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Good morning all!
HappyMonday!For those of you who don’t frequent weekend TAY, the Aurealis Awards ceremony was on Saturday night, and I was wigging out about it. The short version is: I didn’t win. I was pretty down about it for a short while, but started feeling pretty good the next day, and now am fine.
The long version, here on TAY for the first time, is as follows:
Mrs Shane and I went out to dinner beforehand with my brother and his wife. All four of us headed over to the venue together, and managed to stake out a nice spot in the corner. The pre-event drinks room was not big, and filled up quickly. Soon it was wall-to-wall bodies, all clustered together in their own little groups. There was very little actual mingling.Sean Williams was dressed almost exactly like I was. (cc @liondrive)
After that, it was sit-still-and-face-the-front time. My category was about the fourth or fifth one announced. When they said that it was a tie, I have to admit: my heart soared a little. It boosted my chances of victory from 20% to 40%, and I didn’t feel all that threatened by most of the other finalists in my category.
Of course, that’s not how it turned out. But that’s okay. It might have been nice to pretend that Peaceful Tomorrows could be second in line for the accolade, but pretending it was third is good enough for this year. The Game will knock their socks off next year. From a purely relativistic perspective, if Peaceful Tomorrows can get nominated, The Game has a very strong chance of taking the award next year.
One thing that, honestly, irritated me a little was the number of people who won the award, but hadn’t prepared a speech because they “didn’t expect to win”. Maybe that’s meant to sound humble, but to me it smacked of disrespect. Would it really have been so hard to come prepared? All finalists got the same email regarding victory speeches.
Max Barry won the Best Science Fiction Novel category, which was awesome, but he wasn’t there, and hadn’t even nominated a proxy to accept the award and give a speech. He was the only winner to not even do that much. That was a little disappointing, especially when he said the next day on Twitter that he wished he’d been there, and that he’d wanted to win an Aurealis Award since he was 24. Possibly his publisher handled the award side of things, and Max himself never got the organisers’ emails…?
On reflection, the thing that disappointed me most about not winning was not actually that I didn’t win (I was already kind of half-expecting it). It was that I didn’t get to give my speech. After listening to all the tedious acceptance speeches, I feel I can say without any pretence or undue ego that mine would have been the best speech of the night. And that’s disappointing.
You also might not have seen the latest entry in the increasingly embarrassing Dark Souls Musical.
SOMEONE TOOK MY LIFE TONIGHT(to the tune of Elton John’s Someone Saved My Life Tonight)
dedicated to @transientmind, even though he didn’t seem that keen on the dedication
When I think of that Drangelic Fort, and the sort
Of nasty monsters in that stone wrought hell
Used my final effigy, I needed some help
Going through it with assistance, started really well
And just one more step, and it happened: LOOK OUT NOW
Allies started falling
My friends out there writhing around upon the ground…
Someone took my life tonight (reddish glow)
They sunk their sword deep into me (don’t you know?)
They started with a poison cloud
Pyromancy, a big greatsword
All that damn lagging made me slow
You’re invincible
Overpowered, level high
Free to kill, words to my eye:
You Died.
I never realised the passing hours, the poison showers
Invaders attacking in my darkest dreams
Slaughtered by the Blood Brotherhood team
Got no chance, my blood pours out in its violent streams
It’s four o clock in the morning, damn it,
Been dying for hours
I’m fighting by myself tonight
Invasion time, the gods are laughing as once again I die..
Someone took my life tonight (reddish glow)
They sunk their sword deep into me (don’t you know?)
They started with a poison cloud
Pyromancy, a big greatsword
All that damn lagging made me slow
You’re invincible
Overpowered, level high
Free to kill, words to my eye:
You Died.
And I would have walked head-on into yet another ambush
Clinging to these mortal bonds
As my HP declines forever
Bells ring in the distance, death knells to take me home
But then, someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
The summon came and killed my foe, I’m not alone
So someone saved my life tonight (praise the sun!)
Almost lost humanity (was nearly done)
You nearly saw me fall again
Bonfire-bound, the world respawned,
And hollowed just a little more…
You’re a Sunbro too,
And Sunbros are all great like you
Victory, task complete,
Bye bye
Wasn’t that fun?
But THE
MOST(least) IMPORTANT NEWS is that my Kickstarter campaign has finally launched. It already has three backers, and has raised 2% of its target \o/http://shanewsmith.com/atkm/ is the short link. But you can also search for it on Kickstarter if you don’t trust my links (and to be honest, after what, five years, I couldn’t blame you for that :P)
Preamble:
All The King’s Men is a science-fiction anthology. It’s planned to run a mammoth 300 pages, a combination of short prose stories and black and white comics, all stories loosely linked together by theme and/or setting. I will be contributing one or two pieces to this anthology, and the remainder will be sourced from other writers and artists.All proceeds from this Kickstarter campaign will be used to pay those contributors for their work. There will be no working for exposure, no working for royalties that might never materialise; if it’s good enough to get in the book, it’s worth paying for.
This book, when completed, will be submitted to Zetabella Publishing for consideration, who have offered to me their support and interest in this project already. Ultimately, this means that there will be no need to cover book printing costs, no fancy equipment purchases, no huge drunken parties… all the money is going straight into the pockets of anthology contributors. The more funding the anthology attracts, the bigger their payday.
This book can still go ahead if it meets its minimal funding goals, but the closer we get to the higher stretch goals, the more I’ll be able to pay the artists and authors who make this book happen. They might even get paid what they’re worth, which is a true rarity in the indie market.
Please, support the book. But more importantly, support the principle which this book represents: a fair deal for authors and artists.
Backed. Wasn’t able to get an enormously high tier as I currently already have a huge stack of cash committed to some board game kickstarters that are about a week or two away from ending 🙁
Thanks, man. Really appreciate it!
Glad you’re feeling better about not winning Shane, I saw your posts on the weekend but didn’t have anything meaningful to contribute.
And thanks for reminding me again that Max Barry has books other than Jennifer Government. I tried going to a bookstore a month ago to find some of them and it seems the only thing Dymock’s sell these days are cookbooks and anything that’s been adapted to either a movie or an HBO TV series. I’m going to set a calendar reminder for myself to visit bookdepository on payday before my wife discovers Maria Tash has septum piercings she doesn’t own yet.
Awh, I like dedications! Just noting that I’m probably not the go-to PVP guy. (Plenty of success but that’s in spit of my lack of skill.)
Good luck with the Kickstarter, man. I’ll put a bid in when I get home. Hopefully a decent run of early backing will act as social proof to convince kickstarter tourists.
You were in my thoughts on Saturday. Hopefully it was a positive experience for you 🙂
Once I get paid next week mate I’ll definitely throw some Gil your way. Good luck on this new exciting chapter!
I thought the most important part was when @liondrive said you were sexy…
I’m disappointed that you didn’t win, I wanted to see video of you exiting pursued by a bear. That was the plan you were going to use, wasn’t it?
Bear? I thought you said bare. I had Mrs Shane shivering off stage, waiting.
Well that would have been equally memorable. Slightly harder to pass off as a Shakespearean reference though.
Man’s a sharp dresser 😉
Rumour has it that ZZ Top wrote a song about him…
Just put of interest, are the digital copies a pdf, kindle, or ibooks thing, or are they something else?
Also, if you get them on one platform, can you get them on another?
That’s a good question. I will add it to the FAQs. Thanks!
I’m probably going to give people the option to choose their preferred format. I can make PDFs very easily, and probably will be able to offer Kindle versions for most/all books.
I don’t have any problem with multi-platform either, if folks want more than one version.
I jumped on the musical train (again) late one day last week.
Possibly has been seen, but maybe just omitted due to terribleness. 😀
You need a title before it can become part of the Dark Souls Musical. I need to have a good way to archive these songs, and it won’t be ruined by your lack of rubric! 😛
I think it’s also recommended that you say what the tune is too, but it’s pretty obvious that it’s to I Just Can’t Wait To Be King. Or maybe it’s to the tune of Kookaburra Sits On The Old Gum Tree for all I know.
GAME OF THRONES!
GAME OF THRONS!!!
GAM OF HERONS!!!!
GAME OF HUNGRY, HUNGRY HIPPOS!
MAG WITH CHARLIZE THERON!?!
Mug with Charlene Tilton on it?
Can’t. Contain. Hype.
Super pain day! Exposed nerve ending in my tooth!! ARRRG! My lovely neighbour gave me some panadeine forte to tide me over til I can get it looked at! What a champ!
Oh man, that ain’t good. Had the same thing in 2012 when one of my wisdom teeth impacted another tooth. Sharp pains all the way up into the brain pan. Not fun. You have my sympathy. 🙂
Brain panning? You read starcraft manga?
This tooth was already cracked, and had previously been hollowed out by a dentist, but I was eating an ice cream yesterday, that had popping candy and cookie bits in it. I bit down and BAM! Straight up in to the nerve ending! Once I picked it out it eased off a little, but due to the chocolate, it was kinda stuck around the area, and took about 10 mins to melt it all away with warm water, and now it’s just a throbbing pain from my jaw, all the way down my neck. Gradually getting better, but sure is taking its time!
Eeeeeep. It was a Mars Bar that did it for me. I haven’t looked at a Mars Bar the same since. XD
At a party about seven years ago, someone offered me a Fantale chocolate. I happily bit down on it. Except my tooth was fused into it. I grabbed the Fantale and ripped it right out of my mouth. My tooth went with it. The tooth wasn’t even loose beforehand. Luckily it was back when I still had a few baby teeth that I needed to get rid of.
Clove bud applied directly to tooth is a good way to numb it.
Sledgehammer to toe, another tried and true method 😛
Diiiiicks. I had a broken tooth once, my dentist was able to (relatively cheaply) put in a plaster filling infused with clove oil(?) or something that covered the nerve and soothed it until I could get a proper filling. Technically I need a crown but that’s a lot of money and the amalgam is holding up ok for now.
Yeah I had one of those in there (minus the clove oil), but due to my lack of funds, I haven’t been able to afford to get it fixed properly yet. Might need to go get it re-stuffed for now and hope it holds out a little longer.
Try liquid nails, it used to hold large portions of our old house together, teeth can’t be much more difficult
My dad lost a crown once (he has a habit of forgetting he can’t eat refridgerated Mars bars) and stuck it back in with wood glue. I felt bad about this and gave him some money towards some dental work (assuming that since his early retirement he wasn’t managing so well financially) and he promptly donated it to charity.
Mine was a joke, it sounds like he’s taking dental tips from Red Dwarf…
The reputation for British dentistry is not unfounded, it seems.
Morning errbody, how was everyone’s weekend? Me I got a little further to eating infamous aswell as proving how poor my puzzle skills are with Professor Layton Vs Ace Attorney. I also mixed an matches that with shopping and babysitting so all round it was a full weekend.
eating infamous!? Man, you must be hungry!
The new discs taste so much better then those old PS2 ones
That’s the blu-ray caramel filling dontcha know.
DUHHHHHH SOULS
Finally got past the silly poison boss once I made the arena not poisonous. Duhhhh.Edit: In other news, still playing too much Pokémon.
I feel that I should get back into pokemon and finish it. Playing Y, got 3 badges so far. I must say I was enjoying it but then titanfall came and other games and just don’t have time with work and stuff.
I just got X last week, i’ve got three badges so far. Trying to catch HEAPS of pokemon as i go. Plus there is extra incentive since pokemon now gain experience from battles ending in captures. 145 pokemon seen, 72 pokemon obtained so far. It’s insane how big the local Pokedex in this game is. D:
I totally almost missed that poison-clearing. I was playing offline, so there was no cluster of messages on the ground to point it out. I knew there had to be SOMETHING to do on that ledge, which was driving me nuts, but I didn’t know what until I checked the wiki.I figured that if I could solo the giant spider boss, I was probably doing something wrong with this one, so spent ages exploring the whole area. Only really got the idea because the missus was watching Demon’s Souls LP videos and had just gone past the boss that keeps resurrecting if you don’t kill a certain enemy in the level first. Thus: duhhhh, I should have thought of it a week agoHad the most epic sleep last night. 12 hours of unbroken sleep from 7 pm to 7 am. I really, really needed that.
good sleep is good!! wish I could manage that kind of sleep again! doesn’t matter what time I go to bed these days, I always wake up at 5:45am, or 6:10am. Without fail.
Yeah, I usually can’t sleep that great at the best of times either. This was a rare, but welcomed occurrence. (That I suspect was necessary after Saturday night shenanigans. XD)
So wish I had’ve made that. I was so hype for that, then 4pm my body just shut down, and I fell asleep til 11pm 🙁 I feel so terrible for letting down Bri and Freeze 😐
I even had money set aside to contribute to the gift, and re-gassed my special zippo that Freeze gave me just for the occasion! Damn my shitty #oldmanwelbotness
You missed out, man. You missed out. Crazy fun. Also Sughly, Dan and I were equals in drunkenness. XD
hahah i expected as much! glad fun was had by all at least!
My mattress in china is made of stone. I’m slowly getting used to it. But my bed in Hong Kong was the best thing ever.
Are you in Markarth, Skyrim? Those stone beds protect against the dragons, you know.
So now that this nasty day light savings business is behind us, lets never do it again!
Time travelling shouldn’t be something to meddle with!
I think it’s not such a bad thing, but only if we all do it, not everyone but us. Fucking farmers and housewives… screw your milking schedule and faded drapes!
I agree, it should be all or nothing. Either all states / territories do it, or none of them do. I have nothing against the principle of changing time forward/back but when you go from 3 timezones in the country to 5 depending on what time of year it is? Nope. Not cool.
Well you see, if Queensland WAS to adopt it, it makes no sense the further you are to the equator where day & night are more or less equal all year round. So FNQ, DST is pointless for them, likewise NT. Down south where in Summer the sun wishes to rise at 4:15am (AEST) it makes sense to have DST where then it puts sunrise an hour later at 5:15am (AEDT)
So yeah, it’s not worth splitting Queensland into two timezones so they can potentially reap the advantages of DST, that the southern states do. Also the sunsetting at 9pm in Victoria in the height of summer is really weird to witness, since i’m used to it being dark by 8pm in the height of summer 😛
Also the stupid fucking local state member believes Tweed needs to be 30 minutes behind NSW in summer & ahead of QLD by 30 minutes during DST so no one gets upset or confused, yeah… Cause changing timezones when you get to Chinderah or Murwillumbah makes total sense UGH. Before they thought Tweed needed not partake in DST. Bloody National Party I tell ya, pack of fucking morons.
I’m just glad we all avoided killing our own grandfathers (why do grandmothers never get a look in? Sounds sexist)
@sughly can finally not get annoyed at me for live-tweeting If You Are The One an hour early on Sunday night!
Though that doesn’t help the other 99% of people who are probably annoyed by it anyway 😛I enjoy your enthusiasm for the show and I get a kick out of SBS retweeting your ramblings.
I really like it when the channels/showpeople join in on the live-tweeting. Makes it a lot more fun. (also a totally enviable job to have :P)
Hahaha, that guy shouldnt have taken 14! That was terrible! SO awkward, my gosh
:O, I watch all those terrible sbs 2 shows on Sundays,
I think by terrible you mean amazing. Vs Arashi! Ninja Warrior. Sbs 2 knows where its at
Saving, bro, saving. Savings would imply it is being stored to be used at a later point.
Ugh, My brother keeps waking me up because he has a stupid sleep schedule.
He went to bed about midnight, after leaving the kitchen light on. I ended up getting up to turn it off. Then he woke me up about 6:30am. As someone who is used to 8-10 hours sleep, it sucks.
Punch him in the face. Sleep will soon come to him.
Don’t listen to @stickman, bear tranquiliser gun, that’s the solution
Is it because work? because if it is i bet he hates it more than you do.
ALSO 8-10 hours of sleep
i hate you i get 4-6 most nights
My job is looking after my mother. it doesn’t technically start until she wakes up =P
Sounds like my sister. 🙁
Sounds like my rosella until I got a cover for his cage, maybe @scree could just drape a sheet over her brother!
I put my seal of approval on this plan working
Hai. Weekend was alright, but gf left me for a couple of days. :'(
Played some games:
– Ratched & Clank Tools of Destruction: super-fun, and I’m finally getting through the whole PS3 Ratchet collection.
– SSX: yeeeee.
– Infamous 3: finished good story line.
– Earth Defence Force 2025: played with friend in co-op. LOL. Uh, it’s a Japanese game about giant ants/spiders/insects and other alien lifeforms invading the city. You can choose four army-style characters to defend with, so of course I chose the chick with massive guns and jetpack and my friend chose the tank with two guns on each arm – both painted pink.
So yeah, this game. Lol. I’m flying around blasting ants off buildings with plasma cannons which then launches them 1km across the map, friend is on the ground pummelling stuff with rail guns. So much fun, so much wtf, and we weren’t even drinking. 😀
Interesting you call it Infamous 3. I don’t think it is. It’s half the size of the other games and a quarter as long. Plus they called it Second Son and avoided any mention of 3. My theory is that it was a side story and (spoilers for 2’s ending)
the lightning bolt at the end of 2 revived Cole and he’ll be back for the proper sequel.It’s coming I’d say. Ground Zero’s and Phantom Pain kind of situation.As much as I love the inFamous series, I’m just about ready for Sucker Punch to do something new. Same goes for Naughty Dog and Uncharted. (Something I feel more than ever after The Last of Us.) Can’t imagine how tough it must be to work with the same characters for years and years and years.
What if uncharted is what lead into Last Of Us?
They are set in the same universe!
(Check out the newspaper headline the bar at the start of Uncharted 3. Pretty sure Nate’s a clicker now.)
How cool would it be to have an obscure easter egg of a sully clicker? Instead of actually making the creepy clicky noise, he just shuffles about saying ‘goddamn’ a lot
I agree that it’s not a continuation of the original two games, and all your points! I haven’t played 2, so didn’t know the spoiler. Also Second Son doesn’t give much to go on to make a sequel …. but I haven’t finished #1 so I can’t say how that one ended. 😛
In any case, I regularly just list the number-entry of games so I don’t have to type out the ‘second son’ other characters. 😛
I WISH I could believe that were true. For my money, I think they just didn’t have the time/money. Won’t be surprised to see a large expansion/sequel using exactly the same engine and most of the same assets, though.
My money’s on Second Son was made quickly using the engine they developed for 3 while they keep working on it. That solves the time situation and with Sucker Punch being a Sony first party darling I don’t think money is a huge issue.
That makes more sense to me, and – if true – is VERY EXCITING.
And with the time/money thing, my line of thinking was: it was probably cut short and the loose ends tied off well before what they’d originally envisioned because what they ideally wanted would’ve been to be a very-close-to-if-not-actual launch title. It is, however, a gut suspicion without having played the game, and my brain is not working at the moment. So, there’s that.
Nah, I doubt it.
Delsin makes more sense as a character going forward. He can have literally any power they can think of whereas with Cole, you’re stuck with electricity (mostly).
Plus they’ve switched gears in tone and story and most of all powers. Cole would feel out of place. He might come back as a side character but the “Cole’s Legacy” made it seem like his story is done.
I’d love an opportunity for a new protagonist, though. Gotta admit, it’s a knee-jerk reaction probably to the mismatch of voice to character, and everything I’ve seen of him as being kind of a dick, but I’m kinda reluctant to play Delsin. Female protagonist time, yes please?
Has there ever been a true open-world game with a female protagonist? I can’t think of any good examples.
It’s kind of a young genre, relatively-speaking. The first ‘open world’ games were probably the JRPGs, what with your air-ship, or maybe Ultima 4 onward. But if you think of it as GTA-clone open world, then yeah… not really. Last ten years or so, rather than 20-30yrs.
What’ve we got in that category? Prototype 1 & 2, Infamous 1, 2 & other, Red Dead Redemption, sort-of LA Noire, GTA 3, 4, 5 incl multiple new protagonists within expansions.
OHO WE HAVE A WINNER: SAINTS ROW. But it’s a ‘player chooses’ character, not a designated female with her own specific story.
There’s a sort of open-world vibe to the new Tomb Raider which obviously has the legendary Ms Croft, but not quite the same.
One thing I’ll say for Saints Row, they put effort into the character choice. When I saw there was a male/female option in 3 I expected a Claude-style silent protagonist who went places, got told to do stuff and never reacted to anything. Instead full voice acting and not only that, really good voice acting.
One of the really disappointing things about GTA5 was the lack of a female character, Franklin could have been swapped out so easily for someone who didn’t feel like CJ-Lite and could have given an interesting perspective on the macho mindset so omnipresent in the game. Hell, even having a female character could have improved Michael’s troubled marriage story arc
I normally play female characters when given the option and I’m usually well-rewarded for that choice, but man… the voice-acting in SR3 for the male1 in particular was just so good. But it was all good, really. They just… nailed it. I don’t know if that’s higher-quality VA talent, or more competent direction.
You missed:
– The Saboteur
– Bully
– Crackdown 1 & 2
– Batman: Arkham City, Arkham Origins
– GTA and GTA2 (GTA3 just took it to 3D, the other two games were still open-world sandboxes)
– The Elder Scrolls 1-5
– Shittons of old WRPGs
But yeah, no female protagonist anywhere there. Games where you can choose don’t count IMO, they usually have no bearing on the game outside of aesthetics. Personally I would love to see Rockstar revisit Bully, but with a girl instead of a guy as the lead. It’d be really unique. But I don’t think that Rockstar has the chops to write a good female character at all, let alone as a protagonist.
Even on the good play-through he’s a dick. But it’s to be expected, he’s a juvenile delinquent (aged 22 or so?). Maybe he was picked so all those angsty teens have someone to relate to. 😛
Yeah, I was an aggressive asshole around that age, too. Possibly part of why it’s so jarring to me. 😛
Didn’t Cole die at the end of 2?Yeah, but remember his funeral-pyre-boat got struck by lightning, too. So. FORESHADOWING!Infamous 2 spoilers
I hope they don’t revive Cole, it would make the ending have so much less of an impact, I liked the whole ultimate sacrifice angle. Would really hate for them to milk the character to the point of the games getting crappy ala God of War (Ascention was just a waste of time/ money)We going all Hideo and having two concurrently running stories of conduits in seperate states? Because that could leave doors open for a cool co-op down the line
EDF wow. I played that at the first meat I ever went to. I think it was insect Armageddon.
No way man, it was EDF 2017, a.k.a. the good one. Insect Armageddon was a shitty one developed outside Japan by a team that completely didn’t get it.
EDF! EDF! EDF!
First time I’ve played one of the games, it was better than expected. 😀
Any one else crazy excited that Amy Hennig is working on Star Wars at Visceral Games now? I really loved Dead Space and can’t wait to see Amy’s influence on the studio!
http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/3/5578570/amy-hennig-ea-visceral-games-star-wars
I haven’t played the Dead Space games but have heard that two was pretty meh and three was trash. I personally would love a game where you play as a smuggler and have little to do with Jedi and Sith, or a KotoR 3. =P
Oh man, I would love to play that game too. The Mass Effect equivalent as well. 😀
Dead Space was almost an action version of System Shock 2. Really strong atmosphere and cool interconnected ship design. The second dropped the atmosphere for pure action that I don’t think served the game all too well at all.
Man, Dead Space cribbed so much from System Shock 2 it wasn’t funny. Moving between hydroponics to the recreation level… I was getting serious cases of deja-vu.
I still haven’t played 2. I own it on the 360, I just never got around to it.
Terrible, terrible PC port for the original… scarring experience.
Yeah, even that scene in Dead Space with another ship ‘piggy backing’… VERY familiar. XD Rumour has it it started life as System Shock 3.
The port for DS1 was pretty bad control wise but as long as you play with a controller it’s better than the console since you can crank up the pretty.
2 is worth playing, it’s nothing like the brainless shooter that the negative hype claimed it was but it did definitely reduce the survival aspect unless you were playing on hard. Much the same can be said for 3 really, that’s a hell of a lot of fun, particularly in coop but there’s no denying that resources are less scarce.
What games of that type need is to learn from the new Thief & have challenge modes so you can have stuff like more limited supplies or things take more resources to make. You’d be able to make it as survival horrory as you like
I played Dead Space 1 with a Mouse + Keyboard, and I thought it controlled fine. The mere idea of playing Dead Space with a controller seems horrible. How can I precision aim that Necromorph’s left bollocks if I don’t have a mouse?
I never finished Dead Space and never got around to the sequels, but I really liked it. Fantastic atmosphere and amazing sound design. It felt like they’d taken Resident Evil 4 and iterated on everything that made that game work well, improving it immensely in the process. To the point that it played far better than RE5. Some amazing set pieces in it too (and some terrible ones like the asteroid shooting mini-game, fuck that shit). Also it channeled some amazing SF horror films like Event Horizon and Alien.
Also really loved the way they handled space. The way everything went dead silent when you were in vacuum, with the only sounds being those that came through the ground to you when you were standing and stuff.
But Amy Hennig isn’t going there to work on Dead Space. She’s going there to work on Star Wars! That’s really important because with the upcoming sequel trilogy, Lucasfilm and Disney are going to sweep the rug of all the Star Wars Expanded Universe, picking the parts they want to keep and throwing away everything else in order that the new films can be made without needing to pay attention to canon created by glorified fanfiction authors with no oversight.
Additionally Disney has expressed the intention that Star Wars becomes a big movie setting along the lines of what they’ve been doing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which will mean that we’ll see lots of more focused movies leading up to larger events, like the Thor/Captain America/Iron Man etc leading to Avengers that they’ve been doing. EA are *the* Star Wars games people now, so Hennig being over there probably means we’ll see her heading up projects to make canon pieces to flesh out the new Expanded Universe 2.0 that fleshes out the bones of the new Star Wars film universe.
Imagine getting a game with the plot significance of The Force Unleashed (which showed the tail end of the Jedi Order and the formation of the Rebel Alliance) delivered with the performance capture and competent gameplay of Uncharted. It’s basically what Star Wars 1313 was looking like before Lucasarts was shitcanned and the game was thrown to the wind. Excitebike.
Oh man, that asteroid shooting mini-game… SO fuck that shit.
I watched my then-roommate playing that section on the 360. (We liked to hang out and watch each other play.) He struggled so hard with that. I think it actually took him something like almost 30 attempts. We were counting them by that point. Sharing the thrill of almost-success, the groans of failure. Intense when he finally beat it.
Later on, when it came time to do my run-through, I was also having trouble with it, too. We had kinda counted on that, obviously. We were getting started on my third attempt when the roomie had to go to work. He laughed, commisserated with me, and headed out. At pretty much that point, I beat the minigame. The OTHER roomie was sitting there watching and I turned to her and said, “Oh Jesus. Do NOT tell Scott it only took me three attempts. That’s just not fair, it would be a huge blow to his ego. If he asks, it took me like… twenty-something.”
So what does she do? Jumps to her feet and goes charging outside to try and catch him as he’s getting in the car, yelling out to him exactly what I said not to. She came back in with a deranged grin, saying gleefully, “He made this face!” Then mimicked it. Basically, :C – the saddest of (western) emoticons. While I just looked at her in horror. What is WRONG with you, woman?
I beat it in three attempts too.
My weekend:
I didn’t get to go to Freeze’s birthday thing.
I didn’t even get to go see Monster Magnet which had been my consolation prize.
I can’t defeat Dark Souls 2 bosses because I am terrible at games.
I stayed up way too late Saturday night, watching 7 episodes of Attack On Titan after Mr. Strange went to bed.
I finished the top layer of my Gloryhammer quilt.
I read 140-ish pages of Metro 7.
I made epic fajitas with fresh corn and tomato salsa for dinner last night.
On balance, good but not great as planned.
Today is awesome though:
Today is the first day of the school holidays, so I don’t have to walk anywhere!
I was cold enough to snuggle into my blankets when I woke up this morning. 😀
I’m going to (attempt to :P) draw a Hammer Of Glory for the quilt.
I’m going to finish off Attack On Titan.
I’m going to attempt to finish off Metro 7. MUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
I’m potentially going to the new Game Of Thrones episode at the movies.
Let’s see how much of today goes according to plan. 😛
You got a text message from your good pal, DC. Today must already be amazing! 😀
Missed you at Freeze’s thing. :'(
I didn’t even know Freeze’s birthday thing was on last weekend. =P
Ooooh, for real? It was tough, man. Being a surprise we couldn’t talk about it openly. :S
I have a feeling my name got overlooked. XD
Oh well, always next year!
D:
Man, we were even talking about your enthusiasm for meats when we were out to lunch on Friday. I totally thought you were going along.
Yeah, sorry for not showing up on Friday, was all good to go then my sister called and asked me to drop her to work and pick her up. I was really bummed, was super keen for a meat.
We can always have more. 🙂
That’s why you are our leader.
I wasn’t overlooked but don’t have anyone’s details outside of TAY and cause I didn’t want to spoil anything by asking here I decided to simply exclude myselfSend me an e-mail at dp[hypen]clarke[at]outlook[dot]com and I’ll give you my mobile number!You haven’t done this yet! >:|
>:| >:| >:|
sorry, work was busy, sent now 😀
Don’t give up on Dark Souls, I had a friend who hit a road block and rather than drive herself mad by playing hours on hours of failed attempt she committed to an hour a day. She researched the fight got the right gear and stats and practiced the moves she needed to win on weaker mobs. The story and and emotions you unlock in the ‘Souls’ series are so worth it. Sorry for the unrequested advice 🙂
Don’t be sorry, speak up more! 🙂
And I completely understand what you’re saying. I’m a Souls fan already, even have the Maiden In Black tattooed on my arm. I’m just finding Dark Souls 2 to be a lot less fair than the previous games. I’ve progressed a bit more since the weekend though, so I’m still in it.
Hola Tay
I had a busy weekend- played BOARD GAMES all Saturday for International Tabletop Day (New games: Dominion, which I quite liked, Small World, which I’ll definitely play again, and Forbidden Des(s)ert, which was OK, I guess but didn’t float my skyship). On Sunday I went and saw the new Captain America, which I quite enjoyed- I thought the Falcon was one of the best parts. Then I went to the pub with friends for tea.
A Monday Morning Question: Which superhero needs their own film?
MAKE MINE MS MARVEL
The Phantom. He had a terrible film made in 1996 that didn’t do him justice. I think a decent Phantom movie is long overdue.
As long as they don’t make the Phantom gritty. He’s not a gritty/grimdark figure
I think that part of the problem with the first movie is that they tried to make it too dark. Mind you, the movie could have been worse … According to IMDB, Joel Schumacher was attached to direct, Dolph Lundgren was to star as the Phantom, and *shudder* Jenny McCarthy was to star as Sala. Erk.
it tried to be dark but also a 30s adventure serial. They needed to pick one.
I liked the 1996 movie and the Phantom is the only comic book I liked as a kid (probably part of the reason my favourite colour is purple even though it doesn’t make a lick of sense as jungle camoflague) but I do think there is waaay more that can be done with the character than have him have a goofy action spectacle in NYC. I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense to have something threatening the jungle he mostly resides in? Play up the Ghost Who Walks angle a bit more?
I don’t mind him being in an urban/jungle setting, but set it in Bangalla and film it in South Africa or somewhere like that.
The Phantom is really a stealth character too, he often wins through intimidation tactics, so him using the usual tactics of pulling fuses and leaving skull marks would be pretty damn cool.
I would love to see a decent origin story of the Phantom. It would have to be a period piece, but I think it could work. I would possibly go for unknown actors to be cast in the roles and frame it as the Phantom telling Kit and Heloise the story of the first Phantom.
They’ve done plenty of origin comics so a whole movie wouldn’t go astray. I would watch that if it was treated with proper care and respect .
EDIT: OH DEAR LORD THAT IMAGE WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER JESUS FUCK
I. Uhh…
Anti-hotlink image?
Works for me.
Try this one: http://s272.photobucket.com/user/citaltras/media/ForThoseWhoCameInLate.gif.html
Ok. Because I got tubgirl 😛
@gooky Uhhh, I have no idea what’s going on there then. Every time I’ve clicked it it’s been fine!
Boy am I glad I didn’t click that at work.
and @mrtaco and @phlanispo: SHIT I’M SORRY THERE’s SOMETHING WEIRD GOING ON THERE FUCKING HELL
What. In. The. Name. Of. Arceus.
Ahahaha.
Man I remember the first time I was shown Tubgirl. Must’ve been 2003, or 04. Turned my life upside-down.
Tubgirl? I’m pretty sure what I saw was something very different. See below. I get the feeling what I saw was more traumatising.
Is there a story behind that image? Or do you have a hyper-specific fetish about dead chickens taking a shit on what appears to be a condom? I’m working purely from memory here.
I have no idea what that was. it was meant to be this, which is a very different thing: http://s272.photobucket.com/user/citaltras/media/ForThoseWhoCameInLate.gif.html
I think @mrtaco was right and it had an anti-hotlink thing on it.
….er, in that case don’t go searching for tubgirl >_>
Which Ms Marvel?
At this point? Either. But Carol Danvers is a better fit for the current movie universe.
The first two issues of Kamala Khan Ms Marvel are awesome, though, and everyone should read them
I didn’t really like them. None of the characters really interested me and some of the dialogue felt a bit lame. I also dislike the artstyle.
I’ve heard they’re possibly planning to do a Carol Danvers Captain Marvel movie. For phase 3 of the MCU I think it was. I really hope they do; the lack of solo female cape movies sucks.
Perhaps slight captain america spoiler
I was super surprised that Danvers wasn’t on the Project Insight target list, though I enjoyed the Stephen Strange name dropNow that you mention it, it really does suck… What’ve we got? Catwoman? Elektra?
I really can’t think of any more.
There was an old supergirl movie.
I hope that Captain Marvel makes it into Phase 3 (she’s one of my favourites) but the only two confirmed so far are Ant Man and assorted sequels. Would put safe money on Doctor Strange getting a guernsey though.
Captain America: TWS is very Black-Widow centric, it’s almost a double act, but it’s still billed as a Cap movie.
She started strong, but ended up in sidekick status pretty early. :/
Eh, I think she still had a reasonable degree of agency, she was just following cap’s lead. Other than
Zola’s BunkerI never felt she was damselled or anything other than an equal player.
@redartifice Yeah, maybe I was projecting.
I think a Deadpool movie will simutaneously be the best and worst idea ever. But it’s certainly the first thing that comes to mind.
Speaking of which, I wouldnt mind getting into Marvel comics. I’ve got your classicBatman graphic novels such as Dark Knight Returns. I just find breaking into the Marvel scene is a little difficulft.
With Marvel, best bet is to jump on a single book and go from there- I’d recommend the 2005 New Avengers as a good start point, it has heaps of good characters like Luke Cage, Spiderman, Doctor Strange and Wolverine from pretty much the start.
What do you think about the Civil War event as a way for @youramishdaddy to jump in? I found a collection that compiled it online, and it seemed pretty cool. I have no idea if they’ve done a compilation like a series of trade paperbacks or something, given that the event crossed a number of different comics, some of which were only one-shot influences.
Even if it’s not entirely cool to sail the seven digital seas for comics-land, it seems to me like it’d serve as a useful reference point for showing how all the different parts fit together and which specific series are worth investigating/buying on their own.
Civil War is a bit of a mess as a storyline though- too many moving parts, too many authors on board.
I’d go one series first.
I was doing some research and I was thinking of getting into the Deadpool and Cable series as a starter. Maybe start with something abit comical first.
I’ve heard good things about the New Avegners so I wouldn’t mind looking at that. Also, the upcoming film, i think it’s Gaurdians of the Galaxy (Universe?), has captured my interest. So yeah, I guess i might try some of yhe more quirky comics before getting into the heavy duty marvel stuff.
Oh also I’ll most likely buy these things in volumes. Easier to sit up in the bookshelves 🙂
Cable and Deadpool is a good series.
Guardians of the Galaxy, get into the latest run by Bendis- you want the Marvel NOW! books, so the collected volume titles are Cosmic Avengers and Angela, which brings Angela from Spawn into the Marvel Universe (long story)
My advice to you: run. Run, and never look back.
That said, Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men is reasonably newbie-friendly. It was my first Marvel comic. It taps into a lot of the historical storylines, but in a way that kind of provides sufficient exposition. And they’re okay fun to read, and the art is really purdy.
Doesn’t really feed into anything though, so it’s not a gateway book afaik.
Pfft. Run? Run, and take a running jump! HEADFIRST INTO THE CANON!
Marvel universe poops all over DC. 🙂
I never said I was recommending DC over Marvel.
I stand by my recommendation to run 😛
Run forward! CHARGE!
Really appreciate the help guys. I’ll go into Minotaur (for those in Melbourne) and realize that it will be much cheaper to pick them up on amazon or book depository haha
I’ve read quite a few of Ultimate Spiderman, and the first comic of Ultimate X-Men. Pretty good, I must say.
Section 8 needs to have a movie made about them. Greatest superhero team there is.
Not sure if it fits under super hero but I would like to see a sandman movie.
As for traditional superheros I want a Colossus movie, still my favourite X-man.
Joseph Gordon Levitt is doing a Sandman film
Interesting, something to keep an eye on
John Turturro from Sector 7; Transformers. I’d rather watch him in a spin off film than the new Age of Extinction. Though he’s not really a superhero, I was reminded of him when Freeze mentioned Section 8.
Turturro deserves so much better.
Gambit with the love affair of Rogue. Not the pansy Rogue. The imma punch a hole in you then fly away Rogue.
She only got those powers from Ms Marvel though.
See, we need a Captain Marvel film!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/04/your-pc-must-be-this-burly-to-play-watch-dogs/
Holy shit. Just so we’re clear, the recommended specs of Watch_Dogs list the i7 variant which is 8-logical-cores. The i5 variant with quad-core is normally plenty for gaming.
The fact that a HD 7850 is listed too, makes me wtf into orbit.
Basically, this is saying that you need 3.5 GHz * 8 (= 28) to play it, when PS4/Xbone run <2GHz with a maximum of 6 cores available to games (< 12 Ghz total). And yet, the recommended GPU is the same as next-gen consoles.
Either Watch_Dogs is doing some fancy as fuck cloud computing in the background, or the master-race is getting fucked over yet again. My gut feeling is they are gonna get fucked on the visuals anyway.
I really hope it’s not a poorly made port. =(
We can hope, but I think we have to assume the worst. The delays, the reduction in visual quality.. this … :\
It doesn’t quite mean you need 28GHz to play it! That just wouldn’t be physically possible for a home computer at this stage! i7’s currently only have a max of 4-6 physical cores, and the rest are virtual via hyperthreading. 28GHz running through your pc would likely melt your system 😉
I know, it was just some dodgy maths. 😛 But the point still is: they recommend a 3.5GHz+ octa-core AMD, when the consoles have a 1.8GHz octa-core that has 6 cores available to games max. That’s concerning.
I dunno, did you see that article with the side-by-side differences between xbone and PC? Seemed like that could be a 1.7GHz difference, to me.
No, which article? CPU architecture is almost the same, the only tangible overhead is the OS.
I’ve been out of the hardware game for many years now, but back in the day, your bottlenecks always came down to GPU, RAM, or CPU – and any one of them could be the factor, but you did have to sometimes run some diagnostics tools to see which element was holding you back because the weigthing wasn’t always just GPU (though that seems to be the most common at the moment).
Anyway. Re: watch Dogs – The article I’m thinking of was off-site. I think Freeze linked it on TAY a month back or so. But Kotaku leads on from it, here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/03/a-video-to-help-you-decide-if-watch-dogs-got-uglier-this-week/
There were some pretty stark images comparing/contrasting from somewhere deep within the link-web before that article.
The point was, the stuff they’re showing in 2014 isn’t a patch on what they were showing in 2012. Which means their planned graphics got reality-checked pretty damn hard by the new next-gen console specs. But that shit should all still be there, which is possibly what the PC’s going to get. If they’re doing something funny to put more into the CPU to leave the GPU free to crunch other things, that wouldn’t surprise me.
Yeah but 7850 is pretty much the GPU inside next-gen. So if the graphics hard to be scaled back for consoles, there’s no way in hell that PC would be able to run the same quality with the same hardware. Then, the massive recommended CPU spec is even weirder, because there’s no way to force graphics stuff to run on CPU to offload from GPU, apart from perhaps one semi-related thing. So, here’s my thoughts:
– That high CPU is not required for sim or RTS games, let alone a probably-GPU-bound open-world 3rd person game.
– It is possible that the physics engine resides on the CPU and cannot be turned off (e.g. no NVIDIA physX). This is bad.
– Next-gen consoles run CPU-intensive code for AI etc in the cloud. This means the game needs to be always-connected, which is bad. And it’s probably unlikely, since MS’s Azure servers could do the same thing for PC people ..
– The graphics are almost certainly going to be sub-par due to specs.
– Or, someone at Ubi royally fucked up the spec estimates. They just make no sense at all, even without next-gen consoles on the scene.
Trying to compare based solely on Hz would be like comparing an Abrams with a Volkswagen Rabbit, and concluding that the Rabbit has the more powerful engine since it has a higher top speed.
I know this – bad GHz math added so other non-tech people can have a basic idea of what is going on.
The thing is, the GHz can’t just be thrown out of the window, because next-gen and PC architectures are so damn similar. Also the fact that an i7 is being recommended for a 3rd person open-worlder with a paltry 7850 can’t be glossed over – we’re gonna get screwed.
It’s strange, they list i7 3770 as 8 cores, but it is a 4-core processor. Intel haven’t had an 8-core processor in the Core line, ever. Highest the Extreme ones go is 6. That’s stuff you find in their Xeon family. The upcoming Haswell-based i7 5960X will have 8 cores and it’ll be the first consumer-oriented 8-core processor from Intel.
Yeah, they count logical cores I guess. But they specify the i7, not the non-HT i5 variants… WHICH WTF. Since when was a game optimised for minimum 4 cores and ideally 8.
Mind is blown at the absurdity of these specs..
So glad I pre ordered this for PS4, I don’t like the idea of my PC being minimum specs to run it, since every game i’ve thrown at is apart from GTA IV runs fine on ultra settings including Far Cry 3 which was supposedly a shitty port :/
Favourite gameplay mechanic that a game introduced that no one else copied even though they should’ve?
I would say the 3D interface in The Pandora Directive. Having that sense of 3D space in a point-and-click adventure really gave a sense of immersion. Gabriel Knight 3 perfected this more seamlessly combining how a 2D point and click played with a 3D world, but no one else has really followed since. (Though Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect is out in two weeks. Can’t wait to see that!)
Also hearing the characters thoughts in Heavy Rain was pretty incredible. Kind of breached that divide from a movie to a book. (Being able to hear a characters internal monologue and all that.)
I wish they kept hearing character thoughts for Beyond. I missed it.
I thought of two and then realised they were both from the same people.
Too Human’s combat control. Attacking with the sticks instead of a button was really intuitive.
Eternal Darkness’ sanity meter. That was an awesome idea.
Oooh, Fahrenheit had a stress meter too. It wasn’t as well implemented as it could have been, but it was definitely a cool feature. Carla was scared in enclosed spaces and you would have to regulate her breathing and ‘calm’ in that scene. Was pretty great. Did the sanity meter play any thing like that?
Not exactly. As you ran out of Sanity, weird things would start happening. Enemies that disappeared. Writing on walls. Even a troll that said your gamesave file was corrupted.
Ooooh, that sounds amazing! 😀
I remember Silent Hill: Shattered Memories had a similar thing. Scenes would change depending on how you played the game. If you spent too long looking at women’s cleavage for example the monster design would become more disturbingly sexualized, etc. Was really cool that the game was ‘monitoring’ your behavior.
Don’t Starve has something kind of similar (not as in-depth as that though)
You had a sanity meter and if it started going down, shadows / phantoms of monsters would start appearing just on the side of the screen and you could start to see monsters eyes watching you from darkness.
Metal Gear: hiding in cardboard boxes. Because it’s never not funny.
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I can’t remember the game, but it was a JRPG on the PS1.
When you equipped something, it turned up on your character.
Not just the sword, not just a shield, not just a change in armour.
Every single thing you could pick up and whack on a character – from earrings to lockets to shoes – would have an equivalent model in the game and would show up on your character.
Sure, MMO’s have kind of done this (with a fair amount of palette swapping) but for a single player RPG it was amazing. Even the ES series didn’t show you wearing necklaces/earrings/rings unless you were looking at your character sheet.
MMOs don’t usually go to the detail of rings and earrings though. I remember being quite surprised when FFXIV 2.0 did it.
Trying to think what your PS1 JRPG could have been though. Weapons & armor changing appearance of the character isn’t that common even in modern stuff, but it would have to have been a pretty advanced game to do it. Any other clues what it might have been?
Three characters only – you didn’t get to change them – a brawler, defensive guy and a female magic caster.
…I’m keeping on hunting now to remember via screenshots etc.
Turn-based or action?
Turn based. Still hunting.
Wait, it wasn’t Wild Arms was it? IIRC the original Wild Arms only had 3 playable characters.
I don’t think so…it wasn’t wild west, it was fantasy.
Wild Arms was awesome though.
LEGEND OF LEGAIA!!!!
http://www.giantbomb.com/legend-of-legaia/3030-16716/
Knew I would find it in the end!
Oh wow, I haven’t even thought of that game for about 15 years. Takes me back. I never had a copy personally but a friend of mine had it so I remember seeing bits of it.
Dual-wielding from Halo 2. Actually, I think everyone copies that now. However when I first experienced it back then, it felt sooo good using the shoulder triggers.
Dual Wielding was a Marathon feature they intended to do but ran out of time to include in the first Halo, just like the Flamethrower. Just about everything in Halo aside from the vehicles, Bungie prototyped in Marathon. Even down to a lot of the level design. There’s several levels in Halo 1 & 2 and that extra map pack they did which are direct ports of Marathon levels.
Oh wow, I had no idea Bungie went that far back! Something to look into. At the same time, definitely just goes to show that everything good has been done before, already.
Bungie go back ages. I played my first Bungie game in about 1993 when our family got a new Macintosh that had a CD drive and I got a CD with ‘500 games’ on it. Including Bungie’s Operation Desert Storm and Pathways Into Darkness.
Pathways was a rad game. You were infiltrating a lost Mayan temple in the Yucatan in order to prevent the awakening of a Cthulhu-esque ‘Dreaming God’ and the temple was full of crazy horrors. Along the way you pick up magical crystals that give you various powers, including the ability to converse with the dead. Several groups had tried to uncover the secrets of the temple before you so there was dead Nazis and stuff all over the place and it had a conversation system and things.
I reckon you could make an amazing game out of Pathways if it was remade in a modern style.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat’s “control a 2D platformer with a pair of bongos” mechanic.
Haha! So damn obscure, but so damn awesome. 😀
I really need to get around to breaking out Odama. Even though voice controls are goofy and I never want to use them because there’s always people around (and even when they aren’t…) but it’s just too weird to not want to check out 😛
I had a great time with Jungle Beat, those boss fights were awesome cause you’d punch as fast as you could bongo and I got me some mad bongo skills, I still own that (also own Donkey Konga, which was significantly less fun :P) , still though I have 2 bongos, I wish that racing game they made supported them like it was originally supposed to.
Me too! I think that both Super Paper Mario and DK
Barrel BlastJet Race were both worse off for being pushed over to the Wii. Especially Jet Race. I’ve got three sets of bongos thanks to an imported Donkey Konga 2 (I loved the first one :P), really wish Barrel Blast existed so that I could have a full set of four.oh man, could you imagine 4 people frantically banging away on those things competing, would make for some amazingly entertaining nights I’d imagine.
Man that’s a great post to read with no context whatsoever 😛
I don’t know, since the last 5 years have been re-hash after re-hash of the same tired stuff from 5+ years ago. The only cool games to try something else are either down-voted to oblivion on review sites, or are unknown/indies.
I literally cannot remember something off the top of my head. 🙁 RIP innovative gaming.
Edit: Actually, Skylanders. While it has been copied – so doesn’t qualify for your question – I feel Skylanders has brought something truly new to the arena.
I really enjoyed the whole “re-writing peoples memory” thing from Remember Me. More games need to do that.
Ideally in a game where it’s more than just a few puzzles with one solution, something down to the NPC level where you can distract a guard by making him forget he went for a piss a few minutes ago and so he thinks he has to go again so you can slip by him quietly
Not so much a ‘mechanic’, but man did I love those VR glasses from Heavy Rain.
In terms of actual mechanics, though? Living with the consequences of failure, the game keeping on going, factoring in your failure.
dunno if it fits, but the terrain altering abilities in From Dust were awesome, I wish some other games would implement it into a more in depth kind of game.
Yessss.
No one has successfully captured the feel of the Batman Arkham games’ brawling. Even the other team that handled the most recent game fucked it up somehow despite using the same code!
Being able to smooch the pretty lady posters inside lockers in MGS:2.
Finally got around to playing X-Com Enemy Within this weekend, for the first time since the DLC came out. Man, I’d really forgotten how stressful those missions can be, and the new tech/aliens doesn’t make it any easier. I thought I’d ease myself back in by playing on easy and turning on a few of the options to smooth my passage (like the save scummer option that resets RNG if you reload so you can get different outcomes if a turn goes badly) and even then every mission is nerve-wracking. So many meticulously planned assaults turn into all my dudes laying waste with rocket launchers and grenades. I completely levelled a building because I thought a zombie might be in there, and those sons of bitches are worse than the Chryssalids that spawn them. The new stealth strangler units are a goddamn nightmare!
Such a great game.
Saturday I spent most of the day cleaning the house
Sunday I visited my Grandma. She had a stroke a few years ago so she now lives with my aunt and uncle. She’s not too bad, but she’s not as mobile and her right hand doesn’t do much so she needs her food cut up for her.
She’s looking at selling her house. She showed me the valuation and wow it was way more than I expected. She then showed me the fees the agent charges and wow that was way more than I expected too. I guess it all evens out? No wonder property is so expensive in Sydney.
Oh and she gave me books about family history. Actual entire novels written by people looking at various aspects of our family, lol.
Just value the property slightly less and sell it privately.
I sat at home and watched several movies on the weekend. It was cold and miserable, so I figure it’s acceptable. Right?
Because @blaghman keeps yapping on about it, I watched Beauty and the Beast for the first time in many, many years. Actually a lot better than I remember… You win this round, Blaghs. Then, because I was in the mood for animated stuff, I watched Mulan and Aladdin too. It’s actually pretty funny to see just how similar a lot of these movies are when you watch them back-to-back. They’re all basically the exact same plot with different songs 😛
Also rewatched Hercules to double check whether it was nostalgia that was making me think it was the best. It wasn’t! Still great. I really like the format of the story, with the Muses narrating the story while not being actual characters. It makes it feel less like a “let’s sing our feelings!” musical, even though they do nothing but sing and dance 😛 (Though I can see where Blaghs is coming from again when he said there is only 3 good songs… Dammit, stop making me agree with you. I don’t like it – even though I would say 4 good songs :P)
Oh, and I rewatched From Up on Poppy Hill too. Excellent movie!
Also played a tiny bit of Dark Souls.
Beat the Executioners Chariot after a couple of attempts – I really struggle when I get mobbed by multiple enemies, so I just had to take it slow and take out the Skeleton Mage things first, then all the Skeletons, before lowering the gate and taking on the Horses. The Lightning Bolt is both the coolest looking spell, and the most powerful. So good for sniping because it doesn’t seem to have a maximum travel distance (or at least a stupidly long one) – I just wish the Binosulars item had a crosshair 😛 I also wish there was an item that combined a Staff with a Chime so I don’t have to carry both… Spent the rest of my time working my way through the Earthen Peak. Saved in front of the Boss door, so I’ll see what’s in there tonightConfession time: I have never seen Mulan or Beauty and the Beast.
PS. inb4YOUMONSTER
I haven’t seen Beauty and the Beast. Saw Mulan for the first time last year. (It’s pretty great.)
Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
You should see beauty and the beast, that damn well better be on the list otherwise add it to my suggestions
It’s on the list. Blaghman. BLAGHMAN. It’s just I don’t pirate and I don’t have any money to buy these things so have to wait until it’s on TV. Which you might have noticed is never. XD (Though Foxtel are launching a Disney movie channel next month.)
So long as it is on there. I think it was on TV about a month ago or maybe I was just watching the DVD
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Beauty and the Beast either since as a kid I decided it was principally a romance (instead of peripherally like every other disney movie made from the 90s onwards) and that didn’t interest me. As an adult I don’t have any burning desire to go back and fix this mistake.
Mulan on the other hand, I still watch once a year.
I love Hercules. And Mulan. And Aladdin.
I’m so so on Beauty and the Beast.
I can only remember four songs from Hercules, and only one of them wasn’t that good. How many songs does it have? Been years since I saw it.
Hm… At least five from memory. Not counting the different versions of the opening song. Gospel Truth, Go the Distance, the training montage one (aka. the bad one :P), Zero to Hero and the one Megara sings. I’m probably missing one…
My favourite part of Hercules is that the Greek chorus was totally a thing in Greek theatre, and they fulfil a similar role, which is pretty cool.
…
It still only has 3 good songs though. :p
SCREW YOU BLAGHS
I respect your opinionFor a little bit of fun with Beauty & The Beast (this goes for you too @blaghman ) try watching it in French with subtitles (if you need them) – it just feels “right” to have French characters singing in French. The opening song (Belle) is just fantastic, Gaston is hilarious, etc etc.
If you’re looking for a PAL DVD though I’m pretty sure there’s only 1 version that included a French language track so you may need to go NTSC.
I was actually thinking that while watching it. Same for Mulan. Would be interesting.
If you’re just interested in the songs there’s plenty of clips on YouTube of the various languages (and I’ll Make A Man Out Of You is great, for Mulan) but it’s best when you watch the whole thing, dialogue and all, and really get in to the native tongue.
Busy weekend, but still managed to get in a heap of gaming.
Tonnes of time put in to FTL, loving many of the changes but still struggling to unlock some ships, mostly because I get distracted and forget to do the right things…
Played a heap of Battlefield Vietnam with @f4ction, @pixel_the_ferret_viking, @sernobulus, @steveothedevo (?), and @gorzilla (?).
Played through the start of the Dawn of War 2 campaign with Pixel, and was reminded of how fun co op is in that game. It also made me want to start playing Last Stand and Exterminatus again…and then I discovered my Last Stand progress was gone 😐
Always up for last stand! 😀
Edit: I absolutely love the new race in FTL, so badass-looking in both ships and crew! Tried a Kestrel run yesterday and died quite early due to fire 😛
Count me in for that as well, I was looking for a match the other day
The Lanius ship is hilarious when you have a fire or get boarded. The only room I leave oxygen in is the bridge, and that’s cause the captain is human. Essentially this means that people board it and immediately start suffocating and can’t escape it, and fires go out in about 3 seconds.
Lanius has no time for fires or boarding parties, they need that time to harvest people! 😛
Is that BFBC2 Vietnam? Or another older game?
The original Battlefield Vietnam.
Awwww yeeaaaah.
@steve-o_the_deve-o
My 30th Birthday present.
https://twitter.com/freezespreston/status/452422338441539584
My cake.
http://i.imgur.com/nY9CJgq.jpg
That cake was a thing of freakin’ beauty, my friend.
Mrs. Freeze went all out!
Wow, that cake is aweeeeesome!
It tasted amazing too. I dropped my piece on the floor, picked it up and continued eating it was so good. XD
So it rates on the @sughly scale then…? 😛
Haha! Exactly! EXACTLY!
I’m really bummed I couldn’t be there. Looked like an amazing night. Hope you had a great time.
It would be a sacrilege to eat a cake so beautiful!
Amazing!
Those are epic.
Why are there dongs sticking out of your cake?
Also your 30th appears to have been a million times better than mine and I’m jelly 🙁
Aw man that’s fucking epic. So sorry I wasn’t there 🙁
Yesterday my husband’s brother, his wife and their kids visited us for an early Easter thing. I was conversing with my brother-in-law’s wife most of the time. She was asking about the schools, and asked me about my son’s class “How many Australians are in his class?”. We live in a multi-cultural neighbourhood so I knew what she was asking and I was a bit horrified. I really wanted to just say “All of them.” but I just pretended not to understand and asked her what she meant.
Which led to a conversation which included her saying “I’m not racist but….” I was completely unprepared for this and mostly just kind of skirted her away from the issue without agreeing with anything she said. I couldn’t say the things I really wanted to say because extended family relationships are tricky but I do wish I’d kind of stated my point of view and now I feel icky about it.
Wow, sounds like that could have easily blown up.
When I visited my grandma over the weekend peoples race came up a lot but it always came with a statement “…not that I have any problem with their race”. I look forward to when people find other peoples race completely irrelevant to discussion.
One thing I’ve learned: there’s no point trying to get into that kind of discussion with family (or pretty much anyone else). They have their opinions, and it’s pretty unlikely that you’ll accomplish anything other than creating rifts in the family if you speak up.
I think changing the subject was a good move. It’s what I would have done (which I suppose isn’t necessarily an endorsement…)
Should have told her that you’re not allowed to have an Easter thing as it upsets the Muslims/Buddhists/Jews/Satanists next door.
Finally somebody standing up for the satanists!
https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/800/1*LyygyyPwKSQBA1SKElxjRQ.png
I’m not racist but this meal really is excellent. Can I have a second helping please?
Its a fairly shit issue to have to skirt around, many people where i live are very open about it and its really hard to stand up to them and say “look, yes some of the indigenous population around here are criminals, its a fact but dont judge the whole lot because of a minority” Its just a built in attitude and i hate that, kids are brought up around here to be racist. Its so hard for me as well because so many of my family are like that.
Choose your battles strange. Sometime it is better to just say nicer things about specific people who are ‘dirty foreigners’ (Hi Pixel) than attack generalisations. Also easter celebrations can be a bad place for that sort of thing. Nothing icky about not causing family drama, especially when the chances of any good coming out of it are minimal
Also that biting of your tongue reminds me of the song Storm by Tim Minchkin
Similar thing happened to me when people started talking about that person who won the legal case to choose a non-specific gender.
Yeah… not getting involved. I just zoned out until the subject passed 😛
I lol’d, because the newspaper article referred to the person as ‘him’, which I thought was the point of the case all along?
Well, ze or zir isn’t really well known in English.
Cool, thanks for the info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun
Should have told her it was all immigrants just to see the shocked expression.
Or that you were sending your son to a Madrassa.
Just a difference in opinion on political correctness. Just like a difference in opinion on political parties, these things are best avoided (esp. with families).
My grandparents on my mother’s side came from Italy. My grandfather often makes the claim that Mussolini was right. (He gives no other explanation aside from the fact he was tough on crime) I used to always challenge him every time he would express such views, but I should make a point to not mention anything if he ever brings it up.
