Nasus is fun, especially if you were left alone to farm your Q, cuz at the much later stages of the game, it’s a HUGE chunk of health out of champions and turrets with a single shot
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Last hitting I didn’t start truly trying to master until level 25 tbh. 😛
If you start learning on it early I’m sure you’ll get good at it pretty quickly. The main key is watch the health bars, if one is close to death, hit it! 🙂-
Even if it means stealing the kill of my friend? 😛
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In the later stages of team compositions, that never actually happens in the early game, there’s always only one in a lane getting minion kills, with one in the jungle, and one more supporting the bottom lane character.
Champion kills on the other hand, do NOT steal kills if you’re supporting, try the hardest to weaken them to the point of death and your ally will make the killing shot 😛
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Hey N3RD1001101,
Re: Unit 13
I liked it. A bit like Syphon Filter on PSP I guess.
Played it heavily until I got the Plat trophy, haven’t touched it much since.
Try the demo first.
Anyone else think that ROCCAT keyboard/mouse article reads far more like a sales pitch than a review?
I’m also reasonably certain that the brand doesn’t exist in Australia.
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Yeah, I thought it was an advertorial at first.
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Looks a bit like a copy paste dump from a press release, stopped reading about halfway through.
Mouse does look Logitech-esque.-
I’ve heard they’re not terrible. Mainly a European brand so I haven’t really heard that much.
My issue with all of this gaming peripheral nonsense is the need to add sparkly lights to everything.
Fuck that noise.
I don’t want lights from my case/keyboard/mouse distracting me from my monitor. I’m not at a rave. I use an Apple Keyboard and before that I used a black Ducky keyboard with black text on the black keys. The only light on my old keyboard was the Num Lock and I swapped the Num Lock key out with one that didn’t let the light through.
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Replace keys?
I just used duct tape.
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It came with a tool to remove keys rather easily. It also came with different coloured WASD keys and a special red key with the Ducky logo on it. That red key is now the Escape key and Esc is where Num Lock was.
Much easier than duct tape.
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It’s a Gaming product for Gamers. Can’t charge that Gamer premium unless it’s a black base highlighted with tacky lights/colours.
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Damn straight man! I disabled the LEDs inside my case for the same reason.
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I *hate* that about ‘gamer’ PC stuff. Flashing lights everywhere. I want my stuff to be elegant, well-built and functional, not full of flashing lights and craziness. Everything is so goddamn tacky.
My current case is a Corsair Obsidian 550. It’s a black rectangle with nothing at all remarkable about it. The only LEDs in the case are the power & HDD activity lights, and I disconnected those. I also turned off the light in my mouse. LEDs to tell you some mode is on eg you’ve got caps lock enabled, those are fine. Lights to show how much charge is left in a wireless device? Also fine. Nothing else.
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So I impluse-purchased that Spec Ops game for PC last night. Think it unlocks today. Yet another thing to not play. 🙁
Man, I have had a good work week!
Now, I know what you’re thinking. “An illicit office affair?” or “A massive pay rise?” or “Someone restocked the cookie jar?”
But no.
My week works thusly – Thursday – Get new New Zealand DVDs. Monday – Rip New Zealand DVDs. Monday to Wednesday – cut out all the ads. Wednesday to Friday – Enter ads. Repeat.
This week has seen a slight departure. It’s Friday, and I have done (With some help from people with no other work to do) all the ripping, cutting and most of the entering of the discs that arrived yesterday.
Which means, by the end of the day, I’ll have pretty much nothing to do till next Thursday.
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Woo \o/
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You wild and crazy guy.
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Nice! So good to feel productive sometimes 🙂
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Feel what now?
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So that new Muse song sure is something.
I honestly don’t know how I feel about it. It’s definitely Muse, and it’s not at all bad. Just different.
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Terrible, just terrible.
This isn’t dubstep at all.
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The music in the trailer for their new album actually had me really curious. I would have liked to hear that.
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That Olympic logo is just terrible… I don’t understand how they messed it up so badly.
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I don’t understand it. Is it supposed to be something? Am I missing some kind of deep meaning to the logo? Or is it just plain bad?
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Lisa Simpson about to give a dude a blowjob.
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Deep.
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Is that a bit like the Resident Evil 6 logo looking like a giraffe receiving fellatio?
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Giving Bart a blowjob, which makes it infinitely worse.
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Or more like WINCEST
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Holy crap, it really DOES look like that!
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Can’t unsee.
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I didn’t like it at first, but it grew on me and it is definetely them you are right. I think they went a little bit to far with the get pysch thing though.
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I could certainly feel it growing on me, when it started out I was a bit disappoint. I’m thinking that because it was written for the Olympics it was actually written for the Olympics, so it has to have that “get psych” thing. And by thinking I mean hoping. So much hoping.