He hasn’t mentioned Mussolini for about one and a half years, so maybe he’s learned not to express such views in my presence? Here’s hoping.
I just remembered something right before I hit submit.
I remember about four months ago, my mother my sister and I were driving in the car. Some indigenous people (that’s the PC term, right? I hope so) were mucking around a some random bus stop as we drove past. My mother said something racist, and I told her that she shouldn’t judge a whole race base on a few sections of piss in the gene pool. What shocked me is that my younger sister started backing my mother up. Not a fun situation to be in.
You’re a good man, Phlanispo. 🙂
…No-one’s ever said that to me before. Thank you.
Good morning all. I hope everybody had a nice weekend, mine was fantastic!
My roommates father bought us all gold class tickets to see Captain America 2 Friday night. Those comfy chairs.I liked it 🙂
Saturday I went to the Opera House to watch the Sydney Symphony Orchestra play the musical scores for Gladiator while the movie was on. It was an amazing experience and they were very impressive. Especially during the fight scenes. Everyone was happy to sit and watch the credits as orchestra played along.
That night I watched the Amazing Spiderman for the first time with my room mates. I really enjoyed it. It rejuvenated my childhood love for spidey.
@aliasalpha and @quiz_b, I mentioned your Doctor Who recommendations to my room mates and they both agreed that you guys are awesome. I only got to watch Silence in the Library , which was absolutely brilliant, before they were putting on their favourite episodes. This weekend I’ll have the chance to watch the other recommendations.
Sunday I caught up with my French fry and convinced her to try a bit of Vegemite on a Sao. She bit into the corner and I thought she was going to throw up. I guess its an acquired taste.
Now I have to try snails…ugh.
Happy Monday \o/
French fry. XD
Outstanding
Someone who appreciates my humour!
Snails are awesome!
Only had them once, on a cruise. Well, it was one occurrence but I had like two or three helpings because everyone else at the table who ordered them chickened out and decided they didn’t want them after all. They practically tasted just like garlic prawns.
Oh nice. I love garlic prawns. I always wanted to try snails and frogs legs if I ever took a trip to France, get all culture-y. Here’s hoping the garlic butter is so awesome I forget about the little slug squishing between my teeth..
I loved Silence in the Library, mostly because River is my favourite character.
At the beginning of the ep I thought she was just another side character. By the end my mind was well and fully blown, and I’ve barely watched Doctor Who.
That scene when the Doctor pulls River aside to ask if there are only 5 of them left, why are there 6, “hey who turned out the lights”. Awesome.If you watch any of Matt Smith’s run, make sure you do it in order. As River says “Spoilers” 🙂
Snails when cooked well aren’t too bad. When not cooked correctly they have the texture of a rubber band. A bit like how squid turns rubbery and horrible if it’s not cooked correctly, only much harder to get right. But overall, they’re pretty edible. The French don’t really have a lot of strange or icky delicacies like a lot of places – you’re not going to be fed rotted soy beans that smell like dirty socks, or seabirds preserved inside the decaying carcass of a dead seal or anything like that.
Seabirds preserved inside the decaying carcass of a dead seal.
Wow. That’s a thing!?
Ohh yeah I follow you with the whole rubber band thingy. Its strange, I always pictured them bursting into fluids when bitten into rather than being calamari-esk.
Genesis Of The Daleks is one of the 6 parters so it’ll take a good long time to watch, probably 2 and a half hours or so but definitely worth it just for Davros
Oh cool. I watched the 50th anniversary special yesterday. Davros is the creator of the Daleks, or something, right?
Yup, Genesis is the story where he was introduced, before that the Daleks were just there as a pre-existing entity, this gives them a nice bit of history. There’s also nice spiffy uniforms for the bad guys, some good overacting from Tom Baker and a lot of fun bullshitting from him as well.
It’s one of the things I miss since Who went to mostly single episode stories, when it was a longer series they had to pad the shows out and normally that’d make them weaker but most of the time they did it with character building, quiet moments and amusing bits that enhanced the overall show. Sometimes it was awful and obvious padding but the success felt more common than the failures.
Kind of like the First Doctor’s run really, in 1963 editing was expensive as fuck since it was physical cutting of film so they only did it in emergencies and often forced it by “accidently” swearing and making it impossible to broadcast. When they had to work with those restrictions, Hartnell flubbing his lines made the Doctor a more believable old man character. His early tendency to mess up the name of his companion Chesterton and say it as Chesterfield even became part of the character. It’s the sort of stuff you just don’t get when editing and retakes are so easy, too simple to make things look slick, perfect and samey.
Oh nice. I haven’t seen any episodes from Tom Baker yet, though from the 50th thingy I watched he looks entertaining.
I’m looking forward to watching the older eps. My room mates think that by the time I leave for overseas by the end of the year i’ll have a decent chunk watched 🙂
The thing I love about classic Who is how easy it is to guess where the cliff-hanger/end credits are going to be. What? We’re in some form of danger from an alien race that probably won’t kill us but looks like it? End credits.
So good. Now I want to watch them again!
Red’s Running and exeRcise Rampage!
FIRST UPDATE!
A strong out of the gate performance from Wilbur, who’s obviously gunning for Mr Universe. Beyond that, a fairly tight field- still lots of chances to catch up!
1. @wilbur 2,601
2. @Redartifice 667
3. @aliasalpha 470
4. @Morkai 425
5. @blaghman 288
6. @Batto 179 –
7. @ontargett 25
There’s still plenty of time to join up and shoot up the leaderboard! Join the Kotaku Au group on fitocracy to become involved!
Wilbuuuuuur!
I don’t see you on the board anywhere DC!
My treadmill broke. My gym membership expired. The out doors scares me.
From what I hear you got quite a workout cutting up the dance floor.
Limbs flailing everywhere. Alcohol spilling everywhere.
You had to start it on my birthday weekend didn’t you? There was no way I was in any condition to do anything 😛
Oh damn, well behind everyone else. Walking doesn’t get you many points unfortunately.
Hey, it’s a start!
What? You mean I was supposed to read all those emails that suddenly came up from Fitocracy? Ah well, I’m behind now. No point starting 🙁
😛Sorry Red, no time for fitness this weekend. I did see a heap of emails pop up though – five or six? Do not want. I think I may have to remove myself from this.
Did you just sign up? if it’s spamming you it’s from Fitocracy, not this challenge.
Yeah dw it’s not your challenge at fault here, it’s Fitocracy.
I’m sad because my first bit of exercise wasn’t counted thanks to timezones. Too lazy to do anything about it though.
Yeah the timezones are a bit funny
Ah crap, I forgot to add my workouts from last week.
You can backdate
Points are out of date, had gym this morning and now I’m on 1084
*Shakes fist*
I’ll catch you Aliasalpha! I’ll catch you!
This is me doing half an hour every few days, imagine if I bothered to put real effort in!
Fitocracy seems to give more points to weight training than cardio, which is what I do almost exclusively. I’m trying to add some more bits an pieces in (some situps and push ups) but push-ups from having twig-like arms is not real easy.
You know what you need? Weights!
Was thinking about that, but I’m not really interested in bodybuilding/weight training. Maybe some small weights.
I might get a chin up bar and do it that way.
Chinups are hard as fuck. I take it you’re DIYing everything, one of the cheapest types of weight you can get is a small box full of magazines, makes for some good light bench press kind of work, you can vary the weight by changing the amount of stuff in the box and chances are you’ve got everything you need around the house.
For fitocracy purposes, probably best to weigh it and declare it as a bench press
@aliasalpha that’s not a bad idea, but I think I’ll just keep at the sit-ups and work something else in- really not trying for guns 🙂
Did quite a bit over the weekend but haven’t had a chance to enter it all in. Watch this space 🙂
Weekend summary:
-Played a whole bunch of FTL. The expansion’s really cool, liking all the little tweaks and stuff they gave it.
-Saw the Lego Movie with some friends I haven’t seen in *ages*. Like, probably nearly a year for the most part. Loved he movie, it was pretty excellent.
-Got some messages out of nowhere from the ex, and really not sure what to think of them. Wish a couple of my friends would turn up to talk about it with them, but they’re fairly busy.
-Bit the bullet and broke out the 3DS. Man the XLs are comfy. Well, mostly. I wish the 3D sweet spot was configured to be a couple of cm further away than it is.
-I have a lv24 Quilladin and a lv23 Charmeleon. All I need now is a Hawlucha.
We’re all friends/gossips here, Gooky. WHAT DID SHE SAY?
*Grabs popcorn in anticipation*
Don’t let us down now, Gooky.
She said I love you gooky and threw herself at him.
That’s how all of gooky’s interactions with women (except Wingman) go, right?
I have uncertainty on this.
Although Red’s post is amusingly close 😛
Good thing 3D is almost useless in XY 😛
It’s nowhere near as bad as people had me thinking. Still disappointing that they turn it off most of the time though.
SUGGESTION:
“Sounds like you got a lot on your mind, babe. Well, I haven’t made a commitment to anyone just yet, so if you want to come around for old time’s sake, the next week or so would be your window.”
Heh. Somehow I don’t think she’ll be taking a trip over to Sydney from Adelaide without her boyfriend for that 😛
Oh. Well. Yes. It would be a serious red flag if she did.
(…Not that you shouldn’t do her the common courtesy of at least a few rounds if she WERE to ditch boyfriend and catch a plane. Out of respect for her effort, time, money, and feelings, of course.)
My suggestion is the exact opposite, haha!
She’s an “ex girlfriend” for a reason 😛
Mainly because long-distance is a bitch 😛
And I sorta felt like I stopped feeling feelings. In general. Kinda got a bit distant. I think.
It was a little over five years ago, it’s kinda hard to remember now.
Speaking from past experiences whenever an ex has messaged me she is looking for a self esteem boost, or something similar of the sort. Once she’s satisfied she’s still got it over someone she returns to Bitchland.
It’s different if she just wants a simply throwdown.
Not that I have much experience myself, but I’m kinda still friends with both my exes 😛 This one was even an amicable breakup, which only got soured a couple of months down the track when our group was still hanging out and I did something dumb or something. Water under the bridge now, mostly.
Oh that’s good then, just roll with it and see where it leads ^^
Finished Kill la kill on the weekend. Was brilliant. Soundtrack was great, action was great, animation was a treat and i just over all thought it was done super well. It never felt too serious like some other shonen anime. soo good
man that whole TESO debacle has really been blown out of proportion hasnt it
Pardon my ignorance but what debacle?
I’m gnorant of it too, but I think the gist of it is: it’s been offline for maintenance a LOT.
I think it’s the deduction of subscription pre-payments prior to even the free included time commencing.
Oh yeah, that too. So you need to buy a month to claim the 1 free month you get with the game purchase? Interesting choice, lol.
How are the my wife jokes going?
GREAT. some people won’t speak to me anymore, it’s FANTASTIC.
Most people here don’t venture out of TAY all that much for this very reason 😛
But yeah, bit of a shemozzle.
Hi Tay
Weird weekend, couldn’t decide what to play so I tried Mercenary Kings, it was ok but the respawning enemies are annoying as hell (they respawn almost instantly when off screen), i can see this being useful later when trying to farm materials but for now it’s an annoyance. Decided to get back into Battlefield 4 online, made a couple of new friends on the psn who attached themselves to me, which was fun cause I had back up everywhere I went for a change. Battlefield is the only game that I can safely say I am an above average player at online.
Watched Frozen, wasn’t bad but I couldn’t stand the main characters singing, my god it hurt me (took three sittings to get through cause of her damn singing).
Also I tried this thing called sleep but was plagued by really weird/ unsettling dreams so I gave up on that idea. *end transmission*
edit: :/ really. A get, sorry
I’d be interested in partying it up with Merc Kings, if you’re up for it?
yeah, I have to try co op, I’ll add you 😀
Cool, who are you? I havent’ played it yet.
I chose the dude,
This week in games *crickets*
Timing couldn’t be better. Because I need that money you were keeping aside for games.
But if you don’t want to give it to me, at least consider pledging to this Kickstarter campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology/
Or, you know, not. Either way, really.
see, this deserves the get,
Too much pressure to get two pages in a row. And really embarrassing when it’s the same content in both posts 😛
nope you deserved it, at least folks have an interest in the things you have to say.
I will be pledging, just next pay. Good luck man!
You don’t mind if I pester you every day in the meantime, though, right?
I wouldn’t expect anything less.
How are you promoting this outside of your twitter? thought of reaching out to someone like Cory Doctorow who has a bigger pulpit?
I’ve sent out twenty four press releases so far.
Who is Cory Doctorow? Off to Google!
Author/ digital rights activist, blogger on Boing Boing, big on authors rights etc.
Cheers!
I know right. At least wait until the 15th so I actually have money to shower you with, Shane! Geez.
I did warn everyone to start a bidding war for their internal organs. I WARNED YOU 🙁
Also Also: do you have any contributors lined up?
It’s tricky. In some ways, making people prepare submissions to a book that might not even exist kind of flies in the face of the principle I’m fighting for. Further, I doubt I’ll be confirming any contributors until submissions close, to ensure the best quality book, etc.
That said, Hellscream has expressed early interest in putting something in. And that’s pretty rad.
I’ve actually found one of the best ways I’ve come to kickstarters is through other kickstarters, so if you know anyone who’s run one and can give you a shout out I’d give that a shot.
@beardymcmuttonchops!
Thanks, I’ll have to look through previous Kickstarters. Except for Metro 7, I think I’m casually acquainted with one or two, but certainly no close bonds.
I’m not sure what your marketing strategy is like, but Monte Cook (who ran the successful Numenera & The Strange (@strange?) kickstarters) wrote an ebook on his strategies for it: http://www.stoneboxpress.com/kicking-it-successful-crowdfunding/
Thanks, man. Much appreciated. I’ll take a look for sure.
If you have people lined up or at least potentially interested then they are more likely to share that out on their own channels and you will get a much bigger funnel of potential contributors
Attack on Titan related; no spoilers.
Okay, so I jumped on board the hype train for this one and marathoned the first eighteen episodes over the weekend. Seeing as the only anime I’ve watched through to the end I can count on one hand – Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, (my Dragon Ball Z viewing is incomplete) and Fist of the Blue Sky; I’m really quite enjoying this one.
The dialogue is terrible at times and so too are most of the character mannerisms, however that’s anime, I guess. Some parts of the story could be better (eg. decapitating a titan doesn’t kill them yet slicing off a piece of neck meat does? Uh what.) but let’s face facts here – the main character Eren is way less annoying than others; I’m looking at you, Shinji Ikari.
The action is where I take interest and I’m keen to see how the end game plays out. I feel an underlying hint of Evangelion for much of it and I think that is what has kept me watching.
Question:
Is this female titan a main part of the end game?you both do and dont want to knowHaha. Okay, serves me right. I’m so close to the end anyway, I should stop asking questions and just watch.
The pacing really makes a amazing show fall short at times. The premise, animation and follow through is great> it just seems confused at some points wether its only going for one season or its playing the long game to draw it out and create intrigue. It is still one of my fave animes over the last few years.
also
DAT THEME SONG
i wanna learn japanese just to sing that one song
SOMETHING A SOMETHING SOETHING A JAGER
The memorable lines are in German.
I AM GOING TO POOP ALL OVER ATTACK ON TITAN (no actual spoilers):
Man, them pacing issues. Actually skipped an entire episode by accident, and it actually made no difference to my understanding of events and the story.Everyone raves about the opening songs but… eh. Just not memorable at all for me.
Shinji’s an extreme case, sure, but I can’t get behind Eren at all. He complains to much. He doubts to much. He wallows too much in exposition about his nature. Armin was pretty annoying too for a while, with that whole mostly being useless thing. And it also annoys me that Mikasa, the strongest of them all is bound to Eren so. I find it hard to root for these three.
Very slick production though. Those action sequences are easy on the eye.
Re: Mikasa.
I think there’s actually a word for that kind of role, in anime. ‘Yandere’, I think. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/08/how-to-identify-popular-japanese-character-types/ I kind of like how it manifests in this instance. I can sympathize with that kind of character, though, being no stranger to unhealthy obsession.No AoT spoilers:
Mikasa isn’t Yandere. That’s a completely different type of character. It’s an extreme form of the ‘tsundere’ archetype, which is the character who is embarassed or oblivious to her actual feelings toward someone and acts angry, prickly or otherwise aggressively (‘tsun’) toward people most of the time but periodically will get all affectionate and embarrassed (‘dere’). The trope’s been around for a long time – you can see it in prototypical form in everything from Ranma to Evangelion – but it’s really a stereotype that developed out of galge. Presumably to give contrast vs the usual moeblob.Yandere is a sub-type which is in the ‘dere’ mode most of the time. But if the target of her affections steps out of line – especially if she thinks he’s seeing another girl – she goes batshit crazy. And by that I mean “if you look at other girls I will cut off your eyelids” crazy. Canonical example is the characters in the game & anime School Days. The main guy in that is an absolute dickbag and cheats on everyone. Every memorable route in the game ends with one of the girls going full Yandere and brutally murdering the other girl and then the protagonist as well. Famously the final episode of the anime was banned last-minute and the broadcast on one station replaced with a documentary thing involving a cruise boat, spawning the “Nice Boat” meme.
Character-wise, Mikasa is an example of the Kuudere trope. Basically the same thing as tsundere, but instead of being aggressive toward the protagonist, they are completely cold and emotionless
We live and learn! I should’ve tagged you, of course you’d know. 🙂
I had a great big neckbeardy treatise on gap moe in there originally but I realized I’d sound like even more like the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons than normal and deleted it.
So yeah, girlfriend is out of town for 3-4 or more days.
PIZZA
BEER
GAMES
LOUD NOISES.
STRIPPERS
..wait.
You can only pick three. 😛
STRIPPERS TIMES THREE
Games and loud noises with strippers? Though I guess you’d be pretty hungry after that…
I would have went beer, pizza and games. Strippers would definitely want me to share those things with them – so they’re out.
You’d hope not, since you usually pay in cash. 😛
Me too, probably. Because married.
Haha, FB. *points and laughs* 😛But I’d probably swap loud noises in for beer, because I don’t drink beer. I’ll settle for loud chewing of pizza while playing loud games, though 😛
First 3-4 for me.
Strippers don’t really do it for me.
If they did, they’d be prostitutes.
#NailedIt (only not really)
The mobile site doesn’t let me give thumbs up. So +1
I’m old. I don’t like loud noises, I beer no longer holds my interest, I’m watching what I eat so pizza is something I have come to accept is no longer a regular part of my diet, and while I like naked women as much as the next horny heterosexual male, the idea of looking at them with a bunch of other horny heterosexual males skeeves me out.
Moar games plz.
Solution: Find girlfriend who is in to beer, pizza, games, loud noises and strippers.
That step is already complete. 🙂
Failing to see the dilemma then. :p
Just making a lol-post about a situation where I am lonely and stereotypically free to do as I please with potentially funny results. 😛
NUMENERA: TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
Last time the party was attacked by some sort of parasite, with @mythamphetamine already being infested- but @novacascade and @blaghman might not be out of the woods yet!
7:30 SA TIME Wednesday! Also Streaming LIVE from then!
cc @mawt @tigerion @tech_knight and @popdart5 who won’t be there but I’ll tag anyway!
Oh man, upvote for SA time because it means I don’t have to use my brain. 😀
SA Time: Proper time.
Actually, the SA time zone is a bit rubbish. I think we’d be better off syncing in line with Victoria/NSW, or with Tokyo. Being a half hour out of step is a bit annoying.
At least we had an extra hour yesterday yay! Except my kid kinda ruined it and still woke early.
i slept through it, it was glorious
So it will be a special episode “Tales from the parasite bunker”? Everyone who is up in the mansion can’t make it?
I think Russef ran out of the house and told Scrappa to get the fuck in there.
I don’t think Scrappa’s reaction’s going to be good when he gets told what’s going down right now 😛
I’ll still join in for this :), I want to see what it takes to actually wake up Mawt
I have a plan for that, don’t you worry 🙂
You are breaking the First rule of dungeon crawling
I know I stepped a bit on the plan when I said Scrappa was staying back to help with repairs when there really was nothing to repair, he didn’t know that. The ship got hit hard by something he thought there was damage to fix and ergo, more chances to learn how it’s put together so he could maybe one day build his own… with large cannons 😛
Edit: Hey I’m just RPing what Scrappa would do, he’s trying to be the best repairman. 🙁
It’s more that I don’t want you to sit idle for a session while every other character is having the adventure 🙂
PSA: @dc isn’t allowed to claim girls have no interest in him anymore.
DC: Dame’s Catnip.
Wait, do I need to get the snacks for this one too?
I have no memory of this transpiring. I suspect it’s an elaborate trick.
You should probably try and get her number while the iron’s still hot 😉
Hopefully you can play obliviousness off as part of your charm 😉
Details please.
*popcorn on standby*
If @dc is okay with it.
Hey, I’d like to know the details too! 😛
I do remember Dan being mad at me for being oblivious. He then suggested I was gay.
Why do I remember these things but not the other things? D:
You are oblivious, i had been hitting on you for like 4 years
Maybe he’s just not that in to you.
dude
dude
dude
Im rocketman
everyone is into me
I know, I’m sorry. Kiss and make up?
Rockets and DC
Sittin in a tree…
Truth is always easier to remember than lies! 😉
OooOOOoooOOoooh
Deets!
One of the girls (and not just any girl, the hottest girl there that everyone was falling over themselves for) decided to go out and pull @dc aside to have her way with him (she had been sitting down with all the other girls and they had decided he was the best looking).
His response was he was busy having a conversation with a guy and kind of ignored her because too drunk/oblivious/both. She was pretty cranky when she came back in. Almost as cranky as Dan! was about it who was super excited about the whole prospect.
*kills self*
HORY SHIT DC! The hottest girl at the party!
Well, I AM a dream boat.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkhQE52CQAArYRm.jpg
o_O
with goo-goo eyes, apparently.
There’s no need to link me that, I have your tumblr bookmarked! As favourite!
Yeah, you do!
*hitches up pants*
I’d tap that.
I mean…no, actually, I don’t mean anything else.
I’d tap it.
She wasn’t good enough for him. No one can be.
*eyes brim over, turn away*
Girl in the black dress?
Amazing. That’s @shane levels of oblivious. Kudos DC!
Or DC was putting Brosephs before Hosephs. Either way, nicely handled, man.
“Thanks pretty JB lady, my wife made that scarf!”
Exactly what I was getting at, twin.
classic DC
I tried so hard to make that happen.
Side note: Did anyone figure out who’s dog I kept wrestling was?
Where was I when this stuff was transpiring? Who was I talking to that was so damn interesting? XD
Thanks for the effort, Dan. I let you down. LET YOU DOWN.
You let us all down, DC.
You let us all down
I’m willing to lay even odds that DC was talking to a mirror.
Telling him to chaaaaange his ways.
No message could have been any clearer.
You talking to me? You talkin ta me? There’s no-one else here!
I have been quietly chuckling to myself in the corner for the last few minutes at this, and I think my coworkers think that I’m mad.
Bravo, @dc!
That is totally something I would do 😛
Pics of chick? 😛 Just so we can remind @dc again.
Oh man, right!?
Woo, PS4 get!
Good old Big Wuzza. I go into EB and ask if they have any, they tell me they’ve got none in and preorders may well eat up their entire next shipment, I go into big wuzza and ask if they have any and the lady says “sure, I’ll just get you one”.
Now I just have to download what will probably be heaps of updates and then find time to download the digital version of arsecreed 4. Does the PS4 have any kind of download timer so I can set it to run only within my off peak window?
Haha, that first paragraph. So much lol.
PS4! WOOO! What games did you get or are you content with just inFamous? Saw Freeze’s collection yesterday. He’s got basically every PS4 title yet. XD
I had a total of $8 left after buying the console so I’ll stick with I:SS & the digital upgrade of AC4 for the moment. Oh and War Thunder because it’s free.
This is a hell of a lot earlier than I normally buy a console so I’m not even entirely sure what the options are at present. I’m a picky bastard at the best of times though so I expect I’ll be a fairly long while between games until the library builds. I’m probably getting Watch_Dogs on it and almost certainly getting The Division on it although I’ve not got any idea when the latter will be out. Also given the delay of the former, I won’t trust it’s release date until I get eyes on a disc. Still sort of considering Destiny, it’ll be one where I have to wait and see how PvP heavy it’ll be because that’s a major turn off
No timer on download queue, no queue either, and no pause button. If you turn on automatic updates, it should do it within a certain window, but no one knows. Anyway, expect it to download anything and everything, as it feels like.
oh well, this might be the month I commit to another $10 to get more download limits. Damn crappy netspace and their stupid split cap bullshit
‘Exclusive Voucher – Get $150 Off a Korg Digital Piano at JB Hi-Fi’
Surely they could have thought of a more appealing name…. or just left the ‘Korg’ bit out.
Korg is a venerable old
alien warrior generalkeyboard company.Founded by a Klingon, I believe.
You know, I’ve been so obsessed with the fact that your Gravatar is a dog in a suit that I only just realised that your handle is a play on the word “Tranquil”.
But he’s wearing a SUIT!
And he has glasses too and it’s amazing!
I don’t think there’s any other image out there that has given me such joy as this set of 140×140 pixels.
Like, I could see a unicorn vomiting rainbows and skittles and still be all “Yeah, but it’s no dog-in-a-suit picture”.
Not that impressive. It’s just a suave canine trying to sell me a piano. Happens all the time, really.
Plus it’s a Labrador, one of the smartest types of dogs.
I think Wilbur is running Dogcorp, a corporation devoted to multi-level synergistic logistics and WALKIES
moreso walkies.
gotta think about my fitness and fitocracy points.
You don’t need any more bloody fitocracy points, you’re thrashing us! 😛
Only double my score, I’d easily catch up if I could be arsed to put in more than me 3 PT sessions a week
For a while I had a usericon strewn all over the interwebs which was a gif of gir in his dog-suit, dancing.
Blowing minds one detail at a time.
Screw content, SUSS THAT PICTURE!?
Is the plural of Korg corgi? That would link it thematically to your avatar, and therefore confirm the existence of Half Life 3.
Edit: nope, reached too far, didn’t stick the landing.
What’s wrong with Korg?
Its new, strange and a pretty abrasive word. also something i never would have known about except for junk mail.
So you’re saying that you’d rather that it was a Yamaha, Moog or a Casio?
I guess so?
Although i dont know how i feel about Moog
I’dve posted drunk TAY yesterday but I was unconscious for most of the night.
…
anyway, Mercenary Kings on PS4 is fun stuff.
Any one planning on checking out Mike Judge’s new HBO show Silicon Valley? Starts tonight on HBO, fast tracked to Comedy Channel if you’re looking for a legit means of watching. Getting some good buzz.
I’ve seen ads for that, no too sure what to think about it. When does it air on Foxtel?
Next Monday, I think.
Edit: My mistake.
Maybe?
i d’loaded Veep over the weekend and watched the first two episodes, it’s pretty good but needs a Malcolm Tucker.
YES!
I’m a big Thomas Middleditch fan plus Martin Starr? Can’t wait.
Is it a comedy set in silicon valley, or a satire of the rise of Microsoft/Apple period? I saw one advertisement and I couldn’t decide if some guy was dressed like Steve Jobs or supposed to be Steve Jobs.
I might check it out.
I think it’s about someone trying to break into silicon valley and their perceptions of the industry. (Including people who want to be the next Steve Jobs.)
Ah. Could be fun. Mike Judge seldom sucks at funny, anyway.
So weekend…
yeeaah that went quick…
Played a bunch of D3, really loving it.
Rediscovered how amazing Battlefront II is (we totally need to organise some shenanigans in that)
Played some DoW with @rize and a bunch of others whom i am too lazy to name here XD
And finally gave DoW II a go… i’ve only owned it for 3 years, so it’s not like i’m late to the party of anything…
Now i’m currently shitting myself because i’ll be sending in my Citizenship application, not anything major or anything :\
Good luck! So long as you don’t mention the bork bork bork, you should be fine.
GOD DAMMIT, that was my trump card… well i get nothing
*starts packing bags*
Don’t worry about your citizenship stuff, it’s really easy to get. I became a citizen just for being born here, so you should just do that.
Citizenship is formality. Permanent residency is the hard one. 😛
That’s what i am hoping XD
I did exactly what I said I was going to do over the weekend and spent most of it sleeping. Plans = success \o/ I even got an extra hour on Sunday morning, how about that! (although it did take medication to get there…) I’ve never laughed when somebody invited me to come to the pub before Saturday night.
This week I finally get a bit of a reprieve from assignments and that for the first time in weeks. Don’t have to get up early every morning to come into uni for once.
And I realised last night that I have 4 friends named Oliver/Ollie now (and at least know another 2). I’d never even met one before I moved to Hobart. Wtf? It’s getting confusing.
Must have been a famous Oliver character on film or TV twenty something years ago. XD
Never before has a boy asked for more!
It’s the same now with “Charlie”! Seems like every second kid I see is named Charlie 😛
Edward’s time will come. D:
Poor kids.
Charlie is rapidly jumping the gender barrier.
And once a name jumps, it doesn’t come back.
Yeah, tell my friend Ashley that.
Does Ashley hang out with Lesley and Jamie?
I had a cool name idea for my future kid. Was proud of how cool it was, but how no one else had it.
Then met someone who just had a kid who has that name. *shakes fist*
Was it @strange’s kids? I bet it was.
Nope! 😀
I retract my offer to bet.
@shane I don’t think that’s how it works…
@shane: I HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF TAY.
Note: It was someone I met through a TAYbie. XD@powalen
Yep, is the joke.
@dc
Lies.
@shane I don’t think that’s how jokes work…
Just nobody in Launceston saw said film or TV show 😛 (which makes sense, considering it’s apparently the most bogan place in the country!)
Classic Launnie.
Oi bruz come down to Launnie and av a ciggie wiv me in the mall ya c**tfucker
That would be classic Launnie 🙂
wurl cuz eye’ll fire up the ‘olden and come for a squiz maaaaate
Pull up in ya fucken ‘olden m8 n i betcha me mums left tit she’ll be torched by mornin
(I… didn’t hang out with the best crowd back home :D)
Oi carnt i’ll fckn reck you and youre little pooftah mates if you even get near me HSV
And I can’t keep this up because it’s awful, awful speech.
@redartifice Trying to keep that kind of speech up in a conversation really does take it out of you 😛 I’m sooo glad I don’t have to hear it anymore.
I’m guessing 1982-84 was a good year for Matthews because there are about five of us across the claims teams in my office (that’s about 25 people including the managers).
I’m considering starting to go by a nickname so I more readily know when I’m being addressed, but I’ve been here longer than most of them so why should I. *shakes fist*
Nicknames around here tend to go by shortened surname+y, e.g.: Prouty, Leesy, Doyley, etc. and theoretically I would be Kermy – not my preferred spelling. The only Matthew who’s been here longer than me has the surname “Dick” so I don’t see him adopting a corporate nickname any time soon.
It’s weird- for the entirety of my schooling I was “Hodgey.” Get to uni, and nearly no-one calls me that.
These days, there’s one or two people who still do- one from school, one from uni. No-one else. Strange. (Odd, not @strange.)
6th grade people started calling me Kermit.
Late in 7th grade I told my classmates about my 6th grade nickname in the hopes it would be adopted and give me more of an identity, they shortened it to Kermi.
8th grade, just as I was settling into my adopted nickname, someone spread a rumour that “kermi” was a common synonym for “penis”. Despite having no grounding in reality, there was a good week or so where this was a popular myth in the school and I was emotionally devastated.
The nickname Kermi persisted throughout high school (not that I ever established myself as someone anyone would really want to get to know either through academic, athletic or social adequacy) and long enough that it became my online handle. No one in university referred to be as Kermi, but people I met up with at comic/anime conventions did, because to them that was my name.
I don’t really hide my real name anymore, Kermi is as much me as it is an internet handle.
I get called Benny from female friends and my closest male friends (as in, the ones that I’ll hug), but other than that I’ve always just been Ben 🙁
There’s so many Bens though. It’s a pretty generic name.
It’s only the best name ever.
Downloading Game of Thrones *Stares intensely at countdown*
Countdown simply reads: “is coming.”
Was coming, but got sidetracked in a plot about Podrick Payne of all people.
Apparently when Podrick gets involved it never stops coming and you get your money back.
A class just came into the library I’m working in and started watching The Magic Schoolbus and suddenly I’m getting no work done.
It’s tough to work at university libraries sometime.
All those stoners.
A few months ago I wrote up a big long shitpost for someone (@rocketman?) about anime from the season that had just ended and what was worth giving a go and stuff. Was that helpful to anyone? Current season just ended and a new one is beginning so the time is right…
yeah it was really helpful. You and i have pretty similar tastes in anime.
Then you have impeccable taste, sir.
If you want I shall do it again. Want to polish off a couple of other shows first so probably a bit later in the week. Can also give initial impressions of stuff that’s just starting (there’s heaps this season) but I got the impression you prefer to watch stuff that’s all available rather than week by week?
i dont mind week by week. But i usually will download a whole season, its just easier to keep track of.
I just have Flexget throw all of mine into folders and then share them out via Plex and let those track progress for me. 🙂
Do it. There are quite a handful of interesting stuff this season so I’m interested on your take on it. Then I can piggy-back and post my shitty list in all caps. A majority of the list will probably be “JOJO. WATCH THIS SHIT. ZA WARUDO.”
I was talking about the Season That Was rather than the Season That Is. So far the current season stuff that looks good to me is:
– Mushishi (best show. Also it’s going to be a split-cour show, 12 eps this season, 12 more in October season \o/)
– Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (sadly gg are apparently disbanding so aren’t doing their crazy subs for it though)
– Fairy Tail (It’s a dumb Jump show but I really loved the initial series and was bummed when they stopped it mid-arc)
– Captain Earth (weird mecha show from Bones, directed by the guy who did Star Driver. Feels like Eureka Seven and Star Driver had a threesome with a 70s super robot anime)
– Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (I have a weird thing for shows aimed at girls with a fantasy setting and a decent female protagonist. Dunno why. This seemed to have a lot of promise unless it goes completely off the rails soon)
There’s a bunch of other stuff so far but it’s all been mediocre, merchandising attempts (“hey girls! Play our card game! We have an anime!”), or full of the usual dumb anime tropes. Several of them seemed entertaining enough and I’ll probably end up watching but not because they’re anything I’d actually recommend.
Don’t spose you have a link for that post? I badly need something new to assuage my boredom.
I’d have to go crawling back a bit, it would have been back in January. I’ll see if I can find it.
All good, if it’s too hard don’t worry about it.
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/01/talk-amongst-yourselves-259/comment-page-11/#comment-2357877
Estimated 75 pages back in my comment history as a starting point.
The post was 75 pages back in my comment history \o/
Cheers man!
Man, tracking down an old game that I could barely remember playing just brought back memories.
What was the first game you clocked/beat/won at?
I used to own an Atari 2600 and the games had the whole “levels keeps getting harder until you die.” So those don’t count.
First game I clocked and got an ending to? I think it may have been Altered Beast on the Master System.
Or maybe Battletoads (no joke).
Super Mario Brothers 3. Or maybe Super Mario Brothers 2. One of those!
But the first Koopa battle (dodge fire, hit switch) in the original SMB is the first gaming moment in which I got the mega-focused excited wide-eyed hand-tremor jitters.
Hmmm… Going to go with one of:
Space Quest (there was a walkthrough involved, but I did have to learn how to type)
Commander Keen Ep1 – pretty sure that’s the first game I discovered that shareware meant there’s more game that I don’t have, or it was
Duke Nukem Ep1, same deal as Commander Keen.
Master Race from the early days of DOS.
Edit: Space Quest released 1986. Commander Keen / Duke Nukem / Super Mario Land 1990 – 1992… Looks like the good money is on Space Quest.
I think it was Super Mario World.
Pokemon Yellow. That, or some obscure PC game which I cannot remember for the life of me. I believe.. King’s Quest.. 4? 5?
Probably Super Mario Land on Gameboy…the one with the turtles that were bombs. It also had that Asian level people tried to get offended about before realising the game was made by Asian people.
The music from World 1-1 in that game is hands-down the catchiest game music I’ve ever heard.
Honestly, now that I’m thinking about it, most of the music in that game was amazing and I would rank it as greater than a lot of the stuff coming out these days. Considering the quality differences of then and now, that says a lot.
I reckon the Game Boy had some pretty kickarse soundtracks to it. TMNT2 had some awesome tracks, I used to just sit there and listen to them in the sound test on the options screen.
There’s probably something to be said for having to work within the restrictions of older technology like that. The clever things they had to come up with to work around the limitations, and/or just be more creative to have something that would look or sound good with what you had to work with. Whereas now you can more easily just throw something together that sounds like high production value for minimal effort and call it a day. Or something.
Ah, this is probably still the first console game I owned and the first I ever finished. My parents said no when I wanted a Gameboy, then my awesome aunty got me one for my birthday with Super Mario Land.
I should probably ask next time they’re drunk whether they still hold a grudge over that or if it was all a coordinated surprise.
Great question – I have no idea. If I had to guess, I’d say Metal Gear Solid. I wasn’t too big on finishing games as a kid, merely just playing them was enough for me.
Metal Gear was certainly early on the list for me
MGS was my first PSX finish. I still remember how sad I felt that it was over listening to Starsailors – Way to Fall, as the credits rolled.
I thought the end track was The Best is Yet to Come?
Oh snap you’re right! Way to fall was at the end of Snake Eater. For yeaaars I always remembered it being from MGS1. I guess It makes sense having a sad feeling after MGS3.
Man I can’t remember back that far 😛
It’s really hard for me to date when exactly and of the old PC games I played as a kid happened. Memories of console games are much easier, since they have a known release date and everything. But the computer, all that stuff just appeared out of nowhere when Dad would come across something or other and bring it home. And then there’s no telling whether they were completed years down the track too…
I know that I beat Pharaoh’s Tomb with my dad at some point when I was little. Not sure how much help was gotten from him. Jumpjet I know I beat all the levels of, but once you do that it just loops back to the start again so you can’t really finish it. Super Mario Bros was our first Nintendo game, but I don’t think I beat that until maybe the SNES version. And even then, that could’ve been closer to/during the N64 era. Actually SMB2 could very well have been the first SMB I beat. Hmm.
Pokeymans, Or Tetris Level 9 high 5, or maybe 007 on Gameboy?
The Asterix game?
The first level of Jazz Jackrabbit? 😛 I could never beat the second level.
That, or Zoombini’s.
MORE TOPPINGSZOOMBINIS!
King’s Quest on an Amstrad.
Megaman X 😀
I was a slow kid and never knew that the code at the end of each stage meant progression. I still know most of the soundtrack off the top of my head. Great game. I still play through it every few years. It will never get old.
Dammit, I now have the intro stage music stuck in my head. Worth it.
And you finished Battletoads!? All hail Quiz_b Oh man that was one of my first games ever. I spent days on it and could never, NEVER beat that first jet bike stage.
Fuck that stage.
Played it over and over with a cheat sheet in front of me.
I lined up about 8 pages of a4 on the desk in front of me, and every time I hit something it was marked down.
By the end of it, I could do it without looking at the screen, just looking at the pages.
…then I ran into the OTHER jetbike level.
🙁
Hahaha that jet level is so much worse than the bike one. I hate it – much better to just skip over it with a warp 😛
Years ago I watched some of a playthrough for Battletoads and saw the following jet bike stages.
Yup. Fuck that.
I think the first game I finished, as in saw credits for, would have been Super Mario 64.
But the first game I 100%’d was Banjo Kazooie
Midnight Magic could be clocked on Atari 2600. I did it many times, along with my dad!
One of the few games that I never got. I had the bastard things, like RiverRaid, that would speed up the levels/make enemies tougher until you couldn’t pass anymore.
I want to say it was one of Rescue Mission or G-LOC on Master System when I was a kid, but I don’t recall if those had actual win states or just kept repeating once you got to the last stage. So if it wasn’t either of those it would have been Sonic Chaos, also on Master System, though I never found all the emeralds IIRC. One continued to elude me.
Around about the same time I was getting into PC/Mac stuff so probably finished multiple adventure games and maybe some other stuff but I don’t remember what. The first PC/Mac game I clearly remember beating legit (i.e. no cheats) was Marathon 2. Funnily enough, beating the game isn’t that hard. The hard part is the insane difficulty spike you face at the mid point of the game. Level 14, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher I’d Make Somebody Pay…” was insanely hard, because it required you to play in a really different way. The weaker enemies keep respawning and you need to open some really slow doors so have to keep moving, use health powerups sparingly and basically just survive the level. Subsequent levels generally aren’t as hard though there’s a few that are hard if you get lost in them or if you run low on ammo.
Normally I’d say pong but my crappy 1st gen knockoff console was too low tech for fancy schmancy stuff like scoring.
I guess it’d have to be either Air Sea Battle or Space Invaders since they were games that came with my A2600 & my best friend and I played the living shit out of both. Chances are Space Invaders was first because it was simply a better game.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World. It was the only game I’d played WITH an ending at the time.
Ignorant question: what the heck is the rubber banding that everyone is complaining about in BF4? I thought it was a racing game thing.
The main thing I hate about BF4 is the blue shell.
I had no idea, so I had to look it up:
http://bf4central.com/2014/03/battlefield-4-rubber-banding/
Looks to my uneducated eye like lag, and the game jumping around to catch up… pretty much exactly what MP in Dark Souls feels like as often as not 😛
Rubberbanding in racing games… that sounds like a different concept. Mario Kart doesn’t let racers get too far ahead or behind – is that the kind of thing you meant there?
Yeah, catch-up logic is frequently called rubber banding particularly in racing games.
In racing games it’s when you get more speed the further back you are so you can catch up to the leader.
…
It almost sounds like people played Mario Kart online and saw the update interpolation and assumed it to be that famous “rubber banding” they’d heard so much about, then saw it in this game and started calling it that.
It’s when players visibly bounce back and forth due to lag while moving.
It is just like Dark Souls then! 😛
Yep!
It’s actually one of the reasons I have such a poor opinion of Dark Souls PvP, unfortunately.
EDIT: I should actually be a little more specific – this can also be experienced first-hand, so from your perspective you’re suddenly 3 steps back, then 5 forward, etc.
From what I understand, there can be a delay (due to lag) between where your client thinks a player is, and where their game thinks they are. Now imagine a rubber band looped around their real location and what you see – when the game client corrects this, the band snaps them back into place. The further they are, the faster they go.
Rubber banding in online games is where lag causes characters to jitter around, specifically when you see them run forward a bit then suddenly bounce back a bit again. Usually it means that player has really bad lag, or you do, or the netcode is crap. Or all the above. Basically the game estimates where a player is based off their last position, orientation and speed (Dead Reckoning) and this allows them to poll the players less often, reducing the amount of data they need. You apply smoothing over the top of that to reduce a bit of the jitter. If the polling is too far apart though, or the responses take a long time to arrive, then when the re-sync between estimated and actual position happens, the correction that results is quite large and the character will appear to jump from one position to another. That jump is ‘rubber banding’.
You see it a lot in MMOs and FPS. In FPS it’s a huge issue depending on how lag is compensated for, because it means sometimes where you see an opponent and aim to shoot an opponent is, is not where they actually are. Done wrong, it can result in situations where you are suddenly killed by a player that shouldn’t have been able to kill you (eg melee attack in the back by a dude infront of you) or where you miss a point-blank shot. Can be very frustrating.
Dark Souls 2 question:
New area, dragon covenant invasion sign. I think, what the hell, I’ll die soon anyway.Duel starts, minor but of back and forth. Then I unload on the guy with some good mace swings, then some sort of explosion, and I died. No idea what happened.
Oh, it was meant to be a question. OK then. What the hell happened?
There is a ring that will cause an explosion after you take a certain amount of damage. There’s a slight delay on it, so it’s not completely unavoidable but if you don’t know it’s coming, you are going to get hurt. Badly.Thought it might be something like that. Ah well, learned that lesson the hard way.
So about a week ago, I bought something from dealsdirect. This included my new wardrobe.
However, the delivery company, Allied Express, has been messing me about. They closed the investigation, saying that the items were delivered on Friday, when they hadn’t been delivered at all. Now they’re starting a new investigation and I have no idea how long it’s going to take.
Anyone dealt with Allied before?
I am helping Mrs Quiz get through Mass Effect 2.
My toddler is becoming more and more time hungry.
I get home exhausted most days.
And I downloaded Hearthstone yesterday, and can feel the itch of it underneath my skin
Yep.
Aww, I don’t think I’ll be seeing Game Of Thrones on the big screen after all. Can’t get someone to look after the kids so we then thought that maybe I could see it and Mr. Strange could take the kids to see a movie in the same cinema. But for the three of them to see a movie would cost over $50 just for the tickets. D:
Why is Event so much more expensive than anywhere else? The ones around here usually have the stinkiest, uncomfortable theatres as well.
Are you a telstra customer? You can get cheap tickets that way.
Yes! The 10 dollar tickets are a great incentive to be with Telstra..
No, I’m not a Telstra customer. It’s a good idea of theirs though.
I went to a farmers’ market, had brunch and then played board games on Saturday. On Sunday, we drove down to Orange, went to another farmers’ market (and I finally had a decent coffee!), did some wine tastings and then did this cider making thing. When we got home, Freya’s friends came over and ate some pizza.
Relaxing is exhausting.
*Rolls for page-get*
TOO SOON
Saturday? Nothing Personal and Small World.
Small world was interesting- a war game without risk-style conflict resolution.
I, uh, I’m flattered that you’d invite me for board games but unless you feel like springing the cost for a very expensive plane ticket I’m afraid it’s a no go.
I’ve had a few people ask me what Space Engineers is like so I figured I’d write my own little review fore here. Though ended up not being that little.
Space Engineers
I had a few people ask me what this game was like so I figured I’d write my impressions here.
What is it? Currently in EARLY ACCESS on steam it’s easiest to describe as minecraft in space.
You are a little guy/girl/android (you never actually see inside the spacesuit) floating around in space. You can construct stations and spaceships out of preset blocks that al link together in various ways to, potentially, make some fantastic stuff. There is creative mod where pull components out of your space-anus and can build as your heart desires or survival mode where you start off with limited resources and have to mine asteroids and/or salvage derelict space ships in order to get the materials you need to build bigger and better stuff.
My thoughts
Short version is I find it fairly enjoyable but there are a few major problems that stop me recommending it in its current state.
Poor netcode
@f4ction and I are both fortunate enough to both have cable internet so we about as the fastest residential internet you are likely to get in Australia but we were having desync and lag issues with just the two of us playing . @sernobulus joined as a third person last night and said it was basically unplayable for him, though we had Pyrean in as well earlier and it wasn’t quite that bad so that may have been because we’d upped some of the settings that nob couldn’t join.Worries about long term play-ability of survival mode. No AI, overpowered (fortunately optional) meteor storms and the worlds aren’t procedurally generated.
There is no AI at all at the moment so if you don’t want to PVP I’m worried there isn’t a huge amount of longevity in the game if creative mode isn’t your thing. Survival mode has a few different settings you can tick. Having derelict space ships floating by now and then is nice because you get to salvage them but once you work out how to board them they kinda make survival mode to easy. Having them switched off will up the difficulty at the start but in both modes the only real challenge is remembering to keep an eye on your energy levels and the rest is just the time it takes to make things (significant).They addressed this a little bit in the last patch that added meteor showers as a option which adds hardness to the game by, obviously, potentially crashing into your stuff and destroying it. There are three different options for the frequency of how often they occur which is nice except the lowest option seems to be they are happening as often as they are not and gets worst from there. They are most likely going to tweak this in the next patch but the main reason I have this on the negative is because there is no way to defend against them. There is no warning they are coming and no way of predicting the trajectory of where they will go so unless you want to spend the entire game cowering inside a hollow asteroid you will spend nearly all your time just trying to repair things. It also makes solar farms absolutely pointless.
Also, whilst the maps are esentially infinate at the moment there is not much point in going far from the one area as there are only up to 9 large asteroids in the universe and then empty space. the only thing that exists outside of this are the deralict space ships which seem to spawn about 12000m from the centre of the map and then drift away until they seem to despawn about the same distance away.
The good
They mechanics are pretty solid. If creative mode is your thing then that is pretty much allready polished. There is a tonne of stuff to build with and you can design to your hearts content in much the same manner as minecraft.
They way blocks go together makes sense and you can paint things mutleple colours so they are pretty as you like. They work well in survival as well.
There is a system where there is a build order for each block where you need particular mats that are consumed in a particular order. You only need once piece of the first material to place a basic frame so it’s possible to plan out a heap of blocks and then actually get the rest of the materials and put it all together once the picture is more complete. Salvaging works in much the same way only reversed.Energy is the most important resources which seems well implemented. You can charge off medi bays or captains chairs which in turn draw power from generators or solar panels. Energy is slowly consumed by your space suit to keep you alive and at a faster rate for using your jets to navigate and for using various tools to manipulate blocks around you. If you run out of energy you will start taking damage slowly. If you are in a gravity field (there are gravity generators you can manipulate) you may be able to walk back to a charging point before you die but if you run out in zero g you are basically going to drift off into space until you die (though it is conceivable a friend may be able to rescue you in a ship but that wouldn’t be easy).
There is a basic combat system but I haven’t played around with this yet. Most of it seems to be focused of space ship weapons with a few types of weapons you can attach to your ships but only one gun you can have on your person.
RAMMING SPEED! Blocks take individual damage which makes crashing space ships into things lots of fun. Blocks will deform so they appear damaged or be destroyed entirely. Engine exhaust can also damage blocks (optional) which means careless landing on stations can actually melt a hole through the pad. You can even blow holes in your own ship if it’s poorly designed. They can, of cause, even be used as weapons against other players.
The overall look and feel of the game is pretty nice as well. I also like that there are plenty of options when setting up a world to change how difficult and/or realist many things are.
TL/DR: In it’s current state it’s probably not quite worth buying depending what you want out of it. If you liked minecraft and want a version of it in space with a bit more of a focus on realism then this is probably right up your ally but multi player might be difficult depending what the internet of you and your friends is like. Keep in mind this is early access. Many of the things I’ve talked about are likely to change. It may get much better, it definitely has the potential to be fantastic but it could also be worse or not change much at all. At the moment I reccomend waiting until release and revaluating it then unless you just want to play by yourself in creative in which case go nuts!
Hi everyone.
Finished my first 8 out of 390 hours of community service today, heh. It’s very very boring & very simple. But eh, keeps the gov’t off my back till I can get more work I guess.
Weekend was pretty shit apart from catching up with a friend on Friday, which was awesome cause I hadn’t really caught up with her in 18+ months. Pissed off I had to miss out on @Freezespreston birthday, so sorry man. Ugh, just slept all day felt so off for some reason.
Sunday was a little better, though my mouse broke (Razer Mamba V 1.0) turns out I had a spare mouse in the cupboard though a SteelSeries WoW Cataclysm one which I scored with a bunch of computer stuff I bought a while back, so that’s handy.
Cock.. a page get, fml.
Community service? Were you bad or is that how they refer to work for the dole these days?
Yeah, work for the dole, gov’t is treating me like I broke the law though. Since they’ve stuck me with people who actually did break the law… This one lady apparently held a high speed chase and is mental as anything, she’s a fucken nut case. Kept snapping all day at random times, thank god she went home early.
Jesus. I have a friend who has to work for some charity organisation working on their newsletter. He actually enjoys it (unlike the other actual jobs they’ve found for him where he washed out after a week or so) but they can’t hire him for real, Centrelink just sends him back there when he has to do his service.
Yeah, apparently she’s not rostered on Mondays normally so that’s good..
Ha, that’s like my mate.. Well I think he just doesn’t want an actual job, and prefers his cushy centrelink sponsored community volunteer job thingy.
I have a couple of friends with the problem that they’ve got a high opinion of himself but no work experience to back up this supposed value. While they might be adept at learning things they can’t be bothered putting in the hours and effort to become a valued employee to any particular organisation and move up the chain, nor do they understand that working full time is a real time commitment – your life changes.
I discovered this the hard way when working “casual” in a warehouse when I was 18. It was something my mother (who worked for the company in accounts) set up for me when I dropped out of Uni. I thought I’d only be doing it a couple of days a week for some pocket money or something but I was basically full time earning a casual hourly rate. Suddenly I wasn’t having my mates over for our weekly RPG day anymore, going to the movies on Tuesdays, etc. My mother wasn’t going to tolerate them being over every weekend, so I saw them less and less.
It got better socially when I worked in security because I had rostered weekdays off in exchange for working most weekends, then I went back to uni for awhile, but I wasn’t really making a future for myself, I was trying to prolong my post-high school goofing off as long as possible by taking a shit job that gave me free time. I started working full time when I moved in with my girlfriend around 2005.
One friend, who is my age (31) had a job for a little while and was complaining to me how he didn’t have time to watch any new TV shows or play games as much because it was a 1 hour commute, he had to wake up at 6:30, leave the house at 7:30, work til five, not get home til 6:30, and he had to do this FIVE days a week. He couldn’t fathom the injustice! My response: “Mate, that’s been my life for the past nine years”.
Granted, I have a more interesting and higher paying job, but that’s the upshot of me building a career after leaving high school. I don’t mean to come off all sanctimonious and shit but some of my friends think that because we’re peers in most respects they should be able to walk off the street into an equivalent job to mine as well, and genuinely don’t understand why this hasn’t happened yet.
Yeah that’s what I am attempting to do, just get somewhere first to build that experience which I can then build what I hope to be a career of some sort.
I guess i’m lucky there, most of my friends already do that full time job thing and have minimal spare time. I always found time for games & TV shows when I was working full time, spose it helped that I live 10 min walk from work though haha.
I’ve come to the conclusion some people just don’t care about their future and prefer to be a leech on society, shame really.
Nah I don’t think you sound that, you want whats best for you and that’s totally fair, and your friends think cause you can do well with what seems like ease to them they can do the same with no effort and it;ll be handed to them on a silver platter.
I think the hard part for me was that at age 20/21 we were still hanging out most weeks, living a carefree unemployed/part-time/uni dropout life when we really should have been taking steps to secure our future. I found it hard to move away from that and in retrospect I should be extremely grateful that I met my girlfriend when I did because if I hadn’t moved in with her and had a financial need to get a full time job, I think I’d be exactly where some of my friends are.
Ah yep, I was like that first few years out of high school, then I decided to stop being a dick about things and try and get somewhere in life, it’s a bitch to get anywhere, but it’s paying off slowly. Which I am happy with.
Urghhh. THIS: https://www.meidi-ya.com.sg/products/4_300_m.jpg Has to be the single worst smelling substance ever made. I’ve yelled out “who threw up?” twice now before realising that my housemate is eating spaghetti bolognaise with this shit on it again.
It LITERALLY smells like vomit, if the vomit has been concentrated 10x over. It smells that bad it makes me feel like I need to vomit. Only my vomit would smell better than this. If i had to be stuck in a room full of vomit, or a room full of “grated” “parmesan cheese”, I would choose the spew room.
Eew. Not a fan f cheese in most cases. However at my last job I judged if I’d made a drink right by its smell. Smells like vomit, perfect, tastes awesome.
*pushes parmesan back into cupboard sheepishly*
I’d never put that on my dinner….
To be fair, there’s a difference between (for instance) the blocks of parmesan I buy which require grating to get that delicious parmigiano taste, and that cheap crap.
And yes, I take my cheese seriously.
Because I’m a sad and lonely person.
Cheese is a serious business….
But sadly sometimes laziness is the greater nemesis.
It takes less than a minute. Is it really that bad?
choices and opinions i guess.
Mmmmmm, three cheese mac and cheese. Cheddar, Parmesan and a touch of whatever else is hanging around (generally a touch of sharp stuff).
I once had a flatmate who would cook with Gorgonzola.
THAT smells like somebody dined on four week old crusty socks then vomited it up. Will never cook with blue cheese.
According to QI (so it has about a 10% chance of being true), the reason some people think parmesan smells like vomit (it doesn’t for me, I love parmesan and am certainly not a fan of eau de chunder) is because it has some of the same enzymes that stomach acid contains.
I love parmesan cheese, just the stuff you find in the refrigerated section of your local supermarket 😛 I don’t think that smells vomity at all, just the powderered stuff :S
Yeah, Kraft stuff isn’t real Parmesan cheese. Also it’s not much cheaper than buying some proper stuff.
It smells like vomit to me too. I’m sorry /o\
Well okay, on the off chance I ever cook you or @benj pizza, I’ll stick to a mix of cheddar & mozzarella. Possibly with some bocconcini added to mix it up a bit.
Now I want to make pizza damnit.
Said downthread, but the culprit is Butanoic acid, which comes from breakdown in the stomach of esters (which are what give fruits amond other things their smell)
Seriously just throw those disgusting skin flakes in the trash and put a block of real cheese and a grater in their place.
I don’t understand how anyone eats that shit.
Whoas…
I weighed in on the wrong side of this discussion.
I grew up on the powdered stuff and actually like it.
It’s okay, Many people experience brainwashing during their childhood. It’s important to remember that it’s not your fault. Your parents are monster thought. No helping it.
Nothing like a good Grana Padano, Romano or Parmesen cheese..
This so much.
Also if the block of cheese doesn’t smell at least faintly like old socks it’s probably not a good cheese.
That smell is Butanoic acid, and comes from the fermentation process. It’s mild in Parmesan, trust me.
If you really want to feel sick, try demonstrating in a chemistry lab when they’ve been using it in pure form for ester synthesis all week. I had to put Vaporub under my nose, and you come out smelling like it all over.
Ew gross. I haven’t had that stuff in so long, don’t know how I ever did.
Pretty much does smell like vomit though. Everyone knows good parmesan should smell like feet.
…or is that salami I’m thinking of?
I love parmesan cheese, but that kraft stuff is only good for one thing. Making home made sizzler cheese bread! Butter, and a layer of that cheese, face down in to a frying pan. Soooooooooooo goood!
Sometimes if I wanna mix it up a little, I’ll make toasted sandwiches, and use that stuff on top of the butter, and cook it in my cafe style sandwich press. Best toasties ever!
Hmm, interesting. Kind of like how kraft singles are awful, but great for toasted cheese sandwiches.
Yup! I can’t stand that stuff on Spaghetti or the likes. Real parmesan or nothing for me. But if you’re replicating Sizzler bread, the powdered stuff is the ONLY way to do it!
Parmesan definitely smells like vomit to me, I can’t stand it. I’ve been to a couple restaurants who serve it where it didn’t smell like that, just something else almost as unpleasant, which is probably a testament to the quality of their food. “Didn’t smell like vomit! A+!”
Also, coworkers had a bunch of cheeses on a platter for a shared morning tea last week. They had some ‘blue cheese’ which POWERFULLY smelled of vomit.
Some blue cheese is nice, other stuff just smells/tastes horrid. Gorgonzola with a little smoked salmon is HEAVEN! Not sure I could eat it on its own though!
I may be unintentionally starving myself due to awkwardness of trying to get food. If anything it’s incentive to learn mandarin faster. Anyway a person of my physique could do with a week or two of little food. Water is also precious to me, but I’m a little wary of the kettle in my room. Still I have drunk from it and not been worse for ware, however a Mt Franklin equivalent bottle of water only costs $0.35 AUD. I thought I didn’t have much money on me, but damn does it go a long way here.
Oh man, I totally did that! I mean, I don’t understand how food places work in Australia, so in China I just avoided eating for days!
Drank lots of tea though. They had free tea at the place I was staying.
Have you found that drinks you’d normally have cool seem to be heated there? I couldn’t find cool coke, only warmed stuff (or at least, warm compared to the -10 it was outside), which was just horrible.
Your right. Cold drinks don’t appear to exist in china. They put them in fridges but the fridge isn’t on, my room doesn’t even have a fridge. I think I have seen one can of coke my whole time here. Very hard to come by.
You’ll either master Mandarin or have a fantastic chicken impersonation by the time this is over.
lol If it helps, beef is Niu Rou (牛肉), lamb is Yang rou (羊肉), and chicken is Ji Rou (鸡肉) /edit to tag @cj
hehe yeah suprising how long a couple of hundred dollars can last in china! Last time I went, the exchange was about 6RMB to $1AU. SMASHING! Specially when you can feed 3 people a whole hot pot meal for less than 10RMB!
I played some Bleed over the weekend. I thought it would be a good idea to record my attempt to beat the third stage bosses on hard mode. My sucess was recorded. Some of my failures were recorded too.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1m8paz_bleed-stage-3-boss-miniboss-hard-mode_videogames
DISCLAIMER: The video above contains scenes with star wipes. Proceed with caution.
Hey, did you ever make it into the city? Also, what were you wanting to go into the city for anywho (like were ypu after something specific)?
Nope.
I don’t really know if there was actually a point to the city trip thing. I’d have to wade through about three weeks of comment history to get a basic idea of my reasoning.
…which I just spent seven minutes doing. I suppose it arose after it was brought to light that I never leave the house, and couldn’t covertly see a doctor about my issues. I decided to counteract this by planning a trip to the city. The trip was cancelled when I discovered I had pre-existing arrangements. I postponed it to the next weekend. The next weekend hosted the first rains of the year, so that wasn’t an option. I postponed it another week, but I had to leave due to sickness and stuff. (detailed in my earlier post.
My reasons for going to the city was purely for the sake of going to the city. I had tracked down a bunch of shops in the CBD that might have been fun, but my plan came down to:
1. Catch the train into the city.
2. Peruse a bunch of miscellaneous shops
3. Buy lunch
4. ???
5. Profit
Hmm, intriguing…
Follow up question. Are you on school holidays?
School Holidays begin next week.
Double intriguing…
Double intriguing indeed…
What are you planning? Is it cookies? I love cookies. Thank you for baking cookies for me!
I was gonna say that if you needed anyone to drive you to the city / doctors that I’m pretty free this week.
I’ll have to check next week’s roster now, but offer still stands if I’m available 🙂
Liondrive’s always down for shopping 😉
Actually I believe in Australia once you’re 16 you consent to your own medical procedures which included doctors. Which means if you can find a bulk billing doctor you can go by yourself without parents needed or knowing.
(And @phlanispo )
The laws are kind of tricky, and vary state to state, but so far as I’m aware, there’s no real minimum for seeing a GP, and if the GP agrees with your opinion, then you don’t need consent regardless of age. http://www.miga.com.au/riskresources/library/11RRFS08.pdf (This was the best sheet I could find. This is an insurance company for Doctors, so they should have it right given what’s involved.)
That said, I’d recommending transferring to your own medicare card/number, to ensure you have privacy over your actions (this is where it gets tricky. I have no idea what the rights to access for medicare billing are. So you’d probably be totally fine if you have your own card under your family number, but there could potentially be a way to access it. That said you’ll need your own number eventually, so you may as well transfer yourself. For that you just need to pop into a medicare office, fill in a form, and show some form of proper ID, so a Passport, Birth Certificate, or Driver’s License. If you don’t know your number, and can’t borrow a card to check, that’s fine, as they can look it up for you. Finally, as a note, since you’re still a minor/student, you’re eligible to go into your family’s safety net, which could make a difference if you’re having to pay for treatment (again, not sure if anything there is visible, but I doubt it)).
The thing both you and @freezespreston fail to take into account is my own fear.
Also, after the unholy amount of shit my mother gave me after setting myself up with my own bank account that she doesn’t control, I’m not going to attempt something like transferring to my own medicare card.
However, I have a plan for dealing with this situation. I’ll probably post it a bit later.
Just remember that matricide is still illegal…
When you turn IIRC 18 you have to get your own card anyway.
As much as I agree, getting your own Medicare card doesn’t sound like something you can keep from the fam, though. I presume new cards would be issued for everyone in that circumstance, with @phlanispo’s name missing from the family card. Something to bear in mind.
The fam fam would only find out upon issuing of new cards, they don’t bother to update existing cards to reflect a change.
In my case, they don’t bother to send me out a medicare card at all. So I think they have other priorities.
Finished Attack On Titan. Urk. Why did nobody warn me it doesn’t really end? I only watched it because I was under the impression it was one of those ones that tell its whole story in one season. Two episodes from the end I realised there was no way that was going to happen. Maybe I’m a little slow. 😛
Still happy I watched it. I was riveted for most of it. Feels great to be able to watch anime again, too.
Yeah, it’s a bit lame how it ends, but the manga isn’t all that far ahead.
I’m hoping it gets another run next year or something, but knowing anime I’ll have to wait ten years for the OVA.
And anime is great! I’m in the middle of like seven shows at once! Because I’m bad at this.
Now to watch the abridged series by teamfourstar. It’s quality.
Yeah, I’m going to sit on that one for a while before binge-watching their next batch, whenever that is. That rabbit-hole looks like it goes a fair ways down.
Felt the same way about the no ending.
Anime hardly ever has proper endings. Even when they do they tend to leave things open such that they could continue it if they want. Generally the conclusive ending stuff is limited to original stories rather than adaptions (unless adapting something that is equally complete, which is rare / limited to game adaptions) and even then they tend to leave stuff open enough that there’s scope for a continuation.
Just saw the cosplay one of the girls I work with at EB did for Supernova, it’s pretty amazing I have to say.
Eh, you just like it cause boobs. =P
I know you’re just poking fun, but that didn’t even cross my mind. Saying that however, my other friends Hermione cosplay was even more epic 😛
Man, stop it. I’m already flipping out over the cosplays. Not helping!
Just make yours the best that’s ever been done ever, simple!
How do I do that with 6 to be made? D=
Okay, make the best, second best, third best, fourth best, fifth best and sixth best ever.
Make sure yours is the best though, after all that work you deserve that.
Mine is like the last one =P Simply because I always have my measurements
@scree Perfect, you can level up your crafting skill on everyone else’s and be able to make masterwork stuff by the time you get to your own.
Of course you might need esoteric ingredients, there must be some shop that sells dropbear fangs & bunyip scales
I had to look up who she was.
Is there anyone that died in the War3 campaign that didn’t come back evil in WoW? Fuck the lore.
As far as I am aware, no Blizzard recycled basically every character and broke all the lore 😛
In this case though she died in War3, was resurrected immediately afterwards, became a free willed bitch in TFT, and then became completely evil in WoW.
Don’t let any Forsaken players hear you say that. According to them she’s not evil, she’s just misunderstood.
She is! What other race can’t replace its losses? What other race can’t grow or expand? But now that the Forsaken have found the means to grant semi-eternal life to the fallen, that’s somehow bad? Now that they intend to hold on to their claim to the lands they lived in, the fields they tilled, that’s evil? Bah! People are so quick to judge!
She’s definitely ‘evil’ in the strict sense, but she’s also a pretty tragic character so that makes people tend to be more sympathetic.
I imagine the fact that she walks around half naked doesn’t hurt people’s sympathies either.
Nice
We bought some venison tenderloin yesterday because we were at a wanky food store place.
Roasted it up with some plum and a normal mix of vegetables and then made a plum sauce.
Holy shit guys, venison is like super beef. Maybe this was just a really good cut but it was one of the best roasts I’ve had. The plum sauce was even kinda bad (too tart and garlicky, but I think I can fix that) and the meal was still great. Admittedly, roast plums are also super rad.
I’ve heard this of venison, been wanting to try it for ages, just the price they want for it around here, they can keep on dreaming hahaha.
That might be something of a factor.
Yeah, if only dads mate still had some deer running around on his property 😛 Since the previous owners used to farm dear apparently heh.
I’ve been looking for venison for ages, no butcher seems to have in in wagga. It’s like deer are uncommon around here or something…
Funny that.
We bought it from a place in Orange. There’s a farm in the area: http://www.mandagerycreek.com.au/
I like venison. Or the farmed stuff at least. Wild venison is a little overpowering and rich.
Finished PL Vs PW, which was good, really great story.
I then finished all the puzzles I hadn’t done (although I think I missed one or two in exploration, but I couldn’t find them, so…) and then went to the bonuses. They’ve put a lot of thought into it, there’s a collection of art, all of the game’s cutscenes, all of it’s music (which is brilliant, the music in this game is wonderful) and then spoken character quotes, and I don’t know why that’s there, but it’s good fun if you want to listen to some funny quotes from the game I guess?
Then I went to the extra content, which is stuff online which you download.
There’s 2 parts to the original content, bonus episodes and art. The art is concepts from the game, there’s three of them currently, one is the art of the group, one is Phoenix and Maya done in a PL style and one is Layton and Luke done in a PW style. The idea was that there art would change when the swapped universes, which I think would’ve been cool. PW Layton looked a lot darker as well, while PL Phoenix looked a lot more kid friendly.
The bonus episodes are episodes which take place after the main game, but it breaks the fourth wall so much. For example:
“Try puzzles dropped from the main game, erm, I mean specifically crated for us”
“Tune in soon for the next episode”
“Are you sure we can all be so self-aware?”
“I’m sure it doesn’t matter, does it avid video gamer?”
But it was a great game, would highly recommend it.
I need more Phoenix Wright in my life, so I will consider getting this. Thanks for the write-up! 🙂
I’m not sure you should, it might get to your head.
For context (and this is not a spoiler):
There’s a person that writes stories that come true in the main town. Stories that will come true!
😛
If I could have any superpower, it would be this. I could save or destroy the entire human race at my whim.
PrettyFilthy in pink.It’s really more like a magenta..
😛
Also y u get rid of the blue?!
Because It had faded almost to white, so I threw the pink in there instead. It’s a little darker than advertised because of the remaining blue, but s’ok, I quite like it 😀
I really should shave, but.
It’s pretty rad tbh 😛 Colourful hair is always rad.. When’re you gonna dye it to look like a parrot? 😀
Multicolour/rainbow is FAR too much maintenance. One colour is best, two at the most.
I’d go dark purple with a streak of a bright contrasting colour next time
Man, you’re pretty pro at doing that. You got a really good colour/vibrancy out of that.
Had a girlfriend who used to do a streak really similar to that, only less coverage, and she could only ever really get it to look like a rinse.
Still looked good, but I could tell that she was going for the look you’ve successfully pulled off.
I wonder if part of the problem was actually trying to only affect less hair – her colour was about a third as much.
This is by far the best brand I’ve found (Manic panic) for vibrancy, though permanence is somewhat lacking. I’m certainly not what you’d call high maintenance, in that I’ll destroy my hair with lighteners, then throw colour at it and hope it sticks.
These colours seem to last about 4-6 weeks (with noticeable fade) before they start looking washed out and bland. I kinda like that I transition from SUPER VIBRANT to somewhat mellow before it begins to age, but if one were to attempt to maintain the initial colour, it’d need to be done every other week I reckon.
The final of Secrets and Lies was actually pretty good. That makes it all the more disappointing that the rest of the series was pretty meh.
@scree @blaghman @freezespreston @aliasalpha @anyone_who_pretended_to_care_at_some_point
I have a plan for simultaneously getting help for my stomach aches and getting help with my anxiety!
Even if I wasn’t actively seeking ways to get help for other issues, a 3-week stomach ache is something you need to tell a doctor anyway. One of my teachers today actually told me to go to the doctor. It shouldn’t take too much to get my mother to take me to the doctor within the next week. When I do end up at the doctor, I’ll talk about my stomach problems. At some point, I’ll ask my mother to leave the room so I can tell the doctor about some super-embarrassing symptoms I’ve been having. I’ll claim that it’s too embarrassing to say it in front of her.
As soon as my mother’s out of earshot, I’ll tell my doctor all about my anxiety and depression problems, and ask for her professional opinion. I’ll ask her to keep these details private.
Estimated chance of convincing mother to leave room: 8%
Estimated chance of getting the doctor to keep it secret on top of that: 6%
Here’s hoping it works. It sucks that I have to resort to these dodgy measures to keep my mother in the dark, but it’s honestly easier than telling her.
Instead of asking her to leave, perhaps ask her to not go in in the first place, easier to keep someone out than get them to lave once they’re in.
Yeah… I could try that. It seems just as unlikely that she’d agree to not going in the doctor’s office, but it’s worthy of consideration.
You mean keep her in the waiting room, right? Because there’s no way I can get her to stay at home.
Yeah waiting room. You can get a lift and just say you’re probably old enough to talk a doctor alone now because they’re not scary (well some are but those were nazi war criminals, unlikely to have one of those)
Unless your doctor is shonky, they will keep whatever you tell them a secret. Patient confidentiality is part of the system. I could tell you about all these times I haven’t told people about things, but I’m not allowed to. 😀
Though I am afraid that I cannot help in regards to the mother thing. In my case, she stopped going in with me to see the doctor when I was like 14.
Interesting do you think they can get away with some cases of advising parents of things under the assumption that it was OK because it always has been? I’d be recommending to @phlanispo that he be pretty explicit that this is one of those cases where it’s not OK to share.
Oh, definitely. It’s a really tricky subject for a Doctor, and there have been a few cases over the years that I know about relating to it, so it is always best to be crystal clear.
Agreed. Doctors come in all kinds, just like regular people. Some are poor at reading between the lines, and some are too lazy to do it. Some are borderline corrupt. In all these cases, much better to be absolutely explicit with what you want.
Yeah, Doctors can be odd. I got punched in the face once when I was about 21 and had to go the family Doctor. My Mum drove me but waited in the waiting room. While I was in there I got him to syringe my ears because I couldn’t hear out of one of them. When he walked with me back out to the front desk he rather loudly said to my Mum (and the waiting room full of people) :The eye’s gonna be fine but the ears were full of wax!”. Yeah, thanks for that, Doc. 😛
See my above comment.
TAYbies are the best bees. Way better than the buzzing kind.
Less honey though, that’s a negative
Most of us are sweet enough already.
If you tell the doctor not to tell your Mother, they won’t. There’s the whole patient confidentiality thing. They can’t actually tell your parents without your consent.
I’m fairly certain if you ask your mother to leave the room in front of the doctor and she refuses. the doctor will force her out.
Why don’t you want your mother to know?
On the flip side, she did see/handle your winky and wipe your poop. 🙂
She also tried to sign him up for electroconvulsive treatments. It sounds like a complicated relationship.
Winky and poop duties don’t bestow a lifetime entitlement of all-access. I, for one, am glad of that, and I think from what little I know, @phlanispo might be too, when he eventually moves out.
Ah, complicated then … Welp, GL!
So, it’s come to my attention that an image I posted here earlier had some anti-hotlink thing on it- it viewed fine every time I looked at it on my work comp, but did NOT view fine on my home computer or apparently on your computers, Sorry about that folks.
It’s pretty much my favouritest anti-hotlinking image I’ve ever seen.
In fact I’m really surprised I’ve never come across it before.
I think we all got different images, as what @phlanispo described wasn’t what I got.
At least I think, i didn’t look at it long enough.
Haha, that’s even better.
I thought he was just vaguely recollecting what he thought he saw. Seemed like it could have been a valid interpretation of a brief glimpse 😛
PATHFINDER STUFF
@tech_knight @beeawwb
I’ve queued your Pathfinder backstories to post throughout the week, so check the tumblr as we go- they’ll post 11:30 in the morning over the week along with the end of my prologue and character bio. B-ob, I’ve split yours into two parts as “Prologue II.”
If anyone else has backstories or descriptions they want posted let me know and I’ll whack them up
Awesome Red, thanks! 😀
Sweet, thanks for that. I’m still working on further parts and will have them to you when there’s something of substance. 🙂
I might see if I can knock something together this week but will see. Will probably need to look at what everyone else has been up to for pointers.
Who has two thumbs and a copy of Curse of Monkey Island for a dollar?
This guy!
I also found ECW Hardcore Heaven on DVD for $2. \o/
What, like physical copy? Nice.
Yeah.
Unfortunately, I don’t know how to get it working on Windows 7 64-bit… 🙁
EDIT: http://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/cmi-setup
Giving this^ a bash to see how it goes. *crosses fingers*
Ok. By request, commence gross public overshare of private exchange (ie aforementioned phone message stuff).
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED DO NOT READ
So first a little background information I guess, for context. My ex was a friend of a net friend from SA, we got talking over MSN because he added her to a few of the group conversations that used to go on (we’re talking ~2007 here) and things grew from there. Flew over to Adelaide to meet her at the end of that year, there were a few other trips inbetween before she came over for Christmas 2008 and we decided to end it then because the whole distance thing was too much of a pain and we’d been kind of growing a little distant. Then a month later our whole group went on a trip up to Brisbane together and during that we got into a bit of a fight over things. Still all hung out lots over the following few years, but that’s mostly died off over the last couple. We’ve probably hardly spoken over the last two years (since I don’t do the whole facebook thing), only occasionally talking when she makes a rare appearance on Skype and is both actually at the computer and isn’t too busy to talk. So hardly ever. The most recent of those was a couple of weeks ago when we actually got to have a brief chat. Apparently she’s now been with her current boyfriend for two years, and moved out to live together for the past one.
So the night before last, this is the message I got:
I had a look through my old files to see if it was one of the recordings she sent me, but it wasn’t. Think I might have found a copy of modified lyrics for it though. Either way I didn’t actually remember the song which isn’t too surprising given how bad I am at music.
Anyway I replied saying that I’d had a similar thing recently. My mum and sister have been compiling a bunch of recipes that my Nanna used to cook, to make a cookbook to give to a whole bunch of family and friends. For it they were looking for any pictures of her with food, and one of the few that we could find was of all the family around the table for that 2008 Christmas lunch. Told her that it similarly reminded me of a time when things were good, and also mentioned that I still get reminded of her whenever I play a particular piano piece that I once played for her over the phone.
Then yesterday I got these responses:
I replied telling her that I do appreciate it, and that I still think she’s probably the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Also mentioned being unable to shake a feeling of guilt that I just let her down too much, but commented that it’s been so long now it’s hard to remember any of the reasons behind anything half the time.
It was the next response that was particularly interesting.
The main reason I say this is interesting is because of a conversation I had with Wingman the night before:
So upon showing her the latest message, she started to freak out a bit saying “I don’t understand. Is this me??” and stuff. Also doubly hilarious since the two of the share (phonetically, at least) the same name 😛
We then had this exchange:
And… yeah. That is the things that happened. I’m still yet to reply to the latest message, and overall don’t really know what to make of it all. I don’t *think* it’s any kind of “lets get back together” kind of deal at all, but it’s… I don’t know, it’s something.
Aww yeah, tagged it all right first go!
…kinda wish I’d put in some Bold tags in there though for added readability. Oh well, I’m super sleepy so laze wins out 😛
Sounds more like a closure thing than a let’s get back together thing to me, especially since she has a boyfriend and lives far away.
Bit random, but nothing serious I’d say.
Holy mother of crap that’s a lot of ‘I love you’s. Jesus. That would make me run for the hills. I do NOT like the tossing around of that phrase so casually. But it seems to me like the ex is hanging out for a fantasy, which isn’t uncommon. She’s making herself so damn available it’s painful, like she’s expecting you to take charge and tell her what to do; something involving being together, doing it right this time.
I think she’s casting about for something. Hit a patch of ennui, or had a sobering experience that caused a confrontation with mortality, or just plain depressed. In years past, when I wasn’t intentionally making myself unavailable, I’d get messages out of the blue from exes, looking for a hook-up. In the pillow-talk/psychiatrist’s session after, I’d usually figure out there was something else going on. Fired, family member died, bad breakup, whatever. You’d get, “What went wrong with us?” sometimes, but mostly not – because the unspoken answer is about the same as the spoken one: “Because I’m an asshole who wasn’t invested, and likely never will be, and you deserve better than that.” I gave some momentary comfort, and that’s all they needed.
(Honestly, until I manned the fuck up and told my girl we should make a real go at it, that was the role I’d sort of resigned myself to in life. When she’s gone… that probably WILL be how it all turns out. It’s not a bad thing, just… not what I’d hoped.)As for wingman… ugh. We joke about her being part of the hypothetical Gooky-harem, but in all seriousness, I’d skirt away from it unless you think you’re in love with her or something. Her boyfriend seems pretty clued in but she’s probably yours if you want. I dunno, though. You might not want to open that can of worms. I’ve got a few good female friends who I sort of detected that might be the case. They probably wouldn’t still be my friends if we tested those waters, though. A girl ‘out of love’ turns pretty damn cold pretty damn fast.
The whole ‘ruining the friendship’ excuse is a line a lot of sad guys use to justify not making a move on someone who they’re besotted with, instead of just fear, when they’d really just be better off taking the plunge because this ‘friendship’ they’re cradling is really often just them taking what they can get for their wish/fantasy-fuel.
But every now and then it’s the real deal.
I cried invisible tears at your spoiler. :'( Dude. If that really is the case, you hold a good façade. 🙁 Nevertheless, I feel obliged to provide a bro-hug from a totally random internet stranger.
Well, like I said, it’s not a bad thing. And I’m good at it.
With one or two exceptions, I haven’t ever really found anyone I’d wanna settle down with, anyway.
This… I think this is me. Also that last paragraph, I think I’ve done that one a lot too.
Definitely no romantic interests in Wingman though. That one’s staying right where it is.
Your life is confusing.
*munches popcorn*
See, there’s a reason I never have any idea what’s going on 😛
As a fan of keeping on good terms with exes. I don’t think there’s any probs here unless you make some. XD
Hear, hear. Just because you can’t be a couple / lovers doesn’t mean the things that made you friends suddenly stop existing. Unless there is some bigger issue that means you can’t.
Cheesefest. On a serious note, you should probably write an anime. Or a day time drama.
So so much cheese. Should’ve put a lactose warning on there.
It’s probably a shame I’m not the writing type. Got a fair bit of material to work from.
Wow, you did warn us not to read it, but I wasn’t fucking prepared for this in the morning. The amount of cringe has rendered my sphincter to be 1/4 original size.
Anyway, it’s all starting to fall into place now. You’re kinda like me a couple years ago. Of course, I’m going off what you share, but here’s my thoughts:
– That ex-gf. Man, wtf. Cold turkey the bitch. There’s only two possibilities here: A) She still loves you, feelings are bubbling up inside her via the song etc. But she has a bf of two years still; or B) She’s just trying to guilt-trip you (she did say you treated her badly, yet you never described that?), saying she loves you, “do you feel the same?”, “you are my everything” – typical bitchy bullshit that screams ‘give me attention’. In any case, both A or B is not a good result for you. Since she’s taken the liberty of the first bullshit step, you need to take the liberty to cold turkey stop talking to her for your greater benefit. Nothing good can come of this.– Regarding Wingman: she ‘loves’ you, it’s definitely not a ‘brotherly’ type love, but it’s something else? And she’s happy with her bf? That’s weird, and I’ll get back to this. The main question I have here is: why are you a jerk? Do you know why, or is it something you roll with? Do the girls give any specific examples? This could help out a lot.
– Regarding Pillowmaker, and potential other femalez: you have a natural allure to the females, and they are naturally attracted to you. I suppose your friendly demeanour comes across nicely too, and suddenly the females have someone they fancy AND someone who can be their friend. Secretly (and not so secretly) they wanna fuck you and/or claim you as their boyfriend. Herein lies the problem – you dunno wtf to do with chicks, are unsure of yourself, panic about making decisions (e.g. asking girls out), and thus you don’t actually do anything to further progress the relationship. Further, you actually brush off any advances the girls bring – which makes them question if you want them? but you’re still nice and friendly? wtf?
You’re making their heads explode, dude. 😛 They want you, but they can’t have you because you don’t accept them. And you show hardly any flirting towards them and you try and stifle any sexual tension. But you’re obviously not gay, so the girls literally go into brain meltdown. There is now a competition to see who can get you first, or get the most information/progress out of you.
I strongly suggest you take a step back and apply to above to your situation. Does it fit? You need to know it’s happening, otherwise you’re going to get used, abused, hurt. But you also need to realise that your actions may be sending off negative signals to potential suitors/friends of the female variety, and you’re hurting them without even knowing it.
Source: pretty similar shit happened to me many times. Of course I’m just extrapolating on what you’ve shared so far.. and let me know if I’m totally wrong.
I’m… not sure exactly. I think it is something I roll with and often perpetuate myself, but I dunno. Maybe it’s kind of a facade I hide behind, trying to lower others’ expectations so that it’s not as bad when I fail to meet them. I think sometimes I do process things in a bit of a pragmatic way that ends up treading on some toes time to time, or otherwise just kind of accidentally being selfish. I don’t know.
Oh god. Oh god oh god. Thinking back now, so many things make so much sense. I… geez. Except it may be a little worse, generally the flirting is kind of there. I have a tendency to just be a smartarse about everything, so that tends to just happen a lot 😛
I like your Wingman friendship, she doesn’t let you get away with anything. 😛
The ex? I doubt she really wants to get back together, she sounds more like she’s trying to get answers from you about what went wrong than anything. If you can’t give her those answers but you keep talking with her regularly you’ll probably just hurt her again without even knowing you’re doing it. She sounds like someone you need to cut ties with, for her sake.
Hmm, that’s worrying. At first reading this I thought yeah, that’s probably the kind of relationship I always need in my life. Someone to help keep me in line. But then I realised that that was pretty much the role the ex filled, before things with her quietened down and she all but disappeared. Then I’ve always been pretty lost when someone like that wasn’t around, but now it’s Wingman’s turn…
Oh gods, there’s nothing worst than an ex doing a post-mortem when you’ve moved on. I had mine go into that discussion on my birthday once, and all I could think was “I could be drinking another beer right now”
About halfway in I started flopping my arms around and saying “DANGER! DANGER!” #referencetoashowtwiceasoldasiam
Feeling did not subside.
DANGER WILL ROBINSON
I’m somewhat gratified that that reference wasn’t completely missed
Here’s a bit of trivia, do you happen to remember the episode featuring the android IDAK? I remember it because he would always remind me of some sorta evil Superman, and I loved all things Batman/Superman back then. His catchphrase? CRUSH KILL DESTROY
I think it was one of the later season episodes, in colour.
…now I can’t tell if you’re talking about Lost in Space or The Simpsons.
Lost in Space.
So I heard a rumor that some crazy fella from NSW who loves to sing, is going to be in QLD some weekend soon. Think he goes by the name of @blaghman. Anyone recall the deets?
If I’m not mistaken he’s in town on the 12th! I’m just gonna go and tag all the Brisbane folks!
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @virus__
You tagged yourself… now I can’t make my usual dumb joke 🙁
I just copy and paste Pow’s list now. XD
Yo, @powalen? Why’s Rocketman always in your Brisbane list! He’s from Far North QLD. 😀
Because he has a rocket. To come to Brisbane.
Brisbane… Far North QLD… All looks the same to me.
(I can take you off the Brisbane list if you prefer, @rocketman)
EDIT: The idea behind the website was more meant to be “these are the people interested in getting notifications about meats in X”, not “this is a list of TAYbies in X”. You could be on every list if you really want to be 😛
Because he’s my son. 😛
Hoy Welly-welbot!
I’m from the ACT, not NSW, there’s a difference. 😛
So yeah, I’m going to be in town on the twelfth, and I should be available for either a lunch or dinner/night shindig. More specifically, I’m arriving at 10:30, I’ll probably be doing stuff with my family between something like 2 and 6 (at Southbank), and then I’m free that evening.
So if people would like a lunch or dinner meat or something, then that would be cool!
Is the dinner meat chicken? Chicken’s pretty great!
The only dinner meat worth talking about is a man-sized surf n turf. Everything else is just practicing for this 😛
The dinner meat is sadness.
With a side of cries.
Suffering definitely tastes better.
Dinner I can do.
Lunch not so much.
What Freeze said! Lets dinner it up
Aw, man. I’ve been planning for a lunch. That’s what you originally said! Not sure I can do dinner but I’ll see.
I SAID LUNCH OR POSSIBLE EVENING THINGS!
LUNCH WAS DEFINITE, DINNER WAS JUST “POSSIBLE”! 😛
WELL IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT TO DINNER, THEN I CAN JUST HAVE LUNCH WITH AUNTY STRANGE!
I can always give you a lift to/from dinner if you need!
Thanks! I’ll probably get a bus in there but a lift home is always appreciated. I’ll let you know if I can go. 🙂
Well offer stands both ways. Not much effort for me to drive by your place on the way, so if you decide you need it, gimme a holler!
well it’s still technically within NSW! 😉 I didn’t want to specify Canberra in case I was wrong and hurt your feelings 😉
I’m keen to meet for dinner on the 12th if you want. West End might be good if you’re gonna be in South Bank already. Plenty of places to eat, and cheap/free places to park, also good access via public transport for those who want to join! Anyone else think this sounds good?
I could do lunch too if that’s more convenient for everyone. Just let me know which! 🙂
I would
Morning all! Just wanted to thank you all for your pledges and assistance in promoting my Kickstarter yesterday. It was a pretty bumper day, and it was entirely down to you guys.
It’s not too late to contribute! In fact, it’s probably still too early.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology
Tell your friends, your enemies, a stranger in the street. I’m fighting for a cause close to the heart of every artist (money!), and my own self-aggrandisationmentnessicity.
Make me.
Hi, you’ve reached Shane. Unfortunately, I’m just phoning it in today. Leave a message after the beep.
Yeah, it’s not happening.So, after here. k?
… I’ll probably never check my messages anyway 😛
Hello….. SHANE.
You have…… ZERO…… new messages.
“You have no messages” *sigh of relief*
Also, you’re hired.
I think one thing that will advance your cause tremendously is if you can get some other people on board to contribute to the anthology if the project is successful. Right now it’s just you. I know you don’t want to get people in without being able to pay them etc, but surely you can get expressions of interest or something.
The other thing would be talking about further works down the track. If you’re successful, will this be a once-off or a regular anthology? Personally one of the best art anthologies I ever invested in was Robot: Super Color Comic which was a Japanese anthology released every 4 months or so over ten volumes. Each one had 5-15 pages of full-color art contributed by a variety of different artists. Some of them contributed regularly, some of them only once or twice. A few of them ran serial stories, some just one-shot things, others just contributed some bits of artwork. One of them (IIRC Hiroyuki Asada) did a side-story to his actual published work. There wasn’t any overall theme and content-wise basically it was anything goes, so long as it’s fit to publish.
The way I see it, you could pitch the thing as being a way for other artists and writers to contribute works so that they can gain exposure through it as well. Basically a sampler. That may get more people interested.
Some very good advice there. Thanks!
I was toying with the idea of approaching some potential contributors in the next few days, so it’s good to see that someone else thinks that might be a good idea 🙂
I never really considered the possibility that this could be an ongoing thing. That’s intriguing…
Reading the pitch, seeing examples of the work of others who would be interested would be a total selling point.
What you’re pitching to people in the end has to boil down to a product, because that’s the core of your rewards – a printed anthology. You need to make that book attractive to people, something that they’d want to buy. You also need to close the gap between “300 page anthology” and “I’m going to make 30 pages for it and there’s no one else involved but me”.
Additionally getting other contributors involved adds legitimacy to your project and allows you to leverage those people’s fanbases as well.
So what’s the deal with those art prints? Are they all one artist, or three different artists from the anthology?
A good question. I haven’t sorted that out yet – all I know is that they are exclusive 😛
What would be more appealing for you?
I think 3 different artists would be cool, since it reflects the nature of the anthology, but it’s all groovy.
Exclusive is good.
D.C.’s ADVENTURE GAME ENTHUSIASM THREAD:
Did you know Jane Jensen, the creator of Gabriel Knight, has a new adventure game called Moebius next week? Cause it’s true! This is the first game she’s released since Kickstarting her new indie studio Pinkerton Road. I can’t say I’m a fan of the art direction, but if it’s any thing like her previous game (Grey Matter) the design behind the dodgy implementation will more than make up for it!
http://www.gog.com/game/moebius
Later this year they’re doing a HD remake of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers too. Perhaps the finest adventure game ever made. Jane Jensen talks about the new voice actors and changes to the game here.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/26223
You might be interested as a fellow fanboy, @sughly?
Telltale’s third installment of The Wolf Among Us is released on April 8th, US time. (Which is tomorrow!) WOOOO! Wasn’t a fan of the second ep, but absolutely loved the first.
The latest instalment of the pulpy FMV post-World War 3 noir story Tex Murphy is out later this month. It’s gonna be goooood.
http://www.gog.com/game/tesla_effect_a_tex_murphy_adventure
Belleeeerrrgggghhhhh.
Back to work after so much time off.
Also we are so super broke at the moment. For the next few days literally have less than $10 to our names.
Any left over NES cake? A family could live of NES cakes!
There is not. Everyone took a chunk home leaving pretty much nothing. But my garage has ALL the alcohol in it.
Worth it?
I’d say yes and others have said yes. Although they would since it didn’t really cost them anything and they got all the booze and food they could drink and eat 😛
And the magical gift of throwing up in someone’s garden! You can’t buy those experiences!
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Was an awesome, awesome night man. Hope you had fun though!
Oh man, I’ve done that!
That is not fun.
Particularly when you’re on the deck, and there’s quite a drop to the garden below. :/
SPLASHBACK!
Cheese sandwich, boring. Grilled cheese sandwich, marvellous world of possibilities!
Attack on Titan: I may have missed it, but do we ever learn
what is in Eren’s basement?There’s a gif from Burn After Reading that I want to post but it’s completely not appropriate for this site.
The chair?
The chair.
Nope.
You didn’t miss it. It Is A Mystery.
WHY CAN’T I HOLD ALL OF THESE PLUGS!
@shane has a kickstarter, dunno if you’ve heard: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology
Melburnians! My Brother is involved in three shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival! He got a lovely review in the Herald Sun:
“…you’re left with the distinct impression his name and talents will become more familiar to wider audiences in the years to come..”
First up, his solo show: Angus Hodge in Finding my Rose-Coloured Glasses
‘A master of transition, seamlessly merging one story into another without batting an eyelid…’ -Rip it Up
“…I want to say… Marcus? but I don’t think it is… He sounds like he’d be right up your alley”- @dkzeitgeist
Rest hidden to cut down on thread spam:
Coming back for its encore Melbourne Season: Wolf Creek: The Musical
Hilarious and genuinely entertaining… I laughed, I cried, I laughed again. It’s the feel good torture porn show everyone will love.” Greg McLean, Director of Wolf Creek movie
and for those younger Taybies (or TAY people with kids/nephews/children they know and would take to things in a non creepy way: Mr Snot Bottom and The Curse of The Silly Stinky Zombie Babies
“Kiddy stand-up at its best. ★★★★” Adelaide Advertiser
His solo show was good – I enjoyed it.
I’m glad! When did you go see it?
Sunday. Want to go see the other shows now too. His opening showed that he’s a good performer.
I require some 🙂 material. Someone post something funny or amusing… kaaaayyyyy GO.
Your face.
I know a few jokes about unemployed people… but none of them work.
So here are some headlines:
Jurisprudence fetishist gets off on technicality
Standard deviation no longer enough for perverted statistician.
Six out of seven dwarves aren’t Happy.
Actually, I gotta post this: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1y26b3/what_is_the_shortest_very_funny_joke_you_know/
So many great ones.
So much laughter. Bookmarked to work in to future conversations.
http://img3.joyreactor.com/pics/post/funny-pictures-pokemon-auto-412143.jpeg
http://media.giphy.com/media/pCzkQl9lotYXe/giphy.gif
Yeah…I’m not sure about the second one. That might be more cringeworthy.
That second one reminds me of Gooky and pals. 😀 Let me know if I take things too far, Gooks.
That has totally been me in the past 😛
Get your fix on Page Six.
Two men walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “What would you like to drink?”
The first man says, “I would like H20, please”
The second man replies, “I would like H20 too, please”
The second man dies.
I did a proper review of Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, if anyone’s interested (@shane, you said you considering getting it, so this might help make your mind up. Or anyone else’s mind, for that matter).
http://thegamesland.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/there-is-a-clear-contradiction-in-this-puzzle-professor-layton-vs-phoenix-wright-attorney-review/
You should submit it to Mark as a reader review! We hardly ever see those these days.
OBJECTION!
…
…
“What is your objection, Mr Wright?”
…
“This clearly contradicts the… uh… the… I was sure there was something…”
Can I reblog this? 😛 I got a side-project going too, could use some good content lol.
Sure! If you link back to my blog (or do reblogs do that automatically? If they do it automatically, don’t do it twice and look silly :P). But yeah, I don’t have a problem with that.
I don’t know D: Ill try now haha
It says I’ve reblogged, but nohting has appeared yet. Maybe I’ll give it time … ugh.
I was going to let you know about that. It says that it has been reblogged on my blog notifications, so maybe they take a while to process or something?
2 months later, Rockstar replies to my support ticket about GTA cash with a copy-pasta. Luckily, I didn’t partake in anything they classify as cheating, and my transactions were not illegitimate since they were taken as part of normal gameplay. Unfortunately, they still probably own a clause where they own my data and I can’t do anything. 🙁
Everyone owns your data. Even companies you’ve never directly dealt with.
So YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER?!?!
I know what you did last night you disgusting pervert.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. D:
GOD I’M SORRY I PLAYED FILTHY CASUAL FLASH GAMES INSTEAD OF PWNING NOOBS IN TITANALL PLEASE DON’T HAVE ME DISBARRED FROM THE GAMING COUNCIL.
I shall condemn you for your filthy lifestyle choices which are a clear betrayal of man and god and the gaming community who invested their trust in you.
When I am later exposed for playing the same types of games, I will have the fallback excuse that at it was only on my mobile, for doing while on the can or in a bus, and totally not on the couch in the living room instead of playing Dark Souls like a proper gamer.
Cracked did a thing about illegal things that superheroes do.
This one bugs me.
Superman’s parents found him in a field and then adopted him. I’m going to wager that there are Kansas state laws that allow for found children to have sufficient paperwork to get a driver’s license.
Possibly, but I’ve always assumed that they adopted him unofficially, given that Clark could never submit to any kind of medical testing.
Even if the Kents didn’t sort out the paperwork, Clark still grew up in a small town in rural America. Just how hard is it for people to get a license when you’ve known the sheriff since you were knee high to a grasshopper.
Fair point.
“Hi everyone this is our son Clark.”
“Wow Martha, I see you at our sewing circle every week and I had no idea you were carrying a six month old child!”
“Found him in a field after that meteor shower!”
“Oh dear, how’s the corn crop?”
“Because I am from Kansas I have been led to believe by our board of education that this is where babies come from and have no further questions.”
Exactly. Hell, even the town doctor was probably fine with that explanation and would say they delivered young Clark themselves simply by having been in the same town.
That’s how my Grandad got his driver’s licence, at age like… 15 or something. The local constable basically said, “Yeah, I’ve seen you driving around, you didn’t crash. Have a licence.”
I just looked at my internet usage stats:
4/4: 2gb
5/4: 2gb
6/4: 2gb
7/4: 40gb
Can you tell which day I got my PS4? 4 days into my monthly allocation and I’ve burned through almost half my cap…
How’s the console? I sacrificed my PS4 option when I used my gift card to purchase a PS Vita just the other day. I have been trying to convince myself that I made the right choice since.
You probably did. Pick up PS4 in 8-12 months when it’s cheaper and in a bundle. Then you have VITA to play with it too.
Pretty fancy so far despite the boneheaded stupid decision to not label the power & eject “buttons”, I spent 5 minutes thinking maybe I got a dodgy one before realising that the noise it was making was the same “I’ve got no disc in, why are you pressing eject you doofus?” noise the PS3 made.
I’m liking the controller so far, I have moderate arthritis in my thumbs & found a dualshock 3 unusable for more than an hour at a stretch so spent around $200 on 3rd party ones for the PS3 with the 360 stick layout (the power a fus1on tournament controller completely saved my PS3). I probably clocked 5-6 hours of Infamous Second Son last night and my hands hurt about as much as they would had I been using a 360 controller so the redesign is certainly a dramatic improvement. If I have one problem with it, it’s the touchpad thing but that’s just because it’s being used pointlessly in Infamous, it’s just replacing what would be a use button with inefficient swipe actions (why swipe right to left to open a door when a click would do the exact same job more efficiently?), fortunately it’s mostly just used as an extra button for draining energy sources which is okay for the most part. Hopefully devs will use it as something more than a gimmick in future games, some time where you need near-mouse level precision would be ideal
Software wise I’ve only really used Second Son so far, I’ve downloaded War Thunder & the digital upgrade of AC4 but at present they’re my only games.
The PSN store still has a shit layout, I don’t imagine that’ll ever change.
The Vita is a good solid little machine and has a decent software library. I’d definitely suggest getting Gravity Rush, that’s awesome. Uncharted Golden Abyss is also pretty damned cool. If you find the Vita a bit cramped to use as I did (especially so given the arthritis), you can get external grips for it that make it feel like a regular controller. I got one by a mob called CTA Digital that took me from “I’m going to have to sell this Vita, I just can’t use it” to “Okay, I’m buying that Batman game tomorrow”. At the risk of sounding like I’m doing my @shane impersonation, I’ll shamelessly (or should that be shanelessly) self promote my video review of it.
What’s the deal that single downvote? Either way, really good video. I hope you get to live out the true power of the PS Vighta!
You never look directly at the camera, @dc.
Unless you’re in a Wes Anderson film.
Oh yeah, I still need to watch those DVDs. Pfft, time. I need way moar.
I never make direct eye contact with people either. It’s one of my many weirdness. If it looks like I’m looking into your eyes I’m really focusing on your eye brows or nose cause I don’t like making eye contact. XD
Prolonged eye contact is weird…
It suggests an underlying desire for the other. Or something.
It’s indicative of a hunger, if @dc makes prolonged eye contact with you, he either fancies you or wants to cook and eat you
… i thought what we had was special
*lip quiver*
Oh. That’s different. But cool I guess.
*weird
That too.
That’s better!
*decisive nod*
I used to always focus on just above and to the side of people’s right eye.
Now I make eye contact and break it immediately to stare into the distance, or at the ground, or wherever else. Which I think is worse.
Something strange about the eye. They say it’s the window into your soul. I don’t know if that’s true, but there’s definitely a strong, undefined thing I feel when I do it that makes me want to look away.
It’s probably because you’re scared the person you’re looking at will see your soul, too.
That’s true. D: It’s a labyrinth of despair.
That’s not what I’ve seen all those times I’ve made you look directly at me. 😛
If you have a problem with people looking in your windows, I suggest curtains
I used to stare at people’s facial imperfections. Now, I force myself to make eye contact.
So judgemental! 😛
Not anymore!
No wonder you don’t notice when girls are into you, then if you never look into their eyes!
Is that when my Terminator-esque UI should kick in with vital signs? 😀
No, it’s when Cupid UI should be taking over.
Oh dear… How little you know about us DC 😛
It’s also why I honestly couldn’t tell you guys what eye colour you all have. (Except for Sughly and Transientmind. They got crazy blue eyes. CRAZY BLUE.)
Eye colours are hard. Which is why I appreciate that Elton John wrote a love song where he doesn’t even know their eye colour.
Your song? I like that one.
Oh, thanks, Benny. I’m glad someone appreciates my work!
😛My eyes are officially hazel but humans have spoken about how my eyes can be different colours after multiple encounters, sometimes they’re green, sometimes blue, sometimes silver, sometimes even one green one blue (That was an odd one…)
Upgrades!
I dunno, I think when you forget yourself and get really wrapped up in a topic you make plenty of eye-contact. Like when we were chatting outside of and inside EB on Friday, I clearly remember several examples of eye contact. Usually when you were at your most enthusiastic.
I never make eye contact during a conversation. It just creeps me out.
It’s part of his mystique.
Sonny from Treme is on Game of Thrones. No folksy tunes yet. Give it time, though. It’s coming.
And Daario STILL doesn’t have a blue beard.
Does he have a gold tooth at least?
MQFT. 5 minutes to answer or I’ll have to decide for myself.
S
F
T
Adventure games.
Q
F because I hope it’s FTL.
That game scares me!
I like the short bursts of intensity. Compared to something like X-Com which I’ve revisted recently it’s a stroll in the park stress-wise.
S.
Because it stands for Sunday.
She’s the love interest from your romantic (500) Days of Summer-esque comedy?
does this imply that I’ve fallen in love with and subsequently encountered a horrible break-up within the span of a whole day?
…. well hey, that means I fell in love with somebody. Good for me.
Broke up though?
Ain’t that a kick in the… head.
If we were to adhere to the whole “one person per day” thing, there would be 7 women; 7 more reasons to wear a athletic cup. 😛
More likely a kick to his nads.
T for thomas. Was alone.
Y
One of each? Should have predicted that.:P
And Q for what? Y for what?
I’m going for ‘S’. Because I liked @saturday’s answer the best.
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
S
T, cuz T is also for Tech Knight 😉
F!
😛
Voting for Saturday because Friday and Thursday are crap.
@saturday wins!
D.C.’s Totally Original Last Played Song Game (With no Affiliations to Spaghett)
Crescent City — Lucinda Williams
Line of Fire – Junip
*flicks through playlist*
Baby Grand – Billy Joel & Ray Charles
Time is on my side – Rolling Stones.
Very fitting actually, considering I mentioned I need more of it just earlier on this page.
Going On- Gnarls Barkley
Pepper – Butthole Surfers
Your Body is a Weapon – The Wombats
Bullets – Archive
#cyberpunk2077
Video Games – Lana Del Rey (Dubstep Remix)
I’ve got an unseemly amount of love for the original song.
Love the way she sings. So hypnotic. Even though the lyrics are pretty dodgy. XD
Mm? What’s dodgy about them? So much resonance with what Kelly loved in our relationship when we got it working at its best. She actually recommended the song to me. 🙂
Ah, I dunno. Just comes across as very submissive. I do like the sentiment though, just not the way it’s expressed. XD
Oh, it totally is. But if that’s your kink and you like it, submissive is good. She loved when I’d go all take-charge and dominant and give her instruction. There’s probably a need for careful balance. Since, y’know… it’s not like I was ever really telling her to do anything she didn’t want to do. That’s probably where things get unhealthy.
Former activist, she did remark once that teenager-her would’ve flipped her wig at how she behaved these days, accusing her of 50s-housewifery. I guess you just gotta know each other really well. Which, after 14years… we kinda do.
S’funny… I was remembering the other day, actually. She was saying it was like I was the perfect fit for her, and I told her, that’s probably because she trained me that way. All the relationship advice over the years, reactions to shared stories, her responses to things… Even when I was seeing other people, I always held a torch for her, so any advice she gave, the impressionable kid I was, I always took it to heart, wanting to be the kind of man ‘worthy of her’. The net effect probably was shaping me in to the kind of man she wanted most.
Interesting meta thoughts. Morally right/wrong/healthy/unhealthy? I don’t know. I retain the core of my individuality. I didn’t blindly accept either, but she’s a very smart girl and posited things in ways that I could turn over in my head for examination and decide whether I liked or not, and how much to incorporate… I’ve said it before. We are the sum of our experiences. And our ruminations and reflections on those experiences.
Having my time again, I don’t think I’d change anything. But would be more assertive, much earlier, make the best use of all that wasted time apart. Too many years wasted, there. Just way too many. Fear, man. Fear robs you. Nothing good can come of it.
And so I can be a bit soppy while everyone else is on the next page… you know how great she is? She used to do a lot of web work when she was able to work, and for years – even when we were apart on radio silence/self-imposed exile – she was collecting links and snippets of things that made her think of me or that she knew I’d get a kick out of, and she created a tumblr account which automatically updates every day with a trickle of that content from her catalogue of things-for-cam.
<3
It’s mostly examples of amazing art, cool things from video games which penetrated into the artosphere, tasteful shots of porn actresses/other models, landscape shots of moutains and ocean together, preferably with rain, rain shots, poems, statistics and studies that provoke thought, and music she knew I’d like. And a few in-joke things that refer back to our writing days, and ways we met and were doing our push-pull dance pretending not to be in love.
Tightens my heart, every day. I love that girl so damn much.
<3
I learned to hate that song after that damn alcohol ad used it. 30 second unskippable ads on youtube, two and a half minute long ads before movies. Gah. I can’t even remember what the alcohol was (something black?).
I am not familiar with the ad you mentioned, so I looked it up. Ewwww. Bad version. The one I listened to and enjoyed was a bit closer to this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp-bz6OxjQ8
A Song For Milly Michaelson – Thrice
Probably my favouriteist song ever of the right now.
Fancy – Iggy Azalea
Cause she’s Australian, and the music video is made to look like one of my favourite movies (Clueless) :3
The Four Horsemen cloneMechanix – MegadethYes, yes I know Mustaine apparently wrote The Four Horsemen when he was in Metallica, and he couldn’t use it by the time Megadeth came about cause Metallica had already owned copyrights to it and such, so he wrote a sped up version heh.Billy Joel: Goodbye Saigon
Had that stuck in my head for days
And we will alllllllll go down togetherrrrrrrrrrrr
I love that song, but hate the chorus. The verse is where it’s at.
Jimi Hendrix – Bold as Love
My yellow in this case is not so mellow.
DONT LOSE YOUR WAAAAAYYYY!
SOMETHING SOMETHING IN YOUR MIIIIND!
SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING, SOMETHING!
DON’T LOSE YOUR WAAAAAYYYY!
http://youtu.be/9nvp4kzUoww?t=1m1s
I am currently listening to the whole soundtrack. Nui’s theme and Ragyo’s theme are so awesome, even if Ragyo’s theme is mostly butchered German.
Honest – The Neighbourhood
What about it? 😛
Its a song you can reply fail to!
Just had my Flu shot through work…
At least i got a manly lollipop!!!!
Breaking News: Flu goes on shooting spree, hands out lollipops. More as this story develops.
Ugh. I wish they’d done that at my work a few weeks ago. Now everything is green and I’m on antibiotics. Boooooo. 😛
You didn’t seem sick at all on Friday! D:
Yeah, I was trying to keep it pretty well hidden. Stifling the sniffling and snorting for social reasons. When I ducked out to the bathroom with Freeze it was just to wash my face and blast copious quantities of accumulated mucous out, which Freeze probably heard. 😛 Y’know. Buy myself some more time of not snorting and such. 🙂 Being viral and relatively mild, I was pretty confident that would be the worst of it and I’d be right for Saturday.
Opposite happened. 😛
If you’re on antibiotics then a flu shot wouldn’t have helped.
Or the antibiotics won’t help when the flu shot would have.
Well, on Thursday/Friday I was suffering different symptoms which were apparently viral, but not too bad. Stuffy nose, sore throat, but nothing too chronic, which is why I kept going to work and did lunch with DC and freeze. But the doc reckoned being in a weakened state due to fighting off the virus probably opened up the door for the bacterial condition I now have. (Probably bacterial thanks to everything turning neon green and more fluid expulsion.)
So it’s like St. Patricks day from everyone of your orifices?
Well. Some orifices. Not ALL.
Haha.
A manly lollipop? I’m going to go ahead and assume that means it had a moustache and little muscly arms that it flexed at you.
Or it was penis shaped
Look up Key & Peele’s sketch on ‘Office Homophobe’ and watch to the end.
Oh yeah, I was supposed to organise that yesterday…
Ah well, they really don’t do much for me. Whether I get sick or not seems to be independent to whether or not I get the shot.
I think it’s meant to reduce the intensity of the flu or something… ?
My understanding (simplified) is that it immunises against some, not all, strains of flu.
EDIT: Might be more accurate to say “subtypes” not “strains”.
It varies year to year.
You need to remember that thanks to its nature of being passed on all the time, the Flu is a relatively unstable virus. It is awful at replicating itself properly (well, of making you replicate it properly, if we wish to be technical). As such, there is no one strain of flu. So the yearly vaccination is a guess on the part of medical scientists over what types they think are most likely to affect the population that season. So the jab may protect you completely, or not at all, thanks to the variety of factors.
There’s also the issue that lots of people are like “Oh, I’ve got the flu” over any URTI, when the Flu is characterised by sudden onset, a high fever, and muscular/joint pain.
And anti-vaxxer nutjobs wouldn’t be helping at all
I foolishly skipped that. Fear of needles, of course.
I should elaborate. When I get them now as an adult, they don’t hurt me. When I was a kid – shit yeah they hurt. I actually had to have a few around the time my kid was born, and they didn’t bother me however I won’t go out of my way to have then unless strictly necessary. Hence the foolish part.
My boss was all “Sean, do you want a flu shot? It’s free! You should get a flu shot. I mean, it’s your choice. You’ll just need someone to OK it. But they’re just over there, and the nurse can give it to you!”
To which I responded with a resounding “ehhhh, s’all good.”
You should inject man… all the cool kids are doing it
Never had a flu shot in my life.
1. It was free
2. Why not, it was free
3. something something less of a chance something
4. it was free
5. i now get to whinge about having a sore arm XD
But what about the autism! D:
To be honest it’s just nothing that’s ever really crossed my mind. I think the kids get it free at school though.Now the gov’t is gonna control your mind & read your thoughts!
Read my thoughts?
Pretty sure that even Norton Antivirus would block the hell out of that 😛
Hey if the NSA monitors 4chan, then they’ll go anywhere 😛
Let’s be honest, they probably weren’t monitoring 4chan. There were probably just some NSA agents that got caught browsing it on company time and they used it as a ready made excuse.
Ha..
Donating blood for the first time thursday…. didnt realise i couldnt do anything strenuous for the rest of the day….
My Points!?
I’ve never given blood before. I’m a coward! 😀
Me either/too.
But i know i wanted to do it before i get another tatt, so im forcing myself.
It’s a great feeling.
Donate in the afternoon and get points in the morning?
Might have to, but then the exercise will interfere with breakfast!
I’m glad you’re donating blood good sir, some unfortunate dogs will be very thankful for your contribution to the common pup. 🙂
Hopefully my mongrel blood will make some…thing(?) very happy 😛
Now for my serious response, you’re a great person just for doing this, kudos to you! 🙂
THEY’RE MY POINTS NOW!!
*runs*
Track that run!
Giving blood makes you the automatic winner. Have a million points! *throws points*
I give plasma and platelets as often as I can. Unfortunately I’ve been sick the last month or so
Giving blood regularly is quite possibly the best thing my parents instilled in me. I actually ran some blood drives in college, and got credit towards my Year 12 for it! 😛
I used to give whole blood every three months without fail, but since having kids, I’ve only donated a half dozen times in 4.5 years. Life just gets away like that sometimes.
Getting back on it, though. Have an appt next month!
Go plasma. You won’t go back.
This is a coconut crab.
http://i.imgur.com/0zQ9STj.jpg
Pfft, they’re not scary.
You just have to flip it over so you can attack its weak point for massive damage.
What about a friend of GF coming home to this last weekend?
http://imgur.com/rI2GQta
Here’s hoping that wasn’t her cat 😐
Wait, their cat is being eaten by a snake and they stop to take a picture before rescuing it?!
Not their cat, some other neighborhood cat. Can’t rescue a dead cat. 🙁
That’s okay… I didn’t need to sleep anymore… ever
Mmm, an aphrodisiac. That’s what I need. But also, creepy.
Do they taste like coconut?
You should lick one to find out. 😛
Ok, bring me one 😛
They just want a cuddle! Adorable little guys. Hell, I’d have one as a pet instead of a dog if I could, imagine how cool it’d be taking the crab for a walk!
I’ve heard stores that soldiers in the pacific in ww2 used to use them to carry kitbags, probably bullshit but you can believe it given the size
I dunno. I think things would go sideways pretty fast.
#everypagesix
Working with someone named Aaron at the moment and I’m struggling to avoid calling him “A A Ron”.
Anti-Air Ron!
He goes extra hard in the gym to turn his guns into anti-air guns! *flexes*
D.C. emo post:
So desperate for some value and depth in my life. Every thing feels so empty and pointless at the moment. I contribute nothing to the world. I’m a burden on my family. I seem to be unwilling to make the changes necessary to get out of this. Blergh. I’m done with the whole medication thing too. That just masks something that really shouldn’t be masked. I need to fix this. I don’t know how though. 🙁
I legitimately hate myself. I don’t say this for attention or sympathy or a pep talk. It’s just how I genuinely feel. Feel inferior to everyone around me.
Life’s a Happy Song
Whistling…
Cheer up, you fucktard! XD
I prefer the term “doofus”. 😛
For some reason, I was so sure I invented that word when I wrote it into The Lesser Evil. Started hearing it everywhere after the book was published.
The only conclusion I can draw is that I started a trend.
Uh… #RelevantToNothing
Heh you really can’t make a post without some sort of self promotion can you?
🙁
No. No I cannot.…http://shanewsmith.com/atkm/You really are the “Ask me about LOOM” guy from Monkey Island…
Just remember you got friends who love you and will offer any support you want.
GAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!! inb4 @blaghmanI can’t provide any specific advice on your mental state, man, it’s never something I’ve had to contend with.
Alls I can say is two things:
1.) Unfortunately, the only person who can make the decision to find purpose is you, but that’s not to say that once you’ve made that decision you have to do it alone.
2.) I’m here if you ever need to talk, as are all these people, who think you’re great.
You need to know that you’re the one that made me realise Gattaca is my favourite film, the same one as yours! We share that. You also made me realise that I’m a copy cat.
World contribution – check. o/
Oh, just found a perfect way to express how I feel. XD
This one too. 😀
I remember having similar thoughts, only maybe a bit closer to 14-15yrs ago.