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Yeah, I really don’t like the intro, but the song itself is less bad. Still not really sure how I feel about it…
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Heard it on Triple J the day it came out (…Wednesday? Yesterday? I can’t remember…) and my first impression was “…eh”.
In part it felt very much like of their previous stuff, and not in a good way. I’m not saying I hate it, but I certainly don’t like it yet. I get the feeling it’ll grow on me, but for now I don’t understand the hype it’s getting.
Anybody here like Periphery? They’re streaming their new album in it’s entirety right here if you wanna listen 🙂
I’m posting my Friday advice on twitter if anyone is interested.
https://twitter.com/search/%23DocsFridayAdvice
Some handy lessons to be learned. Many involve penises.
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I disagree with one of them.
I think if in doubt, definitely put your penis in there.-
There are definitely times when you wouldn’t stick that in if you weren’t sure.
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Worry about that after!
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That’s easy to say until you find yourself in hospital with third degree burns after you inserted your member into a piping hot curry
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Worth it.
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Depends on the type of curry surely.
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I mean I don’t think I’d stick it into something really cheap and common like a Korma…
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Go vindaloo or go home!
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American Pie: Bollywood?
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I used to go to a curry place regularly that did a Chettinad-style curry. Anise and pepper flavours. Very nice.
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Oh wow, do want. I’ve not had a god curry in what seems to be years!
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A god curry… having visions you making curry out of a giant Princess Mononoke-style crocodile-god or something.
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Dammit, I hate typos. But yeah, a god curry would be pretty epic. Not sure it’d be so amazing whilst partaking in the exit phase :s
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TAY, your advice is needed: I want to get Assassins Creed 3. But I do not know what platform I should get. Previous games in the series I own on X360. However, I have a pretty up-to-date PC now (CPU is a little behind but by the time AC3 rolls around, I’ll have upgraded).
360 Pros: Guaranteed to work out of the box. Guaranteed to run pretty well. Can play on couch. Achievements I guess. Can add case to my shelf of cases for extra epeen.
360 Cons: None really I guess? I guess the fact that I’ll have to turn my 360 on for the first time in months is a con…
PC Pros: Will probably look way better. Should run pretty well.
PC Cons: Ubisoft’s shitty DRM will be all over it. I don’t add PC DVD cases to my shelf.
I am undecided.
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Best advice I could offer would be: if you’re ever going to multi (you should, if it’s anything like Brotherhood), pick the platform that your friends are on.
One advantage of PC is Ubi achievements, which give you points to unlock stuff (wallpapers, small DLC like extra multi characters). Check out Uplay(dot)com
I’m getting the PC version, but I’m a PC gamer, so I’m obviously biased.-
Ubi achievements are cross-platform. You can earn them on 360 and spend them on PS3/PC and vice-versa.
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I get the feeling I knew that, and then completely forgot 😐
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I could not care less about the awful shitty tacked on multiplayer modes in all my single player games.
Pretty sure that the 360 AC games awarded Uplay points too, I’ve unlocked costumes and stuff through that.
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Assassin’s Creed apparently has a poor history when it comes to PC ports. 360 is a no brainer.
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A lot of people have complained about the keyboard/mouse controls (including me…mouse in AC2(?) was rather porty) but I haven’t had too many issues with the games, and I have all of them on PC.
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Another important thing to note is that it may well be dropping later on PC.
Also, in case if affects your opinion, I found that AssRev worked surprisingly well with PC controls, despite being used to controller input.
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I have a 360 controller. Nowadays if you’re a PC gamer and don’t have a gamepad, you’re crazy.
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I don’t like controllers. Well, not exactly true, but I go mouse and keyboard every time.
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PS3. 😛
So it turns out Mum’s netbook can’t do ANYTHING.
So I’m going to have to replace it. I’m thinking a tablet would be the best bet for her.
She just wants something to play hidden object games on.
Does anyone know which tablet is best? Don’t say iPad because she doesn’t like it =P
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SURFACE.
Seriously though, I think the biggest thing you need to look at is app options. iOS is still ahead of everyone else, GooglePlay is alright, and I’m pretty sure Windows Store Name That I Don’t Actually Know The Name Of is still rather behind.
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Surface Pro will run pretty much anything that runs in Windows.
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I haven’t actually heard of the surface. More information please?
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New tablet/notebookish Microsoft product. It’s not out yet, but more importantly, it’s expected to be a little pricey for the normal one ($500 last I heard), and outright expensive for the good one ($1000).
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Hm, I’m not sure how good it will be for Mum. Simpler is easier
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I replaced my mum’s shitty netbook with a DIY desktop, as that’s all her shitty netbook acted as anyway.