Of course, my solution was to stare at myself in the mirror and growl, “No. Enough. This changes, I change, NOW.” And while that wasn’t always or immediately successful, it ended up that way.I’d say… a lot of things are down to a state of mind. You can tell a broken man from a vital one just in the way he walks, holds himself, looks out at the world from behind those mirrors to the soul. Think back to happier times… what have been your ‘crowning moments of awesome’? When did you do things you were most proud of, or achieve anything that you were happiest with? You go back to that state, to your moments of triumph, and live in that head-space. The headspace of the man you were when you were successful, proud, victorious. And try to live in that headspace as long as you can, bring it to everything you tackle – whether that’s job-hunting, misc self-improvements, or getting a date. You had the capacity for (relative) greatness then, you obviously still have it now. You should always be able to achieve equal or better to what you already have. You just need to go back to that place, mentally, when you were sharp enough, motivated enough, to succeed.
But I’m not a pscyhiatrist. Life throws us plenty of hindrances, maybe I don’t rate them enough. Who knows…
you’re not inferior, no matter what you’re brain says. it’s wrong. #fact
getting out of a unemployed / not socially active / whatever funk can be hard. but it’s doable.
small steps man.
volunteer somewhere to take up your time & make yourself active. you’d be surprised at how just giving your time to someone makes you feel needed / valued.
Days like this, I wish you lived way closer to me. Then I could be a good friend.
I understand what you mean about wanting to feel meaning. It’s one of those things that everyone thinks their life should have, but doesn’t really seem to have a firm definition if you press them on it. “Meaningless” often seems to me to just be a buzzword to replace ennui. But without some sort of specified direction, the whole thing turns into a shame spiral and you end up hating yourself for not being able to find ‘meaning’, without realising that you kind of forgot to define it first.
What exactly do you mean by meaning? What do you feel would give you meaning?
*shrugs* Something that doesn’t consist of waking up, waiting to go to sleep again, sleeping, repeat. XD
That’s not very specific…
Maybe instead of a futile quest for ethereal ‘meaning’, you should identify something specific you want to do (either long or short term), make a list of specific steps you need to take to make it happen, and try to tick one of those items off your list per day/week.
How does one eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.Although if you eat elephants, i no longer want to associate with you.Find something you’re interested in and learn everything you can about it on the internet. Doesn’t matter what it is, just learning can make you feel like you actually did something.
…you. want some rye?
Seriously though, speaking from experience, even such a simple thing as talking about this out loud to someone can help a crapton…
Find someone to talk to, friend or professional, even if it’s just to get it off your chest… getting it out there can help putting perspective on things…
In the same vain as part of what my missus is going through at the moment, the hardest part of overcoming that stupid little voice in your head telling you “you can’t do it”
and realise that YOU do have value and YOU do have the power to change what’s necessary…
just remember dc, you’re awesome! i haven’t met you in person but i do regard you quite highly… you’re intelligent and friendly, and just need to find it in yourself to apply that…
You can do it!
EDIT – FFS Spellingz!!!! i feel like this sometimes 😛
dude,
im gonna come see you, are you free this weekend??
Nooooo, don’t do that. Haha!
I’m just being stupid, man. Ignore me. 🙂
Dude I live through this shit, the same shit, except i have people around to snap me out of it. I cant imagine how you feel without that. So i want to be there and help you. Everyone does. Dont push it away because you think you arent worth it. You are fucking worth it.
I empathise with all of this.
Just remember that your worth is not just judged by you,it’s judged by us. For us your worth is in how you make our days brighter and our lives fuller for knowing you. I hope this can be enough meaning to get you through until you find your own. I didn’t find any meaning in my life until I was much older than you are, so you’re not behind, at all.
Your last point? I know that’s how you feel and it sucks but you’re the only person who can fix it. We can tell you how much you mean to us a billion times a day and you still aren’t going to believe it because you can’t see in yourself what we’re seeing. Maybe try pretending to believe us for a while and then maybe one day you’ll realise you don’t actually hate yourself anymore? The old “fake it ’til you make it’ certainly worked for me.
I know that feeling!
Want to know how I cope with it?
The trick is I don’t!
…..
Why don’t you want to know? 😛
Denial is also a effective method!
Method to what, you say? I have no clue.
What if someone tells you though? Then you’ll be screwed!
Dude, I know exactly how you feel, I posted this the other day. Pretty much as I was writing it I had what might be an epiphany (or possibly delusion, hard to tell), I’ve been treating this as a medical issue that will be fixed when someone stumbles on the right mix of drugs for my stupid brain. That, at least for me, is the wrong way to go about it, this is a fucking war and at the end of it all, much like the highlander, there can be only one.
I’m back on the citalopram because that seems to keep me comparatively stable and when I go to the psych, I’m going to work out a new battle plan. Take the fight to the enemy, hit them where they live, they send one of mine to the hospital, I send one of theirs to the morgue! Wait, no, that’s The Untouchables.
I’ve been controlled by this shit for 21 years now, no more. It dies or I die trying.
Also, you’re awesome. Even if you only make people’s day better a little by giving them a laugh, that’s a worthwhile contribution.
You’re awesome too, man. But that tweet? CRAAAAZY DARK! D:
In fairness I was in floods of tears and building rage when I wrote it, dark was thematically appropriate.
🙁 *hugs* Be lying if I said I hadn’t been there, though.
Oh yeah? Well *HUGS* to you too! So there!
At least nowdays there’s more people being open about mental illness so you know we’re not alone. Also it helps to hear about people with mental illness who aren’t insane murderers or insanely talented ear-removing painters, one ideal you can never live up to and a hundred you hope never to sink to. Stephen Fry very nearly killed himself in 2012, as talented and awesome as he is, he’s clearly just a guy. I reckon if he can struggle through it we can probably give it a red hot go too.
This is going to sound like I’m being flippant, but I’m not:
Get a job, man. Anything at all, it doesn’t have to be a career, just a job. Something that will give you responsibility and motivate you to get up each morning. And seriously, if you can’t find a job, volunteer somewhere. It’s not about getting money, it’s really about pushing yourself to do *anything* consistantly.
Having responsibility of any sort can really help with self esteem in that you feel like you’re doing something useful, and you can use this extra confidence to push yourself towards other goals.
Even the gym. I remember that had an impact.
@dc, if money is the reason you stopped going to the gym, I’m happy to chip in some!
I would have to kill myself if it ever came to borrowing money off friends. XD FOR REAL. >:|
Kind of you to say, though! 😀
Who said anything about borrowing? I wouldn’t want it back.
*kills self*
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, SHANE. NOW I’M DEAD.
Kind to offer, but no thanks. 🙂All right. But if there’s anything you want or need from me, I really want you to get in touch. It really gets to me when I can’t help my friends out!
🙂 Thanks maaaaan. Will keep that in mind.
That reminds me, I need $50.
For…uuuhh…schoooooooool…books.
@rize, if it’s for this we can just call it even now, okay? 😛
$50 for that?!?
I was thinking higher…This is why we need teleporters, you could come and do boxing training with me
Whoa. Sounds like a point I got to a few years ago.
I took the fairly extreme step of joining the army just to find something to change that. And 2 weeks in, I got discharged for medical (hearing) issues.Probably one of the most devastating things I’ve ever gone through, since I’d pinned all my hopes for the future on this major life change. I felt like I had nothing to come back to.
Luckily, the boys back at my soon to be home unit found a loophole, got me back in, through training, and into the family. And it became like my second family.
I’m too old/grumpy and cynical for the army thing these days (complete waste of time), but the most valuable lesson I’ve taken away is that it’s the little things that can be what is valued most. In the grand scheme of things, the training and deployments didn’t change shit about anything, but the time with friends, being there for friends, and them there for me, I wouldn’t trade for the world.
That’s the thing – what I was looking for didn’t need anything as drastic as joining the army, but I happened to find it there. Being part of a community and helping in those little ways is what fulfills me these days.
I wish you all the best for what you seek as well.
Apologies for my poorly constructed ramblings.
Thanks, man. Not poorly constructed at all. 🙂
I don’t think anyone can be ever be happy if they hate themselves. It’s impossible to get motivated when you’re unhappy with your building blocks (you).
They tell people who have self esteem issues that if you fake confidence enough it will come. Maybe if you start telling yourself you’re happy with who you are it will come. Sure you may not believe it, but all your friends do. Trust them.
You’re an interesting individual and a nice person. That’s more than 90% of the population of earth have going for them.
Wrote this on the fly, I can elaborate if I don’t make sense.
Makes sense, man. Thank you!
NOW GO TO FRENCH FRY. SHE’S WAITING.
French Fry, my witticism’s amuse me a shameful amount.
I’m not gonna comment the full story, because my opinion on life is so drastically different to everyone else, but it looks like you have a ton of support dude. People like you, you do stuff to make them lol, etc. Just do some fun stuff that you enjoy and leave the other BS behind for a while. Escape. BE (and accept) RAD.
Welcome to life!
#nihilismbrofist
You’re not inferior to me, DC.
You’re a far more superior jerk than I can ever hope to be.
Seriously though, I’m hip to your jive. I suspect things will get better.
Looking back over the past year or so, do you think you’ve made “progress?”
Maybe a little.
YOU JERK. 😛
Cool.
I was on a good run of playing game through to completion recently, but now I’ve gone & started about 6 things at once & I’m in that ‘WTF should I play now’ place. its not very productive.
Dragon Age 2, Ni No Kuni, FFX, Dragon’s Dogma (wanna give the extra post game content a crack), FFXIII (really like the combat & the story / characters aren’t as bad as I recall, though that may be because I’ve been playing X recently…), Shadowrun Returns, Kingdoms of Amalur & I keep going back & getting distracted by Torchlight 2….
anyway….. question – how the hell do you lot decide what to focus on?
Whatever I’m having the most fun with.
And I’ve always felt that I’m getting distracted by other games I’m probably not enjoying it as much as I think I am.
I often find that going out and buying more games helps me clear my mind. ‘Hmm I can’t decide between these games.. That’s fine I’ll just grab this fancy new one instead!’
I’ve decided to give up on games entirely, and instead focus on watching forty-six shows at the same time.
While thinking about playing games. And occasionally playing games. And not being focussed on everything and nothing.
6 games… 6-sided dice. It’s not a coincidence.
Pfft, d6s are for short swords. d12 greataxe is where its at.
Says the tiny elf with the letter opener.
I have a longsword. A respectable d8.
Pfft, your longsword has nothing on my [UNDECIDED].
Do you have anything for the tumblr?
Not…really. I was going to try to write something up but don’t know enough about the world to go very far with it.
Also, did you have a character background for Lundgredolph you wanted on the tumblr?
I have daggers that are D8 each, dual-weild lol. Or a D12 sword that I can weild with my dagger. 😛 I r k00l.
I like the way you think.
When i’m in “gaming limbo” i always dig out an old game that i used to love the crap out of… it kinda reminds me about what gaming is all about and re-ignites what makes me excited about games…
I find that if I Shadowrun Returns on one particular Shadowrun Returns then I end up having much more of a Shadowrun Returns.
Y’know?
Part four (the final part) of my TAY Pathfinder prologue!
Check the tumblr each day this week as we start to reveal the other members of the party!
Watched that new show Silicon Valley by Mike Judge last night, looks like it has potential, sort of reminds me of the social network movie for some reason. Did however find it interesting they used Minority by Green Day in the credits though.
Nice to see Mike Judge expanding and not doing another animation, albeit the fact that King of the Hill was just awesome and one of the most consistent and decent animated shows that graced TV.
One of the guys on that show was on the most recent If I Were You podcast.
That’s literally everything I know about it.
Thomas Middleditch?
You should also know him as Doobs, Amir’s nemesis.
http://youtu.be/W5w3gLkfqfc
I’ve never seen any of their videos. That was… something.
YOU HAVEN’T!?
OH MAN!!!
Get on it. They’re great. The first ones are rough but they hit their stride about two years ago and were churning out hit after hit.
Ha, oh @Shane.
it was pretty okay.
I enjoyed it.
Yeah, that’s what I thought basically. Seems like it’ll be good.
God damn school holidays.
Oh look a bunch of girls in bikinis aaaaaannnndddd they’re all 12 years old
That’s disgusting, Freeze.
ohgodthishashappenedtometoomanytimes
Not that it’s a bikini kinda day, with this intermittent rain..
Photo of family alongside newest car.
You’re a lot smaller than I’d imagined.
Who’s the guy holding you?
That’s my dad. Wait, wtf.
Funniest comment I’ve read all week, thanks. I can always do with a good laugh.
The old white car cruelly shoved into the background, no longer needed *sad piano*
That’s actually my sister’s Golf R.
A good looking family, right there!
That photo is perfect material for a car ad. Just perfect.
Just need for them all to jump up and go \o/
The baby too.
Baby is the perfect blend of you and your wife, btw. Almost like you two were combined in a Star Trek-like transporter accident. This will make a compelling story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvix
I can assure you it was a lot less complicated than that. 😀
BUT HOW CAN WE BE SURE! 😛
Thanks for the observation about our kid, truly. I actually find it really hard to spot similarities within my family, yet have no trouble pointing them out with others. It’s the weirdest thing. I just can’t see it sometimes.
And yet, should someone try to replicate it… MUCH MORE COMPLICATED.
Wait, was that you that surprised your wife with a Territory?
Nice catch, I’d wanna ‘get some’ of that too if I were you haha.😛
It was I indeed.
So, did you? :3
This comment I made sums it all up.
Yeeeeeeeee. ;D
To answer your question though mumblemumbleyesmumble 😀
Nice driveway.
Something that I just realised about How I Met Your Mother:
The mother died six years ago. Ted sat the kids down to tell the story nine years ago. If you accept the joke promo they did where the kids complain about how long they’ve been on the couch, the mother still had three years left before Ted sat down to convince his kids that he should be able to keep banging Robin because that’s pretty much all he’s been doing his adult life. He wasn’t looking for permission to move on with his life, he was looking for permission to cheat on his dying wife.Ted is a bit of an asshole.GIANT SPOILERS THAT WILL SHOCK NO ONE.
Ted’s always been a asshole.He kept them on the couch instead of letting them go to their mother’s funeral or visit her deathbed!Haaave you met Ted*
*Bob SagetThis makes me laugh so much. Kristen Bell singing all three parts of Do You Want to Build a Snowman from Frozen. (She only sang the adult version in the movie.)
Something so creepy about hearing that voice coming from an adult.
Also, I likes me some Kristen Bell. SASSSSSSSSSSS. (cc. @redartifice.)
SASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Kristen Bell is awesome.
Bahaha that’s amazing
Edit – seriously i can’t get enough of that movie… i’m a bit scared how obsessed i am with a Disney movie 😛
I used to say it was on par with Tangled, but now I’m pretty sure I’ve liked it better than any thing they’ve done since The Lion King.
I am super excited it currently sits with the Disney Theatrical Productions to be converted to a Broadway Musical… FINISH IT ALREADY AND BRING IT TO AUS!!!!
Yeah, good luck with that.
The Lion King took three years to appear on stage, though admittedly it was an extremely complex, well choreographed, and expensive production for the time. Beauty and the Beast was two years, and it was a simpler production.
Aladdin has only just hit Broadway, I think it started showing wherever its initial run was mid last year.
Add on top of that the time it takes for things to appear. We can’t use Aladdin as a baseline, and we should ignore Tarzan and The Little Mermaid because they were a bit crappy. So our best bet is either Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King (A one year and six year wait respectively from when the Broadway show started), or maybe something more comtemporary, like Newsies, which has been running since 2012 with NO ANNOUNCEMENTS whatsoever.
So, enjoy waiting until 2020.
New York Meat!
… Why do you have to kill my dreams?
and then stomp on them?
and then shoot them with a shotgun?
after teabagging them while laughing loudly?
and then drop them from up high just to hear them squish?
WHY BLAGHS? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
*starts crying*
Because, like my cheese, I take my Musical Theatre very seriously.
Geez, I suppose I better watch it then… 😛
What you should really be asking is; Do you want to build a snowman?
Well, yeah, I do want to build a snowman actually. But my options are pretty limited what with it being A) April and B) Brisbane.
Not particularly. Snow is awful.
😛
I thought it was a very good flick, but I don’t feel the same attachment to it as I do to other Disney offerings like Aladdin or A Goofy Movie or the Toy Stories. Must be something wrong with me.
Maybe you’re dead inside? 😛
I’m with you. It was okay but didn’t really think about it afterwards.
Hm. So apparently Star Wars Episode VII
is set 35 years after Return of the Jedi.Also apparently the script is finalized and the initial filming has begun.
I read that the actor who plays Chewie cancelled a con appearance cause he was shooting something.
Hmmm. HMMMMM.
Victims? D:
*makes chewie sound*
I know, I know, they made their children eat that fake parmesan cheese shit. No court will convict you.
Strongly substantiated rumor has it that he’s reprising Chewbacca. I’m fairly sure Carrie Fisher all but confirmed her involvement and Harrison Ford has been really coy about whether he’s in or not (which means he’s probably still negotiating his paycheck).
I’m also going to go out on a limb and suggest that they’re probably going to have minor parts or cameos.
I heard a rumour that it was written with minor cameos originally but when J.J. took over writing from Michael Arndt they shifted focus to the original characters.
If the RotJ + 35 year rumour is true, they’ll all be around or over 60 years old in the storyline. All I can think of now is this.Hmm, I wonder if they’re following what takes place in the books after the events of ep VI. It would kind of create a cannon clusterfuck if they didn’t.Weren’t they basically throwing out extended universe stuff anyways?
Disney’s view is pretty much FUCK THA EU.
Fuck tha po-lice.
It wouldn’t because everything outside of the films is considered non-canon by Disney. They pretty much said from the get go that they were not considering the EU. Before then, Lucas said that his only consideration of the EU was making sure names and whatnot hadn’t already been used.The existence of multiple levels of canon that exists in the EU is a canon clusterfuck already. Outright ignoring it is the smartest move. The people that care are going to see it anyhow, if only to complain.The EU has never been anything more than semi-sanctioned non-canon fiction, a cash cow licence for Lucasfilm while they weren’t making movies. In some ways, it’s a shame because there are some good books in that lot (particularly the X-Wing series), but there’s also a lot of stuff that’s better off being forgotten on the cutting room floor.
My sister has whole bookshelves filled with EU books. XD The only EU thing I care about is KotOR.
I had whole bookshelves filled with them. I left most of them at @blaghman’s at the last Can’d Meat. I kept about thirty of them though…
I took the Darksaber stuff.
Bad move.
Kevin J Anderson: The only Star Wars writer to have an entire other novel devoted to retconning his stuff.
Kevin J Anderson is also the only author I know of to have ruined the canon of two franchises. He inserted stupid shit into Dune as well 🙁
Just about everything from the period of about 1993 to 2003 in Star Wars is covered in his stink 🙁
@negativezero: Stackpole sorted a lot of his shit out, but my god did it need it.
The Jedi Academy trilogy were the first Star Wars EU books I ever read, and the first ‘adult’ novels too. I was around nine at the time, and loved them. So I can’t be too mad at KJA, even though now I know objectively that those books had some incredibly serious issues.
I was trying to save someone else from getting them. Taking one for the team.
No. No I wasn’t.@shane: I enjoyed those books at the time as well. But I was also about 12 at the time. KJA’s stuff is awful but there is actually a lot worse, the real lasting issue of his stuff is the perversions of canon it created.
Sorry to hear that, man. 😛
Jerk. 😀
Your sister sounds like a good person. Or maybe its just because now I know there is someone else who has spent as much money as I have on all those books…
I purchased every book up until there was one of the NJO ones that just never got published in Australia or never arrived in stores or something and it broke me free. It was one of the ones that was two books, and I can’t remember if it was the first or the second one, but one of them was impossible to get.
Also Episode I being disappointing, Episode II being absolutely shithouse and Lucas killing off the Star Wars CCG I’d invested much of my teenage years into kind of nailed the coffin shut for the EU for me.
The prequel trilogy is what broke me too. Never bought any of the novels from that era except for the Mace Windu one, and I didn’t even think that was particularly good. Saw out the New Jedi Order and then quit cold turkey. Never went back.
They gave me a lot of joy over the years, and had a huge influence on my decision to write science fiction as my genre of choice, but holy crap, there’s a lot of money tied up in those books…
Clone Wars series is pretty good though. You should give it a go.
You fell into a deep, dark hole there.
Good to see you’ve climbed out of it or at least made yourself somewhat comfortable in there with plenty of kindling.
I still have my Star Wars CCG cards. That was a really good game, just stupidly unfriendly to new players.
Was it The Final Prophecy that you missed? The second to last book in the series? That one took me a long time to track down. I got the whole of the Legacy series, but I seem to have stalled part way through the Fate of the Jedi series. I think I’ve bought the first 4 of the 9 book run, but I’m sure I’ve only read the first one.
I just don’t seem to have much time to read anymore, not to mention that all the research I did at Uni absolutely killed my ability to read for pleasure
It was the one that was divided into 3 parts. I got 1 & 2 but never saw 3 anywhere IIRC, or maybe it was I got 1 and never saw 2 but 3 was available. Something like that. Right toward the end 🙁
If you can’t get them from your sister, Amazon has a digital bundle of the X-Wing series that’s definitely worth it.
Also, Heir To The Empire, Dark Force Rising & The Last Command are a fantastic trilogy
That’s true of a lot of the EU but not all of it. Stuff like fleshing out characters that actually exist in the films, giving names and backgrounds to certain species and so on? That’s valuable and generally has been incorporated into all the canon. So despite technically being Expanded Universe material, knowing that the Hutts are from Nal Hutta or that Corellia has multiple planets or the like is useful. They’re not going to throw away entire planets or change species names suddenly.
The Expanded Universe is being discarded. It will continue to live in its own shitty ghetto where The Crystal Star and Darksaber were good ideas.
Kasdan wrote VII without paying any attention at all to the Expanded Universe. They’ve said they will be going through all the EU stuff and anything that they want to keep, they will rework such that it fits. Parts of the EU already don’t fit in canon without a lot of hand-waving. Though interestingly, other elements of the EU (such as a lot of the stuff that Decipher did with the Star Wars CCG) has been incorporated into canon that will be kept. Stuff like giving names to random extras in various scenes in the original films, or defining their species or background or the like. Pointing out the random old officer guy in the board room in Episode IV during the “I find your lack of faith disturbing” scene, for example – Decipher named him Col. Wulf Yularen and had a short little blurb. That’s Expanded Universe, but given that he’s a major recurring character in the Clone Wars series, they’ll probably keep it.
But mainly the problem is that the EU is fucking enormous now. The books go like 100+ years after RotJ and there’s so many of them with so many poorly thought out ideas or bits that just don’t mesh right that trying to work a new film continuity into it is incredibly limiting, especially since. Disney will be doing more than a new trilogy, they’ve expressed intentions to do similar things to the Marvel Cinematic Universe stuff with it, making character-focused films and things.
Getting rid of the old EU that doesn’t fit any more is one reason why I’m pretty excited to see Amy Hennig working on Star Wars games at EA. She’s probably going to end up working on some of the first entries into the new expanded universe that will fit in with the new films.
Oh god, Crystal Star.
Both my first Star Wars book and the worst Star Wars book.
Best is the Allston run on X-wing.
Stackpole’s X-Wing stuff was fine, but I agree that Allston’s stuff was the best. Basically re-creating the A-Team in Star Wars. Also Starfighters of Adumar was probably the best single Star Wars book. The way he wrote the banter between Wedge, Janson and Hobbie was amazing.
Shame he’s not around to write new stuff 🙁
Aw man, I hadn’t heard that he’d died 🙁
Poor bugger. i remember when he had the heart attack, because as a freelance author in America he didn’t have health insurance.
@trjn @shane
Ohh right, I was unaware that it was considered EU/non cannon. I only know of the books from the star wars wiki, one day I read up on most of the plot lines for the major characters and how they end and whatnot.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed 🙂
I am so super slow at Pokemon. Nearly spent 13 hours in it, and only just got the Coastal Pokedex. So much time spent wandering around in the grass to try and catch all the new pokemon hiding in it, then more time leveling up the new ones I want to take with me so they have a few more moves and are closer in level to the rest of my party. And EXPLORE EVERYTHING.
Although now I’m at the point where my Quilladin and Charmeleon are about to breach the obedience barrier for my badge, and I’m a bit worried that everyone’s gotten a bit OP for where I am in the game. Especially since I couldn’t actually catch some new pokemon without killing them 😛 So I’ve dumped most of my team and have started using some other ones I liked the look of. In that sense, the whole easy leveling and EXP Share are pretty rad. Don’t need to worry about not dedicating your time to the pokemon you’ve already invested so much time in, and can easily chop and change and try out new ones. Much better for getting some variety going on.
XY have a stupidly long period between the first and second gyms, so you’re probably not actually progressing THAT slowly. Just seems that way 😛 Nothing wrong with playing how you want, anyway!
Also, tip that may blow your mind: The badge obedience level only applies to Pokemon you receive via trade. Pokemon that you catch yourself will always obey you.
EDIT: Oh, and if you have trouble catching low-level things: Stock up on Quick Balls (or Level Balls, but Quick are better)
Orly. Had no idea about the levels thing, thought it was just in general. Good to know!
I had to use a Quick Ball to nab that stupid Abra. Think I used another on something else maybe, but it possibly didn’t work. Only got one left, and only seem to be able to buy Great and Pokeballs.
Also the fact that they stay in that one Pokeball forever is both cool but also bugs me. Having a screen with five Pokeballs on it but one Great Ball sticking out like a sore thumb 😛 There’s no way to transfer them at all, is there?
No way to transfer, nope. Wish you could…
You can buy every type of Pokeball in the Ball shop in Lumiose. Though… come to think of it, I don’t think that shop is open at the point of the story you’re at… NEVERMIND.
This is why I’ve just fired up an Emerald cart to recatch all the legendaries with premier balls. No, I don’t have a problem…
I spent a long time there since as soon as I got to the daycare, it was all breeding and GTS trading. Probably 20-30 hours with 1 badge.
And @powalen has busted out the truth bomb – control level limits are only for ‘mons that you aren’t the original trainer for. I exploited this for my 10 hour run to completely clock Black – hatched eggs on new game, traded to other game, levelled the hell out of them, trade back and stomp through the game at a rapid rate if knots.
Edit: want to trade? Want anything? If I don’t have it handy, I could probably soon get it…
I think I’ve only spent maybe an hour and a half on the Daycare path 😛 Mainly trying to find that Roselia again. Already gave them my Caterpie and Weedle to level up and fill out some Pokedex entries, that was handy.
Edit: Nah, I’ve got my Charmeleon, I’m set. Well, I still need a Hawlucha. But that’ll come 😛
How about a Piplup?
I don’t know it 😛
What do you know that can’t be caught in this one. Outside of a few event legendaries, I can probably help. Porygon, perhaps?
I don’t know anything. I haven’t played since Red, so it’s all weird and new to me. I don’t even have my thing hooked up online yet anyway.
Shiny Roselia/Roserade look pretty cool though ;]
It IS a longer term goal to get a shiny of every mega…
You got me excited for a second that they’d announced Mega Roserade!
(Still crossing my fingers for Mega Butterfree in Z/X2Y2 :P)
Problem I have at the moment is being unable to get all the mega stones in Y. I want a shiny mega pinsir!
I’d offer you mine but I also want them! 😛
I’m sure there will be a way of getting them all in Z (at least the exclusive ones, hopefully).
I want there to be a Mega Porygon.
Except it’s actually MissingNo.
This new HBO show about the rapture looks preeetty great.
http://collider.com/the-leftovers-teaser-trailer/
Because I’m bored and don’t have anything else I feel like doing: AMA!!!!! Yep, I’m bringing it back.
He’s bringing AMA’s back! (YEAH!) Those other AMAs don’t know how to act! (YEAAAAH)
Best thing going on in your life right now?
What keeps you motivated?
Best thing about yourself personality wise?
Why’s @effluvium-boy such a jerk?
Favourite meal?
Skill you would like to learn but currently lack?
Fictitious location you’d like to be real?
Real location you’d like to be fictitious?
What sub-species of the Colobus do you identify with?
If you could only meat five TAYbies for a meat, who would you choose?
Best thing on TV right now?
Secret shame on TV right now?
Most anticipated movie?
Favourite actor?
What’s something you’ve wanted to say on TAY but haven’t been game?
What question are you hoping no one asks? What’s the answer?
How’s things?
Jesus, how long have you been saving them up?
Three minutes!
I prefer What Goes Around, personally.
Take us to the briiiiidge…
Best thing going on in my life right now? Probably my friends both IRL and on TAY.
What keeps me motivated? The fact that I need to lose weight.
Best thing about myself personality wise? Sense of humour, loyalty.
Why’s @effluvium-boy such a jerk? Tough one, as I haven’t met him. Possibly because he’s still effluvium boy and not effluvium man.
Favourite meal? Toss up between fish and chips and a good curry with sambals.
Skill I would like to learn but currently lack? Driving.
Fictitious location I’d like to be real? Perhaps Atlantica, I wouldn’t mind living Under The Sea.
Real location I’d like to be Fictitious? Ravenswood, then we wouldn’t have so many bogans in Launceston.
What sub-species of the Colobus do I identify with? Perhaps the mantled guereza, because guereza is a cool word to say.
If I could only meat five TAYbies for a meat, I’d choose you, @strange, @shane, @pixel_the_ferret_viking and @redartifice.
Best thing on TV right now? Toss up between Game of Thrones and Cosmos.
Secret shame on TV right now? Any of the kids shows I watch on Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network.
Most anticipated movie? Guardians of the Galaxy
Favourite actor? Jason Statham
Something I want to say on TAY but haven’t been game? Can’t think of anything at the moment.
What question am I hoping no one asks? What is my biggest fear? The answer is dying without having accomplished anything.
Hows things? Things are pretty reasonable right now, but that could change at any time depending on my state of mind.
You’ve done good, kid. You’ve done good.
nawww. I’d like to meat you too!
Oh wow, I don’t even know what to say, I’m usually the quiet guy no one notices so I’m very honored and humbled! Well if you get a chance to come to Melbourne I’m happy to have a meat 😀
Ooooh, unless you meant the American Music Awards. NOW I FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT.
American Medical Association.
African Muslim Agency.
What’s a diorama?
Do you think that DC asks so much questions as to program and upload our personalities into robots after he causes the apocalypse?
When he said he was adding notes to his file, I didn’t think it was a digital personality file.
QUICK EVERYONE ACT UNCHARACTERISTIC TO THROW HIS ALGORITHM OFF
ummm, ummm….
I LOVE NINTENDO
PC MASTER RACE
RPGS AND BOARD GAMES SUCK
DID YOU SEE THAT SPORTS GAME?
Pipe down, Hodgey.
I can answer all questions with a straight face, complete sincerity, and without a hint of smarmy humour. Also, I would never think about telling other people about commercial ventures I have embarked upon.
That doesnt seem like a solid idea. their must be a better way of abscuring his plan.
ಠ_ಠ
Thanks for all that eye colour intel. 😀
If they turn out crap, you’re next on the list! 😛
Most embarrassing moment?
Dream for the future?
You’ve been taken prisoner by a tribe of cannibals. You must offer up one of your limbs to them before they let you go. Which one do you let them have?
Most embarrassing moment? Performing at the Burnie Eisteddfod, I was doing a monologue I wrote myself. I had to bend down to pick a cricket bat off the ground and my pants ripped. The adjudicator wrote ‘Interesting use of costume’ in my comments.
Dream for the future? To meet someone who shares my goals and values and settle down and have a family.
Which limb? Probably one of my legs. I don’t particularly like my legs.
Oh no! You ate too much curry last night and spray painted the interior of your underwear while at work. Do you
A) Make an excuse and go home.
B) Try to slink out and dispose of the evidence and go commando for the day.
C) Make a desperate Kmart run to get a replacement.
D) Wear it with pride and stare into everyone who approaches you eyes challengingly, daring them to say something.
Straight from the pages of Cleo.
E) Tell your boss you literally crapped your pants and when he stops laughing five minutes later, ask to go home.
Ok, this is really hypothetical as I don’t work. Probably C, as I have done that at other times.
If you could open a restaurant what kinds of foods would you serve?
Hardest thing you’ve had to deal with in life?
Something that comes effortlessly and natural to you?
You’re in charge of showing a late night screening of classic movies over seven nights. What movies would you choose?
Do you hate the Youi guy as much as me? (With his smug, jerky face?)
Hopes for this console generation?
Favourite genre of games?
Last best chance to save us from the apocalypse?
Ease up tiger. No more sugar for you today, alright.
Actually, I hate Youi full stop. They screw you around quite a bit for damn quote.
Restaurant? Probably a fish and chip shop, but only if I have access to really fresh fish.
Hardest thing I’ve had to deal with in life? Aspergers Syndrome. It’s something I deal with 24/7 and I will have to deal with it for the rest of my life.
Something that comes effortlessly and natural to me? Music. Whether it’s singing, playing the piano or trombone, I’ve always had a gift for music. Having a music teacher for a father helped that as well.
Classic movies? The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Italian Job(original), Star Wars trilogy(There is only one trilogy), The Little Mermaid, Trading Places and Enter the Dragon.
Youi guy? I actively avoid ads as much as possible. I would probably hate him if I paid attention.
Hopes for this console generation? A decent cricket game, fully licensed with greats from the past as well.
Favourite genre of games? Sports/Racing sims
Last best chance? Definitely not me. Maybe a team of Jason Statham, Bruce Campbell, Scarlett Johansson and Peter Cosgrove.
If @shane fell down a well which celebrities would sing on his appeal?
None, unless someone threatened to rescue me 😛
That goes without saying. We’re sending The Lesser Evil down the weeeeeell.
DOOOWN THAT WELL!!
So I watched the Buffy movie the other night, and since then I’ve smashed through most of Season One, and I am really enjoying this. I’d seen a little before
Some of Angel, and there was a marathon on ages ago when I was on holidays, and I watched a bit. I remember some of the episode where Willow returned to Sunnydale, but was invisible to the Scooby Gang, and people were dying, or something. It was many years ago., but it’s really great getting into it. It’s pretty damn cheesy at times, and I wish it could have the fight choreography of modern shows, but the writing is good, and the characters are great.That said, I was super sad in the Pilot when
they’d said “The sleeper will awake” and then when he woke up they didn’t pull a Dune reference, and go with “The Sleeper has Awakened.” Biggest letdown.Oh man, that ep with Willow was all the way in season seven. YOU SO CRAAAAZY.
Great show. First five seasons especially. There’s a musical in season six, in case you didn’t know. 😀
Man, the bomb dropped at the end of the musical ep… jeeeeeeeezus.
SO GIVE ME SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT!
Oh don’t worry, I’m well aware of Once More With Feeling.
Did you know that the Overture, coda, and Dawn’s Ballet were written by Christophe Beck?
Oh, you don’t know that name off hand? Well he wrote the score for Frozen (it’s a pretty rad score).
AND I WAS JUST WATCHING WHAT WAS AIRING AT THE TIME WHILE I WAS ON HOLIDAYS. DON’T JUDGE ME.
Blaghs, I knew Christophe Beck’s name from Frozen because he scored Buffy. Not the other way round. Geeez. Keep up. 😛
Yeah, sorry, I don’t know why I forgot that you’re one of the rad people who knows names.
I think the first three seasons of Buffy are quite solid. After that, quality begins to fluctuate pretty wildly. Mine is a minority opinion, though, so make of it what you will.
Damn minorities. >:|
😀Buffy was good, but I prefer Angel (well, from s2-onwards Angel, s1 is a bit rough)
I hold another minority opinion: season one of Angel is actually my favourite. 😛
Even detachable hand dude?
Actually, yeah, that bit legitimately scared me. So that ep wins for horror 😛
Season One is the best because Doyle.
From what I can remember, I liked season 1 of Angel. Season 4 is the one I don’t really like.
Yeah, that season was terrrrrrrible, but season five redeemed the show in a massive way. Two and three were amazing though.
We got a contractor in to help trim back the work.
Training the new hire:
“I’m not sure what she’s asking here…”
“She’s confused because she’s misunderstood what you were asking for. Just tell her we just need the cost centre.”
“Oh. Damn. Did what I send before not make sense somehow?”
“No, it made perfect sense. Sometimes you just have to repeat yourself a few times in different ways. See, the thing about our clients is… well. They’re kind of stupid.”
“Haha whaat?”
“Well, they choose to be that stupid, see. Your long-term government employees are characterized by a lack of adaptability, and in the face of too much new information they will shut down and reboot in safe mode, which mostly consists of complaining instead of thinking, in the futile hope that if they’re difficult enough, the new system will go away and they can continue to do things the way they always have.”
*chuckle* “Funny.”
“Oh no, I wish I was joking. And the scary thing is that sometimes that ‘belligerent protest’ approach actually works.”
Sometimes?
You mean you’ve encountered the mythical beast that is the public servant that can accept change?
Our unit’s pretty good about it! We only make snarky comments and jokes and document the time change costs us, instead of sabotaging it through passive resistance and willful ignorance.
And you’re not subcontractors? I’m confused.
It’s not true of all long term government employees… is it?
*waits intently*
666, the number of my comments. 666, I’d better make a new one. Seriously, I don’t want to stay on that number for any length of time.
EDIT: Had to be a page get didn’t it.
A get as well 😛
666 the one for you and me!
Now you have me on an Iron Maiden kick 🙁
And that always ends up with me digging out this Touhou arrangement.
Iron Maiden is always good 😛
So I got all 3 Uncharted games + Mirrors Edge today, and started the first Uncharted.
It’s pretty cool, are the graphics meant to be realistic? I think it look like a CGI cartoon, but I think it suits the game well, funnily enough.
Then the game froze and I’m worried that I’ll have to do it all over again tomorrow D:
Also, how come nowhere stocks Professor Layton and the Curious Village anymore? JB had Pandora’s Box, Unwound Future, Last Spectre, and the Azran legacy, but Curious Village was nowhere to be found 🙁
Uncharted’s characters were never supposed to look realistic, but they really haven’t aged well.
Uncharted 2’s where it’s at in the graphics department. They worked out what they were trying to do character design wise, and everything looks a thousand times better.
I’m keen to see what Naughty Dog can produce on the PS4.
Uncharted was mind blowingly realistic when it was first released. Now it isn’t. Still purdy though.
I only played Uncharted a few months before the sequel was released and I was blown away by the graphics. Pretty darn good considering how long its been out for.
@blaghman as well
I think it looks really good; especially for 2007 or whenever this was released, but it looks more like a somewhat realistic cartoon than reality 😛
Oh, don’t get me wrong, when I played it I was amazed at just how good it looked, and its environments are still spectacular, and really cool. But compare Mr. Plastic of the first game with what they achieved for the second, and it’s night and day.
That’s quite some difference. Now it could actually pass as a CGI TV show!
The third one looks too realistic though.
Oh man, Im playing Uncharted 2. I have PS4 and gaming PC’s, but it still looks gorgeous.
Yeah, man. What Naughty Dog got out of that system! Still think The Last of Us looks prettier than any next gen I’ve played so far.
The Last of Us is the Shadow of the Colossus of the PS3 era.
It shows exactly what can be squeezed out of the hardware while everyone else is trying to work out what the hell to do with the new hardware.
I may have a copy of Curious Village at home somewhere if you’re interested. Or I may have traded it in some years ago and have forgotten. I will have a look around next time I’m home for you
Oh, no it doesn’t matter. I have an R4 sitting somewhere, I’ll just play it on that and get the other games at full price. Thanks for the offer though!
Uncharted 2 is the high point. The train sequence is IMO the overall technical achievement of the last console generation.
@benny
Youi won’t even give me a quote as I live within 2km of the ocean and they apparently don’t insure people in that area. Seems like the only people they’ll insure is people who won’t ever need it.
They shit me because I spent a good fifteen minutes inputting personal info online to get to the end where all it said was, ‘Call me.’ No joke, they then phoned me and proceeded to spew all the info I inputted back at me, as some sort of confirmation, only to waste a further half an hour to get a quote that was pretty much worse than all the others.
Biggest waste of time. Well, that was my experience with them, anyway.
Dad had the same experience with them, when he was looking at car insurance. Spent way too long putting everything in, I think he actually got a quote online, but it was literally 3 times the price of NRMA, or AAMI or whoever else he was looking at. At least the guy on the phone that called him to follow up was very understanding as to why Dad didn’t want to go with them, didn’t try to push their hugely expensive policy
They’re cheap if you own a car but ride to work and catch a bus everywhere else…
Actually, while you’re here. No one made mention of that tabletop arcade machine you received for your birthday – it looks amazing. How is it really?
It’s pretty sweet. The claim of 60 games is a bit misleading as they count the 1 and 2 player versions as different games and there’s like 15 variants of Pacman on it. Otherwise it’s very well built and has a great selection of retro games (real retro. 90’s aren’t retro damnit!)
It is exposing how bad at the old arcade games I am. So so terrible.
That’s crazy man. They’ve been showing an ad on tv lately where they visit their most eastern client, and they have beach views from their house, so that’s false advertising!
Also the youi guy comes across as a smarmy prick and I would not use them out of principle just because of their advertising.
Lol, got linked to an article titled “Are these Australia’s 25 best guitarists?” looked at the website was ‘Tone Deaf’ so I should’ve been prepared to be let down, it appears the author of the article listed their favourite players in order of who their favourite is, cause in my books no way is Malcolm Young, Chris Cheney or Ian Moss better guitarists than Tommy Emmanuel or Orianthi. Was a bit surprised that Phil Emmanuel didn’t appear on the list nor Keith Urban, both worthy of such mentions!
If the headline is a question, it can safely be answered with a “no”
I mean there was no mention of Red Symons, so I think the list is pretty bullshit without him tbh.
Malcolm Young is a fucking legend! He may be overshadowed by his brother, but he’s still a genius!
That he is, I was actually really happy they put him higher than Angus, too. Malcolm (in my opinion) is more so the backbone of AC/DC than Angus is, he really is over shadowed for some reason.
In one of the toilets at the school, I noticed someone had sticky-taped a piece of paper to the wall. The piece of paper had someone’s name on it.
Graffiti isn’t what it used to be.
I’M IDAHO!
Ok, looks like the whole messages thing has reached a conclusion.
Don’t read, etc.
I ended up just replying to the last message mentioning the coincidental mirroring of sentiments from Wingman, and then following up with some of the same stuff I said to her in that conversation. Ended up getting this back:
Seems like crisis over now I think.
You know that saying “Don’t Read” is a bigger invitation to read it than not, right?
It’s like a giant red button saying “Don’t Press.”
Where is this button? I must press it.
Hah, exactly the same thoughts as mine only a few seconds earlier
basically doing this
So @mrtaco isI’m not clicking that.
but its so shiny and tempting…
I Don’t Double Not Dare You Not To Click It.
FUCKING BITCH DETECTED.
Ergo, you didn’t fall for her obvious-as-fuck bullshit trap, so she quickly makes up some excuse to protect herself. Follows it up with a personal reassurance that works doubly by being a further kick in your balls.
I’m so fucking mad, and it’s not even me. Disown the *insert typical aussie bad word here*.
Hahaha, that’s one interpretation I guess. I didn’t even pick up on it, I’ve always just kinda thought she could do better and hoped that she would find someone like that. And am happy that it seems like she has 😛
Was disappointed that I didn’t get to meet him when the two came over to Sydney last year, due to still being in Japan at the time. Stupid jerk friend organising things for the worst possible time (he also made us miss the Zelda concert, as well as first week of college).
Yeah, I almost thought of siding with a pity party at first read of the text, but the follow-up definitely would’ve justified my very first call on a line to use. Cocky, up-front, unaffected.
…I don’t think you understand females as well as you think you do.
Take a note from our good friend, Randy Orton.
http://youtu.be/y7qWs6XRZvw
Oh god, my cousin found a group photo taken when I was six (I’m the far left). I WAS SO CUTE (even if I didn’t know what to do with my arms). I can only imagine that past me would see me now, and wonder where everything went so wrong.
Kinda reminds me of the male equivalent of Disaster Girl.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/disaster-girl
D: I got invited to another one of those silly video interviews :3 …hopefully this one won’t be as bad as last time 😀 (people got contacted about the Mars one yesterday so I assume I didn’t get through :P)
I’ve been slack in job stuff though because of Final Fantasy X! I decided to go for the Platinum but it’s going to take a long, long time :/. It’s been ages since I’ve just veg’d out on the couch for hours on end playing a game.
Oh well, sorry X-2, no time for you 😛
IMO, FFX’s far more worth it.
Yeah, I’ve finished it before but never did any of the sidequests/end-game which is what going for the Platinum has made me do. I missed out on so much stuff!
I never finished X-2 and actually bought a legit copy somewhat recently. I didn’t dislike it and I preferred X’s battle system, but it’ll be nice to see the rest of the story. It’ll have to wait though as X’s Platinum will supposedly take me 60 or so more hours >_>
But FF5 was the one with the job system? 😛
Fancy video interview, but they don’t contact everyone? Don’t jump to conclusions – give it a week or more. But if they don’t call you back saying yes/no, remember it. Do not apply to that company ever again.
Got FTL on iPad, have died several times already. Something always goes wrong D:
EDIT: Behold the wonders of an iPad keyboard 😛
@redartifice: your TAY Pathfinder stuff is making me realize that the character I ended up building is going to be really hard to work into a party at all and is also kind of silly. I wonder if @popdart5 will kill me if he was to come back from his vacation and find I’d completely ditched her for something entirely different… I actually had a kind of a backup idea but it might be hard to play.
What was your original concept? And what’s the other option? I don’t want to stop you playing someone you want to play
Don’t worry, it’s not your character that’s the issue at all, it’s mine. As submitted, my character was a Kitsune Sorcerer with a focus on enchantments. Developed a special sorcerer archetype basically that overrides all the Sorcerer bloodline abilities for effectively a slightly more powerful version of the Kitsune ‘magical tails’ feat, and took the Arcane bloodline for the rest of it. Also taking the Kitsune’s racial feat which basically gives you unlimited polymorph – can shapeshift to appear like anyone you’ve ever encountered, at +10 to disguise.
Mechanically it’s fine, but character-wise I think I still need some work to make something that would actually work in the party setting. Maybe I should just reconsider that. A bit of a ‘what’s my motivation?’ issue. With the personality etc. I was thinking of, I can’t see them actually fitting into a party properly. I actually had a concept early on for a neutral evil character that basically is secretly an enormous dick but is so personable and likeable and good at running multiple schemes within schemes (or giving the impression of such) that people can’t get a fix on what she’s really like, tolerate it or don’t actually notice. That actually might end up working better than where I ended up.
The back-up I’ve had tossing around for a while was an Oracle with a similar utility focus, but also picking up healing. Taking the Clouded Vision curse and either the Life or Heavens mystery – Life has better early-level healing stuff but Heavens has more utility. The concept here would be a character that’s a healer and martial pacifist (which is to say, pacifist unless killing is unavoidable, e.g. if all other options are exhausted, they’re irredeemably evil or the like, and one that doesn’t expect everyone else to follow her convictions i.e. not the preachy annoying pacifist). Since the party has no healer this might actually be helpful for us anyway.
Ah, OK. FWIW, I’ve been in one 4e game where there was a pacifist character, and we did notice a bit of a lack of firepower. That char was a crazy crazy pacifist though, and the rest of the party wasn’t real geared for high damage.
There’s going to be nine of us. We should manage. Also my enchanter won’t bring much firepower either.
Update on Nobs cosplay
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/luckydogofdeath/library/Knight%20solaire
Ignore my Mum, she’s modelling the talbard
If only I could be so grossly incandescent
Oh, nice. I’m totally digging the sigil and the muddying effect. That’s gonna look pretty sweet.
Yeah, it’s all going to be ruined by bloody spotlight deciding to discontinue the wool I was using. Now I don’t have enough and am stuck in a wool limbo
Or you could just forge some chainmail by hand.
How about no?
Go on! Be a blacksmith! All the cool girls are doing it!
(PARTIAL TRUTH. A female blacksmith is an inherently kickass thing.)
Man, that video makes me realize just how godamn hard it would be to do the very best, most authentic armor cosplay. Like… absurdly hard for often-times minimal improvement in authenticity/aesthetics over the things people can do with paper and fabric and wood and foam and paint.
1. It would be too heavy for Nob to move around
2. It would be too time consuming
3. I don’t really have one, but I need a 3.
If it were for a Link cosplay where a lot of the chainmail is hidden, sure. I could get away with making it lighter. But not in this case
When I was in year 12, one of the year 11s was doing that for, ummm, whatever the sewing and clothes and all that jazz class was called. She sat in frees for like 4 weeks chatting and making her way through a chainmail chest piecey thing (I swear I used to know the proper names for all this stuff).
hauberk?
Yes!
Well, I’m thinking of another word, but the one you’ve used is correct for the object I was thinking of, so you win this round, which moves you on to round four, the ground round.
Maybe you were thinking of cuirass?
@transientmind
No, cuirass is well embedded in my mind thanks to years of playing Morrowind and Oblivion as an immature teenager, laughing at the fact that it sounds a little like “queer ass.”
Watch_Dogs. It’s most likely going to be shit, at least in some way.
1. Delayed.
2. Poor graphics on trailers, nothing new.
3. PC specs are whack.
NEW!
4. Pre-order bonuses of “less weapon recoil!” already under-way. DLC crapfest incoming.
5. It’s $60 on Steam. Normal games launch at $90. The last AAA to do this was Thief, and we all know how that ended up.
On the plus side, I vaguely recall that SR4, Dishonored, and… I wanna say Tomb Raider(?) also launched for suspiciously low prices on Steam. And a few others that surprised me, for their quality. Remember Me I probably shouldn’t have been surprised by.
True, I guess. Though SR4 was competing with GTA5 and Tomb Raider was a weird new entry trying to come up from an apparent slump? No idea about Dishonoured.
The price could mean nothing, but it’s definitely weird and not common at all. Warrants the scrutiny.
Actually, it’s pretty common.
They haven’t hit us with the Australia tax yet, so we’re at pricing parity with the US. Steam does this all the time, they usually correct it a week or two before launch.
Ah yes, I’d forgotten about that. The infamous $50 pre-order, $90 release. I think Fallout 3 did that.
It’s not something I mind, so long as I have money beforehand! 😀
I do mind the Australia tax, but I’ve long accepted its presence.
It
iswas one of the first things Ithinkthought when I see the low price. “Huh. *squint* SOMEONE forgot to add the Australia tax. If I buy it now, they won’t be allowed to add the charge to my bill later. Well-played, pre-order guy.”But then a bunch of titles failed to add the tax later, so I have grown complacent.
Quite a few games don’t apply the Australia tax until a few weeks before launch, I suspect someone somewhere is aware of how crap it is to charge more and has realised they’d get more sales with a lower pre-purchase price
5. just means they forgot to add the Australia Tax
So, youngest brother won a contract for some relatively lucrative work down here in Bris. Place is just down the road from me, literally 2 minutes walk, so we’re figuring he should probably crash with me for the next few months. Boo, lack of privacy. But yay, company, and a use for that extra room. Little help with rent won’t go astray either, though I don’t think he realizes yet just how much I pay.
Unfortunately, this’ll mean telling the guy who I’m renting my car park to that he’ll need to find a new park, in the next three weeks. Which, bleh. Bit of a dick move, I’m not keen on it. But the bro can’t leave his car anywhere else, and it’ll die if it doesn’t get used every month or so. Fella’s not gonna like it. The price I’ve given him is outrageously low. He won’t find a match, I’m certain.
Family first. Too-good-to-be-true deals do have an expiry date, everyone should know that. 🙁
Yep. Like I said… bit of a dick move… but I’m doin’ it, because the alternative would be shafting family. Ain’t gonna happen. Definitely Family First.
I’ve always kinda figured that’s the line I’d take with my kid, if I had one. “Sweetie, there’s gonna be times when you’re not gonna like how things are panning out, and think you can buy yourself some time to fix things by telling Daddy a little white lie… but that’s not how we do things. You never lie to family. I don’t give a shit who else you lie to, but family? It’s us vs the world. And we need to be informed to stick together. Because you can’t always make it in this world all on your own, and family’s the only people who are going to stand by you even when you know you’re in the wrong. Because odds are pretty good that sometimes you will be.”
As long as you give that other guy the most notice possible, it’s the best you can do. He’ll understand or he’s a dick.
tell the guy I have a car park he can rent…. in underwood! $10 a month! 😉
Kill la Kill Episode 16 @crazyguy1990
-New intro, huh? Honestly, it’s just as underwhelming as the original OP. That ED though… Policeman Mako!-Okay, I know I called Ragyo Kiryuin creepy and incestual when she felt up Satsuki under the guise of ‘admiring Junketsu,’ but she took it to a whole ‘nother level in this episode. Creepy beyond measure. No wait, she just crossed the line to legitimate incest. Goddammit, “Give your heart over to me?” Ritual purification? Bullshit. You know, Trigger, there is a better way to make us hate Ragyo than maker her… what she is.
-Clothes are god, huh? Okay… Wait, the Primordial Life Fiber came to Earth to.. force humans to wear clothing?
-A xenomorph in a sailor outfit and a wig? I am not complaining, I guess.
-The Cultural and Sports Grand Festival? Sound serious.
Such a fun ride.
But seriously
That incest scene was too freaking disturbing. It disturbs me how many people in the comments were going “Oh man, that lez scene was cray-cray!”I just… no. I hope it was meant to be disturbing and not erotic. I get the feeling it was a cheap attempt to get the audience to hate Ragyo. Villain too likeable? Make her molest her daughter!
Pay rises for everyone! I really hope it wasn’t fanservice, though.
Oh, yeah, alien clothing? That’s cool I guess.
There’s actually worse to come.
Only two (mercifully) brief scenes, but in a similar vein.
Goodnight, folks.
So, my Paypal account has apparently got something screwy going on, as it’s just tried to pay some company I’ve never heard of $600.
Was the company me? Because you’ve heard of me. I’m kind of a big deal. Well, I’m not much of a deal, but I’m kind of big. Okay, I’m short, but I am obese, so that’s close enough, right?
A friend just popped on earlier to tell us about some SSL thing that went down today, some kind of security exploit that had a whole load of sites left vulnerable. Apparently most of the major ones have fixed it now, but Yahoo is still wide open :/
I saw that, scary. I leaped on the PayPal site and opened a dispute, so I guess I’ll just monitor it from now on, but it scared me- $600 is a lot of money!
That is… incredibly concerning, since PayPal has become my go-to payment system for everything I used to use a credit card for. Time to log on to check out my account…
Seems to be safe. Though activating use of the SMS code doesn’t seem to be working.
Also, ewwww at their home page. Full-screen gif, really?
Was a company called millenial media, which actually looks somewhat legit, which is the weird part. Hopefully PayPal sorts it out ASAP
There’s a good chance. I saw a weird charge turn up from Microsoft, which I totally didn’t recognize, and I disputed it. I said in the dispute that it was entirely possible that it was a legit charge, just one I didn’t remember signing up for and it would be good if they could advise me what it was actually FOR. I never got an answer on that, but I did get a refund. c.c And later realized it was for the xbox360 music service – totally legit.
Just got back from seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It was pretty good, but also slightly disappointing. I feel it’s been overhyped a bit. It seems like everyone loves the heck out of it, so I was expecting something Avengers level great, when it was more on the level of the original Cap movie, which was still an awesome movie, but yeah. Or perhaps I was expecting it to let me down a little since I’d heard it was the least superhero superhero movie of them all, which I imagine is why critics liked it so much. It was like a James Bond movie or something.
Spoiler talk:
No Hawkeye cameo or even mention made me sad. I didn’t really expect him to be in it, but given how heavily both Black Widow and Shield were in it I thought it odd that he didn’t get at least a mention. Also, how are they going to continue on Agents of Shield now? Seems like it’s probably going to get a season 2, which takes away a bit from the ending of Winter Soldier since you know Shield’s likely to come back. The status quo will be restored and all that.Unless there’s a bit of lag in the continuity.
IGN did an article: http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/04/06/post-captain-america-the-winter-soldier-plan-for-marvels-agents-of-shield-revealed
Some of it is about US episodes which haven’t aired ehre yet, but even so, nothing too spoilery.
Kill la Kill episode 17 @crazyguy1990 @transientmind
I saw the plot twist coming, sure. That’s what foreshadowing is for.BUT I DID NOT EXPECT SATSUKI TO LITERALLY BACKSTAB HER MOTHER, AND PROCEED TO LITERALLY CRUCIFY HER.
I didn’t expect Satsuki to fight against the life fibers. I predicted that Satsuki would double-cross Ragyo, and she would rule the Kiryuin Empire.
Although Ragyo is certainly going to come back somehow in the next episode, she has learnt an important lesson; people don’t like it when you rape them.
This is the point where shit begins to get even more (somehow…) crazy.
Just watched the new ep of GoT. In the spirit of the show I drank way too much red wine. Tomorrow will be painful.
I liked it. Though it’s now obvious to me that the writers are doing something similar with what happened with the walking dead tv adaptation. Same but different. I spent the entire episode thinking, that scene never happened, that scene never happened. Not a complaint I just need to separate the books from the tv show more. I can’t blame them, it would be a hard task to condense such a large story. I wish they included the scene when Jamie returns to the kingsgaurd and reaffirms his position, as well as Arya going postal on the ticklers face. Oh well, I still enjoyed it 🙂i haven’t watched yet but
I’m okay with that. We’ve reached the point where the books feel more like they’re just filling in all the gaps between the war of the five kings and whatever massive showdown between gods and dragons and topless women we’re going to end up with. Okay, we’re not quite at that point but after the end of season three most of the important story beats have happened.Yup, it’s not a bad thing 🙂 some of the scenes and character interactions they created were great!
Oh and..
Oberyn Martell, yes, so much yes. Just the right amount of Lannister hating-bang anything that moves charisma I was hoping to see.Edit: Thought I better spoiler tag it to be safe.
Kill la Kill episode 18
-Wait, that single red her on Ryuko was a rending scissor? I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.-So Ragyo kills her daughter, and the last thing Satsuki will ever feel is being felt up by Ragyo? That’s every kind of messed up.
-KALI MA!
-No wait, Satsuki is still alive somehow.
-Ryuko is the infant daughter that Ragyo killed? WHAAAAAAAAAAAT
I’ll stop tagging transientmind and crazyguy, because I suspect I was being a bit annoying.
Dammit, it’s 10pm and I still have 5 episodes to go! No sleep for me.
Kill la Kill episode 19
I have discovered a continuity error! In earlier episodes, it was made clear that Satsuki’s hair went down to her bellybutton. (approximately) And yet, in a later scene one month later, her hair goes down to just below her waist. Are meant to believe that a month of growth is enough to grow 30cm worth of hair? If so, damn she must need constant haircuts. I know I should be focusing more on boobez more than I should hair length, but that annoyed me more than it should have.-Oh, fuck you Ragyo. You take advantage of Satsuki in that situation? Fuck you with Sanageyama’s staff-blade thing. Trigger are doing their darndest to make Ragyo Kiryuin the most despicable villain ever.
-Wait, Satsuki is teenaged? I assumed she was 24. But, since it earlier episodes alluded to Ryuko being two years younger than Satsuki, I suppose it makes sense.
-Ryuko is a life fiber monster? Uhh… what.
I can resist watching the next episode. I CAN RESIST.
Oi @phlanispo, if you want a lift to the doctors next week to avoid dramas with your mum I can give you a lift on either Monday, Wednesday or Friday (but Friday is a public holiday… So… :S). If not it’s all good, just thought I’d try and be helpful 🙂
I have tried to avoid answering you out of awkwardness. The thing is, I just wouldn’t be comfortable with that. All though I would love to meet all the TAYbies in person, the fact is that I would be too scared to meet any of them. I hope you understand.
Besides, I already going at some point in the next week. Here’s my plan. I don’t think it’s a very good plan, mind you.
Once again, I’m so sorry if I offended you.
I’m not stoopid, I knew you were avoiding answering since yesterday 😉 😛
I’m pretty good at reading between the lines like that 😉 (nothing gets by Ol’Liondrive)
Just thought I’d offer anyway, I wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t 🙂
Well if your plan doesn’t go through and you do need a lift just message 🙂
You’d have to put up with my pop songs / dubstep and beautiful singing anyway, so it might have turned out for the best 😛
New eps of dragon ball z abridged and Rick and Morty are online 🙂
Huzzah \o/ i will have to watch it when i get home
I don’t think adult swim have uploaded rick and morty to YouTube yet, but you can find it on the adult swim website 🙂
Went and watched The Lego Movie last night…
all i can say is:
EVERYTHING IS AWESOOOME!!!Highly recommend that movie, and quite different to what i was expecting!
I saw it on Sunday with a bunch of friends. It’s a lot of fun, and I loved the
Live action scenes with Will Ferrell.I think my favourite scene wasthe Millennium Falcon scene.Oh god yes
Amazing that they got Billy Dee Williams and Anthony Daniels to voice Lando and 3PO respectively… I have that Millennium Falcon as well so i couldn’t stop giggling when it came on screen XDAlso
I like that part of the message in the movie was “WE’RE STILL A KIDS TOY, NOT JUST FOR COLLECTORS” as well… because i know a few people who have (smaller mind you) versions of the city setup and are completely anal about touching it 😛Saw the Robot Chicken DC Special 2 Villains in Paradise Hashtag RCDC2VIP.
It was okay. Not as good as the last one but still had some proper laughs (Hey look a penny! NOOOOOOOOOOO!). They went a bit overly nerdcore with a lot of stuff you need to know a fair bit about the comic industry to get, like making fun of the constant stream of “Death of” comics that seem to have come in fashion, meaning my wife kind of hated it as she didn’t get most of it. Pretty certain I missed a fair bit as well.
B+
There’s footage of Dark Souls 2 on PC and it is undeniably much shinier. Shorter load times too. Maybe not the game we saw advertised a year ago but still… shiny.
I can’t justify buying it straight away but I think that I’ll pick the game up in a sale or something.
Now the conundrum is if I let my character (who has been sitting around doing nothing for a fortnight) get to the end or if I just wait so that the end is new content. I think I have to finish.
Alas, the lighting system from long ago that many hoped would make the PC version superior is now gone.
On the other hand, IDGAF because I need my FPS.
The end section isn’t anything special. Kind of horrid in fact. You’ll just be disappointed if you psyche yourself up for it waiting.
I’m up to Shrine of Amana. All I know is that people bitched about it.
It looks like (potential for spoilers) the next patch (after this weekend’s patch) will be editing some things, including the biggest issue folks have with Amana.
http://www.gamechup.com/dark-souls-2-version-1-03calibration-1-04-patch-notes-released/
The guy clearly doesn’t speak Babelfish babble:
Homing Soul Mass and Homing Crystal Soul Mass.EDIT:
That’s a LOT of boss nerfsYup.
While it seems a little puzzling to me, because I never had any ‘Smoug & Ornstein’ moments in DS2, I’m hoping that this is the result of deep analysis of online statistics. Which bosses people died the most on, which ones they stopped playing at, that sort of thing.
HOMING CRYSTAL SEOUL LUMP
EDIT: I have found that google translate’s Japanese to English is pretty shitty, often Bing’s auto-translate is better, and I don’t say that just as a corporate shill.
Yeah, wtf @
all the boss nerfs. If *I* can pass them…That’s a thing.
Not sure if any of those bosses really needed nerfing but I totally agree with the lower adjustment of stamina take the amount of darkness surgery.
SUPER SMASH BROS NINTENDO DIRECT
THE TROLLS
THE REVEALS
EVERY STAGE HAS FINAL DESTINATION VERSION
The “Palutena” trophy was hilarious. He showed it directly after I tweeted that Palutena was basically confirmed due to Pit’s Final Smash changing…
Also disappointed that there is a Tiki trophy, too. One of the few Fire Emblem characters that had a small chance of being a unique newcomer… Guess I’ve got to put all my hopes into Robin and Anna, now! (Don’t want Chrom :P)
Charizard and Greninja newcomers, though!? What. I suppose that means Pokemon Trainer has been cut… Or maybe Greninja is part of the new trio.
Pretty cool Direct overall!
i wouldn’t be surprised if pokemon trainer was cut, sakurai said that characters don’t switch between forms anymore, i assume that meant every character…
hence why charizard is his own character now
no doubt Pokemon Trainer’s cut if Zelda/Shiek and ZSS/Samus are separated. Wonder if Squirtle/Ivysaur will get a shot at it, though.
Maybe if they didn’t make Zelda useless, people would have played her instead of only using Shiek.
She’s not useless she has the most powerful move in the game!
…transform?
Nah the forward-air move, where she kicks out her foot. I remember it being mentioned for Melee (I think?) that it’s the strongest move, so long as you land it just right. Similar to Falcon’s knee I guess.
It’s unfortunate because I always thought Charizard was the least fun of the trio to play as 😛 Oh well.
Charizard is the besssssssssssst!
Actually I like Ivysaur the most 😛 Felt like a really hard hitter. Squirtle was probably my least favourite.
But who’s your favourite first gen starter?!
The best one, obviously.
Bulbasaur?! 😀
@greenius NO I SAID THE BEST ONE GOSH
I don’t see anything wrong.
Rumour mill has it that newcomers not announced are Palutena, Chrom, Shulk, and a Pokemon X/Y character. This is apparently from a source that has already correctly given us Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, & Rosalina? Don’t rightly remember.
And well, one of four has already been announced, and Palutena is being teased very much..
Only reason I don’t want Chrom is because he’s (intentionally) so similar to Marth. Wouldn’t prefer him over Ike or Roy though., if Robin/Anna are out of the question.
Oh, and I hope that list is fake because it doesn’t include Mii 😛 (Shulk would be awesome though)
Really, Anna would be the correct choice for a Fire Emblem inclusion since she’s in every FE game. But the guys making Smash Bros don’t really give a shit about what makes sense. So it’s always Marth and the lead character of the most recent FE game they want to promote.
Not only that but she’d be fairly unique with her Trickster class and she could potentially use a lot of money-based attacks, being a Merchant. Plus we’ve never had a female Fire Emblem character playable in Smash before.
Not going to happen, but I can dream 😛
What the hell is an assist trophy?
Haha, I saw you asking on Twitter.
An assist trophy is an item that you can use to call on a CPU-controlled character to attack everybody but you (or sometimes do things like heal you, create a barrier, etc).
http://supersmashbros.wikia.com/wiki/Assist_Trophy
Thank you!
Usually I don’t bother watch them and just read up on things later, but I did with this one. It was pretty awesome.
You’re missing out on half of the fun of being a Nintendo fan!
I dunno, I feel less need these days to clamour for every morsel of information about a game. Most of the time it’s enough to know that the game exists, maybe with an initial trailer, and then when it’ll be out. I’m generally too lazy to watch videos, of anything 😛
These though, it’s more fun to watch live while talking with others on chat. But most of the time it’s at too dumb an hour to bother 😛
Oh yeah I more meant the experience of watching Directs live, not so much the info itself. It’s a lot more fun to watch live with a Twitter window open to the side! (hint hint get twitter)
@greenius is one of the very few who hypes it with me D:
Never twitter!
I used to hype on TAY but then it was just me posting…
so sad
YOU’RE JOINING US NEXT TIME! >:(
@POWALEN
Oh here?
Sure 😛
Any one watching the new AMC series Turn? It’s about spies in the American Revolutionary War. Really liked it.
It seems like a good idea, I haven’t managed to get a copy yet but I’m planning on it.
Sounds like they are templars
That was my first thought!
I think I need to definitively tell @transientmind that THE NEW WOLF AMONG US IS RELEASED AND READY TO PLAY. (I remember you didn’t know this last time. XD)
Fuck! If you had told me 15 minutes ago I could have had it downloaded and ready to go for tonight.
*channels inner scree* I’M SORRY!
*bro-fist* I might play it today. I think these antibiotics are fucking with me, I’m actually calling in sick today. I did have a plan worked out where I’d come in and work for 4-5hrs or as long as I could manage so I wouldn’t have to see sick leave turning up on my payslip, but I’m completely fucked today, it just ain’t happening.
Yay, video gaaaaa– *kerthud* Zzzzz.
Hope you feel better, my friend!
Saw that downloading this morning, on Steam, aw yeah!
Dark Souls 2 PC preview build review by Forbes:
– It doesn’t have the proper darkness that was shown. Still the weird bubble of light.– It has good mouse/kb support, but still shows controller prompts on screen.
– The graphics are definitely lower than what was shown in trailers etc.
– Simple stuff like a decorated door arch is replaced with a wooden frame.
I’m beginning to think that From Software has no idea what it’s doing.
From always were pretty up front about not being particularly familiar or comfortable with PC development. They’ve always been console devs.
Yeah but #2 was supposed to fix that. :\
Despite making some fun games, they’ve not really been the best console devs either…
Let’s be honest, they’re fairly average developers that happened to strike gold with a super talented director at the helm.
This. This so much.
Look at From Software’s other games. King’s Field is a competent enough Dungeon Crawler but nothing special. Otogi was mediocre. Armored Core was average and steadily got worse over time. Chromehounds was cool for the 3 months or so people played it. Enchanted Arms is shitty and Tenchu started mediocre and quickly went to shit.
Dark Souls was the first game they ever developed for PC. Namco did sort of say they were going to help them do a better job with DS2 but I never believed that personally. If they really cared about that they’d have outsourced the port to a team that knew what the fuck they’re doing, but the general impression I’ve gotten is that Namco wanted the PC port to be done as cheap as possible because while high-profile it’s still pretty niche for them. And additionally, I’m not entirely convinced that the team at From who designed the game truly knew what they were doing either.
Let’s not forget that From Software also made the literally unplayable Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor. A Kinect controlled game that was lambasted for having controls that simply did not function outside of ideal circumstances (in which case they were simply clunky as fuck).
I love me some Dark Souls but I’m never buying anything else From makes without some strong recommendations.
I read Steel Battalion but thought Steel Diver and was highly confused for a moment there.
People seemed to like the Lost Kingdoms games a lot?
Hi guys – i’ve missed you all, so i came to give you all a non-seedy hug! 😀
*HUG*
how are we all?!
Welcome back good sir! How have you been?
I’ve got a sore throat today 🙁
You know what they say about people with sore throats… *wink*
They should eat a sootherI’m going to need a shower.
How’s impending fatherhood treating you?
It’s treating me well – i’m still pretty excited. Plus i get all of next week off to spend with bee before the baby comes and then another 2 weeks off when it’s here.
\o/
RE: Shower – may i join you?
HEY IT’s…. THAT GUY…
How are things loops? life treating you well?
As well as it can be \o/
Just soooooo busy.. i just want to paint and play gaems 🙁
HOW ARE YOU?!
aww…. I was hoping for a seedy hug 🙁
*grabs a little ass*
QUARK VOLES ACHOO
Smelter chap and iron lava chap down. Remaining paths: giant rat and friends at the pharos area, and the gutter. Don’t wanna do either.Pro tip: Do the Pharros first. Then take down giant rat boy (it’ll take a few goes, probably, happy to give advice when the time comes, and join the Rat Covenant. No one will attack you in the first Tomb area of the well if you’re in the covenant.Stage I am at:
I have the bonfire outside giant ratty, and the first gutter bonfire. Pretty well explored everywhere that isn’t past these two points. Thinking I might need to switch up the weapon set for rat. Running with mace +10 and pursuer shield at the moment.I pretty much rolled with my mace the whole game!
The giant rat. Some tips.
Your best bet is to clear out those four rats before they toxic you (obviously). If you’re quick, the big rat won’t even attack you until they’re all gone. If you do get toxic’d, it doesn’t last long, and it’s possible to Estus until you recover.Once you’re fighting the big boss proper, don’t lock on. A greatshield can block his head slam, and the rest of the time, you should be running towards his back legs, swinging madly at them. It’s hard to avoid any damage, because slip-ups happen, and he jumps around heaps like Sif, but if you’re careful enough, not locking on and running for his back legs is a winning strategy.
It really is like the Sif fight once you take out the trash mob. Not locking on is absolutely vital.I beat the Snake Lady last night! Had a few goes at the Smelter guy too (his attacks one hit KO me and mine barely scratch him :P)Trying to find things to do to fall asleep last night, I went and started clearing out optional bosses. I did NOT get as far as I thought I would. The Dark-Lurker kicked my ass for like five tries. Worse is that the black phantoms in the area leading up to him were actually kind of challenging to me, too, so I had a hard fight the whole way.
Encountering a similar problem with the Ancient Dragon. The summon is freakin’ useless, and the guys on the way to him require a lot of patience and care. Since I’m terrible at outrunning the giant flame AoE, and he seems to do it even when I’m baiting him into the front-cone attack, I’m thinking I’ll have to do a tank build for it. Just +10’d my Gyrm shield for it, so we’ll see how that goes.
I don’t know what any of those are, but speaking of useless summons, tried lucatiel for smelter chap.
First time: failed to enter the fog gate, just stood outside for the whole fight
Second time: went lava swimming instead of entering the fog gate
Third time: made it into the room, but didn’t last long thanks to an insatiable hunger for eating the AoE attacks.
Absolutely useless.
APPARENTLY
The Patch 1.04 notes suggest that NPC summons like this will get much higher defence in the future. That said, Lucatiel is basically useless in that fight. If you’re trying to get her to survive three boss fights, the other three she can be summoned for are much easier.Spoiler spoiler
I don’t think she’s survived a single boss fight I’ve summoned her for, AND I think I killed her brother. Might not be keen to see that character arc through.She wants you to kill her brother IIRC. So that’s something.If you wear the red-eye ring, Lucatiel becomes less useless. Just serves as a damage buff while you’re doing your tanking thing.
I’m stuck at bosses. Think I might go the back way to Sinner’s Rise and do that area before trying anymore bosses again.
Which way is the back way? Which bosses are you stuck on?
Stuck on Ruin Sentinels and Skeleton Lords.
Back way is after you get the key from going into Lost Bastille via the bird after the Pursuer, the door that it unlocks leads to section where if you use a Pharros Lockstone it opens up a shortcut to the bridge leading to Sinner’s Rise.Current character setup / build?
I dunno. I’m using a +7 hammer/mace thingy that does really good damage, and a +5 bow. I mostly sink levels into strength, dexterity, and that one that ups stamina. There’s nothing wrong with my character, just me. 😛
But the skeleton lords are wheelie fun!
I can almost one-hit the Lords themselves. 🙁
A good shield negates most of the issues with the wheelie skeletons. And positioning around those columns. Take out the fireball throwing lord first, I reckon. He’s annoying. Then it’s just a case of dealing with the adds before popping another lord.
Eeeek.
Sinner’s Rise is much harder if you haven’t beaten the Belfry Sol in the Lost Bastille. Can give details if you want.Oh really? Lucky I found that area first I suppose!
Does that make the boss fight easier? Or just more well lit?
Both, sort of.
Without the lights on, you can’t track the Lost Sinner if he (she?) jumps too high in the air or gets too far away. Without the tracking, blocking becomes problematic.Yeah, I did not know about that and fought her in the dark.
Was really fun actually, probably the most enjoyable boss I have fought.
Oh, I wasn’t going to go near the boss. You’re talking about the key, right? That unlocks the doors to the oil that you set alight? Or is there something else?I just need somewhere to go so I’m not immediately jumping into a boss fight.Yeah, that’s it. There’s not much in Sinner’s Rise except for the boss, though. Just a handful of enemies.
Yeah, but those big guys give 2000 souls a pop. 😛
And they’re SO easy to beat. So funny to see them roll to their deaths 😛
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164925/events/2906382
Wolf among Us 3 live stream! SPOILERS!
What! Does it even have a release date?
EDIT: Apparently it comes out today and I didn’t even know 😛
I went to the zoo a couple of weeks ago. The zoo tour guide told us that one of the snakes was sick
Must have a reptile dysfunction #dadjokepagesix #didn’tactuallyhappen hi @strange!The Earl of Sandwich is throwing a party…
he expects hundreds and thousands to show upDiablo 3 2.0.4 patch notes:
Monks are working as intended and Dashing Strike is perfectly balanced.Why would you ever play a monk when you can play a wizard? BZZZZOW! KACHOW!
Because Dashing Strike is like Teleport except it costs no resources, does damage, has no cooldown and actually works.
Teleport? Why on earth would you ever want to zip around the place? That’s for people who care about getting hit. The wizard is like some hovering platform of mass-destruction, a slowly-moving death-radius. 🙂 KKzzzOW!
So I can get loot faster?
EDIT: Also my Wizard moves fast and kills faster. Melting mobs is pretty much what I do.
Or as a Demon Hunter, dual pistol crossbows, badass outfits, sweet destructive abilities, swanky athletic backflips (was dodging something in the PC version? I have some memory of it being a console addon)…
ARCHON. It’s like being Dr. Manhattan!
Demon Hunter is like being the auto-turret from Aliens only one that can backflip and wears a cool hood and sexy (though admittedly wildly impractical) high heeled boots
Seeing all this pokemon stuff for WiiU really makes me wonder why they’re not putting out funky WiiU pokemon games.
Something along the lines of that one they had on Gamecube… or Pokemon stadium… or using that big bloody controller to make the best Pokemon Snap conceivable.
Seems like wasted potential to me.
Stadium was a battling engine extension that wasn’t much of a game by itself, and the GameCube one I played was a pale shadow of a real pokemon game (no wild Pokémon? Really?!?).
There’s some downloadable title for Wii u that uses NFC for some figures that give bonus characters ala skylanders, haven’t heard (or can’t remember) that much how it is on the *game* front.
More funky games would be ideal, but history ain’t really with us. Between pokemon bank and VC releases, hopefully the bridge will be properly laid between console and portable to be able to expand the core series. But I’m not holding my breath.
Edit: more, not most
That’s the Wii U in general.
Don’t forget we’ve got that (unconfirmed) Pokken Fighters game to (hopefully) look forward to. Could be cool!
A new Pokemon Snap would be amazing though. I’d also like to see them try a 3D version of Pokemon Ranger on the WiiU. And as much as I liked the Stadium games, I don’t know how relevant they are now that we have 3D battles on the handhelds… Still, I wouldn’t say no 😛
Gritty R18 rated pokereboot. Involves lots of gore, swearing, performance enhancing drugs (which come to think of it are already there) and hardcore pokesex.
Oh! Non personal progress dark souls 2 stuff. Saw a note that patch 1.03 will release end of this week, wonder if much will change.
From the Dark Souls Facebook page:
Patch 1.03 for Dark Souls II is coming for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360!
Read the patch notes below for more details about the fixes included.
This update will be released as follows:
For Playstation 3:
April 9th 9:00am JST– Released in Asia (except Japan)
April 11th 9:00am GMT– Released in EMEA and Oceania
April 11th 4:00am EDT– Released in Americas
For Xbox 360:
April 11th 6:00am GMT – Released worldwide
Dark Souls II 1.03 Patch Notes:
MULTIPLAYER
-Failing to create Multiplayer session no longer disables use of online items, such as White Soapstone.
-Players now receive a small portion of Humanity after successfully assisting in a Multiplayer session instead of regaining full Humanity.
-Starting boss fight with the Looking Glass Knight while summoning other players no longer cancels the summoning process.
-Fixed an issue that prevented some bloodstains, illusions, and messages from being displayed.
-Fixed an issue where “Unable to participate in Multiplayer Session” could constantly appear.
-Fixed some instances where the portrait of the person you were summoning was different than the actual character.
-You will no longer be able to take off Covenant rings while being summoned.
-Fixed an issue that would cause some summoned players to fall through the ground at Earthen Peak.
GAME MENU / INTERFACE / CONTROLS
-Optimized Start Menu and Bonfire Menu performance.
-Trophy icon for “Holder of the Fort” has been fixed.
-Controller now vibrates when blocking an attack
OTHER FIXES:
-Bug involving Drangleic Castle door not opening has been fixed.
-Fixed an issue that would cause Souls to be lost upon death with the Ring of Life Protection equipped.
-Fixed an issue that caused some players to fall through elevators while using Binoculars and Magic simultaneously.
-Fixed an issue causing some enemies being hit by arrows at long distances receive 0 damage.
-Fixed an issue preventing the Brotherhood of Blood duels from starting properly.
-Added a message for players that displays after entering the coffin in Things Betwixt
-Fixed an issue where all of the items and objects in an area would reset (Without using a Bonfire Ascetic).
-Fixed an issue that didn’t unlock some items from vendors on 2nd and beyond playthrough.
-Fixed an issue causing the requirements for the Brotherhood of Blood Covenant be 50 too high.
-Licia’s conditions for moving have been optimized.
I was reading that this morning. The comments are simultaneously hilarious and depressing.
Heh, that Drangleic Castle glitch happened to me the first time I went there.
Ended up fighting off an endless stream of Royal Knights like some kinda improv horde mode until I was eventually surrounded and my weapon broke. Had no idea what the hell was going on.
Good fun tho.
Dear TAY folk,
I’ve opened the doors for submissions to All The King’s Men. As you are my greatest supporters, it’s only fair that I give you this chance as well. Won’t be finalising the creative team until after submissions close, but if this sounds like something you’d want to contribute to, feel free to send an expression of interest (or full submission if you’re really gung-ho).
Feel free to share with anyone and everyone you want to.
http://shanewsmith.com/works-in-progress/all-the-kings-men/
Is there any scope for stick figures, random scribbles or drawings of a cock & balls? That’s sort of my whole drawing genre
Send it in. You never know. I might not get enough submissions.
Unfortunately I’m not nearly creative enough 😛
A taco and a bottle of tequila have an invitation for you all:
That’s a very soft shelled taco
Taco and tequila nights never end well.
Damn, that was a pretty cool video. Shame they’re not coming to Tasmania.
They’re worth visiting Melbourne for. 😛
just found a book at work of ‘lateral thinking puzzles’
here’s an example of one –
a man receives a parcel in the post. contained within is a human’s left arm.
the man carefully examines it, then repackages it & sends it on to another man.
the second man also carefully examines the arm. then he takes it out to the woods & buries it.
Why should they have done these things?
will post the answer in a bit.
Edit: the answer is completely ridiculous & there’s no logic involved at all. & there’s no way that you could get the ‘correct’ answer based on the information provided.
Good… because I thought I was all right at lateral thinking, but I’m drawing a total blank here.
I looked up the answer.
Completely ridiculous isn’t the half of it :p
I hate those because they’re not about logic, they’re about pestering the person who knows the answer until they tell you.
xkcd did a blog post about this sort of thing at one point. They also obsess over “proper” logic puzzles (ones that you can work out without the arbitrary information like “they were a knife juggler”).
This sort of stuff only really works in a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story.
ill answer the same way i always answer logic puzzles
THIS IS STUPID AND I DONT WANT TO PLAY ASSHOLE
HE WAS A DWARF AND IT WAS RAINING!
I think I had that book when I was a kid and what always annoyed me about the more complex “puzzles” is that there are a hundred equally plausible explanations that fit all the evidence, but only one is considered correct. Like, the one where the guy who lives on the 10th floor and takes the lift down every morning, but always goes to the 9th and takes the stairs the rest of the way in the evening is straightforward and easy – he’s a dwarf and can’t reach the 10th floor button. The guy looking through a 20th story window and jumps through but doesn’t fall to his death? He was outside. But the “difficult” ones are only difficult because they’re completely contrived scenarios that rely on withholding information that’s actually necessary. In your example for instance:
(Further explanation)
It should be revealed from the outset that they were expecting this to happen and each of them was also missing an arm.…which then makes it more plausible to deduce that…
(Solution)
Three men were lost at sea and agreed to amputate an arm to eat in order to survive. They were rescued before the third man was forced to amputate, but he still fulfilled his end of the bargain and sent the arm to the others as proof.O_o
Uh… that fits the evidence, but it’s definitely not something that a normal person would deduce based on the known facts 😛
Hence why there’s only about five good lateral thinking puzzles that have endured for decades and the rest are bullshit some dickhead made up to sell a book.
upon looking up the actual answer i am going to pose my own because the original is fucking dumb
The first man was a butcher and the arm was actually the front leg of a cow.
He sent the meat onto his customer but the customer being a 6 year old boy wanted to grow a whole cow so he took it to the forest behind his house and waited for a cow to grow.
Years past and the boy forgot about the rotting flesh in the back woods until one day his faithful dog bucky digs it up. The boy scared shitless takes it as a sign of the coming apocalypse and promptly shoots himself and bucky.
Or the first man mistakenly got subscribed to a necrophilia mailing list and it was the first installment on a “build your bride” mail order program. Assuming that the arm was intended for the previous resident of the house as he had only just moved in, he forwarded the arm on. The second man, confused and panicked about why he was receiving corpse parts in the mail from someone he’s never met, buried the arm in the woods and moved house again for the second time this month.
Or there was a note attached reading:
“Please forward to person X. Person X, please bury this.”
The two recipients kept in contact with the police during this and helped them capture the arm-lopping maniac shortly afterwards.
Well, if we assume that x = y^-2 and that c is the soeed of light, then we can safely assume that the number of cells in an arm is x * z * c, meaning that we can safely assume that H has 1 proton and 1 electron, leading us to believe that Half Life Three has been confirmed.
That and, THE ARM SHOULD HAVE DECOMPOSED BY NOW SO THEY’RE JUST IMAGINING THINGS AND SHOULD PROBABLY GO SEE A DOCTOR.
My assumption in that case is that the two work in forensics, specifically the people that leave cadavers and body parts in the woods to study decomposition. The first guy determines that the arm is useful for their experiments and the second guy is the scientist that puts it out in the woods to rot for a bit.
yeah, that’s exactly what my first thought was.
BUT NO. THATS NOT LATERAL THINKING ENOUGH. I FAIL THINKING FOREVER.
Except the solution doesn’t involve lateral thinking, it involves complete guesswork. Proper lateral thinking would require there to be more details.
You’re not allowed to send body parts though the post, how did Australia Post miss that not once but twice? Given travel time, even if the arm was fresh and bleeding (which would have alerted the postie), by the time it was being delivered to person 2, it’d be getting a bit stinky.
What’s the window between removal and complete exsanguination of a limb and it starting to smell from decomposition? I can’t imagine it’d be too long.
Um, True. I’ll go with true. Huh, that was easy. But I’ll be honest, I might have heard that one before, though. Sort of cheating.
MY girlfriend is away for a week
I dont know what to do with myself
i guess i can play games and watch anime
I need more hobbies
I might do some filming for the short horror film i have been writing
*cough*jc2mp*cough*
cough goodidea cough
\o/
I know what I do when wife goes away for a night.
Aww yiss. Sleepin’ on BOTH sides of the bed.
#marriedlife
Finally have the quilt AND the blanket
#nocoldlimps #marriedlife #getoffmysideofthebed
I’ve started to threaten amputating her foot. It’s mildly effective.
Dude, is her foot like an iceblock as well?
because my partner is and i’ve told her to keep that thing away from me 😛
Somehow I’m the one with the icy feet. Her foot just happens to occupy the place where my legs want to be.
Sooo you wield the ice weapons of terror… you could learn to master that skill to your advantage and slowly and systematically take over each area of the bed! 😛
I open a can of drink, drink it, put it on the kitchen bench and throw it in the bin WHEN I’M DAMN WELL READY TO! #bliss
You could stop ignoring me, you bastard!
Or, you know, do things that you find fun.
YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER IF YOU WANT TO TALK
Learn a new skill or upgrade one you already have
On a serious note, i actually went through something similar a few months ago…
Missus went away to see family and took both of our dogs…
First i thought HELL YESS, I CAN FINALLY GAME UNINTERRUPTED!!!
then realised how empty the house was…
and how quiet it was…
then i got scared and hid under a blanket for a while…
then i want to bed…
Man my mind handles loneliness weirdly!
Sometimes I want a day to myself without needing to do something around the house, for the wife, etc. so whenever my wife wants to visit her aunt or go out with a friend without involving me I’m like “Yes! Great! Do that! I will get so much gaming done or whatever!”
Then I surf the internet for an hour, can’t decide what game to play, and doze off on the couch.
On the other hand I’m really productive at shit like cleaning and assembling furniture when there’s no one around. My wife went to visit her dad the day after we went to Ikea and I was a non-stop machine. Under normal circumstances it can take WEEKS for me to bother putting together a piece of flat pack furniture.
It’s because you’re still so dazzled by your wife, even after all these years, that you find it hard to focus when she’s around right?
It really is.
STRIPPERS
Ah, new Wolf Among Us was every bit as good as first ep. Much better than linear, talky, melodramatic episode 2. XD
NUMENERA: TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
Last time the party was attacked by some sort of parasite, with @mythamphetamine already being infested- but @novacascade and @blaghman might not be out of the woods yet!
7:30 SA TIME TONIGHT! Also Streaming LIVE from then! keep an eye out on my twitter and I’ll also post the link here
cc @mawt @tigerion @tech_knight and @popdart5 who won’t be there but I’ll tag anyway!
Hopefully my sore throat doesn’t get worse to the point where I can’t even speak, but I’ll be on tonight!
@Blaghman, what you want to do for dinner meat on the 12th?
Could just go to Beach House or something. It’s a pub/food place. A bit noisy though.
Let me know if there’s any thing you have in mind!
I’m cool with whatever! Do people want to do anything after dinner? I’m happy to sit around drinking or go to karaoke or whatever the cool hip cats of Brisvegas do.
I’m gonna go ahead and tag all the Brisbane folks again. 😀
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @rocketman @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @virus__
Glad I got tagged for a conversation of shoulder shrugging
(colon pee)
Note to self: never tag Sughly ever again in any thing ever. 😛
Hey, I had a plan.
Well then why don’t you suggest something? (Can you imagine this in a hyper passive aggressive voice for me? Ta.)
That was the plan with the tagging. :S
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It’s that or forced to go to one of three places I know in the city.
I can’t 🙁 got no money until next week :/
There’s a German place in the Valley that has nice beer. Can’t remember what it’s called, it’s just up from the mall thingy.
hnnnnng! Why does it always end up in the valley or cbd?! WHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY??!?!?
It’s Central?
yes, but there are places in the areas around that would suit too!! 🙂
We find a candy shop and inject Wizz Fizz between our toes under highway overpasses.
boy have I been hanging around the wrong circle of friends
We meat for din-dins at the burger joint then head to “the bar” and drink drinks!!!
Played some more Uncharted.
What bugs me is how many enemies there are. I think I’d rather have a full-on platformer, that would be better. The combat scenes are just:
1. Duck behind cover
2. Poke out occassionally to fire
3. Kill all enemies
4. Run around to collect ammo
5. More bad guys come
6. Repeat steps 1-4
The platforming sections are utter brilliance though, and are usually quite fluid.
I came up with a theory for the art style, and that’s that Naughty Dog was still in a Jak and Daxter mode, maybe they were trying to create a “realistic” game, but with Jak and Daxter style graphics?
Also, page 6:
There’s this man, and he lives in a golden house.One morning, he gets a knock at the door. So the man puts on his golden slippers and golden robe, goes down the golden stairs, goes through his golden hallway, and opens the golden door, and there’s a homeless man there. This homeless man wants some breakfast, and asks for Weetbix. So the man leads the homeless man into the golden kitchen, where he pulls out a golden bowl, puts some golden Weetbix into it, pours some golden milk over the Weetbix, puts in a golden spoon and gives it to the homeless man to eat. The men then part ways.
The next morning, he gets another knock at the door. So the man puts on his golden slippers and golden robe, goes down the golden stairs, goes through his golden hallway, and opens the golden door, and there’s another homeless man there. This homeless man wants some breakfast, and asks for Cheerios. So the man leads the homeless man into the golden kitchen, where he pulls out a golden bowl, pours some golden cheerios into it, pours some golden milk over the Cheerios, puts in a golden spoon and gives it to the homeless man to eat. The men then part ways.
The next morning, he gets another knock at the door. So the man puts on his golden slippers and golden robe, goes down the golden stairs, goes through his golden hallway, and opens the golden door, and there’s another homeless man there. This homeless man wants some breakfast, and asks for Weetbix. So the man leads the homeless man into th egolden kitchen, where he pulls out a golden bowl, puts some golden Weetbix into it, pours some golden milk over the Weetbix, puts in a golden spoon and gives it to the homeless man to eat. The men then part ways.
From this, we can determine that 2 out of 3 homeless people prefer Weetbix to Cheerios
Yeah, I would love an Ico-type Uncharted or Tomb Raider game. Maybe a hand full of enemies whose encounters actually mean something, otherwise character story happening in background against intricate puzzles and exploring.
That’s what I thought The Last of Us was going to be when they first announced it.
Yeh, it does get a bit old.
“Oh look, more pirates….fight fight fight….oh look, more pirates”.
I still loved it though 🙂
Then there’s Uncharted 3 which is all “Yo we heard you like pirates so we put pirates in the pirates pirates so you can pirates pirates pirates while pirates pirate your pirate pirates.”
That sequence in the ships was cool though.
RUN TOWARDS CAMERA!
The waves on the hull! THE WAVES ON THE HULL!
*insert romantic @transientmind story about being on the sea*
A @transientmind story?
“I was polyphasic sleeping while we were sailing on the ocean blue with my best girl, when the ship was suddenly beset by pirates…”
“You see one pirate, you’ve seen them all. Driven by the same needs, the same urges. I reasoned with them.”
“Despite my reluctance, they named me their leader.”
‘In the end, I made all the pirates laugh, and regaled them with my anecdotes. Turns out you can learn a lot from pirate talk, and one still texts me occasionally”
#mostinterestingmanonTAY
The thing I remember most about Uncharted 3 was how unlucky Drake was, poor bastard couldn’t jump onto or grab anything without it breaking, sending him plummeting onto something hard. His ribs must be made of steel.
I didn’t mind that amount and repetitiveness of the combat as much as I minded the fact that enemies just soak up bullets so not only are there a lot of encounters that happen over and over, they’re also dragged out way too long.
Tomb Raider was much better in this respect and the puzzles were better – though I can only base this comparison on Uncharted 1, as I never played 2 or 3. Maybe it got better, though I think I have heard otherwise.
I felt that the battles in Tomb Raider (the new reboot) meant something, but they were also drawn out far too much. At points I would finish a battle with one bullet in one gun, because I couldn’t (well, didn’t) go scavenging in the middle of a battle while I was still being shot out. Also, the grenades in Tomb Raider are 10x more annoying than the ones in Uncharted.
Largely they felt like the developers were worried the player was losing interest.
That game had far too much combat.
Uncharted 2 is the best game of the lot. Uncharted 3 has too many disconnected set pieces and bullet sponges.
You should definitely make an effort to play Uncharted 2. It’s the game Tomb Raider was failing to be.
I might pick it up, add it to the short pile of things I should do with my PS3 before I retire it.
I just hated those parts because of the aforementioned bullet sponge, and the only effective way to kill them is via headshots. Which you can’t do because the aiming sucks.
Yeah, it’s either too sensitive or not sensitive enough. It takes between 3-5 shots to kill an enemy for me, on average, but it’s really difficult to get a headshot. Although, I am playing on easy, so I don’t know if they’re more of a bullet sponge on Medium or Hard or Crushing 😛
I think they sponge more as difficulty increases. That’s why I play it on Easy, and I still die frequently to BS.
Also the aiming thing – when you press to aim down sights, the viewfinder moves sometimes. Meaning you can’t just aim using the middle of your screen.
Way too many enemies is the Uncharted staple, unfortunately. Uncharted 1 and 3 are the worst for it. Especially 3. Every single fucking kill room has two waves of enemies. You kill enough of the initial group and suddenly, literally out of nowhere, a second wave will appear at all the spawn points. You can clear out a sniper spot for example, kill the dude that’s there, kill everyone remotely near, and then suddenly there is a guy right on top of you shooting your ass because he just materialized out of thin air. Plus in U3 the enemies are bullet sponges and they’re grenade-happy. Spend more than 30 seconds or so in a piece of cover and you’re eating some grenades thrown with incredible accuracy so they can flush you out and shoot you from a million places at once. The game wants you to move between cover instead of camping so it forces you to.
The combat completely ruined Uncharted 3 for me. In U1 and U2 it was a little bit dragging and excessive at times but it wasn’t constantly horrible like U3.
That reminds me – I still need to go back and play the Uncharted series on whatever difficulty can approximate to ‘tourist’ mode, because I’m too terrible with the controls for that combat system.
I played U3 through on the easiest difficulty because I couldn’t handle anything higher, and I still hated the combat. 🙁 One of the core problems is they re-balanced the gun damage and aiming and everything around the Multiplayer, but didn’t re-balance the enemies in Single Player to compensate.
I bought Thief on PS4. It’s not very good.
Also, hello TAY.
That’s our Ruffles!
Although I think most people agree with you on this front. XD
It’s not all bad news for the PS4. Second Son was kinda cool.
And FIFA 14 is a sportsball game that i own.
Oh yeah, I loved Second Son. Just purely for gameplay reasons.
The big things on the horizon for me on the PS4 front are The Order, Rime and The Witness.
yeah … I’ve heard at the best of times it’s average.
I’ve got to admit I’ve only played it for about an hour. But it’s got the worst traits of a bad stealth game.
What difficulty are you playing on and what challenges have you enabled?
Turn the difficulty up to master, put on most of the challenges and it feels pretty Thiefy to me
I’m playing on Master.
Don’t know about the challenges.
Challenges are the things that make it harder, scarce resources, turning off helper stuff like object glows and stuff like that
Work mate was complaining about the amount of paperwork she had to do, when we’re supposed to be a paperless office (paperless? Hahahahahaha.).
So I responded that there was less paper than there could be, so in that regard we were a “paper: less” office.
Based on her response, I think I have one less friend in the reception desk now.
#ohblaghs
One less friend but a new love interest?
…
No?
See, you and me, we get each other!
*mental hug*
Err, no.
That said, I think Marie is the only one of the regular staff who is less than double my age.
Oh riiiight, experience giggity
…
#ifeeldirty #imahorribleperson #whygodwhy
EDIT – In hindsight i should probably stop listening to @DKZeitgeist’s podcast… Or more of it… probably more of it… nah definitely more
or she secretly now wants you more then ever due to your superior intellect!
Why didn’t you tell her it was page six?
I thought you were trained in gratuitous flexing. You are letting the party down Blaghs
My friends of TAY, you may have heard me saying that I wrote a book. I did a Kickstarter thingie for it and everything. A lot of you backed it, but for those of you who haven’t and would like to read it, it’s now on Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com.au/Metro-7-Matthew-J-Hellscream-ebook/dp/B00JHSJS54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397010384&sr=8-1&keywords=metro+7
The response has been amazing. A handful of people have already finished and loved it. Which really, is the best thing ever. One of my friends even let her 13 year old son read it. He finished it in one sitting. He didn’t get to bed until 2am because he wanted to stay up reading it. He did say that it was partially because it was so scary… So maybe 13 is a bit young to be reading it :/ But I’m not a parent, so I’m not going to judge.
If you’re a backer waiting on a physical version, it’s only a couple of weeks away! I’m thinking about having a coffee shop morning tea thing when it arrives if anyone’s keen.
If you’re not a backer, I should have a bunch of books that I can sell to anyone who wants a copy. Just holla at me grrrrrrrl.
Is shipping to Canada going to cost a kidney or a piece of liver?
We’re coming to Canada in June. I can ship it FROM Canada 😛
Oh… I just had all these dead hookers just… you know, laying around, so I figured if you wanted a new kidney or whatever… but that’s okay too.
Hit me up closer to the day at your convenience so that we can arrange an exchange of monies (or organs) for goods?
Done deal!
I will accept payment in perogies and poutine.
Stoopid question… When it says “Kindle Edition” is it just a standard Epub format? or do i actually require a kindle to use the file?
wow typing that out make it seem like an even sillier question 😛
You do need a Kindle account to read it, but not the device. You can get the Kindle app on Desktop/Android/iOS etc – that’s what I use to read my Kindle books on.
excellent thanks man… look pretty damn good… and i might pick up a copy soon, once i have a little bit of disposable income \o/
Twenty dollareedoos.
eeeexcellent \o/ well colour me intrigued, this goes on the top of my increasingly more expansive “to buy” list
How much for the dead tree version? You’re in Brisbane right?
I am! The dead tree version will set you back twenty bucks.
Sold 🙂
I require a Braille version printed on 18 carat gold plates with the dots being 1/2 carat diamonds.
I also require this and I demand that it be sold at the same price as all other edition of the book, so that I do not feel discriminated against.
I think he should just give it to me due to all the publicity having written the most expensive book ever published would bring.
Oh hey, did you know the Kindle version has text-to-speech? :O
If I’m not a backer but want a physical copy (hate reading books on a screen) what are my options?
Just gotta holla at me grrrrrl. It’ll be available to order either through Amazon directly, or through me 🙂
HOLLA!
Shweet. I’ll be in touch when I get the physical copies! 😀
Wait, you were published under the name of ‘Matthew J Hellscream?’ Okay then.
New Game of Thrones. New Mad Men. New Cosmos. New Turn. New Silican Valley. New Good Wife. New Americans.
A good time for TV.
And i’ll be able to talk about in a few years when i’ve had time to catch up and no one cares anymore \o/
You just have to wait a little longer, then when you watch it it will be retro. Like what I’m doing with Buffy at the moment.
I remember watching that show when all the characters were so much older than me. Now I’m old man DC and they haven’t aged a day. :'(
And now your crush on Willow is weird and creepy? Or is that just me.
This is the greatest tragedy. That actress you used to schwing for as a kid is now ooooooold and visibly worse for wear.
Seen any recent pics of Angelina Jolie? Sigh.
This wasn’t supposed to be a reply! I blame Hitler, and my phone.
I really need to watch Mad Men.
The Table Titans Kickstarter just made it’s final stretch goal to add Table Titans DM screens to all physical rewards tiers. It’s a great comic even if you’re not super into D&D but I feel like this should appeal to any fan of tabletop gaming.
Just spreading the news here because this’ll be your last chance to back!
Edit: Just realised they’ve added a $100k stretch goal to do a D&D campaign podcast, which could be interesting too.
I’ve not read it, and unfortunately can’t come at $55 for a comic book + DM screen. Pity, looks neat.
Well, you can still read the comic online. I have no use for the DM screen myself but I have a couple of friends involved in Pathfinder who might.
is it a pathfinder screen?
There’s no mockups yet since they only passed the stretch goal sometime in the last 12 hours so I don’t know. I’m under the impression it’s a generic screen with Table Titans artwork on it, but if it does have any particular game notes/references on it (I’ve only used one such screen, ~12 years ago) it’d most likely be for D&D.
I usually don’t do kickstarters…
BUT HOLYZOMGWTFBBQ THERE’S AN OUTCAST REBOOT KICKSTARTER????
i played the SHIIIT out of that game!!! more people need to play this game
Hell yeah – Outcast Page get WINNAH \o/
And @shane’s thing! SHANE’S THING!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology
Hell yeah!!!!
Hey everyone! Let’s all look at Shane’s thing!
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D:
*unzip*
*readies jaw*
I’ve looked at Shane’s thing far more than he knows.
Now i feel like a bad person for not pitching that as well :\
Yeah, you’re pretty terrible. And bad. And foreign.
But not this one!
@shane, your Kickstarter needs more teledildonics.
*slaps forehead* You’re right!
I’ve wanted to play that game for ages! Slots into the same category as Jurassic Park trespasser, where their technical goals far outstripped what was practical for the time. So I’m gonna back the crap out of this.
Oh god Trespasser!!!!! poured way too much into it compared to how bad it actually was 😛
and Outcast was the first “Free roaming” PC game i played right through… the story just had me hooked, i couldn’t get enough of it!
was always sad at the lack of sequel, so this makes me very, VERY happy 😛
Hey guys! Repost from the other day for anyone who missed it!
EADS UP VIC TAYBIES.
My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, which means birthday LAN. More than likely will be held at my place in Craigieburn. Realising it may be a bit far for some to travel, anyone is welcome to stay the night. I have 2 big bedrooms for Taybies to crash in so just bring some sleeping bags, or you may go the way of @tofu and just pass out like a corpse on the carpet. and creep the hell out of everyone!
At this stage its looking like it will be on Saturday the 12th, and Sunday the 13th will be a BBQ Lunch with some family attending, and any Taybies wanting to stick around 🙂
Not sure about what games will be played at this stage, need to get more organised with that part, but a low to mid-end pc will suffice.
will provide drinks, snacks, and dinner, (an assortment of dominos pizzas possibly)
tagging those that i remember are from melb, please dont be offended if ive missed you!
@greenius @scree @beavwa @princesspipster @tech_knight @budgieishere @tigerion @jordi @f4ction @splicer @notoriousr @tofu @blood_apathy @dire_wolf @mcgarnical @pixel_the_ferret_viking @ynefel @zetrox2k @syvraen @klutar @smurfydog @negativezero @velnica @crazyguy1990 @chuloopa @inquisitorsz @wizz-fizz @coldcamv
Getting together around 1pm and playing games on my partially finished arcade machine, then getting our LAN on 6pm onwards…
Hahaha it’s pretty much the exact same path I took last time, just a bit different in terms of where to get off Hume Hwy
nail on the head!
It’s a bit far for me and I’ll be busy that weekend, but have fun!
Thanks for the invite but we won’t be able to make it.
Have fun!
If I can somehow get there and get home. I would only be able to stay the afternoon
Can’t make it, I’m afraid, going to the footy, but I hope you have a fun weekend!
Finished Spider-Man 3.
I felt that while it wasn’t as good as 2, it was still slightly better than 1. Once again, the bad guys here aren’t exactly bad guys – I really like this theme.
Quick question abiut villains:
Is the dark Spidey/Black monster thing actually in the comics as a Spidey-Villain, or is it just some random villain created for the sake of the plot?Slightly better than one? D:
Reeeeeeally?
Third was an abomination in my opinion. XD
I haven’t read the comics, but I think 3 was better than 1 in terms of character development, especially in the villains, and also plot – 1 was just too much background, not enough action for me :P.
To me, 1 is more of a prequel to the main films, which are 2 and 3.
As someone who has never really followed the comics or anything other than the Spiderman movies… I would’ve thought Venom was one of the most well known villains of the series and am surprised you don’t know it 😛
Oh. Venom. Yeah, I know who he is…totally…
I’ve read 1 spider man comic book, and he wasn’t in that.
I went to his wikipedia page and saw what he looks like, he looks familiar, but they never gave him a name in the movie (I think, unless I missed something).
Oh really? I guess I just assumed it was Venom.
I dunno, it’s just the first thing that comes to mind when you say “Spiderman villain” for me 😛 Which is weird because I never watched the cartoon much or played any of the games. No comics, etc. I guess I just picked it up by seeing the merchandise or something?
Wasn’t that black symbiote thing supposed to be Venom? I haven’t seen Spider-Man 3 nor have a read the comics so I don’t really know what Venom was other than it existed.
The black monster is Venom, which is an alien symbiote. over the years it’s had a number of hosts- Eddie Brock, who was in the film, Mac Gargan, the crazy dude who was the Scorpion villain, and spidey’s high school bully Flash Thompson, who was sort of an anti-hero with it. Originally the symbiote costume came from Marvel’s first huge crossover, Secret Wars, where spidey got it on an alien planet.That makes sense. I just didn’t think they said his name in the movie, which would have made it obvious that he was a well-known villain to the masses
Given how poor a treatment it was, I’m happy for it not to be Venom…even though it was.
Which is a shame, because the original trilogy’s handling of Doctor Octopus (and even Sandman in 3) was great.
Venom did feel really rushed, more like a half-baked concept than a proper villain.
The inclusion of Venom was against Raimi’s wishes, so I’ve heard. It was basically a “the studio made me” kinda thing.
That doesn’t mean you cock it up, which he did.
I honestly only knew what Venom was from the old Marvel vs. Capcom/Marvel vs. X-Men games arcade. Since he had a spider on his chest I assumed he was some kind of evil Spider-man.
Why not keep the theme of “Chronological Sam Raimi movies” and watch Drag Me To Hell next?
It’s one of his best films.
UGH
you know with the amount of flip flopping i do towards work i should add a strap to me and i would be a decent set of thongs.
im happy, then mad, then sad, then angry, then grateful, then happy
its like the shittest emotional rollercoaster.
everyone here is so quick to anger or annoy including myself. it doesnt make for a plesant work environment especially with the amount of collaboration we constantly need.
You take that back or I’ll kill you
never
Never? Are you sure?
I’m so glad I don’t actually have to interact with anyone else while I work. Even though everyone’s fairly reasonable, they constantly have issues and disagreements and whatnot. As one of the receptionists today put it, I just sit quietly in the back ignoring all the drama going on around me. It’s good. Doesn’t help you, admittedly. But good for me.
I’m not gonna bother pointing out how exactly the Xbox One is failing on a 1st party platform exclusive title.
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/180089-xbox-one-and-xbox-360-versions-of-titanfall-look-shockingly-similar
Has anyone ever bought a figurine on ebay? I want to get either a good Star Wars or X-Men one and the prices in stores are ridiculous. Just buying from some random online also worries me.
One time my wife bought a Sega Mega Drive on ebay and despite working at a bank and depositing the money directly into the person’s account herself under the supervision of her manager the guy denied ever receiving the funds and refused to send her the console.
I haven’t used ebay since then.
Paypal could have covered you in that scenario. I rarely deposit into accounts – it’s just too risky.
Yeah, this was really before paypal was a thing in Australia and we didn’t have credit cards.
That’s why PayPal exists now.
No, but it can have issues, as @kermitron pointed out.
I might sugegst gumtree and seeing if there’s someone in your area that has what you’re looking for. Most gumtree people are happy for pickup, so you can just organise a time between you and the seller to go over there, and then you can physically see the item, what condition it’s in, and then pay the seller, in cash, right there, meaning that there should be no discrepencies.
I have. I’ve had a good experience, and a bad experience.
I bought a Tidus figure (years ago, when I was dumb) and that was well-packaged and arrived no problem.
I bought a set of Kevin Smith Inaction figures and the guy chucked them all into a box with no padding and shipped them halfway around the world. By the time they reached me, half of them had broken limbs and the paint had melted off some of them onto others. Horrible mess. Miraculously, the ones I really wanted (the Clerks figures) were relatively unharmed.
It’s up to you whether to risk it or not. Checking a seller’s feedback is a fairly reliable method.
Does anyone know of a particular website that has reasonable prices?
Popcultcha maybe?
I figure if i want to spend a few hundred on a figure, a website with a damaged goods policy may be the way to go.
I got my Frank The Bunny from Popcultcha and they were top notch.
I also think Minotaur in Melbourne isn’t bad?
OH MY GOD THOSE INACTION FIGURES SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!
I got the whole series except the black & white Dante & Randall and they were all broken within a few days.
They were almost as bad as the Palisades Invader Zim toys I spent an absolute fortune on. I had the entire first two series and every single one of them was broken when I opened them.
Toys, man…
@transientmind Is your brother still wanting to come on the Japan trip? I haven’t heard anything from him about it. If he is still interested I have a new work email, its now peter(at)weknowtravel(dot)com(dot)au.
Wek Now Travel!
Oh damn, I’ve been answering the phone wrong all week!!!
Yeah, I thought he got that sorted… I’ll have to harass him again, he’s talking like he’s going and it’s all done and dusted. 😛
Yeah, haven’t heard a thing from him. Certainly haven’t received any paperwork/deposit/insurance from him 🙂
I’m sure he’s operating under the assumption that big brother transientmind is looking after everything for him 😛
Ooooh, new job or have they rebranded the place?
Just a rebranding. The whole Harvey World Travel brand has been retired. We had a choice of going to their new brand name, but decided to go fully independent instead. My store’s owner have two other offices as well so we are able to all support each other, interesting times ahead thats for sure
Random Q:
Can you book flights for interstate TAYbies, or does it all have to be in person? I don’t travel much so I don’t know things about flights and whatnot, but if I do decide to travel I may as well help out my Xenobuddy!
Sure can, have done all sorts of things for people interstate. Just need to get in touch with me and give me all the details and I’ll get it sorted for you
I assume you can give TAYbies amazing discounts? ;D
So what exactly is booked? Is it just flights, or accommodation as well? I would assume you can do both but it’ll be up to the person (I apologise for the stupid questions from someone who’s never booked flights :P)
Whatever you need I can book. Flights, accommodation, insurance, car hire, day tours, longer tours, transfers, trains, ferries…
Oh, I just realized I never got back to you re: insurance. I should probably do that!
Yes please. Even if its just the waiver signed to say you’ll do it later.
If @freezespreston and @transientmind could do this too please 🙂
Have I got that?
I’m pretty sure I sent them out to everyone a month or so back. I’ll resend it tomorrow if you like
All these .webm files going around now are really great! Such good quality and loads way faster than a gif for me.
From the Smash Bros Greninja reveal: http://a.pomf.se/xoamuk.webm
There’s an awesome Bayonetta 2 one as well: http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/src/1396794276453.webm
HAWLUCHA GET! \o/
EL POLLO DIABLO
HM SLAVE!
The Nacho Libre Jack Black Pokemon! Cannot be unseen!
Camel toe!
Quick question re Kickstarter
Did you always have to enter your credit card details directly on the kickstarter site. I seem to remember that it linked you to amazon to enter them.
I’ve always put it into the site but I’ve only recently backed a couple.
They started taking payments natively a while back.
I only signed up a few months ago, but I believe when they went worldwide, they had to find options that weren’t Amazon.
Yes, you always have to do it. A bit of a pain huh. If you send me your card number, and expiry, and CVN I can do it for you. It’s no trouble at all.
Sure, it’s 5621 39-HEY!
9…H…E…Y…sweet!
Brb. Going shopping.
Hey Red, might want to check if you’ve been paid. The card got refused.
Well I backed Armello at a low tier but saw them at PAX and the game was coming alogn well then and they seemed passionate about it. Hopefully they reach what they need.
Also a PSA – Don’t click on the link going to civClicker
Depends whether you’re backing a US kickstarter or not.
Spaghett’s Last Song Played game!
Come on! Feel the Illinoise! – Sufjan Stevens
Extatum et Oratum – Powerwolf
That band is too catchy for their own good. 😛
Fell on Black Days – Soundgarden.
Lean – The National
Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
Livin’ On A Prayer- Bon Jovi. Damn it @dc.
Lost Cause – Beck
I love this song so much. I also love how Beyond: Two Souls version turned the song around from Beck’s perspective and made it more about feeling like damaged goods.
Never listened to much Beck, other than what’s on the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack.
Ooo Beck’s a pretty cool guy – very chilled.
Sounds like my Benny friend right there, he never saves any thing for the swim back!
Ain’t that the truth.
Have a listen to this one, my friend. If you have a spare minute fifty nine seconds, of course.
Sooo relaxing, I could even fall asleep here at work listening to it.
I think I can spare that time. FOR YOU.
How Do You Sleep? – Orianthi
Braveheart – Neon Jungle
Really good song to dance / sing to! :3
Kill la Kill – Blumenkranz (Ragyo Kiryuin’s theme)
And then I forgot to press submit.
I tried to sing along to the original german lyrics with surprising success. (Too bad the lyric sheet had the stanzas in the wrong order)
I then decided to listen to the Nonon Jakazure theme from the same show because it’s face-punchingly awesome. So technically, my last played song is
Kill la Kill – Nonon Jakazure theme
Being unemployed sucks. I’m at the stage where doing any thing would be cool. Working in the garbage dump. Doing medical experiments. Selling kidneys. Just something that’ll get me out of the house! Haha! Any one want a kidney? Must provide own scalpel/bathtub of ice!
I don’t care if I have to commute seven hours. I don’t care if the pay is crap. I don’t care if I got to pick fruit. I just want to do something. XD
How about I hire you to have lunch with me when the school holidays are over? 😛
What’s the dental plan like?
Australia, silly, work doesn’t do that!
I was making jokes! JOKES!
I guess if my jokes aren’t funny I could always write for Jimmy Fallon!
Craig Ferguson is where it’s at, he’s great
I like Seth Meyers tone, though I haven’t seen that much of his Late Night.
Conan is my go to late night guy though.
I don’t generally watch them, but if I see Ferguson while channel flicking I’ll stick with it.
YOU WATCH CONAN!? :O
Perhaps you could contribute to some kind of science-fiction anthology funded by Kickstarter. If only there was something like that happening at the moment.
Yeah. I mean, I hear that the pay for these types of things is quite good nowadays (@dc)
That’s a good position to start from. Got a resume in order?
You know, I think I would be better off starting from scratch instead of living off glory’s past. No one cares I used to work on Big Brother. No one cares I used to work at a hospital. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY, they’ll ask and the answer is nothing. XD
I honestly think an empty resume would be better than one filled with unexplainable gaps.
I wouldn’t.
A resume isn’t just a history, it’s also evidence of competency and skills. It’s your best chance to sell yourself.
What if I have no competency/skills. XD
Sure ya do. Even if it’s just stuff like using the Office suite or dealing with co-workers or business writing, something is better than nothing.
Red’s right. You’re here on TAY, so you at least know computer basics. Which is more than what half the staff here at my work know.
Someone recommended community service to you the other day, and I think it might be a good idea. Looks good on the resume, and can be fun. Back in year 10 I planted a bunch of trees, and skipped a whole lot of classes to play games and dance badly at a special needs school. I imagine trying to get a gig like that would be a whole lot harder once you’re a fully adult male, though.