As for tablets, what’s the price point? I’d really be leaning towards the Nexus 7 unless you want to spend WELL over.-
They’re all around $500. Seeing as they’re the same price it’s not really an issue which one she gets.
She only wants it to play games like bejeweled and hidden object games
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If she doesn’t like an iPad then there’s no proper competition. The Android stuff is only noticed because it’s the only other viable thing on the market, and I use viable loosely.
Note: I am probably biased.
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Well, she liked the Sony one she saw. I was playing Crash bandicoot on it =P
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BISH GOES SHOPPING
– GAME Parramatta. The busiest I have ever seen it. Ever. 3 staff members manning the stations (one looked like BDKIAF!). Gamers of all ages, genders, and hipsterness roaming the stores looking for a good bargain for 60% off. All this activity and yet (maybe it was just me) it was all very depressing. Knowing that it was closing down, stock had to be sold off, and who knows how the employees are being paid? I walked out of there all sad for them.
– Dragon’s Dogma! (I typo’d “dogma” as “dogman”, hurrr)
– Back to the type of gamer thing, In GAME there were kids, ‘youths’, a middle aged Indian man, some hipster chick and a probably 30-something lady all wandering around. In JB, there was a middle aged tradie wandering around the 3/DS and Wii section. Remember 15 years ago when gamers were considered to be little kids and basement dwellers? It was really nice to see how diverse the actual ‘gamer’ demographic is, even if other people can’t.
– Do not go up to the JB register person man guy and say “GOOD MORROW, SIR! I WISH TO PURCHASE THIS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA WITH PHYSICAL CURRENCY!” They’re not very amused by it. At least, this guy wasn’t.
– The Double is still a pretty cool guy. The grease was, however, soaking through its wrapper this time. But it’s ‘k, I bought a Peach Ice Tea. That’s pretty much having fruit, right? That’s how it works, yeah? Balanced diet.
– So paying $40 for a lost carpark ticket is not fun.
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That JB register-er needs to be fired. 😛
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Hahaha, of course my PS3 needs to update to play Dragon’s Dogma.
What a surprise.
Best green bar generator ever.-
DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
I’m not quite sure if I have you on my friends list thingie, this will be fixed!
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I’ve been meaning to get Dogs Dragonma… Worth it?
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From that first line, I imagined you prancing down the street carrying large shopping bags with the Clueless soundtrack playing in the background.
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This story has laughs, depression, balanced diet – it’s got everything !
Well, almost everything.
I doesn’t have a wizard.
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It has Bish in it, so of course it has a wizard!
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But he didn’t talk about all the spells he was going around casting?
And he didn’t tell the JB HiFi guy he wasn’t going to pass?
And he could have just flown on an eagle to avoid paying for parking at Parramatta.Y U NO MAGIC, BISHZARD?
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Dragon’s Dogma has wizards in it.
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Also, singing “Are you old enough” by Dragon next to mother and son on escalator.
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I went to JB and bought Dragons Dogma at the JB hi fi Parramatta today. I wonder if we saw each other and didn’t notice? With %20 off it’s only about $5 more expensive then importing it yourself!
That lost carpark ticket sucks but that’s why you should always take the ticket with you when you go shopping. If someone steals your car the lest they can do is pay full price to get out of the car park!
JOB GET!!! No longer shall I be a contract worker wavering in uncertainty… My company has offered me a full time permanent position today \o/… Super stoked…. Oh, and HI TAY… I know I’m not a frequent poster anymore but please don’t hate me
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Can I hate you for reasons other than not posting enough?
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If you’re talking about that one night, then… IT WAS ONE NIGHT MANG
*runs away crying*-
Friendship is magic.
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SHE’SANEVILENCHANTRESS! WHODOESEVILDANCES!
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WHENYOULOOKINHEREYESSHEPUTSYOUINTRANCES!
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YAY – congrats dude.
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Thanks Shane, speaking of grats, I saw in here somewhere you recently had a baby!… Well you didn’t have the baby, your wife did… That would be awkward… And weird… BUT BELATED CONGRATUMALATIONS!!!!!!!
Congrats to you Sir Pixel!
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*takes a bow*
Thank you sir knight of tech…. I mean technically it just means nothing changes and I get to stay and do the same thing as I am now…. BUT IT’S STILL EXCITING! for me 😛
If I throw spaghetti at you, that is like a sign of congratulations in your country right???
BORK DE BORK DE BORK
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Spughetti in de bool
Awesome.
You should come to the next meat.
Grats Pixel!
Now drive me to all the interstate meats!
Please? 😀
That’ll do, Pix. That’ll do…
Woo, congratulations
Yay pixel
GOOD NEWS IS GOOD!
Have you been following my Rocketman’s Daily Challenges adventure on Twitter today? No? Well you should! I’ve had so much fun with it and it’s taken up most of my day in a really awesome way. Thankyou Rocketman!
https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23RocketsDailyChallenges
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These list things look like fun I should probably do one except I never leave the house so… yeah…
Awesome swingset you’ve got there 😛
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That ‘swing’ made me laugh ever so much.
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Awesome idea is awesome!
Also, @Greenius
massive damage
trinity force
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I don’t understand 🙁
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should be TONS OF DAMAGE, not massive damage
How to nom? >.<
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Put it in your mouth then chew?
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Bit late now but email Mark with your noms 😛
Mark(dot)Serrels(at)Kotaku(dot)com(dot)au
…I think
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I just sent it to (at)alluremedia… dammit. I keep forgetting about the time differences.
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Just use the Contact Editor form in the sidebar in future. Guaranteed to go through that way!
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Thanks man!
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No that one works too 🙂
I think that’s also .com.au
4:30 is pushing it a bit as sometimes he won’t get late noms if he’s busy. I tend to do mine generally around the 3-3:30 mark
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Craaaaaaaaaaaaaap.
I forgot to nom.
Again.
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It’s cool, be like me, and say that you don’t nominate people because you think nobody’s deserving of them, instead of saying that you forgot.
It’s what the cool people do. Well, no, that was a lie. Or was it? Yes.
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Fine, you don’t get a nom! 😛
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I don’t need you blooddy nominations (see, that was a pun, that I have to explain, as it’s supposed to be read as “blood denominations,” which is basically blood money).
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Haemogoblin Blaghman, gettin’ all punny up in this shizzle!
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@Scree
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It has a nice big screen and it has served it’s purpose quite well (mostly watching TV shows only played a couple of games on it).
kindahelpingbutnotreally.jpg
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I was thinking Samsung galaxy
You ARE helping =D
TIM SCHAFER IN ONE HOUR WOOOOOOOOO
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WOOOOOOOOOO!
I just watched Part 3 of the Double Fine doco and it makes me appreciate the man so much more. Dude makes some bloody awesome games!
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I wanna give anything creative I do a code name derived from a local bar 🙂
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It’s nearly time!
Well, Melbourne certainly was fun.
And expensive.
But enough about that.
What’s been happening around these parts?
Some random woman started talking to me on the bus today. Topics of conversation included:
How you see crazy people on pbulic transport who sing to themselves and she’s not that bad because she just mutters to herself.
Her age (33).
How she can’t handle her alcohol very well.
How her friend smokes a lot of pot and is currently in Amsterdam.
How she quit smoking for a year.
That a 50 year old guy wants to have sex with her.
That she’s late to see her psychiatrist.
I pretty much just smiled and nodded throughout the whole thing, occasionally chiming in with a comment. It seemed to work. The whole situation felt very awkward, at least it felt awkward for me. It probably didn’t help that I only caught every other word she said (I have trouble hearing people talk when there’s a lot of background noise, such as the noise made by a buses engine).
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Yeah I get that too when trying to listen to people where there’s background noise, it’s pain in the ass. Especially in bars and clubs :/
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Isn’t public transport fascinating?
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The thing is, (and I mean no offense by this, to anyone here) I see public transport similar to an open forum, such as TAY. It’s only the crazies who get vocal 😉
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From now on all TAY Meats should occur only on public transport!
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Well the MonoMeat tried that but most people got bored quickly. Those of us who stayed on the longest had a great time creeping out people who tried to get on our carriage, though!
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And this is why I avoid public transport because then they follow me home.
POW-MASH MONDAY MINI MEAT PHOTO
ft. Warren Spector.
https://twitter.com/Sir_Mashaa/status/218608421287636992/photo/1/large
It was a fun night and I enjoyed myself.Thanks again Powalen.
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No demon eyes Pow? 😛
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It took me so long to get rid of the damned red eye! Even then it wasn’t a perfect job. (I’m sure it probably isn’t noticeable to anybody else but my eye colour is pretty off in that photo :P)
Anyway, yes it was fun!
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Always the perfectionist. 🙂
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The magic of photo editing software! :O looks fine to me 🙂
There’s a pic of me and 3 friends and one of my friends told me that one of us had our eyes completely closed in the picture. So she actually photoshopped some eyes onto his face lol. Looked pretty normal too :O! Crazy magic software!
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PowMash feat. Warren Spector sounds like a rap group or something.
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Ha ha ha. Don’t ask me to rap I’m terrible
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Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey, Venasaur, Ratata, Fearow, Pidgey
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Seaking, Jolteon, Dragonite, Gastly. Ponyta, Vaporeon, Poliwrath, Butterfree!
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Catch’em catch’em gotta catch’em all! Pokemon!
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Ha, you’re both taller than him.
Anyone else have any suggestions for tablets?