Anyway, the point I’m trying to make here, is maybe you should set up a cult, and use it as a way to both occupy yourself, and make a ridiculous amount of money.
In year 12 our entire Environmental science class went down to a State Park to help clear out Bitou Bush. They said it would be educational but I think they just wanted some free labour 😛
(Plus, a few weeks later I went back and it had all grown back again anyway)
I suppose it couldn’t hurt to have a few backup kidneys!
Serious question though (And this is going to sound horrible because you can’t tell my tone over the internet :P, but…) – Are you actually looking for work?
How big is your junk?
*looks down*
:'(
Okay then, bad joke. Here’s something: what are your career interests? Coz let’s face it, no one actually ends up getting a job they’re interested in, really. So write those down and then put a strike through them.
Sorry. Let me pick my brain and then I’ll get serious.
Haha! I’ve already done that, man. My new dream is having somewhere to go every day. XD
What did you write down/come up with?
I don’t have a scalpel but I do have this hobby knife. I’ll even put a fresh blade on it for you.
You’re the best!
Have you considered doing any volunteer work? You might not get any cash coming in but it would look good on a resume and the work itself could lead to other opportunities.
My roommate hasn’t had a job in years but works with WIRES, helps take care of injured wildlife.
He loves it, and apparently the babez love hearing about it.
If at any point you’re interested in this sort of thing let me know and I’ll speak to him about how he got started.
How are you with your hands?
Edit: Not innuendo or a joke. Genuine question.
Is this a masturbation joke?
…
Well versed.
It was more about suggesting to look into an apprenticeship in something. The whole idea is that you know nothing and they actually like taking on older apprentices as they’re generally seen as more reliable and more likely to carry through.
Good idea, plus you might be able to get existing skills RPLed. (Recognition of Prior Learning)
Also, I’ve almost sort of come close to this point a few times now. The other week when I had that big night out as Shredder… well, when I listened back to the audio recording of what happened in the car 😛 My sister told me that one of her friends said that there was a spot for me at the McDonalds he runs, working nights if I wanted. I then rambled on about how McDonalds is awful and smells bad and makes you want to throw up just driving past with the windows down 😛 But later it was gnawing at me and I was starting to consider just going for it since it would be something to do and give some kind of structure to my life.
But then my sleep patterns fixed themselves and the idea of night work suddenly became impossible so I put that thought out of my head 😛
Yeah, life can be simple and modest. A job like that is nothing to scoff about, for real.
I really want my work to bring on another person to help out in our workshop. If they ever decide to go ahead with it, I could see if I can arrange something!
Sounds like a sitcom premise if ever I heard one! 😀
He’s a helpful IT robot,
and he’s a hermit with lots of feels but
when they get together it’s fun to be
with @welbot and @dc!
APPLY!
You’re not going to get any jobs if you don’t apply for them!
JOB HUNTING CLUB ASSEMBLE!
EDIT: And I assume the type of work you’re looking for should be easy to get given the flexibility of your availability. I hear night shift/warehouse stuff is alright. Could always do call centre stuff too.
I’ve been too scared. I don’t think my ego can take much more rejection. Haha!Seriously dude, just plug away at it- throw as many applications against the wall as you can and see what sticks. Even stacking shelves gets you out of the house.
Hell, my old housemate has a degree in Biology, but dropped out of his honours due to anxiety issues. He got a job stacking shelves and he thinks it suits his lifestyle great.
I ain’t a job snob. I’ll do any thing, man. I just find it hard to fathom that even places like Woolworths or JB would hire me. I’d happiliy take those jobs in a second. XD
Woolworths is a monster that will devour anyones soul!
I know the rejection sucks but you’ve just gotta keep trying. I don’t know if you’ve been applying for anything recently but it sounds like you haven’t and you totally should because the job hunting club is the best. I’m still not even sure how I got my jobs, but I’m sure TAYbies are more than willing to help you out with resumes etc.Get on that horse!
Cue some kind of mr Ed joke -_-I’ve been getting ignored by employers all year, but dammit someone will listen to us eventually!
Didn’t you have a degree? What is it? Jobs exist, you’re just not looking hard enough.
I have a degree, but not one that’s useful.
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Television)I also have a TAFE diploma, but not one that’s useful.
Diploma of Justice AdministrationI… don’t know. 🙁
Dude, those qualifications are a perfect convergence of skills for making the only thing that ever gets approved on Australian TV that isn’t reality bullshit: A cop show!
How is that not relevant? You’ve got everything you need to turn @mrtaco’s life into a sitcom or turn @transientmind’s life anecdotes into the next Wonder Years.
Everything except permission >:[
Lol you’re cute, denying access. Like we don’t already have cameras and microphones strapped to you.
Oh so THAT’S what that is.
If nothing else, you should set small goals to work towards things. Have an updated resume done by the end of the week. That’s your homework.
For me, actually setting up a proper resume, though wholly depressing, was a pretty important step. Maybe it will be for you too.
(completely irrelevant if you already have one…)
I have this dream that I can’t shake lately. I’m in the city. It’s after work. I feel exhausted but fulfilled. I go meet some friends not having to worry about money. It might not sound like much, but that mental image sounds good to me.
You know you want it.
Then make that first step towards it!
Go to the city? DONE!
Now take that second step!
Medical experiments are actually quite lucrative.
Seriously, look into doing medical drug trials: good money for doing not much and it will help with the cash flow until job getMight also end up with superpowers… the C in @DC could stand for conduit…
One step at a time, friend 🙂
It’s good that you want a job, that shows enthusiasm, which is something employers look for (you can tell fake enthusiasm from real enthusiasm).
My advice is to find an area that you’re passionate about and go from there. Obviously I would suggest something relating to media / music / gaming, as you’ve stated before your love for TV 😉
Maybe somewhere like Sanity, Big W (tech department), or JB Hi-Fi?
Don’t underestimate yourself either! Your biggest enemy is yourself! >:(
Having a degree is a very good thing to have! Don’t under value that! Even if you don’t get the job you want straight away, eventually an opportunity will present itself 🙂 It sounds daunting, but it’s not as bad as it sounds. It doesn’t hurt to literally apply for every-single job that interests you 🙂
Oh, and something you might not want to hear…
I would recommend no beard (stubble is good though 😉 ), a professional haircut, and a nice dress shirt / long jeans / and nice casual shoes for when you get to the interview stage. A good first impression is always helpful.All the best man! 🙂
I would be more than happy to work at JB. I just don’t think a 29 year old guy would look all that great next to fresh faced uni students. XD
Own worst enemy DC! >:(
No harm in applying! 🙂
And all my local JB workers are 25+, excluding the checkout people. Having a creative industries degree is also bound to be a boon for working with media, jus’saying.
I don’t mean superficially though, like someone straight out of uni without gaps in their resume would be far more appealing than the guy who hasn’t worked in a while, right?
No. All these things are in your head. Don’t just assume that’s what the case is and use it as excuse not to try.
This gaps thing is something you need to stop worrying about. If you’re asked about it, put a good spin on it, like saying you had enough savings to not have to work for a while, or something.
People straight out of uni don’t go for jobs at JB 😛
And a person with a degree in creative industries is appealing to a media centric job.
If you don’t mind, I’d like to give you a task >:)
Your task for tomorrow is to *drum rolls*…
…
Write up a mock Curriculum Vitae (resume)! 😀
If you’d like, you could even consider it your blog post for tomorrow, since they’ve been relatively short as of late (I liked today’s how you acknowledged that though!), and it could be practice about writing about yourself. Or you could do both! 😀
I think the best place to start though is with the resume.
For the lack of references though, you’d have to rely on character references, which I’m sure numerous people here would be willing to give 🙂
Sorry for maybe being pushy, it’s just that I know that some people require a bit of a push, and this is the only way I know how to be helpful :S
Also, again, don’t be your own worst enemy DC! >:(
Everyone likes you and believes in you and wants you to succeed, so you should too 🙂
You don’t even look 29.
You need to stop throwing up excuses and just face up to the scary. You can’t do anything if you don’t try.
I look 39. XD
Oh for goodness sakes. >:/
My mother works in a garbage dump.
I’ll be sure to let her know how you feel about her vocation.
Oh man, this jerk rivalry of ours is going to span generations! I’ll teach my kids to hate yours. And then my son will fall in love with your daughter and then we’ll be forced to sit together at their wedding.
WHAT A JERK KID YOU HAVE THERE!
Your son had better be damn handsome.
Just spent most of the time while my mother was visiting playing Dark Souls. She didn’t want me to stop because it was entertaining her.
Farmed the archers at Sinner’s Rise into extinction, then caught the elevator down and farmed the big tail-swipe guys until I got bored. Then I bought the cat ring from the Cat and hopped down the giant hole in Majula. Ended up somewhere called Grave Of The Saints that I’d never seen before because Mr. Strange had just dropped right past the entrance on his way down. Found a fogdoor and recklessly went through it…arghhhh, rats! 😛Rats are fine. It’s the Ratbro’s you’ll grow to hate. So damn irritating.
Yeah, I keep hearing about Ratbros but I hadn’t come across any. I think I must have picked a good time to be playing.
It can get annoying on weekends but it hasn’t completely interfered with playing the game. Not all that different from those bell ringing types.
I’m fine with the Clangers. It’s a straight up fight (when it isn’t gank city) that gets determined by skill. Ratbro’s just run away and hope the traps and mobs get you.
When you do catch up to them it’s pretty obvious why. Just an annoying waste of time.
I’m the kind of annoying asshole that will just stand and wait.
They summon me, fine, come and fight. I can wait all night.
Hah. That’s exactly why I do. If they pop their head up to see what I’m doing I’ll just wave at them.
No way, clangers suck. I was fine with the first belfry (at Lost Bastille) but the one at the keep has me tearing my hair out. I manage to have players spawn 2 at a time, right as i get back to the 2nd phantom, I can’t even make it past the opening area.
Only saw 2 Ratbros. One got me and I got the other.
I just realised that the woman in Thor is also the queen/princess in the Star Wars prequels.
And in V for Vendetta.
And that girl who bent over for Clive Owen.
And had some weird psychosexual freakout with Mila Kunis.
nice.
And the preteen girl who almost got violated by Jean Reno.
And attempted suicide in Al Pacino’s bathtub until he saved her
And the badass who made this rap.
WARNING. EXTREMELY NSFW.
Although, just to confuse you: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/quiz/keira-knightley-or-natalie-portman-or-winona-ryder-can-you-tell-them-apart-1033132/
100%! They do look very similar (especially Keira and Natalie) but so easy to tell apart!
Cheekbones, and knightley’s rake thin.
Still it’s easy to see why Keira Knightley was Natalie Portman’s double in Episode I.
And Winona’s easy because she either looks very much like Winona, or old.
@dc
http://www.apprenticeshipsqld.com.au/
Failing that Mrs. Freeze’s job requires no special requirements other than a clean history regarding children for an entry position and they’re always hiring people.
What if @dc doesn’t have a history of cleaning children?
That would probably work in his favour…
Fell asleep and was woken by a phonecall from Mr. Strange. Went out to the garage to do what he wanted and shredded my foot on the corner of the garage door when opening it. I swear my foot was nowhere near the door. Man, I can’t even avoid obstacles in real life, no wonder I suck at games. 😛
ooooooooooowiiiess!!! Hope it’s not too bad?! Did you draw blood?
Just a bit. 😛
Oh, and as for my comment about a place in the Valley it was just a suggestion. I just really don’t want to go to the Beach House place previously suggested because it’s overpriced, and noisy as hell.
I guess beach house is in South Bank? I hope I didn’t come across angry, cos was only one of those comedic fist shaking things 😉 I reckon food wise West End has better options. All kinds of stuff from all over the world, so should be easier to find something for everyone! But no matter what, I’ll see what I can do! Would be great to see @blaghman in the flesh!
Beach House in that one upstairs from McDonalds in the Myer Centre.
That’s the only place I know in the city that ain’t a Mickey Ds or Grill’d. I don’t care where we eat. I just thought someone had to start throwing out ideas. 😀
P.J’s Steakhouse. Philly cheesesteaks!
Is that the place we had dinner when you were going to the Hifi? That was good eating!
(Might be small for meat purposes though depending on numbers.)
lol i haven’t been to the myer centre since like early 2000’s :0 i have nooooo idea where much is in the cbd at all anymore!
But yeah, the next planned Meat is the May 3rd one where we have dinner before some of us go off and see Gloryhammer, which is in the Valley so probably save my suggestion for that and do something West End for Blagh’s thing.
West End is great for a quick take out between bar hopping and that’s about it.
I dislike West End. The whole place is kind of gross and low rent.Yeah, there’s places like Three Monkeys that do stuff like nachos and coffee and all that but not varied meals, etc.
Best sort of place!
I like dodgy gross places reminds me of Tweed 😀
Wonky hit detection is a real pain.
So multicultural week at school is always a fun affair. There is always live music playing in the main square at lunch and recess, and there are stalls set up everywhere. Yesterday, there was a guy playing smooth jazz piano, (I don’t know what is has to do with multiculturalism, but it was nice) and today there were two guys playing bongos. they were surrounded by about twenty bongos, and everyone was welcome to play them, provided they could keep up with the (admittedly simple and repetitive) beat. Somewhat counterintuitively, the sausage sizzle stall celebrated multiculturalism by placing toothpicks with tiny Australian flags into the sausage.
If memory serves, there were to people versing each other in Kendo in full costume last year.
With Wednesday ending, I have only two days of work experience left before the study break. I still have some homework that must be completed over the holidays, and the chances of remembering that fact are quite slim.
I will have a driving lesson in just under two hours. It’s the first time I’ve done driving in quite some time, so I hope I haven’t gotten rusty. In the meantime, I have to decide whether to watch more Kill la Kill or read TAY.
I’m really not sure what to do here. Every time my friend/neighbour from last year wants to hang out, it’s to drink. I suggest we just catch up without drinking and he’s not interested. We used to hang out EVERY DAY last year without a drink in our hands, why do we have to drink every time now? :S
I just don’t feel like drinking much anymore. What happened a few weeks ago ruined it for me. Last time I struggled to get through a pint. That and I still feel shitty anyway.
It’s kinda upsetting, really 🙁
Some people can’t function without a drink. Everyone thinks alcoholics are old broken men but that’s not true at all.
Yeah, it’s far to easy to associate hanging with friends with alcohol too. I’m gonna make a point not to drink for the next few meats!
But how will I convince you to come with us to Gloryhammer if I can’t get you drunk first? 😛
Too much information alert:
I literally threw up about 8 or 9 times on Saturday night/Sunday morning. I think like Ben J my drinking days are over for now. XDAlso Saturday taught me that even drunk I can reject lady’s with requests. XD
@saturday is a gentleman like that.
How about “LOOK OVER THERE!!” and then handcuff him?
My mum was pretty much an alcoholic. She just didn’t listen to anyone, or got upset when they talked about it, and it wasn’t until she went in to hospital with cirrhosis that she stopped drinking. They’re often too stubborn to change. But you don’t have to drink. I don’t drink, and haven’t for many years, but if people wanna drink, I let em. I’ll have a coffee or a fizzy drink. Unless they change when they’re drunk (like get agro) I just go with the flow. If it bothers you to see them drinking so much, then there’s not much you can do without some sort of intervention type situation, but depending on your friendship, this could go well or horrible 😉
At least she stopped. My old man had been told multiple times by multiple doctors during his increasingly frequent trips to the hospital in an ambulance if he doesn’t stop he’ll die.
He hasn’t stopped. I’ve kind of lost patience with him and pretty much given up as bad as that sounds.
I get it. We’d all but given up hope of mum getting help before she got super ill. Too stubborn and took offense when ever you hinted at it. Sucked hard. I think this scared it out of her though.
When I spoke to her a few days ago, she sounded a lot chirpier than she has in a long time, so I think she’s taking it very seriously.
It’s not so much that it bothers me that he does drink, and his behaviour doesn’t change or anything, it’s just that I’d like to be able to hang out with him without it having to be a drinking occasion.
I kinda miss getting together and just hanging out watching TV and that really 🙂
Perhaps simply by you not drinking will rub off on him and eventually he’ll realize it’s no fun to drink when you’re not, but still enjoy the company enough not to seek drunken entertainment elsewhere
That’s our generation. Poor as fuck cos we drink everything away. “Hey let’s go hang out, AT THE BAR.” Where beers cost $6+ to the <$2 you can get at home.
This government is doing things correctly. Drunk douchebags don’t need fast internet, they just need good beds.
So, Avengers in Disney Infinity…
YES YES YES SO MUCH WANT!
They’re slowly whittling away my resistance.
What will it take? Star Wars? INDIANA JONES?
Journey. Definitely Journey.
To buying the game?
It’s well worth it 😀
So you know how I couldn’t find any of that wool? Turns out my local store donated it to someone who knits beanies for people suffering cancer.
So i was angry, but also happy about it. It certainly makes it awkward.
Go demand it off those people. Throw a tantrum in person if need be.
Better yet, torch her house!
Nah, trickery is the best approach.
Pull the wool over their eyes!
RAAAAH YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING WONDERFUL! I WISH I COULD HATE YOU FOR BEING SO NICE!!!
Does the knitter in question need that specific wool? Could you possibly arrange a swap?
Luckily, Spotlight got in some slightly different but similar wool. I should be able to finish it.
I can find it in myself to be angry. Because I’m a young liberal, and I believe that nobody has it harder than the ultra-rich, who provide valuable jobs to our economy by feeding money into their own coffers.
Those cancer sufferers are probably boat people, too, because it’s their judgement from Lud.
I’ve never met a young liberal I haven’t wanted to thump.
And I haven’t been in a fight since year nine. I just want to punch them.
Right?
I disagree with Liberals generally. I dislike the “young” versions of all political parties.
It’s a toxic combination.
We went to dinner with some friends night before the last QLD state election and a whole group of about 30 Young Liberals sat at the next table. One of the most painful nights I’ve ever had having to hear them carry on.
My PC is out to give me a heart attack today. Not booting up when I get home from work and all it took was moving my RAM to a different slot. On the plus side I realised that like a muggins I’d not installed my RAM in dual channel mode. Fixed and now I can go back to staring at my Steam library and wondering about what games I can’t be bothered to play tonight
Isn’t there this online thing where it gives you a random game form yoru list to play?
You could do that and just play whatever it lands on.
FINAL FANTASY X PLATINUM UPDATE:
I farmed all the necessary spheres except for Luck/Fortune and now I just gotta capture a few more fiends and then fight the Dark Aeons and Arena monsters 😀
I’m still bummed I missed Tidus’ Sun Crest which means that one of the strongest characters has now become my weakest :(. I think I might just Zanmato my way through Dark Bahamut…
(@jimu)
Can’t you just head back and grab it?
Nah, because I didn’t get it straight after defeating the boss. When I tried to go back, Dark Bahamut is guarding it so entering the room triggers an immediate battle with him.
Haha, oh man that has got to suck.
Yeeeeep. It’s my first time going for all the extra stuff so I didn’t even realise I needed to get it at the time. The rest of the Dark Aeons are blocking things too but thankfully I managed to get all the Destruction Spheres for Anima.
I was thinking of trying for a platinum in the game but not sure I want to deal with the aggravation of the Chocobo balloon race.
Lightning dodging should be easy on the Vita. Dodge 20-30 then lock the screen and come back a bit later.
Me and @jimu used this method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNjKL7aZY4E super easy since you can time the strikes, just way too tedious (and scary when you’re close to 200).
Chocobo racing wasn’t too bad, I even had… fun. Blitzball was reasonably okay but very time consuming.
I’m glad I never did this stuff originally though, it would be hard for me to get motivated enough to do it again.
@freezespreston this method made lightning dodge possible for me, my top on ps2 was 103 my top on Vita was 5…
Choco racing is bullshit. Totally based on luck.
You dont *need* every weapon to fight Aeons.
When you’ve mastered the grid, every character is the same except ODs.
Except Kimahri continues to be a useless side character that’s not worth using over any of the rest of the cast regardless of what his stats are.
Yeah but Tidus’ OD is the second best in terms of damage and would make farming so much easier. Don’t have nearly enough items for a custom Break Damage Limit weapon either 🙁
Just found out my dad was in a car crash and is in hospital. Apparently he’s fine, but gah; this is the sort of stuff I have nightmares about.
Yikes! Glad he’s okay and hope he’s out of hospital soon. *hugasaurus*
Aw man, hope he’s better soon.
Aw man, sorry to hear that! Hope all is well soon!
Good to hear he’s okay though.
damn dood! sorry to hear that! 🙁 All the wishes for healing quick and healthy outcome!
@phlanispo
What was the name of that quack your mother wanted to let hook you up to a car battery?
http://www.majesticresonance.com/About_Us.html him
Ahh, yes. Dr Yogurt-Lamp. As aliasalpha has demonstrated, the quack goes by the name of Dr Leslie K.T. Yapp.
Buy yoghurt-lamp is such a better name
I had trouble deciding whether to call him Dr Yoghurt-Lamp or Professor Electrosmog.
Nah the latter makes him sound like a dj to me
If I ever become a rapper, (and I won’t, I hate that kind of music) that will totally be my rap name.
Works for rapper or supervillain so you’ve still got one chance to use it
Spent like an hour trying to find another Sigilyph after a critical killed the first one. And then it blew me away, stupid whirlwind. Finally got it after another half an hour though. Can finally move on 😛
Oh man Hawlucha is the best. THE BEST!
I can’t remember, but is this your first Pokemon game?
Since Red.
Unless you count Pokemon Pinball. Or Snap.
Worst Nintendo fan!
Best Nintendo fan!
Just never really been interested enough to dive back in again, I generally hate RPGs 😛
Also I only grabbed this one because I had an opportunity to get it for super cheap.
Pokémon Pinball! I remember having a shameless amount of fun with that gem.
TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
STREAMING NOW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m1ST3tFSxQ
Ask us questions!
I have a question! WHERE’S @POPDART5? Hawaii’s clearly a ruse!
Still says starting soon, btw. Not sure if that’s cause it hasn’t started or there’s something wrong.
Fecking thing crapped out on me. Sorry, had to abandon
Melbourne TAYbies! Let’s have a meat here!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/04/this-pub-built-with-concrete-pipes-is-surprisingly-elegant-and-cozy/
I won’t be there, but you guys still should! XD
SO PRETTY.
@beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @f4ction @greenius @jordi @negativezero @pixel_the_ferret_viking @tech_knight @smurfydog @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k
Oh! OH! I SEE HOW IT IS. You know where EVERYONE ELSE lives, but NOT ME?!
I have never been SO OFFENDED IN MY LIFE!
I’m not offended in the slightest =PI stole that list from @powalen’s website. If any one is to blame it’s him! LET’S GET HIM!
It was him! *runs*
I blame you both.
I’ll add you, Scree.
No, it’s too late now! =P
To the list.
Now you know the troubles of being a tagger. It’s a tough job. :'(
Come to PAX 🙁
You come to PAX North. It’s a thing! Bring the Manny Calavara costume! I’ll cosplay as Glotis. (I’ll put an orange garbage bag over my head.)
It’s a pretend thing!
You are!
You’re right. I put up a facade.
A Manny Calavera shaped facade. o/
And everyone can turn up dressed as Mario.
I think you mean, slutty Mario.
All dem pipes
IMMA ENTER ALL OF DEM PIPES!
I must need sleep, I was about to ask “is there a slutty Mario?” and then I remembered this is the internet, if it wasn’t there before then it damn sure is after
Tey are pretty cool, drove past them the other day would love to get a group together and check it out but I can see it being packed
You mean clogged.
Well played good sir
I agree. Let’s have a meat there. With you. When you come to Melbourne. >:(
I think we need a DC cardboard cutout that can come to all the interstate meats
Bugger the tags that place looks cool.
Anybody up for a drink, pretty much between me and work so looks good to me
@novacascade @blaghman @tech_knight @mythamphetamine sorry guys, looks like it wasn’t our night. I’m free tomorrow night if we want to try again, failing that we can just bump it till next Wednesday? What’s the consensus?
Any night I can really do
I may or may not be busy tomorrow night (my friends are as slack as I am).
Any week night is fine by me.
The Wolf Among Us Episode 3 spoilers/discussion! (Don’t read until you’ve played it!)
choices:– didn’t interrupt Snows eulogy
– investigated the Trip Trap first
– offered flycatcher a job (he was so innocent and trusting! Aw.)
– did not burn the witchs tree
– did not kill tweedle dum (almost 50-50 split on this one!)
Such a good episode! Really enjoyed it. Loved the humour that they put into the player prompts this time. Stuff like “Gren won’t remember that” as he passes out drunk haha Really liked the final scene too, walking into gunfire and such. Looked awesome. Bloody Mary was a cool addition too, she should be good in the future.
What did all of you think?
I made all the same choices! I regretted going to the bar first, though — all that burnt evidence at Crane’s apartment. I loved the ep.I made all the same choices, too…(so mainstream)… didn’t even get to Crane’s apt, though. /o\Ooooh, cool. I wondered if that time ticking down had consequences. I went to the bar > cranes > office. Only stayed at Crane’s for short time cause the damage was done. :'( Seems like this ep has more diverging paths.I went bar -> tweedle. I had enough info at that point for you-know-who.I started downloading it nearly 4 hours ago and it’s 21% done 🙁
Looks like I won’t be playing tonight.
I’M SOOOORRY.
NOW WHO’S THE TERRIBLE PERSON @DC???? WHOOOO?
no wait, it’s still me /o\I know I’m hairy but there’s no need for these insulting nicknames.
Just had a really good game of basketball. The only stat I had was a turnover (an attempted shot that fell well short), but apart from that mishap, my game is improving. Hopefully next game I’ll have an assist or something. Good fun playing basketball again though. I love watching it, and am starting to really enjoy playing it.
Today I Learned that driving at night in heavy traffic is not easy.
When you are in the car, surrounded by traffic, your brain fails to process everything around it. If you try to change lanes, there is no way to tell whether there are cars behind you, as all you can see is a bunch of lights with know way to say whether the lights are from the car to the left of you and slightly behind you, or the car directly behind you. It’s also difficult to tell whether there is a red light ahead, as you are surrounded by red lights that blur everything together.
The whole point of the style of driving lesson I was doing was to pretend that I was on my P’s, and my passengers were my mates. Because of this, my mother had to tag along. My mother and the driving instructor had a merry old chat. Because of this chat, I couldn’t get a word in edgewise about how uncomfortable I was feeling driving in these conditions. It was about 15 minutes before I managed t get a word in. I tried to explain my troubles with gauging distance and position with all the lights, and my driving instructor recommended I see an optometrist.
Dammit, my sense of smell barely exists, my hearing is terrible, my sense of taste is not very strong, and now my sight is messed up? Is there a single sense that works? Next thing, I’m going to realise that my sense of touch doesn’t function correctly.
Oh well, at least I can sense electromagnetic fields.
EDIT: Can I write a single comment that is positive?
“Wait, how long has my hand been on fire??”
“About 10 minutes”
“And you didn’t think to mention it?”
“Well it didn’t seem to bother you”
You can. You just don’t realise it yet.
On Monday I had a driving lesson. Knowing that I am learning to drive my disabled Mother around means that I tend to try and be super careful. However, so many drivers were doing the wrong thing. Someone over took me on the right into oncoming traffic to turn right when the light turned green.
Another person pulled in front of me cutting me off so they could go around a van turning right. I had to slam on my brakes to avoid a collision.
Another one was tailgating me even though I was only going 10 below the speed limit on a steep hill. He overtook me, going over the white line just to get away from me.
A bus pulled in front of me when it was meant to give way.
A lot of people were driving like crazy people on Monday. The instructor said it’s some of the worst driving she has seen in years. I did pretty well though =P
Yeah Melbourne driving is pretty hit and miss, i find the outer suburbs can be abit easier but too far out and your in hoon turf where road rules just don’t apply, nearly been wiped that many times it’s not funny. You just gotta keep your wits and not let anyone get to you
Inner city can be pretty hectic too, especially for a novice driver. So many things to pay attention to. Idiot pedestrians that wander infront of your car looking at their phones, traffic lights, narrow, one-way streets with cars down each side and no clearance, people driving like absolute morons, people weaving in and out of traffic, trams, parked cars…
When I was learning to drive, my instructor with the RACV would do defensive driving courses as an extra thing, and basically you would just drive throw an area like Camberwell or parts of Richmond.
Haha I love that, nothing teaches you better defensive driving then driving through Camberwell, specially on the way up to Hawthorne on a tuesday night, that just screams collosion..or getting your headlights kicked in and car spat on by drunks.
I don’t mind city driving but mainly because Ive had to do it heaps, even doing probably one of the more illegal things being basically doing a chinese fire drill on the bridge next to Flinders station at 3am because the driver was on red P’s and didnt want to drive with 5 guys in the car.
In china it seams aslong as you think your vehicle will fit you can go. Who cares what side of the road or sidewalk or direction that is. Same applies to pedestrians. What te hell are traffic lights.
It’s all a new experience that takes time to get used to. Whole point of lessons.
Driving isn’t as simple as get in and step on go pedal no matter how much people on the road seem to think it is. There’s a lot of information to take in and process in very short periods of time. As you keep driving more and more you get better and better at it.
Good news: Lots of people should probably wear glasses for night driving, without needing them for everyday use.
Though I guess it’s an indicator to get your eyes tested.
But yeah, as others have said, driving can be a real sensory overload at the best of times. There’s a reason I don’t do it.
When I first started driving a manual on real roads, I once had to hop out of the driver’s seat, and let my Dad drive home because I’d screwed up when stopped at the lights, and just kept stalling.
The first time I drove down an 80 road with no middle barrier, and lots of traffic in the other direction, I freaked out and basically did an illegal lane change to put a lane wide barrier between myself and the screaming tonnes of steel that approached me.
Id say it’s your eyesight too.
I’d also recommend something if you’re being overloaded with stuff, even in the daytime – just take a seat at a busy intersection somewhere and watch it for 15-20 minutes. You’ll figure out that the traffic lights have a certain pattern; it’ll reinforce what you know in theory; you’ll see what happens when pedestrians cross and what you need to do as a driver etc.
Also play some video games with cars in them.
Aaaand last question – is this a manual or automatic. I strongly suggest driving auto until you get the hang of the actual driving.
Automatic, to my father’s endless disappointment.
Traffic, road rules, assholes in a metro area in 2014 are overwhelming. People need to learn how to drive before they can learn how operate the car at the same time. If you try to learn how to shift gears, you’re concentrating on that while being distracted by the surroundings. Everything fails, everyone loses.
Auto fist, then manual. Unless you can drive around in a field for a week to get the hang of a manual …
Great. PS4 ate inFamous and it won’t read or eject it.
Guess your PS4 just wanted to be famous instead of… inFamous.
I didn’t know the PS4 was literally hungry for games…
The old hold down the eject button for a 10 seconds trick doesn’t work?
https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5061/~/ps4%3A-manually-eject-a-stuck-disc common enough issue to have a support page fix
Nope. Trying that link out as soon as I find the ridiculously long and thin screwdriver required.
Well shit. That didn’t work either.
I’ve barely used the friggin thing and it’s already carked it.
The good news is, the turnaround once you start communicating with Sony is only around a week.
The bad news is, you know, everything else.
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!!!!!!
Nothing wrong with the PS4. I was playing Second Son last night and assumed the disc was in there still. Didn’t think that the god damn kids had taken the disc out and left it under the couch.
Joys of parenthood. /o\
Haha! You have that excuse. I totally thought my PS3 was broken cause the non-existent disc didn’t eject. XD
I just spent an hour pulling the PS4 apart and putting it back together /o\
Hey, you got it back together, it could have been worse!
This is true. I was worried for a bit until it powered back on.
Either that or it became sentient last night and spat the disc out across the room. D:
The wonders of next gen!
If it was Ghosts or Rivals I’d completely understand…
Man, I would’ve loved for you to send it into Sony only to have them tell you the disc wasn’t in it 😛
Monster.
Would end up with a long rant about how the technician stole the disc for himself
At least Blu-Rays have a hardened coating on the data side of the disc, so they don’t scratch as easily.. So that’s a positive I guess.
I thought I got a dud PS4 for at least 5 minutes until I realised the 3 beeps weren’t an error code, it was just me pressing eject when there was no disc in it
Gold.
Makes ya wish we still had disc trays?
Talking to my friends, trying to organise to see The Lego Movie tomorrow. Ask one of them if he’ll drag along his girlfriend, and his response is “Hmm. I’ll bring [her] if she’s free. But she may be making a pirate ship made of cake.”
That’s such an amazing excuse that I can’t even get whatever the appropriate emotion for this is.
Other story from today:
So the bank I go to has added depositing at one of the ATMs outside of it, so not wanting to have to go inside and deal with real people, I figured I’d deposit a wad of cash that way.
I stick my card in, open up the deposit thing, enter the amount, and it spits out an envelope. Then the machine starts beeping at me as I drop the envelope onto the ground. It continues to beep as I try frantically counting my money to make sure I don’t screw this up, and I have to press the “no, I’m really here and not an idiot, totally guys” button twice. Finally, after counting half the money twice, and the other half once, so I have no idea how much I’m really throwing in, I shove it in the envelope, and deposit it into the machine.
Then I see the warning, stating “do not put more than 30 notes into the envelope.” I pause. My basic maths skills come into play, and I think to myself, “yup, eighteen and eighteen is definitely more than 30. Balls.”
So I walk into the bank, thus defeating the entire purpose of this exercise, get asked if I need anything, explain my incompetence, and the lady just looks at me like I’m the biggest idiot, then
“so did it accept your money?”
“Yes?”
“Then I wouldn’t worry, it’s more sort of a guideline.” Followed by a look that seemed to imply “I have to be polite to you, as that’s what we do, but sometimes I despair for the human race. But at least you’re polite about your failings.”
Completely unrelated to your long and presumed boring story:
My bank recently installed a new ATM with a widescreen display. After banking in 1080p/60fps, I just can’t go back.
Upvote for “presumed boring story”
You jerk.
The ones in Sydney don’t require an envelope. I only used it after I was banking the normal way and the nice young girl at the counter gave me a hand made pamphlet on how to use them cause she noticed lots of people were avoiding them or didn’t know how.
Awe. I think the correct response is awe
So, after beating Chrono Trigger on the DS, I came to realise that I guess I’d never beaten it on the SNES. I wonder why that was…? Anyway, got to see the traditional ending, then went straight back into NG+ and got the “most difficult ending” in another twenty-five minutes.
That’s where you face off against Lavos with just Crono and Marle in your party right at the start of the game. It was a tough fight, because I’d levelled Marle not at all, and had almost none of her magic available to me 😛Edit: I guess that’s a game that’s been on my pile of shame (on and off) for almost twenty years.
What was your play time approximately? I have that one sitting in my pile of shame also.
Around 22 hours. And that was pretty thorough – all side quests, etc.
Best thing about Hotline Miami 2: They’re going to have a new soundtrack.
Looked up the artist they used for the trailer that came out this week, Carpenter Brut. His first EP is pretty fucking rad:
Takes me back to when I was a young teenager and MP3 didn’t exist and the concept of downloading a 3-4mb sound file over a 28.8k modem seemed like crazy talk and instead I used to listen to heaps of Amiga demoscene modules.
Well back in the Amiga days, 3-4MB was a sizeable percentage of your hard drive IF you were rich enough to have a hard drive in the first place
Some of those later-generation modules got pretty big. ImpulseTracker stuff got to be 500-600k or more depending on the number of samples used and their quality. ScreamTracker could get pretty large too.
But yeah, 3-4mb mp3 vs 30-40k Protracker MOD? No contest. You could fit several hours of good music on a floppy.
This is an apt description.
His 2nd EP is even better. If the opening track doesn’t end up in the game or at least a trailer (that lead in…) I’ll be stunned.
Holy crap, new borderlands!
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/09/borderlands-presequel-release/
Weird choice of characters & timeline but we finally get to see that bloody moonbase!
KILL LA KILL EPISODE 20 – SO EPIC IT MUST BE IN ALL CAPS
-HOLYYYYYYYYYYYY HEEEEEEELLL. THAT IS ALL.-WAIT, WHEN RYUKO WAS BEING DEVOURED BY JUNKETSU, WHAT WAS RAGYO DOING TO RYUKO? WAS SHE… SHE COULDN’T BE… FUCK YOU, RAGYO. YOU ABUSE ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS HER WHOLE LIFE, AND YOU JUST MOVE ON TO START ABUSING THE NEXT ONE? MAY YOU BE EVISCERATED, AND HAVE YOUR REMAINS CAST INTO THE MOUTH OF MT FUJI! MAY YOU BE RACKED BY GALLSTONES FOREVERMORE! MAY YOU SUFFER EVERY DISEASE KNOWN TO MANKIND SIMULTANEOUSLY! IT’S TIME TO CONTACT SATAN, YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY OUTCLASSED HIM.
-RYUKO WEARING JUNKETSU? SATSUKI WEARING SUNKETSU? I MUST SAY, SATSUKI WEARS SUNKETSU WELL. IT MAKES SATSUKI LOOK WAY YOUNGER, THOUGH.
Had a 400g piece of steak and baked potatoes with butter/cheese/sour cream for tea, mostly cos I haven’t had steak in ages. Omg it was so good. I’d do it more often if steak wasn’t so pricey.
Might make it a once a week thing or something maybe.
First thing on the menu when I leave China. Go out, spend way too much money on one. But it’ll be worth it.
It’s a good feel when you can get the meal you want once a week.
Kill la Kill – episode 21
Okay, Ragyo is molesting Nui now? I know it’s all a weird dream state thing, and Nui isn’t even remotely human technically, but it still pisses me off how much Ragyo resembles Joseph Fritzl. I suppose we should wait for the point where Ragyo molests the Life Fiber chick with rainbow sunglasses? (They mentioned her name like, twice)-I think almost every character in the show has been naked at some point. With Nui now off the No-nudity list, I guess Guts the Mankanshoku family dog is the only one to not be naked? The fact that the dog is the only one who has not relinquished clothes over the entire season iss really quite… a thing.
-Uhh what was with Ryuko kissing Nui? Has Ryuko become so much like Ragyo that she must molest everyone she sees? Does Junketsu cause latent bisexual (granted, we’ve never seen Ryuko show interest in any male characters up to this point, so lesbianism is just as likely) feelings to surface? I’m putting way too much thought into this.
-Oh, so Kamui’s are deliberately revealing to avoid the wearer from becoming enslaved? I’ll buy it.
-Well, the Elite Four sure took their time to save Satsuki. What’s that, a six minute delay between saying “We should help her,” and actually helping? Oh, I suppose they spent six miunutes getting into the perfect position? What if she moved 5m to the left when fighting Uzu Saneygayama?
-Did… did one of Mako’s explanation’s of how ‘Ryuko is always Ryuko’ involve hanging herself?
-Wait, Senketsu got chopped in half by a Rending Scissor, and was able to re-assemble himself in time to save Mako?
-Wait, when did Satsuki change into Nudist Beach gear? I know it probably takes very little time to wear something that thin, but damn Satsuki.
-Okay, Mako also looks awesome in Senketsu. Is it impossible to look bad in Senketsu? I look forward to seeing Guts the dog in Senketsu.
-“I’m going to force myself on you!” – Senketsu
-I thought it was funny when Gamagoori and Sanageyama were screming “Matoi!” and Jakazure was screaming “Transfer Student!”
EDIT: Grammar
FYI all those random poses that Mako makes during those long explanation sequences are puns based on the word she’s saying, ranging from depicting the word itself, to the appearance of the kanji, to depicting a homonym of the word. So if there’s something in there that seems really random, it’s probably a kanji reference or homonym thing.
So Borderlands Pre-sequel aye? 😀
Set between 1 and 2 and you help that handsome bastards rise to power.
… on the moon
Ps3, 360 and PC
I am extremely happy… yet sceptical… :/
Also done mostly by 2K Australia… apparently one of the bosses references Ned Kelly 🙂
I’m in.
Given how much time I put into Borderlands 2, I’ll happily shell out for a collectors ed too.
I’m thinking they pulled off a Saint’s Row what with hints back then of DLC being on the moon. But that’s just my baseless speculation-, as long as this is cheap I’ll happily play. Can’t see me paying full price for this.
While I’m on a roll with news… The last of us Ps4 confirmed! 😀
I think I’m a masochist.
I’m trying to get Links 2003 running on my PC which is running 64-bit Windows 7…
But the game was $2… and I’m optimistic after getting Curse of Monkey Island working…
Also, I slept for three hours, and it’s raining…
Shit.
Hawlucha’s rocking it. Then got my Chesnaught, Doublade and Charizard within a couple of battles of each other.
IT’S ALL HAPPENING!
Kill la Kill – episode 22
-Senketsu crying a waterfall and Ryuko looking awkward about the whole situation may just be the greatest image I have seen on the Internet in quite some time.-Watching Nui’s arms fall off like they were held up by fishing wire is one of more carthartic and funnier things I have seen.
-So Iori gets a synchronisation animation, too? The mere idea of using a Goku uniform to be a faster sew-er is amusing.
-YES! Mako is back in her super badass Fight Club uniform!
I don’t care about the time! Two more episodes to go!
Do it!
Fuck sleep!
Well, finished Infamous Second Son on a goody two shoes run. Next up, gotta be true to myself and exercise my power freely, this is gonna be fuuuuun
Hang on, Zeke? Zeke was listed in the credits, where the hell was he?
DLC, Cole’s Legacy.
I’m doing an Evil Expert run currently. I just have to burn through the missions quickly for the platinum.
For some reason I keep clearing out the districts as I go. I keep telling myself it’s a wate of time but it’s fun. Evil powers are pretty OP especially Obliterating Blast. Only takes 3 shots to blow up an APC and uses very little energy.
What’s the difference in difficulty levels? I did it on Easy. I’m not a n00b, but I just couldn’t handle the bullshit.
Kill la Kill – episode 23
Guts the dog is no longer wearing a hoodie. Thus, every character in Kill la Kill has been nude!That is all.
Kill la Kill – episode 24 FINALE!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!
-Gamgooooooriiiiii! Nooooo!-Nui is becoming more terrifying with each passing minute. Those shark teeth… This will likely be the focal point of my nightmares in the future.
-Gamagoori with the power of plot armour, it seems.
Or… regular armour I guess…
-Okay, now I have come to the realisation that Nui’s smiling decapitated head will be in the foreground, background, and centre of my nightmares.
-The ending. So bittersweet. Ragyo commits suicide, and Senketsu is gone forever. We discover that that no woman in the world of Kill la Kill actually has nipples, Mako and Ryuko go on a femDate, (it’s a thing, I declare it!) and Satsuki gets a haircut.
Although I don’t understand why Senketsu perished. If the events at the end were enough to kill Senketsu, why didn’t it kill Ryuko? Didn’t they just say they were the identical in physiology less than three minutes earlier? Also, I still don’t understand how Ryuko is alive, regardless. Didn’t all Life Fibers die out on Earth? Why is Ryuko, who is half life fiber, still alive?
@crazygy1990 and @transientmind, help please?
Also, I choked up a bit at the end. It wasn’t Mystery Dungeon levels of sadness, but sadness was had.
I dunno that it was a femmedate as much as just a date. I think she’s gay. As for reasoning behind the death of Senketsu… NO IDEA. I am as lost as you. 🙂If that’s case, I suspect a Mako x Ryuko x Gamagoori love triangle. SECOND SEASON.
I suppose with transientmind unable to answer the question, I enlist the help of @crazyguy1990! (I spelt it correctly this time!)
Senketsu burns up in the atmosphere in a final sacrifice in order to protect Ryuko one last time. OR DOES HE? That’s supposed to be left open so they can maybe make a sequel later I think.Also that’s a real actual date. The dynamic between Ryuko and Mako is straight out of mid-80s stuff like Project A-ko, though modernized a bit. I actually feel like Project A-ko was probably a big influence for the show, in the way that they pulled from a lot of late 70s and early 80s super robot stuff for Gurren Lagann.
There is an anime called Sherlock Hound. I need this in my life… aaand it’s not available in my region. But, I suppose going by Wizard Barristers logic, an awesome title is a sure sign of a bad anime.
Sherlock Hound is super old. Like, mid-80s stuff. It’s basically Sherlock Holmes with steampunk elements and anthropomorphic animals. Also it was a Hayao Miyazaki co-direction thing (he did the first bit of it) and I believe it was considered to be reasonable. I’ve never seen it.
With Kill la Kill over, I may finally rest.
Granted, it’s going to take about 30 minutes for the adrenaline to fully leave my system. And I drunk about 4L of water in the span of 4 hours, so I expect great things to come of that.
Is there any chance I could convince you to watch JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure? It most certainly carries the “hyper-manly” torch that KLK carried during the winter season.
Unlikely. I think after Kill la Kill, I will take a break from shonen anime and go back to my slice-of-life anime. Also, I wouldn’t call Kill la Kill ‘hyper manly,’ seeing as how 80% of the cast is female.
I feel like I am actually getting somewhere with these cosplays!
For example, I am working on the boots for my own cosplay. @gorzilla one, I have the pattern cut out and ready to be pinned. @sernobulus I have the wool and I’m starting to knit again. Lastly, @novacascade I am adjusting the pattern and perfecting it.
I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again
YOU CRAZY! 😛
I’m sorry?
All these projects, so much work! 😛
just kidding around and failing at it apparently, sorry if there was a misunderstanding 😛It’s fine, seriously.
Random musing: it’s less than a year later and Last of Us is getting a “HD Remaster”? Wouldn’t they have been better served holding off and making a launch title for PS4 and actually have a system seller (not that it really needs one).
I’ve been holding off for a sale or something, but I may as well wait until I get a PS4 in a year or twos time now 😛
Yeah, I agree. I guess releasing a game at the end of a console generation has crazy amounts of potential customers any way to justify it. With Uncharted 4 on the way they probably figured they had both bases covered. I loved The Last of Us so much that I’d be more than happy to buy it again though.
As I was discussing on twitter: We don’t even know if this version is being made by Naughty Dog, but if it is, there’s a pretty simple explanation. Odds are this is a relatively quick port, ala Wind Waker. Naughty Dog have already said that their using the same engine for the PS4 as they did the PS3. So a lot of engineering effort would have already gone into making sure their workflow stays the same, and that if something worked on their old version it would work now (from a scripting, lighting, model importing etc. perspective). So a good test would be to simply try and run something they knew used to work on the new hardware, and see what sticks. From there, it’s not a lot to turn a slice of something into the full game if you already have, well, the whole game there.
That’s my theory, assuming it’s actually being done by ND.
Edit: I should probably address the point at hand. So, I doubt this was done long running plan. They would’ve just made something for the hardware with a large install base they were used to, and added this version as a happy bonus.
And that might pave the way for an Uncharted trilogy re-release, if their overlords like the money that comes from this one…
I’ll take seventeen copies!
One Quantic Dream collection too. HEAVY RAIN/BEYOND: TWO SOULS!
You missed Fahrenheit
Haha, that’s like two gens ago now. It’s time to let that go. Would probably cost just as much money to remake that than to make it for the first time.
Good! It was worth it.
Well, maybe not the last third where it went all weird with no explanation but a remake could at least hint there was a third faction and tweak the story until their appearance made sense
ND is working on it.
Cool beans! Welp, guess I’m locked into my theory until someone process me wrong.
Benefit of the doubt: Tomb Raider and The Last of Us may be ongoing franchises that the developers want people to be able to collect, even if they only have one system in their house.
I say they’re developing their next game already, but TLOU is an easy port. Which, it is – see: Tomb Raider.
So they just got a small section of the dev team to slowly port a GOTY TLOU to PS4. Done.
I personally didn’t buy the PS3 version because I was hoping it would be released for PS4 and also because zombie fatigue and dislike of stealth mechanics. But it’s been so highly regarded I came close to getting the PS3 version a few times despite suspecting I won’t enjoy it.
Now I think I’ll grab for PS4.
EDIT: Also no they wouldn’t have been better holding it back.
– PS4 wasn’t announced yet when they announced TLoU
– Why release as a launch game to an audience of maybe 5-6 million when you can launch on a system that has an install base of 80 million?
– It’s better for the studio to focus on one platform and do it really well, then port it, than to do multi-platform (especially a launch game where the hardware isn’t even final when they’re doing the bulk of the development). ND is able to make the PS3 sing because they’re the rare AAA studio that only works on one platform. Same deal with 343 with Halo 4 – that game looked amazing on such old hardware.
I put this in a different category than I do Tomb Raider: PC Port Edition. Tomb Raider was multiplatform, so everyone who wasn’t a Nintendo-only gamer could play it. The Last of Us was a PS3 exclusive. There were probably a lot of people who only had an Xbox 360 last generation who switched to the PS4 after the Xbox One reveal fiasco. Those people never got a chance to play The Last of Us. Now they will.
Lets get some TAYlist requests
It’s been a while since I’ve requested some Arcade Fire so whatever Arcade Fire you gots on the computers. 😀
From the last time i played AF, we only have 2 songs, Abraham’s Daughter, and some other song (can’t remember the name) that’s far too long for radio (like 6 minutes)
Abraham’s Daughter will do. I love that song. 😀
Prototype – Outkast.
Africa – Toto
GONNA TAKE A LOT TO DRAG ME AWAY FROM YOUUUUUUU
Dharma and the Bomb – Bad Religion
And the liklihood of that?
Infected – bad religion, it was one of the ones that charted highest.
Good lord, I haven’t listened to bad religion in years
Covered In Chrome – Violent Soho
Any Presidents of the USA? Peaches, preferrably.
I know we’ve got that one, It was requested about a month ago.
Ah, cool.
Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man in a factory doooooown town.
Millions of peaches. Peaches for me.
That’s How Long- The Chi-Lites
OR
Float On- Modest Mouse
OR
Walk This Way- DMC Version
OR
Kung Fu Fighting- Carl Douglas (I might or might have not have most of this memorized)
I don’t fault you for knowing Kung Fu Fighting, I know it too.
HIPSTER REQUEST –
And So I Watch You From Afar – I Capture Castles
SERIOUS REQUEST –
Adele – Rolling In the Deep
Polyester Girl – Regurgitator
Give us some Stranded by The Saints
Or some Nick Cave.
Something by Wham! The camper the better.
Wake me up, before you go-go. Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo.
Do you want knots in your Yoyo string?
Because that’s how you get knots.
Kids, practice safe Yoyo storage.
Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police
ROCK LOBSTER
Catchiest riff evah.
Everybody had matching towels.
That’s the only line I consistently remember, side from the obvious.
COCK MOBSTER
Give You Up – Rudimental
Or
Reaching Out – Nero
More likely to get played though would be
Wide Eyed Boy – Birds of Tokyo
no diggity-blackstreet
Requests are close, thanks everybody
Adventure games! YESSSSS!
So you remember that Paypal issue I had the other day where some bugger had put a $600 transaction on it? Yeah, that just went out of my account. Ouch.
Bank’s on it, Paypal’s on it, now time to wait and see.
Geeeeez, that’s a lot of money. Hope you can work it out, buddy.
I wonder how that could have happened
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/04/talk-amongst-yourselves-271/comment-page-7/#comment-2524956
Difference is, If it was @Freezespreston I’d mind less, and get @dc to beg it off him. And if it was @Benny he lives at Modbury, so I could track him down and key his brand new car.
If Freeze conspires against you I’d probably be an accomplice. You got to support your pals. XD
But you’re honest folk, DC.
Then why did he sneak a hand into my pocket? WHY?
It’ll get sorted. Their reputations are on the line with this kind of thing.
In the end, even if Paypal falls through, the bank is often better off just giving you your money back and keeping you on as a customer. (Won’t always happen that way, but if they’re reasonably confident you’re not defrauding them, you’ll be right.)
Oh, I’m sure I’ll get it back, It’s just a pain in the arse. Means I’ll be living off the Credit Card for a few days, which is fine, but annoying.
So after watching the Smash direct last night, one detail stuck out – it’s being developed by Bandai Namco studios.
Interesting that after Melee, Sakurai left HAL and created Sora Ltd to be able to contract himself out for projects he wanted to work on. This is how he directed Brawl as an independent contractor, rather than an employee. After Brawl, Nintendo threw a whole lot of money at him to make it a real company, and they made Kid Icarus: Uprising. A few months after that released, the company was shut down.
I’m guessing that he’s back to being an independent contractor (with Nintendo picking up the tab) with the rest of the dev minions being supplied by Bandai Namco.
It would be interesting (to me anyway) if it was ever revealed how that all went down. Doubt it will be.
On a side note, it seems like Bandai Namco has their tendrils in pretty much every major game series I care about these days. (Witcher, Souls, Tales, Monster Hunter, now Smash)
I wonder how much they’ve grown as a company recently and where they are on the scale of big players (EA, Ubisoft, Activision/Blizzard, etc)
Edit: can’t forget Monster Hunter
What’s Namco’s deal with the Witcher?
Distribution. They’re the ones bringing physical copies to EU (and here).
See, my brain instantly went to PUT GERALT IN SOUL CALIBUR
Namco have a hand in Monster Hunter?
Huh, mental wires got crossed on that one. Always got confused between Capcom and Namco. Hooray for not being quite as monopolised as I thought it was!
Bandai Namco (they changed the order) are the biggest JP publisher I think. They certainly release the most stuff.
So, really, they’re like a Japanese pre-2008 EA…
A bit different though because EA is only into games, but Bandai especially is bigger than that. They own a bunch of TV stuff, especially anime (eg they own Sunrise, one of the biggest and best anime studios out there). They have a massive manufacturing wing that produces toys and merchandise (all those Gundam plastic model kits!). And they own Bandai Visual, who are a home video publisher. They even operate Bandai Channel in Japan, which is a netflix-alike for anime, and they own Sotsu, who are a big advertising company. Their merger with Namco shored up a lot of their games development stuff but I don’t think Namco bought anything to the table other than that.
They’ve also acquired a lot of other companies over the years that used to be large-scale publishers in their own right. D3 for example, and Banpresto.
They changed the order? Annoying. Namco-Bandai rolls off the tongue so much easier.
They were Namco Bandai in the US and Europe and Bandai Namco in Japan, so they decided to make it consistent and Bamcoed themselves globally
I HAVE A SHOE!
.. But it’s wet…
BUT I HAVE ANOTHER SHOE!
… Which is also wet…
Melbourne.
Is that some sort of… innuendo?
It’s a post by loops, of course it is
Everything i say is inyourendo
I had a dream once…
You had a dream? I want to know.
Confession time: I’ve never watched Tangled. I hated the marketing. But I redeemed myself by watching Frozen, right? RIGHT?
Also, the Kill la Kill spam will end one day, but today is not that day!
EDIT – #cheerthehellupasshole!
oh hey, a rainbow
*hugs*
Pics or rainbow didn’t happen.
The rainbow is just a concept of your mind maaan!
it’s the perfect portrayal of conflicting emotions man!
yeah man!
*stares dreamingly into the ceiling*
Edit – Here’s your rainbow
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions. Rainbows have nothing to hide.
YEAH. Cheert he hell u passhole!
Hear Hear!
I’ve started getting expressions of interest from potential contributors to All The King’s Men. And I’ve received one detailed story pitch.
Nothing from @dc yet, though… so none of it’s worth anything.
Any other sites or similar picked it up?
Google search says: no, it doesn’t look like it. I’m not sure I’m going to get a lot of action on my press release, sadly.
But I’m promoing the hell out of it on LinkedIn, getting hundreds of hits to my website. It’s a pretty good start (smashing all-time traffic records on my site, but that really just speaks to how quiet it usually is).
I’ll be encouraging people who want to be included to pimp out the Kickstarter campaign to their friends and family, or the book won’t be going ahead. Hopefully, that results in a little more action.
At least people are hearing about it. And it’s still early days.
Oh, and I bought and read that book you linked me to. Thanks for that!
Most of it was pretty common sense stuff, but there were some (hopefully) useful little hints in there.
Glad it could help- Cook has run a couple of kickstarters, so hopefully he knows what he’s talking about!
Hahaha this is so much funnier than it should be
@powalen @mrtaco
This was pretty great
So’s your face!
:'(
I got to ten seconds and had to turn it off.
Way to tease me with a video I want to watch and then make me wait until I get home to actually watch it!
Lots Of People Are Naming Their Babies ‘Khaleesi’.
You have got to be kidding me.
I’m wary of naming children after characters in still running works.
What if Daenerys turns out to be a genocidal maniac who kills all the characters everyone likes?
It’s more likely that she’ll continue to be bland, boring and irrelevant. I have not read the books so this is an assumption, of course.
She has a bit more agency in the books, but she’s actually not as big a presence- in A Clash of Kings, for example, she has five chapters, while Tyrion has 15 and Bran has 7.
In a Storm of Swords (this season and last season) she had 6 chapters, Arya had XIII.
The TV series has padded her plot out a bit, and spread it a lot more thinly.
We’re enemies now. Hey, enemy!
Hey, buddy.
Mild spoilers for all the books:
I don’t know about relevance, but she actually starts to come into contact with some of the other main characters in book 5. Though that might just reflect the diminishing importance of said characters, rather than her increasing relevance 😛EXACTLY.
We know someone who has named their kid Jax after the main character in Sons of Anarchy. And it’s no spoiler to say that he’s on an increasingly dark path in the lead-up to the final season (which hasn’t yet aired).
I thought Jax is his nickname, and his real name is Jackson?
Sure, yeah, technically, but almost no one calls him Jackson 😛
This kid was specifically and publicly named after the character in the show. Could (and probably will) end up being a really nasty/tragic legacy.
I’m not a big fan of nicknames used as full names but of course, each to their own.
My kids are named Annie and Liam. I think there are instances where it can be good.
Of course, you and I are now mortal enemies. I will join forces with @dc and… probably do nothing.
En garde!
I’m probably poking a sleeping giant here, but I just think that if someone has a nickname as a full name, then you can’t really give them a nickname. And in school, everyone has a nickname.
I’m with @Benny on this one. If you want to call a kid the shortened form of a name, you officially give them the full name and then call them the short version.
This includes Jack.
Oddly enough, this is a conversation that has come up more than once in the last week.
So the third kid is going to be Khaleesi?
@redartifice Absolutely.
This is something I seriously considering before making my final decision in calling my daughter Arya. At the time only a couple of the books were out. But in the end I realised I was more attracted to the determination of the character than the deeds, so I figured it was okay.
Naming real people is a huge responsibility. 🙁
I honestly don’t think the origin of the name is as important as how it sounds. Arya is a perfectly serviceable name, even if it’s based on a character from some fantasy books. You could say the same about my name, Matthew. (*tips fedora*)
I mean we’ve got a TAYblet called Revan after the guy from KotOR. I think names like Khaleesi are a bit silly but then again that’s just the Dothraki word for Queen. I think names like Duke and Earl are equally questionable.
As long as you’re not calling your kid Talula does the Hula from Hawaii, forcing a court to force you to change the poor child’s name via deed poll before you enrol her in school, then who cares except you and the kid?
Yep, once the kids are born they take on their own personality and make the name their own. Just because a name was found in a pop-culture place, doesn’t mean the kid was “named after” the fictitious person, just means it was found there, just like in a baby-name book.
I kind of agree with this, but there are some names that are just iconic, regardless of where you find them. They can’t be separated entirely from their original context.
Khaleesi might (probably won’t, but might) end up with the same kind of stigma as Genghis or Adolf or Judas. And even without the negative stuff, I don’t think you’ll ever convince me that a kid with a name like ‘Buffy’ will ever fully feel like they own the name.
I may be wrong about this but I’m pretty sure Arya is a real actual name, whee Khaleesi is some made up fantasy bullshit.
Arya IS A FANTASTIC NAME AND WHOEVER NAMED THEM HAS FANTASTIC NAMING SENSE AND IS PRETTY. Khalessi, though..
Yeah, Arya is okay.
Well given a TAYbie has a child called Arya, we need to be careful with what we say. Particularly given how scary said TAYbie is.
Ooo, who? Who?
Some [redacted]
Ah, fucking hell.
Hey Shane! Hey Benny!
I hate these type of convos. I’m going back into my hole.
I read between the lines…. 😛
For the record though, my daughter is 13 years old. So I wasn’t just bandwagon jumping like all these other people.
I was going to add that you’re a hipster about it too, but I’m a little afraid that you might kill me.
Sorry.
@benny
There’s nothing to be sorry for!
Hey Benny! Hey Shane!
Well that escalated quickly.
What? What are you talking about? I have no idea how @benny guessed who it was.
Benny’s a monster, plain and simple!
Good save. And just in time, too.
SHIT EVERYONE DELETE REFERENCE TO ARYA SO I CAN AS WELL 😀
I got your back.
*hyperventilates*
Arya N.
Lulz.
My cousin just named their baby girl “Arwen” from lord of the rings.
i’m not a huge fan of naming people after fantasy characters, but hey it’s their choice.
One of my friends named his daughter Khalessi
Spoilers for books and TV show in regards to Shane’s comment about what she could become
Well she has already burned somebody alive as revenge. No to mention the massacre of unarmed merchants when buying the unsulliedYou’re serious about the first sentence? After Pandora’s Box was opened with this convo, you’re really not joking?
I wanna change my last name to Dotjpg and then have massive amounts of procreation and name kids stuff like Wat, Doge, Iam12andwatisthis.
The difference between naming your child Khaleesi and calling them Daenerys is that Khaleesi is a title, and Daenerys is an actual name. It’s like calling your kid Queenie or Princess or Warlord.
Hmm… I wonder if any parents called their kids Warlord recently.
Hmm.
Apparently I’ve still been paying hospitality union member fees when I left the industry in April 2011.
Shame on me for not noticing the $20 being removed from my account every few weeks. I only really check bank statements before doing tax and never took any notice.
I phoned the union and they asked me to email them regarding a refund and they’ll see what they can do. Fingers crossed because it adds up to around the 2K mark.
Lesson learned about checking bank statements more thoroughly.
The good news is that union dues are tax deductible. It’s not the same as getting all the money back, but it’s not entirely unmitigated disaster either! \o/
Oh Hurray. It’s something at least.
This is probably going to be most unmanliest of posts but whatevs:
I’m growing my hair long. Wondering if there’s any advice on stuff I should be doing? It’s getting increasingly tougher to comb properly. Also realized I’ve been making a mistake by shampooing and conditioning it every day. Apparently it grows faster if you don’t? THAT’S CRAZY. At the stage where it’s looking kind of crap and I’m tempted to cut it. Haha!
doooood, i’m doing the same thing…
MANLY-MANES FIVE o/
EDIT – though i do look like an ungroomed idiot at the moment no matter what i do, and temptation to grab the clippers and just buzzcut the shit out of it rising 😛
Niiiiiiice. How’s yours going? When was your last hair cut? 😀
Eeerhm, early november? i think 😛
D: SAAAAAAAME!
Brother from another mother!
Yeah, I think it’s like growing a beard. It’s going to look like shit long before it looks awesome.XD
That’s my theory and i’m sticking to it 😛
also there’s something great about running fingers through my hair in a totally manly slow motion way
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhSR0BkCcAAHqGh.jpg:large
This was is as long as I’ve ever grown it before. I remember it took ages. XD
This is what I look like at the moment:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjigMypCMAAyZ4q.jpg
Oh man, that’s pretty much exactly the style I wish I could grow. Mine just goes straight out like an afro.
#MANTALK
That’s pretty fly! (For a white guy!)
@shane aaaaah the afro, the manliest and most masculine of hipster hair styles!
you should totally do it for image and popularity reasons… insta-hit in amongst authors i hear
Dude! that’s what i’m hoping to achieve (maybe a tad, but not much, longer)
@pixel_the_ferret_viking: Yeah, me too! A little bit longer, but not too much. Also I’m going grey too so I fully expect it to look like crap. XD
MANLIEST POST EVAH!
Comb? Brush.
No, that makes it curl and I ain’t ready for curly hair. XD
Go super manly and use a hair straightener too then! Or brush while blow drying, I don’t know.
Only if your hair is predisposed to that.
Oh, it is. It is.
Still, brush, or it’ll be tangled and you’ll end up with a rats nest.
Nah, you just need to run a hand through it when you shower, and it should be all good.
But that would mean washing it, and apparently retarding the growth rate!
@shane
You can get you hair wet without washing it. Anyway, I’d be more worried about the effects on quality of hair, not quantity, if it’s getting a full shampoo and condition every day.
Girls like curls.
#WordsToLiveBy
#WordsToLoveBy
I’ll give you tips on Saturday. Wink.
(My solution was to just let it grow, let it grow, don’t need to cut my hair anymore)
The comb never bothered me anyway.
I don’t care what they’re going to say! Unpresentable hair never botherd me any way!
… do you want to build a … hair ball?
The uh, trick is to keep me fed. I get grumpy easily when hungry.
And don’t feed me after midnight. I get gassy.
At least it’s only gassy, it could be gremlins
New solution!
Wear a wig until your hair looks the way you want it to.
To the wig shop!
Wig sphere*
Don’t cut it. Whatsoever. I tried cutting mine halfway thinking I’ll just tidy the edges and the back. Epic fail. Ended up having to lop the lot.
Beanie weather is just around the corner. Might stick it out til then and then reassess after beanie weather. XD
That’s what I did last time.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaeNgWfCEAAZWt4.jpg
Doo-rags… i’ve heard they’re the height of ‘cool’ at the moment
When I worked on Big Brother I had no idea what a doo rag was. I thought it sounded vaguely sexual so bleeped it whenever a house mate said it. I’m an idiot. XD
That’s amazing.
Did you not have google back then?
We were supposed to use urban dictionary to double check these things. But this was live TV and I couldn’t check until the ad break. XD
That bollocks was really broadcast live then, not even on a significant delay? Just 5 seconds for swear-beeping?
I was working on Uplate at the time. There was a small delay but not enough time to google.
… that is the best story EVER! 😛
Working on Big Brother?
You know it.
Yep, do that. With a beanie or even a baseball cap you can pretty much tuck the sides and back away anyways.
If you’re a hipster wannabe you can wear a beanie even in the desert.
I wish I had enough coverage on my head to grow my hair long.
Have you considered growing it long on one side and combing it over?
Luckily for you, there’s another option.
WHaaaat.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Excuse me, I’m just gonna be over here, puking my guts out.
This may or may not have just made the rounds in my office on the basis of AMAZING
Brush it & leave it. Tie it back as soon as you’re able so it doesn’t get in the way while it’s too short to be good long hair. Keep growing till its down to your arse.
That’s the tactic that worked for me anyway
My advice is to not shave it all off.
Also, what Freeze said.
Make sure you are using the right shampoo and conditioner for your hair.
I find Sunsilk, Garnier, and Tresseme to be quite qood.
If you’re having trouble brushing your hair I’d go a straight and silky shampoo/conditioner or a moisture rich shampoo/conditioner.
Maybe even invest in some leave in conditioner or de-tangling spray.
Always shampoo and condition! It doesn’t matter if it makes your hair grow slower (which I call BS on btw). If your hair is anything like mine (read a f***ing arsehole) it might get use to the shampoo / conditioner if you use the same one often, and it will start to not work aswell, so vary the brand you use from time to time.
If your hair is quite long, when you brush start from the tips of your hair and work your way to the scalp. Make sure to brush often to avoid knots! Back on to shampoo and conditioning, make sure to leave them in your hair for > 2 minutes also.
Also, I don’t think you do anyway, but just in case, smoking ruins your hair. So if you smoke (which I’m 100% you don’t, but just pointing it out), don’t.
I use Neutrogna T-Gel shampoo! and Garnier Fructis conditioner.
And yeah, don’t smoke. Never have.
Also totally leave in four two minutes. THAT’S JUST HOW I ROLL, BROOOOO.
YOU DON’T USE MATCHING SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER?!?!?!?!
Friendship = over
😛
But seriously, match yo products son.
You can’t tell me what to do. You’re not my real dad.
Are you sure about that DC, hmmm?
Are.
You.
Sure?
Man, people are coming up with new forms of divination all the time! First it was tarot cards, then it was palm reading, now we have arsehole reading?
You know how when you got your glasses and people would be like “Oh man, I wish I had glasses!” and you’d always be like “No. You don’t. They suck so insanely hard.”?
Well, its the same thing with long hair.
Do you know how many times I have to wash this shit!? LIKE ONCE A DAY!!!
And forget about eating soup without a hair tye. The days of spontaneous food consumption are long gone, my friend. I feel like a parent when I go out to dinner, now. Have I got enough hair tyes? What about hair clips? Is it greasy because I just went outside for a second and you know what oxygen does to shitty long male hair? All this planning is, full on, bullshit.
OH MAN! AND SWEATY NECK!? OR A SLIGHT CROSS BREEZE WHEN IT’S NOT TIED UP!? NOT TO MENTION I LOOK LIKE A RIVENDELL ELF WHEN I PUT IT BEHIND MY EARS!
And brushing it, oh man, brushing it. It’s like you’ve got head lice every single day and your Mum is aggressively tearing the hair from your scalp with one of those steel combs. ‘Cept this is with, like, everything.
But you know, you can do what you want.
I’d grow it.
Whoa whoa whoa, this is a negative?
A lady one.
And girls can’t be elves.
Haha! Oh man, that was a cautionary tale for the ages!
But if I want to be like my hero Dan, I gots to put up with these things!
@miketarno
What would he know about long hair. :'(
What are you planning DC?
@benny: May I suggest a hermit cave?
…ugh. I feel like shit now.
I think it’s a bad case of foot in mouth.
C’mon, man. TAY ain’t gonna judge. God knows tons of us have made posts that are worse.
I mean, some guy could end up posting about how women tend to kick him in the crotch and then it’ll hang over his head for the rest of his posting career. I wouldn’t want to be that guy!
Or that guy who passed out in a graveyard!
Or that guy who went to Canberra, drank too much vodka, vomited, passed out on a patch of his vomit, and then mooned 5 guys when they entered the front door!
Or that guy who vomited on the receptionist!
All occuring to separate people, obviously. No one is that silly. Right?
Reminds me of that guy who accidentally asked out a dude with long hair.
You shouldn’t. Khaleesi is a very odd choice of name for a kid. I definitely agree with that. There’s no way to disentangle that from the SoIaF franchise, either.
And at the risk of incurring the wrath of certain TAY members, the endpoint of Arya’s story is also unknown. Anything could happen. (At least it’s a name that can stand on its own, though, if things go pear-shaped.)
The thing is, I really don’t care what people think of my kids’ names so there’s no need to worry about wrath.
As to the character’s story being unfinished, so is my daughter’s. 😛
I’m legit trying to understand your logic as I may have missed something. ..
You don’t care what people think regarding the most public thing your child has, because it doesn’t faze you?
That’s not what I was trying to say. I was more trying to say I take no offence when people have bad opinions about my kids’ names. Especially if they don’t even know my kids.
I was also trying to say that people shouldn’t be fearful of offering their opinions on here. I was in a hurry so I may not have chosen the best way to word it all.
I’ve never had anyone think that just because she was called Arya my daughter was going to grow up and do the things G.R.R.M.’s Arya has done, it’s like expecting someone to grow up and become Tony Abbot because they were named after him.
Cool, makes sense! Explanation helped my misunderstanding.
I put a great deal of thought into naming my kids and rejected a lot of names because I thought they’d be easy to make fun of, so I didn’t mean to make it seem like I didn’t care about that.
Ah, don’t feel shit man. I was just being extra cautious. You’re a good guy who meant no harm.
I caved.
@dc FWIW, I had hair like this at one point: https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/347_1057126869216_841_n.jpg
A week after that photo? https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/378_43567669615_7411_n.jpg
You look like Snake in that first photo.
!
Long hair suits you man! In all honesty it looks amaaaazing!
Not real professional though. Industry i’m in is pretty conservative.
Would date.
*bats eyelashes coquettishly*
You ruined it.
Like you ruined me. How will I show my face at the debutante ball now?
lol, gross.
But the more important question is: would you bang?
http://instagram.com/p/ml6C9fNasP/
I think being unemployed is doing things to my mental health. :\
You’ve forgotten which way around to wear a hat! Off to the psych with you
Like making it better? 😀
i do shit like this all the time and i have a job.
I actively hug my workmates to annoy them
i pretend im james bond and make a finger gun and walk around the office
I actively ask people if “they want to build a snowman” with me
When you are weird you are weird regardless of employment
If anyone calls you childish, just remind them that “grown up” is merely a polite synonym for “tedious dullard”.
Then make duck noises because ‘dullard’ sounds a bit like ‘mallard’
Everyone puts up with me because they know what im like. No-one has ever said “stop being childish” which is one of the things which makes this place bearable sometimes.
He’s not so much childish as he is… foetus-y.
This is just the best thing.
It probably is. You have an additional 8+ hours in the day where you can do what you want and not conform to the idea of a modern society. Strange things happen.
So – clueless question time. Is there a standard visitation protocol for friends that have just had their first child? Time until visiting? Immunisations? Duration of visit? Offerings? (Maybe there’s some myrrh I can offload)
Avoid them for 20 or so years!
I’m not that good with children. =Pwe get along okay so i think you are lying. You are great with kids. You are like my wise uncle Nob
I employed that tactic in about 1994, but it’s time to learn and change.
You make a good point
…
On the other hand.
*hides under blanket*
It’s getting to the stage that it’ll be happening more and more, and then I won’t be able to leave the house at all. Might run out of games in 3 years or so if that happened.
This, but when you next see your friends go up to their kid, look horribly surprised, rub their face and (if the child looks like one of their parents) and go “OH MY GOD, IT’S BEEN YEARS AND YOU LOOK SO YOUNG!”
Offerings? Gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Bring food! Like something they can put in the freezer and reheat on a hard day.
Unless they’re really close friends you usually visit often I’d wait at least a week before visiting, to give them a chance to adjust. And always check if it’s a good time before going. Even if you arranged it the day before, still check at the time to see if it’s still a good time.
Free food, eh?
WHO WANTS TO VISIT MY NEW BORN!
You probably won’t be able to meet them, cause… uh… sleeping and such.
But bring food!
Come round mine mate, I’ll make pizza
I’ll need your address.
*buys a plane ticket*
You all saw it! @dc invited us over to his place!
The first ever Hermits United meeting!
The first order of business: Disassembling the organisation as they are no longer qualified for that title.
I had uni friends over the other week and it was fuuuun. We played Wii U. And had pizza.
Soooooo… party at your house next weekend?
Yet you still won’t tell us where you live. I see how it is…. 😛
I still live like seven hours away from every other TAYbie. 😛
Noted. Thanks!
Say you were going to get them frankincense but you could only find Frankenstein then give the baby a plushy Frankenstein toy.
@strange is right. Cook them a meal that can be frozen, and bring a bag of nappies – that’s worth more than clothes and toys and stuff. Then send a message and ask when they’re free. Babies don’t obey schedules and new parents don’t keep up to date calendars, so recheck just before you come over.
Be respectful of the “baby bubble” which often exists for the parents and baby for the first few weeks, where the outside world may not be welcome at all.
Definitely noted. I know it’s the first in-country grandchild for at least one side, so they’ll be on the receiving end of plenty of family visits and supplies of things too. Might need to give it an extra week or so.
I’m serious about taking nappies. It’s literally the one thing that parents always need more of. Newborns go through around 10 per day. That’s a bag in 5 days. A box in two weeks. It’s terrifying.
Just make sure there’s no surprises in the food.
On the first night I brought my son home my husband’s sister-in-law had brought a lasagne around. But when we ate it we discovered she’d hidden peas and corn in it. I cried. Peas and corn are gross.
And you still remember that… These are the kinds of things I would like to avoid.
Ask when the first performance of their newly-acquired jester is.
I expect that would be about 18 months away, on average.
Parenthood is a circus that never closes.
So really, people are just being cool friends by bringing in free entertainment into the world? DEEP
I’m not sure on that one but apparently swearing around a new born is bad?
pshhhh, what’s the big deal? They aren’t going to remember it.
Fucking infants, what do they know?
You would want to give it a least a week after they bring the bubs home.
Give them a call and say you would like to drop in next week sometime, what works best.
Both the food and nappies are great ideas. One thing that we got off my cousins when Mrs Tigs got our of hospital after surgery was a big box of fruit. Which was great as we were not in a good state of mind to be looking after ourselves.
If you call before you leave you could also tell them you were stopping at a supermarket on the way over and ask if they need anything. Just getting out of the house is a huge effort until the mechanics are worked out so that could be appreciated.
Dem’nion joins the TAY Pathfinder companions!
http://taypathfinder.tumblr.com/post/82250934509/the-companions-demnion
That reminds me (for the 10th time) I need to finish up the story for my character.
Did @popdart5 give you any indication what sort of campaign we’re actually going to be in for? Like, general thrust. Or how we’re even meant to come together? I’m really struggling to figure out what I want to do with my character, I think I may have ended up making something that would work really well if I was writing shitty fiction or something but not going to interact well with a group since I can’t see a way to make them actually even need to hang out with other people.
So may end up going Plan B last minute and ditching for the backup character that’s a healer oracle – actually started building her out a bit last night, have a full character sheet and stuff so that I can make a final decision this weekend.
All we know so far is that we start in the city of Xondol, a mediterranean-ish trading city (which is why Abelas has a frenchy surname).
So your oracle could have come to the city as part of a pilgrimage, or as a missionary, or work in the city hospital (or hospitalier order)
Oracles aren’t like Clerics. They don’t divine their power through faith in a deity. In some case their power might not come from a god at all. In many cases they don’t even know what power they’re truly tapping into – that Life oracle may just as easily be tapping into the power of a god of death and using that power in reverse. Their power may be a curse, rather than a blessing. And not knowing what you’re tapping into is a pretty terrifying thing. They’re becoming a conduit for a rush of power that’s normally beyond mortal reach, as opposed to a cleric, who prays for his deity to perform a miracle on his behalf.
So they’re not going to be likely to go on pilgrimages unless they had a background of faith or were trying to figure out their own power’s origins. Same for being a missionary or a hospitalier or anything like that. They don’t need faith to work miracles, it just happens.
Mechanically, Oracle is to Cleric as Sorcerer is to Wizard – Charisma-based casters with a limited set of spells that they can cast spontaneously rather than a more extensive set which must be selected from and prepared beforehand.
In my case the backup character I built out has the clouded vision curse, so she’s effectively blind (but has darkvision to 30 feet because magic). There are other curses which are a lot less annoying to deal with but I kind of dig the limitation that it puts on you. Additionally, you choose between cure and inflict spells and get all of them for free – I chose cure, but I intend to also learn all the corresponding inflicts. So there’s a sort of life/death dichotomy going on there. My thought would be that she’d be travelling to various places to consult knowledgeable healers to see if they can fix her eyes, and also trying to figure out just what her ability is, where it’s derived from and so on. Also the intention would be to make a character that actively tries to avoid combat unless there’s no other option. Not an actual pacifist like I suggested yesterday, but instead someone who is afraid of their own ability and tries to avoid being in situations where she has to call on it.
I just feel like not only will this fit into the party better (no healing at the moment AFAIK) it’s also easier to see her fitting into an adventuring party than the lurking tricksy shapeshifter I had as my primary character. But I may reconsider this if I can figure out a decent motivation for said trickster to play nicely with the other children.
Also, this is @tech_knight’s character?
Yes
What! People dissing shortened-names as given names! I’m having none of that!
I’m glad I don’t have to write “Benjamin” every time 😛
What, that’s a thing? :\ That’s perfectly normal IMO. Although if you murder the spelling, that’s another thing entirely …
To be fair, “Pow” is a pretty weird abbreviation for “Benjamin”
😛I have a 4 letter name, and all it does is make me wish I had a shorter last name.
Four letter first name, five letter surname.
Feels pretty good.
Four letter first name, three letter surname.
S’alright.
6 first, 7 last. Also technically changes spelling and pronounciation when in europe lol.
I’ve go a 3 letter surname too, problem with mine is it’s phonetically identical to a letter of the alphabet so whenever I give my surname over the phone I have to spell it because people are waiting for the second letter
Something I’ve had on my mind, yet also something to get my mind off other things;
I still have no idea who bought me my awesome Christmas gift for Secret Santa! I’m thinking someone from out of town? Saturday or Bish? I need to know!
Unfortunately mine never came, postal gremlins must have eaten it.
🙁
I know who it was. Do you really want to know?
It was me (really). Glad you’re enjoying it, man!Huh?
I know, it’s weird. We got each other. But it’s true. @freezespreston can verify. I can show you the receipt for it if you really want. 😛
Oh wow! Thank you! I really appreciate it! You definitely threw me off though with the US sender’s address.
True story: I kept the postal information in the hope that I could determine who sent it to me eventually. My detective work sucks, though. It was easier just to ask here on TAY.
If you’re willing to send a gift back, it was most definitely me.
I actually use the thing everyday, for my keys! Was it you?
It was not, I was just fishing for a free gift.
Unless you send money gifts, then I am mistaken and it was definitely me that sent the gift.
My secret santee never received the present I sent… 🙁
I’m sorry @mawt! I’ll make sure to get postage tracking next time.
I never received one either but I was less worried about that 😛Yeah, I want to know who gave me mine. It’s such a cool mug.
I have no idea
Wow, when you think out of town, you think way out of actually-in-another-country-on-the-opposite-side-of-the-world town.
@dc thanks, for some reason, just talking about something different like hair (manly!) has managed to cheer me up a bit… you’re quite alright!
I do my best not to drivel on about my issues because frankly, it’s none of your guys problem whatever is wrong with me 😛
Not turning this into a sap post, so simply: Thank you
But Pixel, your problems are my problems.
Because I’ve been living in your house in secret for the past 2 months.
oh god… i am so sorry for leaving that mess in the bathroom!
Hold on… you apologise because he’s squatting in your house 😛
brb, I’m packing a bag and moving in
The thought did occur to me, but in this case i thought an apology is in order…
BRB gotta make coffee for the burglar
Just remember to clean up after yourself. Doesn’t pay to leave evidence.
Aw, you’re welcome my friend. I tend to vent up my emo posts and then have like SEVEN EMO POSTS WHERE I SEEM BORDERLINE SUICIDAL… then the next day all is good. I think venting might be good. XD
Venting is good, but i have issues doing so 😛 and the amount of times i’ve spent 10 minutes writing up a post, read it over and then press CTRL + A and then delete, i can’t even count that high :P…
Something in my mind just screams at me to stop being pathetic and get over it… hence the hashtag up above 😛
aaaanyway, TAY IS AWESOME
It’s just coincidence.
While we’re still on longhair page 9, I’ll throw this here.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/Jebus.jpg
Already showed it to a bunch of the guys at Cake’s thing the other week, so the rest of you may as well see too 😛 Circa mid-2006, iirc.
You’ve been in @blaghman’s mum’s home perm kit again!
Also I don’t want to alarm you but you seem to have a case of the handsomes.
GET IT OFF GET IT OFF! D:
Are… are you Jon Snow?
Who?
You know nothing of which I speak?
Sometimes. Like just before.
I would say Sayid from Lost.
so thaaaaat’s why all the ladies swoon around you…
i mean..
no homo
*swoons*
This was me circa mid-2006.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhSOTqZCUAA7ZVb.jpg
And yeah, I’m the black guy.
Not really. Tricked you. HAHAHHA.
:\
Yeah, but for real, I’m the white guy.
Haha, I don’t think I would have recognised you if I was just shown the picture with no context at all.
I refuse to pull out an old photo from 2006 if me :P… sooo much nope
dem curlz
Get the gurlz (not pictured)
*immediately perms hair*
Long hair? Pfft, you, @dc and the rest… all n00bs
BAM! Long Hair
You look eerily similar to another net friend of mine.
Albeit much older 😛
It might be me using older photos. It’s how I’ve looked for a good decade or so
TAY, considering getting an SSD and putting a 32-bit version of Windows on it,
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_902_909&products_id=24741
^This is the SSD I’m eyeing off. Any good?
@welbot
Why would you want to put 32-bit Windows on anything?
EDIT: I have that model SSD, but the 250gb flavour. The Samsung 840 series is excellent.
Some of the games I own don’t play nicely with the 64-bit version of Windows 7.
So much this! I have zero trouble with any 32 bit stuff in win7 64bit. I mean, if you’ve only got 4gb of ram then it’s a bit of a waste, but if you have more, than you’ll need 64bit. As for the SSD, those drives are a great choice. Performance is fantastic for the price!
A good choice, in my uneducated opinion. The Samsung SSDs are the best bet nowadays.
Samsung is solid but why not get 64 bit Windows?
As stated above, some of the games I have don’t play nicely with 64-bit Windows.
E.g. Links 2003.
I bought it the other day for $2.
Tried running it in XP compatibility mode?
I’ve personally never run into issues running stuff in Win7 64-bit (which I ran from release through to about a year ago). And the only issues I’ve hit in Win8/8.1 64-bit has been Dark Souls, because GFWL sucks dicks.
Tried it, didn’t work.
Ended up CTDing.
Put it on my now 7 year old laptop, ran fine, though a bit laggy, hence why I want to get the SSD, so I can play it on my tower.
Joining the Samsung, 64 chorus.
That’s an okay SSD. Good performance all-round.
Although if you’re a heavy user or you copy/remove data from the drive like a mad man, you may want to read up on the different tech that EVO uses and how it may affect you.
@benny
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0yklofuwgw1tvi1/BENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY.jpg
Now you can get back to freaking out over the offence you didn’t cause to strange. You’re welcome.
HA! Unwise to post your info there, for now we all know your name, Shane.
….
Oh.
Pssst, it’s an anagram… He’s real name is
AlphonseThat’s awesome, thanks again.
No worries, man. I think I still ended up getting the better deal 🙂
@shane
Ghost write a spiel on All The King’s Men for me so I can spam it on Facebook
Or a more fanatical approach:
Or something a little more subdued:
BTW: I charge $50 per word for my ghostwriting services. I will await your payment.
I thought this was all about “fair” rates, man.
You’re right.
$100 per word.
And here I am letting all you people on TAY get words from me for free.
Your invoice for $2700 for this post is in the mail.
I funded it? Making an assumption there?
I can see who backed me. It’s either you or someone with your name. I took a wild guess.
WORDS THINGS POSTS WASTING TIME BECAUSE I NEED A BREAK FROM FFX
FINAL FANTASY X PLATINUM UPDATE!
I killed Dark Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva and… Bahamut! Apparently Dark Bahamut is the hardest of all the Dark Aeons but I couldn’t be bothered getting the best gear so I just used a super slow, but safe method. Intense! (@jimu if you want deets I can share – you don’t need Stoneproof/Ribbon for this method)
Getting like 380 Fortune Spheres is going to suck though D:
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I forgot it was Survivor day but then I remembered it was Survivor day and was happy. THE END.
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Apparently my video stuff for that weird video interview thing was screwy because of my terrible upload speeds (0.3Mbps). Oh well. I’ll still attempt it anyway but it’ll be a complete mess.
I also got invited to an Assessment Centre for another job. This is pretty far in the recruitment stage so that’s good but I’m definitely going to be a bit nervous since I have no idea what to expect D:. I think they only take 1 or so graduates for each position so my chances are too great …but who knows!
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Expert Sphere Grid – International/PAL (Insane)
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707 nodes can be played with. Even limiting to the very least, you can hardly
pull out 99999 HP. You could, of course, sacrafice a few Magic nodes, or even
some Luck nodes, to reach 99999 HP. If that was the case, you need to
sacrafice 5 nodes for everyone to get 99999.
What is needed:
40 Strength Spheres 24 Agility Spheres
53 Defense Spheres 59 Luck Spheres
41 Magic Spheres ~328 HP Sphere
46 Magic Defense Spheres
591 – 224 (Initial Empty) = 367 Clear Sphere
Manipulable Nodes – (Stats + MP)
707 – (354 + 25) = 328 nodes left.
328 nodes for HP gives 98400 HP, however no one will reach 99999
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/197344-final-fantasy-x/faqs/46942
Yeah, I’m using that too but I’m doing the Sane/No Clear approach on the Standard Grid (so I save time on the Sphere Master trophy without clearing nodes).
59*7 = 413, so you’ll still need 413 Fortune Spheres (they activate the Luck nodes)
Why *7?
By people? Just the luck spheres, yeah?
I dodn’t remember that seeming much longetr than all the other shit, once you get into a groove.
I screwed the grid the first time, thought I could just go 255 every stat.
Wonder if I misread the official playguide or if it didn’t cover it…
Yep, for 7 characters. If you’re following the above then you’ll need 59 Luck Spheres (which transforms an empty node into a Luck +4) but then you’ll need 413 Fortune Spheres to activate them all for all characters.
The problem with Fortune Spheres is that they’re rare and you can find 4 in chests or fight the one tough enemy who drops them. Earth Eater takes me about 2 minutes to kill but only ever drops 1-2 Fortune Spheres at a time (sometimes none)
If you do that no clear approach, are you just gonna Zanmato the last dood?
Nah, I have enough nodes for all the stats required. I believe Evasion and Accuracy are fairly useless when you have high Luck so I’ll max everything else except them (and cap HP/MP at 9999/999)
It’s weird in the guide the guys says places to get really common stuff like power spheres, I never ran out of those in the last game…
Maybe because I just leveled by killing guys in Omega?
And he uses the tricks??
Yeah, it’s definitely the Omega thing since regular enemies drop normal spheres. The guy recommends using the AP trick which I use and gives 99 Levels in one battle on 3 characters. This very quickly uses up all normal spheres.
@novacascade @tech_knight @blaghman @mythamphetamine @tigerion @popdart5 (if back) @mawt
So, given last night’s attempt was a bust due to technical garbles, how is tuesday night next week for more Numenera?
Sounds fine to me
So far as I’m aware, that should work.
Works for me I think 🙂
Sure thing.
Late response but I can make that.
So, like, weirdest day ever right? Bitter sweet actually.
How so, Benny? How so?
Like lemon dipped in honey of course.
Just the revelation plus the name-convo, really.
I think we should give today a name! How about Tyrion?
Why would anyone name their day Tyrion? Honestly.
😛Well wouldn’t that indicate that it’s been a short day? well today has been anything but short 😛
Only if you think the name should be forever linked to its popular culture genesis. I think it should have a new identity. Today should be Tyrion.
#NameDiscussionRevisit
D: I’m outta here.
@benny I was just teasing!
If anything, you’re more of an honourary TAYbie now that we’ve found your “thing” to tease you about 😛@powalen, you missed the whole
frigidthing, did you? Benny is now twice as much an honorary TAYbie as yesterday.By that scale, @rocketman, of course, is the most honored TAYbie of us all.
I must have!
Revelation? Did I miss something?
Shane was my Secret Santa for 2013 and I was his!
Your address is in the public domain.
Like lemon dipped in honey.
If you want real bitter-sweet, caramel covered earwax
I really don’t want to know how you know that.
Earwax is bitter, caramel is sweet. Logical deduction
But lemon is sour not bitter?
SHHHHH
It’s like beer mixed with Starburst Babies. The green apple ones.
Blood donation complete.
Very attractive nurse couldnt understand why my blood flow was so slow….
The blood was busy elsewhere….. :OHey-o!
What? You a bleedin’ heart leftie?
Blood loss is affecting my understanding….
Lack of coffee stifled my ability to deliver a coherent joke. How about we go back to talking about your blood loss?
…
Deviant.
Professional on the outside at least…
Cant help my innards 😛
What a dawg.
No matter what they look like, you should steer clear of the ladies who want to stab you.
Especially when they’ve just finished stabbing thirty other people, and will move on to stab thirty more.
I didnt even think of that…. Things could have gone so wrong!
Haaaaaa.
I get it.
Lucky you, the nurses at mine are all old or hitched.
Head South!
….It’s not all bad down here 😛
South? Missed this story, are you in Tasmania? (Or Melbourne which is South of Adelaide.)
South Australia, Southern South Australia.
I hope im remembering the right conversation here cos if you live somewhere else ill see myself out.
My SATAY brothers.
Missed that story.
The Mount?
Oh, i thought we may have just discussed it at some stage a while ago. Maybe because of Av-Con?
You’re North or near an airport or something?
I’m near the Adelaide Airport, yeah.
I do remember an AVcon convo at one point, but for some reason I didn’t have you in the SATAY category. We need @powalen to do us a list!
@redartifice If you want it, give me a list and it shall be done!
Because I screwed up your tag and it won’t give you a notification: @redartifice 😛
Haemorrhoids?
nah, cut them off.
PC people, apparently US computer company Newegg now ship to aus, and the prices are pretty good http://www.newegg.com/
Will check out, but I’ve previously used PCCaseGear without any hassles.
They usually have some pretty good prices, but their website is still crappy.
That’s going to make a big difference, there’s some more specialized components (thinking ITX stuff for example, or some barebones) that’s hard to get in AU but easier in the US.
So, Thursday, eh?
Payday, eh?
Kickstarter, eh?
They think I’m slow, eh?
FINE
I BACKED
JEEZ @shane
JEEZ
Also, I pushed you over the $1000 mark! Yaaaaaay!
Really wasn’t expecting that to work. Especially given, as @blaghman said, payments aren’t deducted immediately (I know that, Blaghman! I was just hoping people generally felt a little more reckless with their funds on paydays!).
Anyway, thanks, man! Much appreciated!
Firstly, payday is irrelevant to Kickstarter, since they charge you upon it being funded, not whenever you tell them to take your money.
Secondly, I’m paid fortnightly, and this week is the off week, so I will not be funding you today, good sir.
Given your first point, your second point is kind of irrelevant 😛
…
Nitpicking. Annoying. That’s how I get folks to give me money /o\
New business model, please.
That’s most of the reason I phrased them like that, particularly since I’ve already backed it. :p
Something said.
Not good.
…
…PAYDAY.
No.
…
…slow.
He called you slow!
Oooooh! I GET PAID TODAY! FUCK YEAH!
*checks online account*
:'(
Only tumbleweeds in there, Shane.
You’re buying everyone a copy of that Payday bank robbing game? 2 is supposed to be better, I hope its that one.
Why are you talking like a Canadian? Are you really Shane or did @saturday murder you and take your likeness so he can pose as the Critically Acclaimed Science Fiction Author Shane W. Smith?
It’s really hard coming up with interesting ways to say “GIVE ME MONEY”. It’s been a tough day, and this was the best I could come up with. Okeh? 😛
Maybe I am just a made up persona of his. Has anybody ever seen me in person?
…
wait, some people have.
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shanewsmith.com
@dc I missed the conversation earlier, but everyone should grow their hair long at least once. If only to appreciate how great it is not to have long hair.
Also, this was my long hair phase.
I liked the theory that everyone should grow their hair long once, so that afterwards everyone can compliment them on how much better they look with short hair.
It’s true though!
For reference, this photo was taken immediately after having it all cut off.
What an approachable and not at all scary gentlemen. XD
He’s a teddy bear.
We’ve totally met. And sang a duet. DON’T YOU REMEMBER?
You look thinner?
I almost definitely was. I’ve regularly gone through phases of daily exercise and eating well, immediately followed by ruining any kind of progress I’ve made.
I’d still consider that longish hair though. I mean it’s longer than mine now and I haven’t had a haircut since November!
My reasons for growing long hair now is cause I am going grey. It might be my last hurrah on this front. Also, so far so good but you never know when a receeding hairline will kick in.
Also, also when I first showed you guys pictures of me with long hair you said it looked good and suited me. And then Strange said that and I would jump off a bridge if Strange told me to.
Hahahaha, sooooooooooo many people saying how much better you look afterwards.
Thanks guys 😛
I’m not sure that’s the case, though. You and others seem to look awesome either way. When you show a picture of someone who currently has short hair of a time when they had long hair people will say that looks great. (Cause it’s different.) But if you have long hair and cut it off, people are like whoooooa… cause they ain’t used to it. XD
Well, it was mainly family I guess. But they all secretly hated the long hair, for some reason once it’s gone they feel it’s ok to let you know about it 😛
I still kinda miss it. And not just because it kept my head nice and warm.
Yeah, the first thing my mum said when I got back from London was that I looked like a terrorist.
Airport people seemed to agree. That’s the only time I’ve been pulled out of line. XD
Oh yeah I had an immediate post-cut picture too.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/Clipped.jpg
Barely even recognise that dork.
*swooon*
19! Am I close? 😛
Uhhh… I think so?
19 out of 10? Damn, good score
“This was my long hair phase”
Mistake
Mistake
Mistake
Mistake
I feel like there’s a hidden message in that picture.
I see it now…
“Jag Denim”
HARD CORE! 😀
*crosses street away from scary guy*
The longest I remember my hair being is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gaxphggqh5skaz5/15742_188465627723_3420038_n.jpeg
Posted this on twitter!
Day 100 of 2014. Here’s an update of my photo a day dealy.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bk1dAlUCYAAEMrR.png:large
Army of DCness!
Some days I look at the photo and think, hey, I ain’t repulsive! Then the next day is the worst photo ever taken of me. It keeps me grounded. XD
Liondrive’s optimal beard-‘e’-ness levels:
– 18/01 to 22/01
– 10/02 to 14/03
– 03/03 to 07/03
– 15/03 to 19/03
– Favourite picture is 02/04
Oddly each optimal level lasts for 5 days :S
See this is the practical, hard data I was hoping to get out of this project! 😀
I’ll make some charts, graphs and spreadsheets about your facial hair later tonight at uni for you 😛
*cue endless debate about which is the best photo*
It’s March 5th you fools.
I agree, actually. 😀 If I had to lock in how I look for the rest of my life and I couldn’t change hair length or facial hair again it would be that.
Nuh-uh! 😛
March 5th is the third best.
March 16th is the second best.
April 2nd is the best-est.
(in my opinion :P)
I prefer feb 16, has a bit more definition to it.
Some scary bearded guy hijacked a few of those. D:
😛His time is coming up again, Strange. Don’t you worry! XD
So apparently this is a current DS 2 competition. Not sure if the prize is a bit overkill, admittedly it would be cool though.
Thought I’d post for anyone interested.
Also, I’m not sure how well the link works due to being on a phone.
It takes me to facebook.com.
Thanks! I’ll see if I can fix it, stupid phone >:(
I entered. It’s a Facebook comp. I have no idea what details they now have of me, and I really don’t want to have to find a place for that 7 foot statue… but at the same time, it’s kind of unimaginable not entering. 😛
Yeah, a +7foot statue is a bit extreme :S
Pretty cool though, but at the same time a little cumbersome :S
I know there’s lots of Dark Souls fans here, so thought I’d share anyway 🙂
Hooray! Previously I got an error trying to get that far since apps weren’t authorised, now I gave it permission to harvest my details, entered, and then removed the permission. Eh. No idea what I’d do with it if I won. Maybe a coat stand next to the front door?
“Only eligible for residents of the US”
Oh well, I have no art skills anyway.
Oh, I didn’t actually read it, haha!
I just saw 7ft statue and had to share :S
Maybe I’ll read it next time…
…
…hahaha, nah, ain’t nobody got time fo dat!
Really? Promoted by Namco Bandai Australia, and it’s only available to US residents? Dicks.
(The T&C weren’t even up when I entered! :P)
@powalen
SATAYbies off the top of my head:
myself, @wilbur, @benny, @lucifer9783, @jacksonwryan, @neinhandle, @banderdash, @ash
People, feel free to chip in with anyone I’ve missed.
JamesMac!
JamesMacUsedMyHandle!
Banderdash is James Mac!
I don’t know JamesMacUsedMyHandle’s current handle, on twitter he’s Neinhandle!
I don’t think he has TAYed since the addition of handles, could be wrong tho.
ps. “SATAY” is easily the best TAYbie group name 😛
(I’ll make it tonight!)
I prefer A.C.TAY because we’re all cool here.
…yeah.
OKAY FINE I’M JEALOUS AND EVEN WORSE AM ALLERGIC TO SATAY ARE YOU HAPPY NOW
(I actually think satay is disgusting. Don’t tell Red!)
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
You guys should probably meat more.
On skewers!
It’s tricky, as we’re all over the city and country (Lucifer is in Whyalla)
True enough, but Jimu, Gutsoup and I live about an hour away from the rest of the TAYbies and we still meet. Huh. HUUUUUH.
Back in my day @masha2932 and I would travel 2 hours for meats! Uphill both ways!
In treacherous blizzard conditions!
wearing nothing but hole riddled shoes and a raggedy coat
We’re not animals.
@powalen you could of been notorious flashers or purveyors of illect goods inside your raggedy trench coats
Best times since I got to play 3DS games.
And hang out with Pow of course 😛Well, uh…
I organised last SATAY meat! We met @shane and had dumplings! Someone else’s turn!
I nominate @benny! He never saves any thing for the swim back!
Beers. BBQ. Small talk. Good times. My place. This Saturday. All welcome.
That’s how you organise!
🙁
And @jocon, Powalen!
Whereabouts are you anyway?
Northern suburbs.
Well, Mawson Lakes is technically a Northern suburb, and that’s where I work, so…
Yeah, think I’m being an unintentional arsehole again, ignore me.
It was more a “northern suburbs are OK” comment 🙂
There are some bad and some good, just like the south.
How is Mawson Lakes anyway? It looked very shiny when I drove through there the other day.
@jocon it’s very much it’s own little community. Lots of big $$ houses around the lake. Tech Park’s pretty good to work in as it’s walking distance to the shops and all that
What chu doin’ over here @powalen – dog? Powdog? You there? Can I call you that?
I am always in the city. Erryday of my life. So, you know, if you want to find a neat little place to eat, experiments permitting, I will be around
I’m not anywhere!
All I do is keep track of everybody’s whereabouts for my own purposes.
…And to help people with tagging, or something. I forget the story I made up.
WELL BE HERE
All roads lead to Adelaide. He’ll be there in no time, I’m sure.
Ooo yeah, SATAY is bigger than ACTAY. And to think we were left out at first.
(The lists are to help people with tagging when organising Meats. Adelaide better start having more Meats to make it worth it’s inclusion!)
TAYlist for the 10th of April 2014
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by the muddiest walk to the station everKilling Heidi – Mascara
Queen – Under Pressure
Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Requested by @blaghman)
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – Timber (Ke$ha makes this song work)
Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Requested by @35)
B52’s – Rock Lobster (Requested by @alexpants)
Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me (Requested by @f4ction)
Regurgitators – Freshmint
Regurgitators – Polyester Girl (Requested by @strange)
Presidents Of The USA – Peaches (Requested by @benny)
Toto – Africa (Requested by @beavwa)
Wolfmother – Far Away
Pink ft. Eminem – Here Comes The Weekend
Arcade Fire – Abraham’s Daughter (Requested by @dc, the other song is The Suburbs)
Outkast – Prototype (Requested by @vonsack, stank you smelly much for your request)
Icehouse – Hey Little Girl
Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting (Requested by @saturday)
Birds Of Tokyo – Wild Eyed Boy (Requested by @liondrive)
Dragon – Are You Old Enough
Honourable Mentions
Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Didn’t have time to play it)
That’s a nice playlist. Could do with a bit more cowbell though.
So today I was using my old DS Lite and realised that the left D-Pad no longer registers D:
I’ve only been using it for Layton, so it’s not an issue, but I was planning on playing the Pokemon GBA games on it.
Anyway to fix it? I could open it up, but I’d rather not. 😛
Otherwise I’ll just look at at getting a cheap used one.
If you open it up the contact on the button might be stuffed but honestly its not worth it unless you have the tools and know how also ESD protection
Yeah, thought as much. I found a cheap one online that looks good, I’ll only need it for pokemon really 😛
Everytime I try to write something today I end up deleting it since it’s just incoherent gibberish.
Decided to make an appointment to see someone. Guess I should. Maybe. Probably.
I assume an English tutor to help you write coherent gibberish?
in the immortal words of Simple Plan “welcome to my life”
i just go with it.
Is that person me! I can’t wait to see you again!
…
But in all seriousness, go, Freeze. It’ll be good for you. 🙂
Yes you should, the worst that can happen is that you can be told you’re fine and then you’ll be fine, the best that can happen is you get strategy to help feel better. You win either way (except financially, expensive bastards)
My best friend just got a HD on his maths assignment at uni because he played the ukulele and sung
it reminds me of the time me and him got drunk and sung “crawling in my skin” with a ukulele in Russian farmer accents.
edit: i actually filmed it on my camera, its pretty amazing.
Wow, their university maths is very different to mine, which was imaginary numbers, calculus and matlab.
he does education
Oh, right.
Yeah, at Flinders that stuff is done on the other side of the hill. Us mathematics and science people never ran into any of those humanities peeps.
So, where’s that video?
in another castle.
its actually on my camera i got a bunch of footage and wanted to edit it
Possibly my favourite youtube comment ever
I thought I’d follow the pattern of the day, and blow all your minds.
Me with long hair. Weird, different and totally unexpected, right?
*waddles away cackling*
#flowinglocks
Would you believe I also used to have long hair?
NO!
*slams door behind self, crushes two fingers accidentally*
Heh, unfortunately I don’t have any photos lying around.
My one regret is not going for a mohawk before I shaved it.
*turns to stone*
Your hair is almost as long as mine!
Sister’s cleaning out her room at the moment. There’s a whole load of old showbag junk from Easter Shows long ago which have just risen to the surface.
So so many tubs of various fart putties, most of which have turned rock solid but one of them strangely enough turned practically into a liquid.
Also we got into a fight with those sticky slappy hand things.
I may be grinning like an idiot so hard that my face hurts now.
fart putties? D:
You know, like gak or whatever. But in lesser quantities. And usually much smellier.
I farted in my car on the way to work this morning, and didn’t realize I had the air on recycle. Got in the car to come home, and it smells like someone took a dump in my air con 😐
I lol’d. Then I realised you left out the part about the putty.
Then I D:
Also that pet daddy longlegs that I was talking about ages ago is still there.
Today he seems to have found a room mate.
They must have met on the web.
page 6 all day erry day
They seem pretty good together.
Arachnid’ll last.
http://mumbrella.com.au/piracy-least-lannisters-pay-debts-219984
Ouch. Watching the guy from Foxtel attempt to argue in the comments on Mumbrella – after he writes an outdated open letter to pirates re: GoT – is painful.
Painful defending of outdated business model is painful…
Kind of funny to see him try, yes
Interesting that Bruce Meagher fellow saying in the comments that it is incorrect that GoT would cost $105 as it only runs over three months. At $35 per month….
I’m beginning to see the problem Foxtel are having.
Survivor Ep 7:
Spencer and LJ killed on that puzzle. I’m supporting those two to win and Tony to an extent (just for entertainment value). I reckon Tony is the most likely to be a returning member from this season, so many crazy antics :P. Spencer could be a returning one too. I’m really surprised at how awesome this season has been so far. I really didn’t expect anything from it and now it’s become one of my favourites (unless some dud wins and ruins it 🙁 )@sughly @powalen @masha2932 @phoenix
…@strange? :'( 😛
No Socialen this week!
Back to regular ol’ Anti-Socialen.
Average episode really but it was cool seeing the whole tribe scramble for the idol. I was hoping Woo would find it but Spencer was a good second choice especially after he sneakily got it without Kass seeing. Also I hope they change up the immunity challenge next week. Two balancing challenges in a row are kind of boring.At this point in time I can’t tell what will happen next or who I’d like to win. I guess I’ll have to wait and see. I did like Woo’s sneakiness though so maybe him? Spencer also seems like the guy who has done the least ‘reprehensible’ stuff so far. Eh, I don’t know.
Nahhh I reckon it was a great ep! Just had an expected vote, but there was a lot of great setup there. Spencer winning immunity AND finding a hidden one, right under the noses of everyone. Thats impressive. Also I really dont care for Woo now… that was interesting enough, i like sneaking around and spying as much as the next guy, but he has no brains to back it up. Hes like yeah i got a clue! Then doesnt know what to do from there. I’m a bit over his aloofness. Spencer or LJ, all the way!@greenius @powalen @phoenix
@greenius@masha2932 @phoenix
Yeah, I kinda agree about Woo. Not liking him as much lately. My favourites are Spencer and Tasha (she’s been a bit under the radar lately). Can’t stand Tony 😛Spencer is an idiot for leaving his clue unattended though. I mean seriously, if someone sees pants lying on the ground of course they’re going to pick them up! Just shove it down your pants or something! Amazing that he managed to get the idol though without anyone seeing (bit of a silly idea from Woo to leave Kass alone 😛 (not because she’s incompetent or anything, just that I wouldn’t want Kass talking to anybody from the other side after she flipped last time).
Too bad that Morgan went though.
For two main reasonsNah, I just wanted Tony to go so badly 😛Heyyyy, that’s my joke! 😛 (also “two BIG reasons”). I agree on Woo though. It’s not that I don’t like him (he has my obligatory Asian support) but he hasn’t really done anything noteworthy. Spencer should’ve destroyed the clue or left it in his shoe and Woo should’ve just stayed hidden and looked when no one else was around instead of confronting Spencer.@sughly @masha2932
I like how Spencer is all… hey, I think you have something there. Derp! Was so glad he found it.@greenius@masha2932 @phoenix
@stickman re: Second Son
The difference between easy and expert is like a different game. Easy was frustrating and monotonous. Expert is requiring me to actually use my powers, movement advantages and pay attention to the verticality of the city. Enemies don’t become sponges, they have the same health as easy but instead of assault rifles they have rail guns, LMG’s, RPG’s and concrete grenades. Having a hell of a lot more fun this time.
Cool, thanks.
Hooooly shit guys.
Oliver and I had a day out together and there’s a burger joint in Hobart that you’d have no idea was there unless somebody showed it to you called The Standard that he took me to. Omfg they make the most amazingggg burgers I’ve ever had. They’re “American” style and they’re fatty, and greasy, and dripping, and oh my god it’s amazing.
The place is basically down a laneway and it looks like the front for a drugs operation and it’s like a seedy underground nightclub playing loud music but fuck the food’s good.
Meat in Hobart. Everybody buy plane tickets down here and I’m taking you all there 😛
Yeah, Brisbane’s got a few of those unsuspecting alley ways with restaurants, coffee shops and the like down ’em. I suspect everyone is copying Melbourne. XD
VICTORY ACHIEVED! \o/
No, I did not defeat a Dark Souls boss, didn’t even play. I accomplished the scary things I’d been procrastinating ever since I thought up the design for this Gloryhammer quilt.
I drew up a giant warhammer which actually doesn’t look too bad, and I completed the second layer of the quilt that I had to just improvise with and piece together haphazardly but orderly at the same time.
I honestly didn’t think I was going to be able to do either of those things and completing them feels better even than finally beating a Souls boss you’ve been attempting for ages.
Dark Souls. Aint got nothin on that real life!
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/how-demons-souls-restored-my-faith-in-games-and-reminded-me-how-to-live-life/
I foresee a business ‘Quilted Metal’ \m/
I was all ready to start on Gorzilla’s cosplay only to remember that I hadn’t washed the material. It doesn’t want to stop raining though so, crap.
Also having some issues with the Elsa cape. Possibly because I am doubting myself massively.
Well, looks like I’ll be going to PAX naked
Cosplay as a Deprived from Dark Souls 2, much less fabric needed
You and me both, buddy.
I got to the last zone in FTL, but then I didn’t have enough firepower so I died D:
So now I’m just trying to unlock all the different layouts. This is so addicting 😀
Yes, yes it is
Managed to unlock another one of the Osprey designs in my last run
Made paella, added bacon.
5/5
\o/
I bought Injustice today. It’s a pretty cool game. Better than that last DC fighting game that we won’t mention. Only played as Batman so far, but it’s fun.
Against all instincts and knowledge Aquaman is actually one of the best characters.
They knew no-one would pick him, unless you’re completely new to DC and have no idea that he’s awful, making you completely overpowered.
That’s my theory anyway.
Yeah man, I took a real beating in that last game. :'(
What platform?
360/PS3/PS4/PC?
PS4. On sale at EB for $79.
Aww, I would’ve played online with you had it been PS3. 🙁
DC Marvel Superheroes Vs Villians 5?
I am panicking so much =P
I am struggling with the Elsa cape and the fact that I don’t have a mannequin is making it difficult and I’m not sure my pattern is okay.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/luckydogofdeath/elsa_cape_prototype.jpg
@strange If you can give me any more advice
I can’t really visualise the whole thing from those pieces, as I’m not super-familiar with the subject matter, but the shapes seem similar to those pictures I remember looking at before.
If you’re not sure the pattern’s okay, maybe do a trial in tissue paper or something cheap like that to see how it goes?
I made a mini version and it seemed okay. Poplin is like 3 dollars a metre, maybe I could make a trial with that. Thanks Strange. You may not think you helped at all, but that just helped me so much.
Not quite a Mannequin, but would this help? http://www.ikea.com/aa/en/catalog/products/S49002286/
Thank you, I will keep this in mind as it may help. The mannequin I wanted to get is $300. I can’t really get it right now as I’m trying to help Mum save up for a new gas heater
Trying so very, very hard not to buy these: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18527
Urghhhhhhh I’ve been looking at them for the best part of a year now and this is the first time I’ve seen them this cheap, even though I can’t really make use of them at the moment.
Saying that, I’ve wanted them for ages, and I’ll still want them when I get my own place, so getting them now whilst they’re cheap kinda makes sense? I think.
Do it!
Ooh Audio Engines. My mate bought a pair be almost 5 years ago now, awesome bookshelf speakers I must say.
Im in the same boat. But my PC is mainly for games, so I think I’ll miss the bass of Logitech’s.
Also kinda hard to justify, since my Yamaha home theatre system was $280 on special once … with a $300+ amp.
I slept on it, and decided it’s not worth it at the moment. I’m the opposite though, I’m trying to get rid of the excess bass made by my Logitech speakers 😛
I’d miss it when gaming. I don’t listen to music through PC often enough to warrant monitor-like quality.
I was listening to the Kill la Kill soundtrack – Nui Harime’s theme. There was a commenter that had Nui Harime as their channel name. This got me thinking. Maybe someone should start a sewing tutorial channel entirely in Nui Harime cosplay. That channel would be ultra-successful. (okay, maybe it’ll get 3 one million view videos before petering out.
OH MY GOD UNTAPPED MARKET!
EDIT: For those who don’t know, Nui Harime is a master sew-er. The Grand Couturier of the Kiryuin clan.
Maybe I should make a channel for all my cosplays!
It would possibly just be a collection of panic attacks
You could call it “Scree-m”
Have you listened to anything else by that composer, out of interest? Taku Iwasaki. He’s done some awesome soundtracks over the years. He’s extremely good at big, bombastic brass arrangements and jazz stuff. Obviously what everyone remembers best is his Gurren Lagann stuff (for good reason) but he’s done a lot of interesting soundtracks.
One of the shows that got me into anime years back was Rurouni Kenshin. He did the soundtrack for one of the OVA series (which is an *amazing* OVA and IMO still holds up). Wars of the Last Wolves was my favourite of his from that.
His stuff from Gatchaman Crowds from 2012 was pretty cool. It’s still got that big orchestral thing, but with a whole lot of electronic stuff mixed in.
Another really interesting one of his soundtracks (and also a really great show in general) was Katanagatari. It’s the weirdest soundtrack, with heaps of south-east Asian influence, down to one track having someone rapping in I think Thai. Then the final track on the first OST he starts channeling Kenji Kawai with something that sounds like it’s straight out of Ghost in the Shell.
Gumby theatre!
Was expecting the mean, green plasticine.
Okay, Japan being weird is really not a surprise, and I am the guy addicted to a game about anthropomorphic battleships, but…
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-10/sega-hard-girls-project-with-hatsune-miku-kei-inspires-anime
WTF?
Lol at the Genesis girl.
And a VMU one? Seriously?
Countdown to horrifying Rule 34 imagery involving docking VMU into Dreamcast.
And a whole lot of messy interactions between the various Mega Drive, Genesis and 32X bits.
Is… is Genesis wearing an American Flag bra?
I swum like 7 laps of a pool for the first time in over 5 years today.
Ended up almost throwing up in the showers in the guys change rooms :S
I thought I was healthier than this!!!! D:
I am determined to tone up a bit before next Wednesday though 😉
Games related, had to resist the urge to buy Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends complete edition today. even I know it’s not worth $100, and I’m a big fan of the series! Ended up with FFX instead.
Heres to sinking hundreds of hours into another Final Fantasy game! Totally worth it though 🙂
I am scheduled to go to the doctor tomorrow. In the middle of a conversation with my mother earlier, I casually brought up that I’m probably going to have to ask her to not come in the doctor’s office so I can spare her the embarrassing details of my stomach problems. I did not expect her to get offended. She thinks that because of this, I only see her as someone that pays the bills, and has no say in my decisions. She brought up her ‘rights as a mother’ thing. Basically the exact same speech she gave me when I said no Dr Yoghurt-Lamp. This does not bode well.
Sorry to hear, man. But this is worth standing up for, even if it’s difficult. You have my moral support, if not anything of tangible value.
Go into the sickest level of detail you can possibly imagine, describing smell, sound, texture, everything. Then when she’s going green tell her its only the first of a half dozen complaints you’re planning to discuss.