I don’t want to make the same mistake I made with the netbook
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By Tablet I mean tablet PC. I’m not asking for medication advice!
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I’m just going to assume that you tried to swallow your netbook. 😛
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I have an Acer Iconia A500… it’s pretty nifty, with plenty of connection options and decent speakers… but because of the decent speakers it is also on the heavier side of some tablets…
I’ve said it before and i will say it again though, if you’re looking at an android tablet, go out and have a look at them, see which one you (your mum) personally likes better and what feels right for you. Because when it boils down to it, they are all pretty similar….Once you’ve found the one you think you like, maybe hit the googles and see what some users say about them, if they have encountered any errors or hardware faults due to cheap parts etc…
that’s how i boiled it down when i was looking at tablets…-
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. I went to Myer and she looked at the iPad and a sony tablet and she liked the Sony one more then the iPad. In fact she said she didn’t like the iPad at all (she didn’t know it was an iPad, she just called it “the white one”)
The rest were all off and I couldn’t figure out how to turn them on =P -
Also! Dog meat! ~(“~)
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YES… this has to happen soon… i keep forgetting to arrange something though XD
we got obedience training this weekend, plus family coming from Taree, so i think this weekend is out…. what’s your movements next weekend?
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We received this in the mail today. I seriously had to double check it. I really want to write back and tell him to get with the times.
aw mang, you should totally do it…
it’s printed on paper… ON PAPER… one wouldn’t waste precious resources on a scam right?
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reply fail DERP!
Chillin on the couch eating raspberries, ice cream and chocolate topping watching Law and Order SVU.
Dun Dunn!
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Early seasons of CI > SVU.
*flees*-
That may be but SVU stayed more consistently great where CI got pretty terrible near the end and really terrible once Goran left.
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The rapist did it.
Seriously though, SVU’s awesome. Easily my favourite crime drama except for maybe Castle, but Castle’s more of a comedy so I don’t think it’s fair to compare them.
I fell asleep from about 8 pm through to just after 10pm.
I have to go back to playing Ratchet and Clank.
Trine 2 for 600 Xbox Points! GET IT! It looks amazing on my tv.
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I have it on my Master Race PC. Looks really pretty, but I haven’t actually played much of it…
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occular parallax field mapping systems DX11 bokeh depth field bananas red panda pumpkin
#PCMASTERRACE
But that’s a good deal. It does look mighty pretty on PC though and I have no idea about Steam sales but it seems like it could be cheap fairly soon so those with both (Xbox and PC) should hold out a little longer 🙂
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It’s normally 1200 points but, it’s on sale right now lol. I probably would’ve gotten it ages ago if I had a nice PC but my laptop is quite a noob. Still, 55 inch LED plus Xbox works fine for me lol.
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I got it when it was free on PS+
*shades* you may cry with adulation now.
Crap. Just realized I forgot to send off Noms for the fourth week running.
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WELCOME TO MY WORLD!
Dear LoL People …
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PULSEFIRE EZREAL HAS BEEN RELEASED!!!!!!
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Woooooooooo!
Morning everyone!
So i tried Uncharted again (it’s my designated PS3 game for shameless gaming month)
I managed to get from chapter 8 to 10. I’m pretty amazed I managed to get so far.
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Morning Scree!
If you are still looking for a tablet my dad bought a Sony S-Tablet thingie. It looks pretty cool.
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I think that’s the one I was playing Crash Bandicoot (badly) on .
I’m still think that she should try them all and decide after trying.PS. Pink sheep please? =D
PPS. Light grey as well? =D-
I will extend my sheep / farm pen area for a couple more colours/shades of sheep.
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\o/! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
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Hey y’all any exciting plans for the weekend?
I’m having my second lesson with a driving instructor today and it’s going to be in the area where I’ll be taking my test. Somewhat nervous because I’ve never been to the suburb or heard of it before (hearing about the test there) so I have no idea what to expect (it’s in Mooroolbark or something). My actual test is on July 20th and I need to get it to be able to get to Uni otherwise it’s going to be interesting… 😛
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are you learning manual or auto?
also YAY \o/
it’s scary at first, but you’ll do alright mang-
Auto 🙂
I’ve driven before this guy is just prepping me for the actual license test in the area. You’re supposed to drive 120 hours (240 now I think?) but I’m only on like 70 or so 😛
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240 hours now REALLY? WOOOOOOOOOW…
when i learned they had just raised it to 120 and it took me forever…
if you ever require a car and want your hours up, give me a holler, i’ll be happy to provide car on most weekends (auto as well)
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Haha thanks for the offer but we’re kind of on opposite sides of Melbourne :P. Technically my book says I “have” my hours so that’s not a problem 😉
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aaaahh right “have”…. i like that… not that i would ever do that… ever… i certainly did NOT make up hours in my log book…
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at all… noooo siree…
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You have a lot left to do before the 20th then, mang…
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Never mind, read above…you sneaky bugger.
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Hehehe I’m a good driver too but it’s like one little mistake on the day will fuck it all up, especially now since I actually need to pass to be able to get to Uni 😛
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One little mistake won’t be the end of it. At least not in Sydney anyway. I’ve had friends go through red lights and pass the test, which still utterly amazes me today. The only mistake I made was a signal error. There’s a bit of leniency there. Granted, I don’t think they should be passing people who run red lights, especially since this girl is still a pretty bad driver…
Uh where was I going with this? Uh…you’ll be fine! *thumbs up*
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Yeah passing red lights is an insta fail 😛
Grazing the kerb is also a insta fail 😛
Stopping a bit over the line on a red light is also an insta fail 😛
Going 2km over is an insta fail 😛Lotsa little things 😛
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GOOD LUCK GREEN MANG!
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THANKS SCREE MANG
Good luck for your lesson as well!
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Thank you!
Isn’t it less restrictive if you’re older?
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Yeah you just do the test when you’re 21. I think you need to be on Ls for like 6 months or something?
I’m 19 though so it doesn’t apply
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It’s my second lesson with a neighbour in our car. I get terribly nervous though
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i honestly can’t imagine learning in Melbourne… i get nervous at the best of times as a fully licensed driver :P…
but i guess if you finally manage to find some quiet side streets it’s okay.
and it would also condition you to learn to make snap decisions, but still, i can fully understand the nervousness-
I’m learning manual, so it’s a lot harder for me =P
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trust me i know, i learned manual (a valuable skill) but once you got everything down pat etierh auto or manual you don’t really think about controlling the car… it’s traffic judgement that’s the hard part
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Don’t back out. You’ll hit a point where you aren’t even conscious of changing gears. It just becomes something you do.
Hell, I get in an auto and my left foot presses on the foot rest when slowing into a corner then I panic because it doesn’t move.
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this, so much this XD
i still go to clutch randomly despite only owning an automatic now… it’s just reflex by now
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Just remember that the accelerator is not analog, it’s either on or off. The red light means use caution when crossing the intersection and the speed signs are the current high score for that areas speed run, you should do your best to beat it for a better end grade on your test.
You should be fine.
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Also, back when I got mine I didn’t have a log book or have to do any hours. Just do the written test then the practical test when you felt ready and you have your P’s. No red or black just P’s then once 3 years was up it automatically switched to Opens.
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Yeah the rules are a lot stricter now 😛
I think now it’s when you turn 16 you can take the L test, then 240 hours on all different road conditions and times, hazards test, when you turn 18 you do a P test, then red Ps for a year (with lots of restrictions like no more than 1 person in the car unless they’re under a certain age or family), then green Ps for 2 years and then FREEEEDOMMMM
At least it all makes us better divers… right? (some people are still incredibly shit)
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Not really, because most of the time it’s people who don’t think of their cars as weapons and constantly do stupid things.
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It was sarcasm scree 😛
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You have to tell me these things in the post. =P
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Just petition Ben to add “Sarcastica” as a viable font here. Best system.
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Good morning TAY… MY WOES ARE FINALLY OVER!!! I NOW FINALLY HAVE DECENT INTERNET SPEEDS \o/
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Who knows i might even (finally) make an appearance on TS tonight \o/
BYO?
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Wooo! Until like late 2010 my internet would reach top download speeds of 60kb/s… Even my iPhone was reaching 300kb/s+! :/
But then I gots new internets with good speeds and it’s the best feeling! Download ALL THE
PORNTHINGS-
yeah found out half my woes was caused by wrong modulation from TPG’s side, the other was my Belkin router having shat itself and was flaky, dropping every 5th or 6th packet consistently, causing me to have speeds around the 1 – 10kb/s…. finally bought a new router and now enjoying around 500kb/s which is MUUUUUUUUUUUUCH better
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Whoa 1-10?! Good lord! I get up to 1mb/s now (rarely happens) but 100-300kb is average. Only problem now is it constantly disconnects and still lags during games but at least my things download quickly 😀
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Has anyone actually managed to DL the walking dead episode 2 yet???
Who else is ready for Shameless Gaming Month?
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oh crap, i have sooo many games to finish….
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By ready do you mean have I purchased like 20 new games in the past week? If so then yes, I’m ready 😛
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Wow, this month has gone by so fast. It’s July already.
I still need to make my list of games to complete
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Ooh! Me! Me! Almost finished Bioshock (I think :P) as well so that’s almost 2 games cleared already! 😀
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I got in my unfinished pile currently:
Ass Rev
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Castlevania Lords of Shadow
Dead Rising 2
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Dragon Age 2
Final Fantasy XIII
Gears of War
Halo Reach
Heavenly Sword
Just Cause 2
LA Noire
Lost Odyssey
Mortal Kombat Komplete
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Rainbow Six Vegas 1&2 (sorry 35)
Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Red Faction Guerrila
Shadows of the Damned
Silent Hill Downpour
Space Marine
Valkyria Chronicles
White Knight Chronicles 1&2
Yakuza 4Not entirely sure I’ll get through them all with around 2 hours a night spare at most.
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Ooh, Valkyria Chronicles please! It would be a good game to play in 2 hour bursts as well!
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Since we’re picking…
Ass Rev (you said you’d give it to me when you finished lol)
Castlevania (I had a lot of fun with it)
Lost Odyssey (I’m sure you’re enjoying it although there’s better JRPGs out there… hint hint)
Space Marine (I think it’s 7 hours long so it’s short, I’m playing it now)
Yakuza 4 (is fun but can take a while)
Xenoblade 🙂
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Here’s my list
PS3
Uncharted360
Just dance 3Wii
Skyward sword3DS
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You can finish Nintendogs?
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Complete everything =D
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What about the hundreds of other unplayed games? 😛
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Let’s see how I go?
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Anyone else keen for some Motorstorm Apocalypse later tonight? Me, masha and Freeze will probably play so just post here if you’re keen 🙂
So… Steam sales! If they do happen what’s everyone looking forward to and why?
Obviously everyone wants some cheap games and I’m sure many impulse purchases will happen, but I’m also looking for some PC exclusives that I missed out on because of my old computer not being able to run them. From the top of my head The Witcher 1/2 and Civilization 5. But I also wouldn’t mind some of the console games I never bought and some new co-op ones to play like L4D1/2, Saints Row 3, Just Cause 2 and Dead Island. I dunno though! Just gun buy all the things!
wait… what’s that about Shameless Gaming Month? Is that where we shamelessly buy lots of new games?
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I love a good co-op. Pick up L4D 1 or 2 if you can get it cheap.
I’m holding out for cheap copies of;
The Walking Dead,
Alice: Madness Returns,
Skyrim.
Not holding my breath on any of those though.-
Haven’t seen much on The Walking Dead but I did like the show (before it turned shit) and I did hear good things about it. Alice looked interesting from an artistic stylepoint (I love stuff with a unique style) so I’d be interesting in getting both if they’re cheap enough too 🙂
Skyrim is awesome! I have it on Xbox but mods look awesome. I’ll wait for the “GOTY” edition on PC so I can snag the DLC at not so overpriced prices 😛
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Alice was cheap at about ten bucks a few weeks ago, so it might be possible it goes on sale again!
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Shameless Gaming Month has begun!
Also, if people aren’t on Darkadia, they should give it a go. Very simple to set up and keep track of things.
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I know! I was playing Unchatered and enjoying it until I got to another sodding jetski bit.
I really hate them.-
Yeah the jetski parts really sucked!
Man… This is supposed to be Shameless gaming month, but Bish’s trip to JBHIFI is giving me itchy feet… I have got enough games and I don’t need any more, but still, it is tempting… Sigh…
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So it’s not just me? Thank goodness!
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I think the sale ends today, so you might need to make a quick decision!
Or just be lazy and let the sale go by. Lazy way is best way.-
My local JB is actually just 7 minutes by car… I was thinking of a couple of PC games: Dragon age 2 and Dead Space 2. I was also tempted by Dragons Dogma, but I think I will stick to Demon Souls. Also the metal gear HD and ico and shadow of the colossus HD collections are tempting, but that is probably going too far for one shopping session!
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I’m actually tempted to go for another trip to JB. As soon as I got home from the last one I suddenly remembered everything that I wanted to look at but didn’t…
I really should try and save some money though, so it probably won’t happen 😛
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I’m going for one soon, but I’m not sure what to buy and I’m trying to limit it as much as possible. 😛 This is definitely how Shameless Gaming Month should begin.
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Your not sure what you want to buy? Really? There must be some thing?
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It’s more that there’s things I want but I have limited money so I’m trying to figure out my priority list.
Of course, saving money should be at the top of that list, but shhh.
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I know how to keep it shhhh…. But I am still curious what game is at the top of your list to buy?
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That’s exactly what I’m trying to figure out. 😛
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Well good luck. I look forward to hearing what gaming gem your frugal minded shopping trip nets you!
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What did you buy in your last trip to JB Powalen?
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Tomb Raider, ME2, Bioshock and Deus Ex: HR 🙂
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-178/comment-page-7/#comment-725631
I was bored enough to search old pages lol
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Yeah, that. haha
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Awesome choices and great bargains!
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Actually in JB right now 😛 Pokemon Conquest is looking very very nice right now…
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What’s happened to me? I used to be so good at saving money…
I blame everyone except me.
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Dammit Rize, why did you have to steal my thunder?
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Was that the new logo you were talking about earlier in the week?
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Yeah. Dimensions are a bit warped though because I suck at WordPress themes.
Should look a bit more like this, which you should be seeing at the top of any posts about it here.
Going to get Carlos to do a resized version for my site.
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Help me (by which I mean one of my closest friends) TAY!
Friend has a short film on YouTube up and would love a few more hits to boost the competition results somewhat. Added bonus that it’s hilarious and well worth the time.
I’m terrible at this marketing thing aren’t I? Help me Shane!
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If only there was some variety of link that I could click!
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Haha yeah asking for views without posting the video 😛
C’mon Freeze!
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Shit. I said I was terrible at this.
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What did I just watch! haha
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I just got back from JB. I had a list of a few games I wanted. Some times I wish I was not so indecisive . I was originally going to get Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age 2 on PC, but then I noticed in the small writing at the bottom of the box that they both had one use serial codes! SO I ended up going with the PS3 versions. Ended up costing $38.40. They did not have any copies of Ico and Shadow of the colossus! I picked up Dragons Dogma and then put it down, I still Have Demon Souls and Skyrim to keep playing! I was also tempted by Pikmin 2.
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So I’m regretting two things at the moment…
First is eating KFC for lunch but KFC regret is a given and second is skipping the cutscenes in Space Marine. I’m up to Chapter 14 (which I assume is near the end) and I have absolutely no idea what is going on :P. I didn’t mind skipping the cutscenes in Halo and Gears 3 because I was playing co-op and a certain story event in Gears 3 was spoiled for me :(.
Guess I am a bad egg for skipping cutscenes and this is my punishment 😛
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I want to say ‘I told you so’ but that’s what a bad egg would say. 😛
I’m feeling a bit sorry for you, actually.
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Heh it’s not like I care about the story or anything but some context would be helpful 😛
Oh well, killing Orks is still super fun 😀
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y
Wow… this song is way more awesome than I expected.
Also, I have new shoes. 🙂
Just completed Uncharted!
A game of the list. Only Zelda left really.
If I finish the Bolero and skirt I’ll be able to do more \o/
So my current goal (for the ENTIRE month) is to get bronze on every track on Trials HD. I was doing so well ’til I got to the extreme tracks, and I can’t even manage to finish them in the 500 fault/half-hour limits.
If I can just get bronze on the tracks, I’ll be happy for the month!
Aimin’ high, I am…
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Oh man the last Hard track took me ages but I went back to HD a while ago before Evo was released and managed to bronze (or higher) all the tracks except Inferno 2. Fuck Inferno 2.
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I’m currently Bronze or higher up to “Going Up” on the extreme tracks. Such a pain in the ass :p
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Arrrghh! I’m trying to find my PC User dvd so I can redeem a copy of DAZ Pro Studio 4, and I can’t find it anywhere!
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It’s obviously under the couch!
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It was actually… in the DVD drive of my old computer.
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Maaaaan these 5 am starts are beginning to take it out of me! I’m loosing valuable late night gaming time (when wife is asleep so I feel less guilty being on the pc which is in a different room to everything else)…. Also hectic weekend was hectic… Nothing near the time I wanted for myself due to visiting family in law :(… Guess its time for new TAY soon too…
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*goes and gets a cup of coffee*
Email from a colleague ended with “Do you have the flu?”
Feeling fine (except reflux). Suddenly thought I must have signed of an email or something with “Flu”
Apparently I was coughing or something.
It’s going to happen eventually.
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Oops.
testing, [b]hoping[/b] not to break.
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poopyexcellent
haven’t talk on here for a while so…
dem vidya gamez
but for srs, i started my first shameless gaming game, saints row the third, hpoing to beat lollipop chainsaw after it, then mass effect 2, so far, those are the “will be actively trying to beat these and not get distracted” games
MGS Collection on Vita is brilliant !
Heads up though:
Shame that TRANSFARRING doesnt work.
This despite, using the same PSN login !
I think it’s cause my PS3 (US/NTSC…couldn’t wait till the PAL Ver.) and Vita ver (UK/PAL)are from different regions.
Keeps saying ‘corrupted save’ when attempting to retrieve from the TRANSFARRING CLOUD.
And when trying to use the SEACRH for PS3 through Wifi ver. on the Vita, it keeps failing.
bummed out….Oh wells, back to starting MG3 again….
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“I think it’s cause my PS3 (US/NTSC…couldn’t wait till the PAL Ver.) and Vita ver (UK/PAL)are from different regions.” – I mean Version of the games.
Consoles are both Aus.
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