Alternatively, just go in first (start standing & close to the door, just say you can’t sit still or something) and close the door, if you say to not let her in, the doctor can’t.
Don’t forget taste.
Eh, that’ll just antagonise her further.
“Rights as a mother”?! Yikes. I like to think of it more as “responsibilities as a mother”.
Maybe she’s having trouble letting go of you being a kid. She doesn’t sound like she’s going to see your side so you may have to try and reassure her in some way. If you’re lying to her, she’ll definitely be able to see through it so that may be what’s causing problems.
Maybe something like “Mum, I really do appreciate you but I think it’s time I learned how to do stuff without your help so that I can gain confidence. I won’t make any important decisions about things without talking to you, but I’d really like to see how I go seeing a Doctor on my own.”?
A damn good idea. But I feel it has a very high chance to fail, considering what her initial reaction was. Maybe supplement it with “boy things” as below?
Oh man, mum’s reaction the first time I told her she’s not coming to the doctor with me. She was pretty upset, but I don’t want her to know everything.
Just say that it’s “boy things”, make a head motion towards your junk, and say that you’re too embarrassed to talk about it in front of her.
That should hopefully get her to leave the room. If she asks what about just say your curious about something, nothing serious or medical, but you just don’t wanna talk about it in front of her. That should work.
The doctor should side with you anyway and get your mum to leave the room.
Best of luck man! 🙂
Another trick would be to remain silent and look awkwardly at your mother in the exam room so the doctor realises you won’t talk with her there and asks her to step outside.
Tell her you knocked some chick up and you need to get tested for STDs.I’m half-joking. The ridiculousness of this situation kinda warrants the above. Even if it’s a lie, if she’s not fully supportive of you having a possible STD and a kid, then it’s not her place to hear about your other unrelated problems (which are no-where near as bad as the above). *Shrugs*Or not, I dunno.
What did I miss today?
Nothing? Oh okay…
THE WOLF AMONG US
Choices:
interrupted the eulogyInvestigated tweedles office first
Offered flycatcher a job
Did NOT burn the tree
Showed tweedles dum mercy
Great chapter. Also, the appearance of
flycatcherWas awesome, one of my favourite Fables chars.
It’s bedtime for our dogs.
However, our oldest dog, Jem, seems to think that my bed is his bed for the night…
As much as I like him, that isn’t happening.
Yes, his name is Jem like Jem from “To Kill A Mockingbird”.
Tell me your other dog is called Atticus.
Nope.
Her name is Molly.
Best thing about my dog is he hates the movement of feet underneath him. So if I want him off, I just move my feet.
… you’re lucky 😛
mine just go, “OH you want me to move up near your face and lick you… OK” and then they wiggle up further… it’s hard to breath with 2 30+ kg dogs on top of you 😛
You need like a king sized bed just to accommodate the dogs =P
I fear that it’d be wasted space because at this stage to them, I am the bed 😛
which is awesome in winter time…
not so much in summer time
Maybe you need to make a pillow shaped like you wearing your clothes?
… GENIUS!
BRB, going on the hunt for human shaped objects that can be used as pillow inserts 😛
A human?
PS3 owners!
Have any of you ever used a previous generation’s controller on your console via an adapter?
I’ve used one but it was hit and miss depending on the game.
It worked perfectly with FIFA which is what I used it primarily for.
The other games I tried like Red Faction Guerrilla and Assassins creed had some analogue stick issues and some buttons worked while others didn’t.
Played FIFA 09 with the PS1 Dual Shock.
So damn good.
Yeessss, order came through for The Sky when I ordered it for 13 bucks a week or two back. Expected to arrive on the 28th, but I can wait.
@greenius
I checked mine yesterday, still no update! D:
are you in the same boat as me? I got it same day, but after it said out of stock. I think the deal went on for one or two more days.
I got it when it was out of stock but I’m not sure how long that was after the deal went live. I bought it after seeing your TAY post but I saw it a day after you originally posted.
No real biggie though since shipping was like $30. It seems likely to go through though, just have to wait I guess.
Tomodachi Collection is coming to NA/Europe. The nintendo direct/trailer they held for it is.. batshit insane. Seriously, this is primo GIF stuff. The Sims on crack. Releases June 6th.
Will buy day 1, will populate with TAYbies. TAY house is becoming a thing, for better or for worse.
Nintendo is going to make me broke =P
34.99, so at least it’s cheaper than usual.
I know but there’s so many other games I want. Like harvest moon
Do you know how to import the miis? Like, do I have to do anything more then I already have?
Nah, I think if you have some in your plaza there’ll be a option to import them in real quick-like, and if not I think you can design your own Miis in-game? Whole lotta “I think,” i’m afraid.
The EU Direct showed that the game has all the same functions as Mii Maker. Importing via QR code, creating from scratch, etc. @scree
What about friends though?
Don’t think they went over it. I assume you’ll be able to import them though (I mean, it’s called Friend Collection after all!)
(If not I’ll be asking for all of the TAYbies’ QR codes :P)
Hey everyone. So as you all know, my brother has moved into the house recently.
He keeps demanding I make him a user on my computer and I keep saying no.
Last night he
Told me to stop being such a bitch and then called me a fucking cunt.Am I really being that unreasonable? I paid for my computer, I pay for repairs and I pay for the wifi and phone for the household.
He’s only using it for the internet and word processing and while I offered him the netbook that doesn’t get used, he was only interested in my desktop.
I should probably mention, he is 30 and has a job, unlike me.
It really messed me up last night because I haven’t had anyone be so mean to me in ages.
fuck that noise. what exactly does he need user permissions for? is it because he needs to ask you to log in whenever he needs it? because that’s the only reason I would imagine asking to become a user. Also, if it’s internet/word processing a netbook should be enough.
But first and foremost, it’s simply a hell of a escalation to insult somebody like that over something like this.
Saturday, he insults me over the slightest thing. I asked him why he always came home at 3am, because he’d always have a shower and wake me up.
his response “Because that’s when I finish work you f**king idiot”
Yeesh.
Well what matters is that you were not in the wrong here.
Thank you. And Sorry i missed the “well, that escalated quickly” opportunity.
Ah, family.
I guess he’s making it pretty clear what kind of relationship he wants here. Why should you give him anything?
Thanks. This upset me last night, so this is helping a lot
Woah.
He sounds like a dick.
#Helping
More constructively, I don’t think you’re being unreasonable. I don’t like it when Mrs Shane uses my computer… and I’m married to her. I don’t even know why it is (no objectionable secret folders, etc), but I ended up buying her a laptop to keep her away. You shouldn’t have to wait your turn to use it, you shouldn’t have to worry about the potential for damage he might be causing it – it’s your computer.
You’ve offered your brother the netbook. You’ve more than done the sister-duty thing. My advice: whenever he insists, remind him of this offer, and tell him that it’s the best he’s going to get, and that if he wants a desktop computer, he can feel free to buy his own.
hey. You can’t be all #helping and actually be helpful.
Tell him to buy is own freaking computer if he wants to use one so badly!
Seriously that guy is a complete and utter not very nice person*
*twat!!!He needs to get off his high horse and realise that it is not his freaking house!
he really does remind me of the kind of relationship i had with my sister before i moved away…
…
new plan, all of TAY pitch in for a one way flight to siberia for one adult male, WHO’S IN?
I know someone who can help with that 😀
If we can check him in as a pet or something he even gets room in an exclusive compartment situated in the underside of the aircraft!
yeah i speak like that all the time at work and i have never ever ever said stuff like that to my sisters, no matter how unresonable they were being. Just tell him to chill, i think your family might have a slight tendency to be “drama queens” everyone probably just needs to chill a bit. At the same time dont let him bully you. he is a 30 year old man not a child and should act as such even if he doesnt get his way.
I think you’re right Rocketman. That’s why I really don’t want much to do with them
i’m not really comfortable around anyone that uses that sort of language, but that’s just me and the environment I was brought up in. At least that environment taught me that calling people fucking cunts is a BIG NO-NO. I don’t really have any further input for you in this matter, sorry.
I didn’t even know what that word meant until i moved here…
true story…
and then i found $10
Wish I didn’t know it
He’s trying to assert his authority as the eldest child, if you back down an inch it’ll just get worse. He’s probably also not happy with himself for having to move back in with his family at 30 years old so he’s taking it out on you.
🙁 Sorry to hear this, scree.
I’ve found my relationship with my brother and sister has gotten better as I got older. I assumed that was the same for everyone. This guy just sounds like a dick, though. You don’t want dicks touching your computer. 😀
Exactly. Think of the hygiene issues 😛
Lol, I wasn’t prepared for that spoiler. D:
I suggest you
stab him in his sleep.Loljks, of course, but that’s bullshit situation. What is the arrangement with him living there? Get your mother to spank him or something.
+ 1 to you offering netbook – take it or leave it.
The worst part is that he doesn’t really respect Mum either. He swore at me in front of her and she didn’t say anything. I was disappointed in that.
Also, sorry about the swearing
You’re not even remotely unreasonable, he’s being an arsehole. I’d tend to agree with @strange in guessing it’s a dominance thing, I’d speculate that it’s possibly triggered by some degree of shame at having to move back in with family when he has a job and should be able to support himself so feeling like he has to be in control there. That’s all a load of crap though, nothing that should be taken out on other people, much less family.
If he wants access to a desktop, I’d say email him this link (While you’re at it, tell him he can look it up on the netbook). Add a monitor, keyboard & mouse and that’d be a good solid system. If he complains further, he’s definitely being an arse.
I’d say don’t let him get to you but I know how useless that kind of advice really is, stay the course, you’re in the right here.
Thanks
Well, last night was interesting. Saw a bunch of friends for the first time in ages, went and saw the Lego Movie, it was pretty damn rad. Though I have to be angry at it thanks to its delayed release, it’s a matter of principle.
We then went for some Xenu infused pancakes. Firstly, I managed to completely unwittingly spoil a friend’s birthday present (I brought up The Lion King, which she hadn’t been aware was in Sydney, and the reason she hadn’t been aware was because her younger sister had been keeping her in the dark specifically. Whoops.). Then, after we’d ordered food, one friend hopped up, and then hopped back down onto the floor rather forcefully via a short bout of unconsciousness. Dinner and two shows!
He’s fine, thankfully, but two of his housemates took him to hospital, and it put a bit of a dampener on the night. Of course I shrugged off the dampener with the power of off-colour jokes. Because that’s just sort of what I do.
Oh, and I almost made it so we needed a second trip to the ED, because as I was leaving a friend made an Attack on Titan comment, so I burst into sort of song (to the tune of the theme), saying “SOMETHING IN GERMAN, SOMETHING AND JAEGER! DA DA DA DUN DUN DUN DA DUN DAA, DAA DA DUN” and so forth, while spinning in circles, and I nearly ran into a pillar.
i watched the lego movie last night too. agreed it was pretty rad,
So what you’re saying is everything is awesome?
well aside from the whole collapsing and hospital thing but that didn’t sound importantExactly!
Are you a sitcom?
Okay, so it was a little last minute and out of left field yesterday but I was serious. If any SATAYbies are free tomorrow and wish to pop round, send me an email: benbonnici at the gmails with your name or handle.
I’ll make sure there are drinks in the fridge, snacks in the pantry and if I get a few numbers I’ll buy some snags and throw them on the Weber Q for lunch. IT’S A MEAT! No emails, no meat.
@ash@banderdash@jacksonwryan@jocon@lucifer9783@redartifice@wilburAnd then there was one.
Thanks for the offer…
I do appreciate it.
But my sister has volunteered my to play at one of her friends weddings… which will consume my whole damned Saturday.
Ooh, another TAY musician. What do you play?
Bagpipes.
Interstates not welcome? I get it.
Original comment stated, ‘all welcome’. I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then.
Benny. Planning meats is like wrangling cats. No, it’s like employing a cat to wrangle cats.
Got to give more than a couple of days notice. Just for the people who need like a week to psych themselves up for these things. *cough* 😀
You’re right. I’m no goddamn wedding planner – can’t plan for crap. Now that Pow’s done the tags however, I’ll try to plan others with greater notice in future.
BennyMeat sounds like a good one! Just want people to show up so your confidence to plan more meats stays! 😀
Got to get a meat culture going in SA.
Stop saying meat, dan.
This is more difficult than I thought. Looks like I’ll be drinking alone tomorrow – nothing too different from the norm though, I guess.
Sorry man 🙁
Hey I tried my best to lure people away from their other events with free beer and food, though. 😛
Ack, thanks man, but I’m tied up. Next one for sure
I thought for sure you and I were gonna speed run the original MGS. And then Ground Zeroes. *tears* Next time then.
Ah! B dog. (why am I calling everyone dog?)
You give me about a weeks notice and I am down for these things. I’ll bring board games and we can all end the night hating each other. But, this weekend, a no-go sir. And damn, that free drinks offer sounds so good doe.
I’m giving you months notice.
I’ll be in town for PAX.
Wait, DAN! What? You will be in Adelaide for PAX?
I keep forgetting you’re not a Melbourne one.
Whooooooooooooooops.
(ps its a secret but ill be at PAX this year dressed as The Goblin King for no real reason other than I love wearing tights)
Yes. Yes times a thousand.
I’m going as “last patrol went too long so now he’s late for a charity function & had to get changed in the car Bruce Wayne.”
Sorry brother, but I got 3 sick kids and one sick wife… I’d love to come otherwise though and thanks heaps for the invite. Please keep me in mind for the next one.
Will do.
I wont be able to make it, there’s about five hours of road between me and Adelaide.
I keep getting mobile calls for Anthony, it seems that this twit forgot his number and gave them mine.
So this is the opposite of a reply fail.
Numbers lives in Whyalla. Might be hard for him to get there
Thanks for the invite, but i promised my lady friend a date night.
Keep me on the list though!
Looks like it is not really a thing and I am way too terrible at small talk to just rock up myself.
Cheers for stepping up tho, keep me posted if you do manage to herd the cats into a meat another time.
I can’t entice you with free booze, snags and multiplayer Super Mario 3D World on Wii U?
That does actually sound like a better saturday than I had planned.
Emails away!
Sweetness! Pop me an email and I’ll send you my address, I don’t think you’re too far from us either – we’re at Modbury. So there’s that. 😀
Borderlands 2 on the Vita is landing in America on the 13th of May. It’s also included in their slim PS Vita bundle. Hopefully it comes to Australia after that.
Yeee. Shameless plug time? Here’s some short articles (and more info) on the matter.
http://ausgame.net/2014/04/borderlands-2-coming-to-vita/
Aaaand Borderlands; The Pre-Sequel is also announced.
http://ausgame.net/2014/04/borderlands-the-pre-sequel-coming-to-last-gen/
Yesterday I started a new diet. Well, it’s not really new as I’ve done it before and lost 40+ kg. I’m doing the Tony Ferguson program. It’s a meal replacement formula so I have a shake for breakfast and lunch, and a proper meal for tea. I’m hoping it will get me to a decent weight by the end of the year.
Best of luck man!
Best of luck!
I’ve dropped a heap the last 8 weeks or so (nearly 10% of body weight) and the biggest change I made aside from staying away from sugary stuff was to reduce portion sizes to around 300-350 calories at dinner. Made a massive difference – less food in the system when sleeping, basically.
Letterman is retiring and being replaced by Stephen Colbert.
Oh, really? Is that confrimed? Last time I checked I heard Chelsea Handler was also in the running!
I love Colbert. If it’s true I hope CBS doesn’t neuter his brand of comedy.
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/stephen-colbert-to-replace-david-letterman-1201155423/
Oh, you’re right! That’s cooooool!
Damn, I was hoping for Louis C.K. So Louie is all a lie and it is not really about his life after all, worst.
I guess Colbert is a good supplement though.
embarrassingly late to this, but Battlestar Galactica is a pretty cool show so far. (just watched the pilot / miniseries thing).
got a real mass effect 3-ish vibe. this is a good thing.
You and I have seen the same amount of the show \o/
It’s on my to-watch list, but I got distracted by Dark Souls 2, and then by Farscape…
See, @shane? SEEEEE!
Honestly one of my favourite shows of all time. Mass Effect devs specifically said this was an influence on that game too. (Final Fantasy: Spirits Within too.)
I hear they’re rebooting Battlestar again next year. (As a film.)
Those klaxons/singing at the start…
Honestly, I would have trouble pinpointing any other sci-fi show (even Star Trek) that has a better start to their opening song.
Bear McCreary. YOU TALENTED BASTARD.
Really love his theme for The Walking Dead too.
I know lots of people hated Caprica, but you can’t tell me this isn’t amazing either. 😀
I haven’t watched anything beyond an episode and a half of Caprica, but can you please enlighten me, why do people hate it so much? it seemed OK from what i’ve watched
Massive departure from original series. Deliberately tried to be different in almost every aspect. Very much scales down the scifi elements. Also it was legit pretty slow and took a few eps to find its feet.
I hope that reboot doesn’t get up.
Totally unnecessary.
Bryan Singer is doing it, for what it’s worth!
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/battlestar-galactica-movie-gets-new-life-at-universal-exclusive-1201153687/
Still unnecessary.
No doubt, but to be fair people said that about Ron Moore’s version too and that was a masterpiece. Think fans of Moore’s needs an open mind cause we’ve just found ourselves in the same predicament as the original fans.
Difference is, Battlestar was a 23 year old campy also ran when Moore got to it.
The last modern Battlestar thing (Blood and Chrome) came out two years ago, and the series is regarded as one of the finest sci-fi series of the last two decades.
Singer should create a new space opera if he really wants to direct one.
I am yet to watch ‘The Plan’ though I think it’s include in my Blu-ray box. Any good?
Ah, no. That’s my least favourite of any thing BSG related. I’d actually advise not to watch. Razor is pretty excellent. As is Blood & Chrome.
I only got into it last year, and even still only got to about season 3 before other things started occupying my time… really need to get back into it…
and yes, i agree with the Mass Effect vibe… i think that’s mainly because Mass Effect has borrowed everything great from every great sci-fi ever and mashed it into one :P… and it’s done so rather magnificently
There was an interesting discussion on reddit the other day about the reapers.
Think about the reapers. Everything, from their shape, to the noise they make, to the indoctrination, to their military tactics of taking over the citadel first, then species homeworlds.Now realise that every single thing – every part of it – is a calculated move. They have changed themselves to be that shape, to make that noise, because it evokes fear. They use their tactics because the various cycles have shown it to be worthy of fear and terror. Everything they do is because they have calculated everything to find the most optimal pathway to destroying morale and ensuring victory. No opportunism, no anger, no fury – just dead cold calculations to reach the apex of destruction.I think that is far scarier than something that is angry, or feels justified in a war.
Seasons don’t fear the reapers!
*cowbell*
Nor do the wind and the sun and the rain
It’s awesome. My dad introduced me to it and I almost skipped on it for that very reason – if my dad likes it, I ain’t gonna! Lucky I didn’t skip as it’s one of the best sci-fi shows I have watched.
Unrelentingly depressing. You keep thinking they’ll overcome this adversity but they just keep piling it on.
It’s great.
Cool, I picked up the series on bluray a while ago. Looking forward to eventually watching it.
I’ve watched and loved every thing BSG related. Spin-offs. Web series. Original movies. Bought them on Blu-Ray cause I assumed I’d rewatch like crazy but it’s still in it’s plastic wrap it has been in since 2011. XD
I maintain the first episode of the full series is one of the best first episodes ever.
hey I was thinking of watching that recently cause I’ve never seen it, I have 2 friends who were overly obsessed with it when it was new and put me right off it cause they wouldn’t shut up about it and spoiled a lot of the story, Now that I’ve forgotten everything they said I’m thinking of checking it out.
complete series on DVD is $70 at jb atm…
I actually just looked that up too, $129 on bluray, $70 on DVD, it is tempting,
Director of my work walks into the ICT offices, and I have the sudden realisation that I forgot to brush my hair and beard this morning, I’m wearing jeans because lazy, and I have a coffee in one hand an a doughnut in the other.
All I could think to say is “Can you tell that I work in IT?”.
I think she nearly fell over from laughing.
Smoooooth.
Moira?she’s a pretty damn cool lady!
Also brushing your beard? just how many 100%’s are you manly?
i can’t even grow stubble long enough to grab, let alone brush…
I WANT A FREAKING BEARD TO BRUSH
Yeah, she’s still around, and still pretty awesome.
My facial hair always looks mangy as hell so I have to brush it or seriously look homeless. I think I haven’t shaved for about a month so it’s about an inch long, and looks *awful* 😛
“oh look at me, i’m manly and can grow facial hair” *glares at @rize*
😛I generally shave at the point I have to start brushing, since it’s the lowest effort option.
Heh. Still more professional than some teachers at my previous school, that were required to wear a tie, button up shirt & dress pants in terms 2 & 3…
Bear McCreary! Why you so good?
Probably my favourite music from the BSG OST.
Edward James Olmos is a pretty cool guy. Admiral Adama, of course. He was my favourite character from the show. Gaff from Blade Runner, too!
It’s too bad she won’t live.. but then again, who does?
HOW CAN I REACH THESE KIDS
Ooh, a finger man, eh? six times nine, fifty four
Bear McCreary playing the Caprica theme on a piano. One of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CguEY9e2SqQ
I’ve been doing some sleuthing around game sites and stuff where I have accounts to see which are vulnerable to the Heartbleed exploit, since the lists being published around by Lastpass etc. don’t cover them.
Most useful resource I’ve found:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/heartbleed-bug-gaming-services-affected/
Though I suspect many of the ones they suggest resetting are actually unaffected. Most MMO stuff shouldn’t really be affected, at least the MMOs, because most of them will pass data through to back-end servers for all their work, so passwords etc. are pretty transient.
Still worth a reset if you re-used your password anywhere. If the site was affected, reset your password to be safe. If the site is affected and is unpatched, don’t bother updating until they’ve patched it.
A lot of ISPs have started firewalling in such a way as to block the exploit sort of, which is frustrating because it also prevents the tests from working. 😐
Cheers for the info.
Cheers man.
That galaxy s5 ad on the side of kotaku is the best ad ever. just making my day
*everyone turns off Adblock*
*an unspecified amount of funds is transferred into @rocketman’s account from a client called Sam S”
So much effort to turn AdBlock, so much so I forget how…
ARMA III Zeus is out – Play as Game “Master” or troll?
You say that like they’re mutually exclusive. Mission going well, team having a hard fought win getting close to the objective, BAM! Squadron of MI48s! With a good team, that’d still be fun as fuck, just changing from professional advance and fight to panicked retreat
So… next Friday is Good Friday. And the Monday following is Easter Monday, right?
And then the Friday after that is Anzac Day…
Does that mean we only have a 3-day working week soon? 😀
Ayup. Most people at my work are taking those 3 days off.
Hopefully everybody does this so that I don’t have to answer the phone for those three days 😛
Same, including myself 😀
same… TWIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS o/… does that mean lots of games? yeah that means lots of games
So many Spass Marins.
All the Spayce Maureens!!!!!
and berings… berings will have to happen… with alcohol again… that was a FANTASTIC mix 😛
We need to try and get as many people as we can into BF Vietnam at some point…
and Battlefront II :P… but yes… definitely…. RETRO GAMING NIGHT!
Bad Company 2 Vietnam? It’s the only one I can see on Steam.
@benny
Oh god no 😛
Good ol’ classic BF Nam, with a VPN tunnel to each other (tunngle) to setup a LAN…
At my work too. I opted to take some leave last month instead, and I’ve been regretting it ever since because I still haven’t caught up on the work the piled up in my absence.
It’ll be school holidays during that period, here, at least.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
For those of us who get public holidays off, yes.
For me, no. I get Good Friday off though, it’s one of only two days in the year that we’re closed, the other one being Christmas Day.
I’m taking 7 business days of leave after today, which means I don’t go back to work until the 28th!
Yo, I’ve been talking about Tex Murphy for weeks now but there’s a demo for the new one on Steam!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/261510/
I’m not going to play demo, I want spoiler free experience so don’t tag me in any discussions if you do. Just thought you might want a heads up. 😀
So Wednesday night was my friends birthday. He manages a karaoke bar in Chinatown so we all went down there and took over the place. Literally tables and tables covered in shots and bottles of hennessy. Didn’t get home till about 3am (and I’m not entirely sure how) but still made it to work. Even though it’s Friday I am not entirely recovered. What. a. night.
O_o
I don’t even know who paid for it all, lol.
Is this you?
http://youtu.be/QetvK6ldl2s
I am kind of amazed at how accurate a portrayal of me that is.
I keep getting mobile calls for someone named Anthony, it seems that this twit forgot his number and gave them mine.
Girls? and do they sounds hot?
in that case your name is Anthony right? RIGHT? 😛
Not just girls, and not the hot sounding kind of girls either :/
Judge lest ye be judged numbers
It’s “Judge not” dumbass
No, you are Anthony.
@Lucifer9783 is an invented identity implanted via hypnosis.
Come back to us Anthony!
I remember I got a phone call once and they just said “hey, it’s me”. I had no idea who they were but it sounded like I’d be able to figure it out so I just let them keep talking. After talking for 5 minutes I realised that this person must have called the wrong person but I had sort of gone past the point of return so I finally agreed that I would drive to their house and help fix their car that day. I hope they didn’t wait for too long, lol.
I got a call once while at work, and this gravelly male voice said “So what’re you wearing?”
I told him “Well i’m currently in my work shirt and a nice set of slacks, how about you good sir?” the 10 second silence that followed was the most awkward and equally hilarious 10 seconds in recent times…
I once had someone text me at 3am and wouldn’t believe me when I told them they had the wrong number. They then called me (it turned out to be a woman who thought I was her boyfriend) and called me a dog cunt for screening my calls, apparently hearing my voice still didn’t trigger anything so my then-girlfriend took the phone and told her she had the wrong number too.
She then drew the conclusion my girlfriend was some slag her boyfriend was cheating on her with and after another earful of abuse, hung up the phone.
I assume that a relationship ended that night but I think I did the guy a favour.
I got a phone call sort of like that.
Except they’re like “hey, it’s me,” so I respond with a very questioning “hello?”
Their response was to tell me that they were pregnant, and that I was the father. When I tried explaining to them that, no, really, they had the wrong number, they insisted that I never took anything seriously, and to stop joking around. I feel kind of bad about then just hanging up on them, but what the hell are you supposed to do at that point?
You remember that wild and crazy drunken night about a month or so ago? No? Well there you go.
Once got a phone call from said “Hey is this CJ*” turns out to be a girl named Rachel from council I did a thing for once, led by a lady also called Rachel (or was it Rebecca idk) so I assuemed it was for me. Starts going on about something and I’m just lost. She caught on and stops. “Is this the CJ who cleans grafity?” “No this is the CJ who makes coffee”
So wrong number right names and just coincidence
Daedalic games are currently on sale on Steam. I haven’t really played their games but I know @dc is a fan of the Deponia series and The Night of the Rabbit so he can probably vouch for them. =P
You best believe I could. Would recommend all the Deponia games. (Though play in chronological order, they’re basically just chapters of the same story.) The Night of the Rabbit is the best adventure I’ve played in a long while. I know @sughly loves The Whispered World too, so if that looks appealing to you that’s a strong endorsement right there!
I guess now is a better time then any to play Deponia, hopefully I can get past the horrible tutorial! \o/
Whispeeeered woooorld!
It’s $2 as well. I wasn’t a fan of what I played, but for two bucks it’s worth getting!
Oh yeah, forgot I’d bought Night Of The Rabbit a while ago. Guess I should remember to install it.
Please like it. Please like it. Please like it. 😀
Though I already got @freezespreston to like it so here’s hoping.
Sughly and I just have polarized opinions about this game. Haha!
Oh, who am I kidding? Who couldn’t love a game with music like this?
XD
Me, I guess?
:'(
Here’s my review of the game for any one interested too.
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/review-the-night-of-the-rabbit/
Gawd DC, a shameless plug? You’re worse than that guy shane who’s running a kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology/ and that guy whose brother is doing this show: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/comedy-festival/angus-hodge-in-finding-my-rosecoloured-glasses-4-stars/story-fni0fdju-1226869098176
psst
Dan And Karl’s Life Advice: https://soundcloud.com/dankarlszeitgeist/sets/dan-karls-life-advice
Karl’s Krippled Knee Update: http://youtu.be/KzouXDtNQV0
Nice review, I liked it.
Holy hell, all of the recent comments on Pixel Otaku is just me, and I almost never go to the website.
@blaghman: What time sounds good for dinner tomorrow? Want to just meet somewhere central and decide then or would you like me to whittle down some specifics?
Time wise, I’m really not sure. Since the plan thus far has been to “wing it.” So, uhh, shall we say 6, which will inevitably be thrown out of the water when I am wrong about stuff, and I guess specifics, maybe? …
I don’t like having to plan.
Wing it sounds pretty cool. Also sounds like the makings of meet in Queen St Mall and decide what to do from there. (Which has the makings of the best Brisbane meats. XD)
That’s just across the river from QPAC as well. (I’m assuming you’re at QPAC. Don’t know why.)
I think we’ll be at some sort of park. Or something.
But we’re renting a car, so I will hopefully be able to get a lift somewhere.
No idea about how I’ll get back to my hotel. Or even where said hotel is, now that I think about it, but that’s a problem for future Blaghs.
He will seriously just stand there and lean on something all day unless you suggest something.
The key to meeting @blaghman: Tell him exactly where to meet you. Give him GPS coordinates if possible. Otherwise he will be waiting on the other side of the city.
But Brisbane is like one street. XD
Psst: Brisbane is bigger than Canberra.
Man, the Brisbane CBD is a mess.
Give me a nice, logical grid anyday
I kinda like cities that aren’t grids for some reason 😛
Until you have to drive or park in them, sure.
Transistor on May 20th!
Below confirmed for Steam so I don’t need to buy an Xbox One!
Revving the engine on the EXCITEBIKE right now.
It does look rather magnificent, huuuge fan of Bastion so it’ll be good to see what they’ve done with it
Bastion was one of the best games I played that whole year, absolutely loved it. If Transistor is half the game that was it’s a day 1 purchase for me. Just have to figure out if I get it for PC or PS4 or both.
Below. Arrrrgh. A thing of beauty right there.
Transistor fell off my radar.
and now it’s arrival will be heralded by deep-voiced angels.
TRANSISTOOOOOR!
I loved Bastion so much and constantly listen to the OST.
Well… Shit. Think I might have to break the no buying games rule for this one. Didn’t know when it would release. Loved Bastion and want to support these devs.
I went to the doctor’s office. I told my mother to stay in the waiting room, and she refused. The doctor suggested she come in, and then leave a few minutes later.
She never left.
I didn’t get to tell the doctor about my mental health problems. When @scree sent me a link to a depression and anxiety checklist survey, I completed it and printed the results. I hid the printed results until it was time for the doctor’s appointment. I had the results in my pocket through the whole appointment. I planned to show it to the doctor and explain my problems as soon as my mother left the room, but she never did.
I feel like I missed my big chance to get mental help. It’ll be a while before an opportunity like this rears its head again. I’m more disappointed than anything else.
Aside from that, I had to get a blood test and supply a stool sample. That was fun.
🙁
Damn, I’m guessing you’re not of legal age? that’s sad news to hear, guy,
But I think I am of legal age. To the best of my knowledge, I can do all this myself as long as I am 16 or over, and I am 17 right now.
by all means, if you’re ever in that position again you are certainly in the right to have a showoff and get your mother out until you talk with the doc. But then again I’m not entirely sure on the legality of it all and forcing showdowns on anybody would be hectic, let alone yourself and your delicate situation.
That’s exactly what I was going to ask. Why does your mother have to come with you? You just need to tell her that you’ve got personal issues that you need to discuss with the doctor that are too embarassing to discuss in front of her. If that’s not good enough for her then just make another appointment on the sly and bus it if you have to.
It feels kind of weird advocating advice for a minor to go behind the back of their parents. I think it’s the right thing in this circumstance, but it definitely feels like ethically rocky terrain.
True, but going by what we’ve heard of his mother she’s not going to listen to reason.
dude tell your mum
she is your mum
i didnt and i regret it everyday.
she isnt going to judge you, she will just want to help you.
she is your mum.
I know what its like to have a overbearing mother, i wasnt allowed to stay up past 7;30 until grade 10
i wasnt allowed to leave the house on the weekend to see my grandmother without her next to me
but she is still my mum
His mum wants to help him by sending him for electroconvulsive therapy.
I wouldn’t tell her anything either 😛
I was going to make a comment about his mother trying to send him to a doctor that wanted to hook him up to a car battery. Glad I refreshed before posting
I can understand his hesitation though, considering his mother wanted to fly him to another state to electrocute him.
I just looked up electroconvulsive therapy
I take it all back, my mum was nuts but not that nuts.
Maybe another close relative you can tell? a grandmother, a aunt?
Yeah, the website for the thing that @phlanispo was going to be sent to was quacking like a duck.
But on the plus side, he has a lamp that can make yoghurt!
I know you are laughing at the name but remember that one of the things he was trying to flog was a mist or something to both keep your vegetables fresh and sharpen your knives.
I wouldn’t be surprised if one of his bag of wonders was a yoghurt maker
http://www.majesticresonance.com/Pynergy_Energized_Pyramid.html
Scroll down to the bottom of the page, & look at point 12… Its where the name came from
@aliasalpha
Oh dear, I thought it was a play on words with a name.
Aw, man, that’s rough.
You know you can get mental help through other sources than doctors, right? Got through a school counsellor or contact something like http://www.headspace.org.au/ who you can chat to online or over the phone.
Well then.
I know that feeling.
Well some could say you’re in the same
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Headspace
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I guess you could say…
(•_•)
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(•_•)
Hey, where the hell are my sunglasses?
(⌐o_o)
what sunglas—
dammit…
I took the wrong glasses
( •_•)>⌐o-o
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What sunglasses?
Great minds think alike.
And now we’ll rehash that debate about the meaning of that phrase.
LIKE MINDS THINK ALIKE. >:(
Through school would probably be best. Just ask those involved to not tell your mother until you feel comfortable.
Have you had a look around on http://www.headspace.org.au/ ?
If not, definitely worthwhile. It might help you organise a chance to talk it out with someone. There’s online/anonymous options, too, in case you don’t want to or can’t visit a centre.
@redartifice is right. You haven’t missed your big chance. You missed a chance, and it’s not a big deal, because there’s always something else you can do.
Your best bet, as I see it, is to take that printout to your guidance counsellor at school and get them to refer you for help. That’s their job. Pretty much their only job.
Or, actually, have you ever heard of http://www.headspace.org.au? I’m surprised no one has mentioned it yet…
Ah, I don’t want to get in the way of a mother/son relationship but it sounds like she views you as property rather than a person. It’s incredibly cruel that you’re suffering cause she has no boundaries.
I don’t have any real idea about your situation and everything, but just wanted to ask this: have you considered actually straight up being honest with your mum? “I want to visit the G.P. to ask about getting help with my mental illness, and I would like to talk to them in private”?
I mean, it sounds like she’s a bit of a control freak, but she may not be intentionally doing it. The whole Dr Yoghurt-Lamp thing wasn’t a shining moment or anything, but clearly she was considering it because she’s concerned about you, at least on some level. She may be over-protective simply because she has decided that because she thinks that you need her to have that role – and maybe at one point in your life you actually did. Looking back, I was an absolute idiot when I was a teenager and even into my early 20s and if I had a time machine I would totally go back to when I was 15 and punch myself in the mouth.
I don’t know anything about your family dynamic or anything about you or your mum aside from what you’ve said here, so maybe that’s completely off the mark or just not possible, but on the other hand, you might be surprised at the sort of reaction you get if you lay it our straight. It’s not that you don’t want to get help – you do – you just want it to come from an actual medical professional that you trust instead of a shonky snake oil salesman that thinks that electrocution and burning some yoghurt nearby will balance your humors or something.
I’ve never had major anxiety problems, just situational / stress-related a few times, so I don’t really know where you’re coming from and maybe that sort of confrontation is impossible, in which case, feel free to ignore me. I just want to point out another course of action which you may not have seriously thought about.
It sounds like something that needs to get sorted sooner rather than later since it’s incrementally damaging your mental health. Confrontation followed by smoothing might be better than trying to ease into things over far too long a time.
Hmmm… you’d be on austudy wouldn’t you? You said your mum’s objection twice in a row was that you saw her as someone who just paid the bills, could you maybe just save the cash up, go back to the doctor and pay for the whole thing yourself so that objection vanishes?
Does your doctor have an email address? Maybe you could email those results instead of showing them directly.
Austudy?
Oh they changed it, it’s youth allowance now. http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/youth-allowance
Used to just be austudy from when you were 16 & studying
Remember there are places where you can get help on that website.
Liondrive will take you. You could go and tell us before hand so if he kills you we will know.
So, after reading that Dr Nerdlove thing on the front page, I’m thinking that we should write up @mrtaco’s whole thing and send it in just so see someone outside attempt to digest it
Stupid gooky and his amazing stories of love, lust and nerd.
Pot, kettle.
Ooh, are we making tea? I could go for a cuppa. 😛
Whenever @transientmind’s not around to comment on Dr. Nerdlove I’m like WHERE’S TRANSIENTMIND? Not dead, I hope. He was circling the drain last time we spoke. D:
I bet he is doctor nerdlove
We’ll just have to tell more @transientmind style stories.
“I was in the jungles of Borneo with my best girl, when I was asked to give a lecture on Thermodynamics. Well, I’m no scientist, but there are some universal principles I could advise people on…
… And that’s how I saved christmas”
#mostinterestingmanonTAY
I love this new meme. XD
“I found myself scouring the San Andreas fault deep in Death Valley at the behest of the USGS. Seems my ability to feel earthquakes in my bones had gotten out. Who am I to turn down the noble pursuit of science?”
I think it totally should be. The only rules are:
1. Has to start somewhere exotic with his best girl
2. Has to involve universal good advice
The best girl part is implied. He’s got a best girl at every port, don’t you know!
It’s funnier if you say it though.
“So I found myself on the side of the road in Guatemala. Our charted bus had broken down and I was the only man with a working understanding of the mechanics to unravel our predicament. My best girl remained with the troubled youths inside we had been tasked to rehabilitate, teaching them lessons of life, love and angst.”
“I had dabbled in a lost form of alchemy since I was a boy, trailing a brilliant professor on an archaeological expedition of utter most significance. So when my best girl and I found ourselves at the Presidential Gala in Cairo, I knew what I had to do! Seems the wine shipment had never arrived and it was up to me to formulate a replacement. A good wine is a lot like alchemy, don’t you know?”
I’m going to stop now. I could do this for hours and giggle to myself like an idiot. XD
@dc, sounds like a good day.
Not anymore, I don’t. 🙂
I am soooooo sickly and weak I can’t even riff on this stuff. Just posted some token ranting on piracy articles, then thud.
But y’know. Yaaay email notification. I’ll ignore Nerdlove until later. I’m usually ‘meh’ at his advice. Just felt strongly about the last couple. 😛
Mostly I’ve been on the couch trying to fall asleep sitting up while ‘playing’ (ie: staring lifelessly at) PS3. Falling asleep lying down has been tricky. This constant drip in the back of my throat has the effect of blocking up the throat a little so I can’t actually swallow without conscious effort. When I try to do it subconsciously, it just gets stuck half-way and can’t finish, which seems to inspire some sort of body-panic similar to waterboarding. Yup. Waterboarding myself with snot. LUHVERLY.
A sickly and weak Transientmind is probably a D.C. at his best!
I was actually suprised had how well thought out and actually helpful that advice was. Especially the first one.
Yeah… the lucky frack 😛
Upvote for using frack 😛
I think today’s stories are similar in some ways. 😛
*Finally emerges from bed*
What’s all this then?
Oh… oh I see.
Also, Strawberry and Pineapple are terrible names.
Yeah, it’s worse than Alice and Bob.
They’re okay stripper names, if the strip you’re going to doesn’t have any standards.
Well, you’re in a strip club, so that says a lot about the standards to begin with.
Right.. Cause all strippers have no morals and daddy issues, right?
No, more the clientele.
I have nothing against strippers- they’re doing what they do, and many of them are very good at it. Being in a strip club, however, and the other people at a strip club, is skeezy as all get out.
Fair enough I guess.
Cycline Ita to Townsville is 900km+. Townsville to Mackay is 400km south. All Qantas flights from Townsville are cancelled, including my gf’s today. Apparently only flights to Brisbane are still going ahead.
I’m beyond words. Nothing can explain this stupidity.
im in townsville
do you want me to go and protect her from the incoming doom of a cyclone that is 1000kms away.
Daily reminder:
I need money: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology
I need stories: http://shanewsmith.com/works-in-progress/all-the-kings-men/
I need loooooooooooooooove
Story:
There’s this dude. He exists. He is called StickMan. He’s pretty lame sometimes. FIN
Comic:
:)\-<
That’s my submission.
You’re in.
Shane: “Excellent submission. I need 40 more pages.”
@stickman: ” 🙁 “
I’ll just regale with stories of my (false) dancing career.
:D>-<
:D/-<
;D\-
I will return the kindness you showed me by sending me Wind Waker and give you some financial backing good sir. You’ll just have to wait till my pay goes in though.
Good news! No funds will be deducted until 7 May regardless (and likely, never at all!)
What I mean is… thanks! 🙂
For option 3, see option 1.
Nahmsayin?
Prostitution is what I’m saying.
“The world’s oldest profession” some might say!
I would’ve thought it’d be, like, midwife or something but I mean, you can’t have a midwife without a little bit o’ sumthin’ sum, so, I guess that’s logical.
…
…
Do you reckon Spock ever went to a prostitute? I mean Kirk definitely did, but Spock? I dunno, man… Maybe Jim concocts a scenario in which paying for sex is the only logical thing to do, like, he’s a supervillain that threatens you with death unless you get down with a hooker? That’s why i should be writing the new Star Treks.
Anyway, we gonna do this?
$100, half, $300 full.
Only during pon farr.
And that is possibly THE nerdiest thing I’ve ever referenced on TAY.
I laughed.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
They liked to sing on Voyager.
@dc
Which is the argument that will work best to get me to watch it.
I stick with the old argument that for prostitution to occur, goods would need to be traded, and then surely someone would have to acquire those goods, and so they’d have an older profession.
I think that the people before would have been generalists who do what they do to survive- hunter-gatherers, whatever, but prostitute is the first thing where your labour doesn’t produce subsistence/survival goods.
Trading hunted game for the tools needed to hunt game better is probably the real oldest one. Flint knapping or weapon making, someone injured in a hunt survives (or just is to old) but can’t hunt anymore, gets good at making weapons for other hunters and ends up providing a service in exchange for a portion of their hunt.
The definition of a profession is that it’s a paid occupation. And an occupation is something you spend the majority of your time doing – it’s your job.
I’m certain that trade (for goods) would predate agriculture, but the concept of a ‘job’ is most likely something that developed post-agriculture. While undoubtedly there would have been isolated cases of compensated sex even in hunter-gatherer societies, I doubt that either party engaging in that would have been doing it as just a job, rather than as an isolated occurrence. Primarily there would simply not have been enough people to service. I think there’s probably a level of critical mass that’s required for prostitution to be viable as a professional occupation. You need a settlement big enough to make it possible. And that would require farming, and farming is a full-time professional occupation.
Prostitution strikes me as an early luxury industry and that would indeed require a form of structured society that isn’t living hand to mouth and worrying about everyone stealing their stuff all the time
Next time do some sort of supernatural horror anthology, I could contribute something short to that
If you’ve got something that can be explained with a Scooby-Doo-esque it-wasn’t-real reveal, there might be a place here for it…
Nah, it’d take too much rewriting I think
Yeah, it’d really suck to have to work for the money on offer (I kid, I kid) 😛
I’m probably going to make contributors rewrite all their work multiple times anyway. Planning to be a rigorous editor-type guy.
Heh well leaving it unexplained was kind of the point of the story so it’d be a major structural change as well as a lot of simple extra words. That or a super cheap pull out on a TV screen with a pair of mad scientists saying “See? I told you we could fake it!”
Like North QLD will be in a couple of hours, it’s well dark in here today.
Why not combat that with a Karl’s Krippled Knee Update? In which upskirt shots, medical malpractice and stolen hospital attire are all committed to innernette video for your viewing pleasure!
http://youtu.be/KzouXDtNQV0
But I don’t wanna laugh, Dan! I’m super interesting and emo and sad and interesting. What should I do?
Is that advice you’re after? Well you’re in luck! Why not listen to our new, no frills, shortfrom podcast, Dan And Karl’s Life Advice, available exclusively on Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/dankarlszeitgeist/sets/dan-karls-life-advice
All Zeitgeist, All of the time!
Also, people should get drunk with Dan more often! It’s pretty great! It’s like a live performance of Zeitgeist future stories in the making!
Also, you should do video stuff like KKK more! (Though I guess that ain’t conducive to the seamless editing you guys are known for with the podcast.)
…is Karl wearing rainbow undies?
And the mystery of who asked life advice question is revealed!
If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go
Keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone
I can be a gentleman, anything you want
If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go, I’d never let you go!
Please let me go, I have a family.
I’m your family now.
You could do worse. Real worse. *looks in mirror* :'(
You can’t say that, you had some babe try to pick you up on the weekend.
That would get inconvenient when it comes time to have a poo
When you’re really committed to someone, you just have to accept the shit times.
I think that’d be the point where I piss off
Steel Panther sure did deliver on the video for Gloryhole… Not sure what I should’ve expected honestly.
You didn’t know what to expect from a gloryhole?
Well, child…
Heh.
It still wasn’t as pornographic as Rammstein’s video for Pussy.
All of your sentences in this thread would be much stranger without capitalisation.
That’s nice 🙂
Got two of the three Steel Panther CD’s I ordered in the mail this week. Haven’t had a chance to listen to much of it yet, but one of my favourites so far is Fat Girl (Thar She Blows). Looking forward to listening to the rest, some of the titles are pretty damn funny too, like “Fucking My Heart In The Ass”, “Gangbag At The Old Folks Home”, and You’re Beautiful When You Don’t Talk”.
@dc “So after making love to my best girl in the Venetian hotel, we went for a walk, where I was quickly called into action by the Italian Garda. Now, I’ve never investigated a crime in my life, but I know how people work, so….
…And that’s how we recovered the missing Michaelangelo”
“That takes me back to Santiago in the Spring of ’03. The mud from the landslide consumed every thing, not unlike falling in love. The devastation? That’s a broken heart if ever I saw one. I was confident this community would rebuild, just as my heart renewed itself when my best girl came into my life. So, I spoke up…
.. And that was a milestone in civil rights.”
#mostinterestingmanonTAY Where is @transientmind when you need him?
“When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Just last week I was drowning my sorrows in an establishment in the Gaza strip well off the beaten track when who was to walk in? An Israeli soldier, no more than 18 and a Palestinian girl of the same age. I ordered a round for my new friends and set out to restore a fragile peace, the very peace I feel when looking into the eyes of my best girl…
But yeah, Noble Peace Prize isn’t a big deal.”
“I was at work the other day, thinking about my best girl and talking to my colleagues…
…and that’s how I solved the two China problem.”
“I’m not one to scoff at urban legends. We’re all haunted by ghosts of relationship’s past so why are physical ghosts out of the equation. I locked myself in the ruined castle with a flashlight and a picture of my best girl to keep me company. I wasn’t prepared for what I found next…
… And now that very airplane is displayed with pride in the Smithsonian.”
Man, I have to stop reading these, laughing too much at my desk.
We should start a Tumblr. XD
@dc I already have two tumblrs!
This is AMAZING!
You know you want to try one 🙂
@redartifice, I think I missed the mark, but it was fun trying. #backintomycave
…Transient Page 12?
YES!
“I was just happening to travel around Peru with my best girl, when all of a sudden I managed to stumble upon the fabled lost city of gold. Now, I wasn’t a mineralogist, but I thought about how much good this could do to the world’s poorest economies…
…and that’s why you should always appreciate true love, even in the middle of a snowstorm.”
OMG
CAN BARELY BREATHE
Transfic?
Wait that’s probably something else.
“Back in the Spring of ’67 a bunch of my best girls, which I firmly looked in the eyes and called my Angels because you gotta have CONFIDENCE, went to a Bolivian child slavery mine to teach the children how to look out for themselves while I studied my 32nd Doctorate. While there I was in a tiny pub that was in the middle of nowhere and the guy next to me ordered a screwdriver and I turned to his wife and standing tall with my shoulders in a confident pose I told her “I’d like to Screw drive you!” The man laughed and high fived me. Turned out he was a local war lord who was running the mines. We got to talking and that’s how I abolished slavery in Bolivia and gained yet another Angel.”
“There I was, living the moment I had expected for years. Stranded in the distant future, time machine missing vital components and only the thoughts of my best girl to keep me pressing on. I had tinkered with Quantum Mechanics as a hobby since I was a child so repairing the engines was a cake walk. I just had to retrieve scrap from deep in the heart of a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, no small feat. I had to decipher the rudimentary language of the local tribes, first. I have an ear for linguistics, though.
…
So yeah, the assassination of JFK was very necessary in hindsight and my future was bright.”
I remember when I was wandering the dusty trails of the Simpson desert. Not really going anywhere, just ambling along without any real direction (kind of the same with life in general, I suppose), just thinking about my best girl, left far behind. And I came across this old guy, struggling along a well-beaten track. He was kind of frail, and not going the same way as me, but I stopped to see if he needed help, because who the fuck would just keep walking? I tried to announce my presence, but he gave no indication that he’d heard me. Turns out the geezer was totally deaf – but I had no way of knowing that at the time. Must have been hard for him living out here alone with that kind of disability. I’ve got mad respect for the people who face hardship on a daily basis, the people who face up to life’s challenges without fear or complaint, they just goddamn get on with it, because that’s what REAL MEN DO.
Anyway, I ended up tapping him on the shoulder, and the poor old coot jumped about eleven feet in the air. But, you know, even in my scruffiest days, I was never gonna intimidate a guy like this, so he hardened up pretty quick. His face bore the lines of a full life, one that kind of ticked all the boxes, you know? And not the bullshit tick boxes that the urban rat race drops in our lap and attempts to force us to swallow. I mean, important stuff. Like this guy had seen… I dunno, maybe the face of God or something.
He looked me up and down, and I swear, it was like having my soul laid bare before him. I felt like I had no secrets, almost like I was completely naked. He only said three words to me, but I’ll never forget them. They’re etched into my soul in fire, the most important thing I’ve ever learned, I learned from this daft old bugger.
“Go to her,” he said.
My other best girl was waiting in the next town, so I took his advice.
Best one. 😀
I got so into the imitation that I forgot to make it funny. 😛
The spot on impersonation is what made it funny. XD
So, @Transientmind tales have just hit the lofty heights of DC HATS BUILDINGS and Bread in the Microwave for me.
Please save them somewhere.
And just so you know, we’re not making fun of you Transientmind! Or maybe we are, but not in a mean way. XD
“I was chatting with an ex from a while back. We worked well together, but I made sure that my current best girl knew what was happening. Trust is important in a relationship and you need to make sure a solid foundation is there, otherwise the relationship may not work. Anyway, we were discussing whether or not to directly volunteer at an outreach program for displaced orphans being resettled in Argentina, or whether to set up and fund our own charity…
…and that’s how come you never let your pet rabbit within arms reach of a dictator hell-bent on world domination. The Peace Prize was nice though, and I’m glad I’m always welcome at his mansion.”
i got offered a job in Sydney and its essentially the exact same as the job i have now but pays 30k more a year. But my family is here and I have fairly massive feelings for my current lady friend. I have no doubt i would succeed if i moved because i feel so much more mature than last time. Know how to move probably and what i should and shouldnt do.
its tough, i gots some thinking to do.
30k could buy a lot of plane tickets home! 🙂
true, it could also buy lots of manga at kinokinuya
oh my god we could go SHOPPING
*cue montage*
Holy shit, 30K jump is massive dude. Grats. Even if it is from TSV to SYD.
What’s your gf do? Can it be easily moved?
She wants to move, just she has 3-4 months of uni left. Ill talk to her anyway. I told her but shes away at the minute. Ill sort it out. Maybe i can have both a awesome job and a awesome girl.
Eh 3-4 months is nothing in the long run. By the time you move it’ll be 2-3 months apart. I’d go for job. Good luck!
You are just recently hooked up with your new lady friend haven’t you?
$30 K isn’t a insubstantial amount of money but make sure you do the maths on how much extra it’s going to cost you if you do move. As you say you are more mature but being out on your own has a whole raft of other factors that can make it better or worse than you currently experience.
Don’t you hate all the people you work with in Townsville?
Don’t you have a phone/skype/internet/ability to buy an airfare?
I will say, as someone who is out of work right now. You got something that doesn’t come around every day on two fronts, an awesome job offer and an awesome girl. I’m sure there’s a way to have both! You just have to find it.kidnapping. DC you are a genius
With her only having a few months of uni left and you hating the people you work with, I guarantee you’ll regret not going more than you will going.
i will be within driving distance from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also it’s time to put my skeptical hat on.
You work in I.T.? A $30K jump you say, for the exact same job? My upper limit for believability is $20K, $30K just sounds too good. What’s your education?
AFAIK you kinda picked up some I.T. job in Townsville cos you have some background and/or education. Even a $70K job in TSV going to 100K in SYD… the statistics say that is either blind luck or bullshit. Unless you’re getting minimum-wage $35K now for a position you should be getting $65K in.. that’s the only way it remotely makes statistical sense.
Make sure it’s a good company with a long-term future. Also make sure that your net income (minus rent and cost of living) in Sydney will be better. Also ideally, change the position description to be slightly higher than what you have now. I have my doubts about the legitimacy of the offer, not you.
He’s in electronics, not IT, so for skilled trades that’s a bit of a different equation.
i dont work in I.T.
my trade is instrumentation and control. I work for a GPS company that deals with Machine control. The company that offered the job is already well known to me as they are our competitors. Im like captain sceptical, but i did my research already.
Ah, alright, cool. That’s another cup of tea then. So I guess all that’s left is what myself and @benny say below about income. Wouldn’t hurt to push a change of title too, just for resume’s sake.
More random thoughts that may help:
Make sure you don’t get screwed over by any probation periods. Once you move and rent a house, you’re locked in for 6 months. Make sure there’s no reason for you to fail probation: shitty company; downsizing; sudden loss of company income e.g. a big contract; clever wording in the PD that you can’t meet.
And make double sure that you don’t get screwed over by your girl, e.g. she lives with you rent-free and says she cant get job. It may sound rude, but stranger things have happened ….
Just going to throw in my 2c regarding net income – even if the difference is negligible or slightly worse, there can be plenty of non-$$$ factors that can help with the quality of life scale. Location, people, job satisfaction, work life balance…
Of course!
I’d personally prefer Sydney over Townsville. ;P
Just be sure to do your homework on the cost of living/housing in Sydney.
Talk to your girl about it, man. When I finished uni I was psyched for some adventure. I went to London. I imagine Sydney might have some appeal straight out of uni in a place like Townsville. 🙂
Gotta throw in a question here:
What About The Woofer?
THIRTY. GODDAMN. GRAND!?
That’s just silly.
No shit, if I got a pay rise like that it would basically double my full time wage.
New How To Train Your Dragon 2 trailer.
Colour me excited.
I feel like the trailer gave too much away, but yeah, hype!
Blumenkranz – Ragyo Kiryuin’s theme is the new Let it Go for me. It was stuck in my head all day yesterday, despite remembering none of the lyrics. I tried singing along to the original German lyrics, but I think I pronounce German worse than the singer, and that is quite a feat.
Why is this song so damn catchy? I suspect mind stitching.
EDIT: Two links is enough to have your comment put under moderation? Irritating.
Apparently today is the day that Nirvana & KISS were inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame. Good for them. It also would appear it has upset a lot of people that Nirvana gets inducted, if you ask me they made their mark on music and were influential to many, they earned it.
Maybe next year Deep Purple, Iron Maiden or Motley Crue will be nominated to be inducted, unlikely.
You can’t deny the nicest guy in rock a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nirvana definitely deserve it.
Whilst I agree, Grohl is a great human being. I felt he came across rather smug in Sound City, but that’s my opinion. Then again I guess who wouldn’t if you have millions of dollars and you’re making a doco about you and how you saved a famous bit of music recording history.
The soundtrack to that doco is amazing.
I really only like From Can To Can’t, because Corey Taylor 😛
So Stephen Colbert is taking over Letterman… The Colbert Report is one of my favourite shows, and I doubt there’s any way he’s going to be able to carry over his style and wit to a late night show and have it work properly, so I doubt it’s going to be much like his current show which is sad 🙁
That opens things up for a Colbert Report movie! 😀
He’s said that he will be hosting the show as himself, not in character. So it will be very different to the Report.
Yeah, that’s the kicker. His character is what makes him who he is on TV, so it’s gonna take some adjusting and lowering of expectations.
He’s still got one of the sharpest wits on TV so I’m still expecting good things.
He was pretty good on Strangers with Candy. Have you ever seen that show? It’s about a middle aged prostitute who goes back to High School. It’s hilarious. A young Colbert plays one of the teachers.
Haha never heard of it, will give it a watch! 😛
There’s a TV series that ran first and a movie that followed it up.
I’ve watched bits of it on Youtube and it looks like it could be my thing. It’s not all that easy to come across torrents of it all though, as I’m finding out 😛
Last time I checked entire series was available to stream on Comedy Centrals website. Even in Australia.
I don’t know why, but sometimes I get close to the end of a work week and just get the sudden extreme urge to grab a drink, throw on some music nice and loud and just zone out. The last time I did this I was kind of out of it for nearly 2 hours.
No idea what makes me want to do this, but it always makes me feel friggin’ awesome after.
I just want to go home.
That’s just part of the male condition I think.
Okay so Game of Thrones is approximately A$34 per season (10 high definition episodes) on iTunes? Foxtel Play is A$35 per month, for 3-4 standard def episodes? I think I have that part right.
I know there’s the issue of watching it upon immediate airing/release, however iTunes definitely sounds like the best option here. If it wasn’t already obvious? Aside from [redacted] it, of course.
Or am I missing something else here with the current argument?
Seems to me it wouldn’t be too hard to remodel Foxtel as a Netflix type service. I mean it would be tough, but it would also be doing something to future proof the company instead of latching onto old models. :S They’ve already got these lucrative distribution deals and are the best folks to do it properly. Just wish they actually would. XD
They’ll probably do something along those lines in about 2020, still make you subscribe to packages and then claim its a revolutionary invention
First time in Australia*!
*not a factual claim
And i’d still pass on something like that, i’d always rather pirate something than give Foxtel any money.
What you’re missing is that you’re not doing what foxtel told you to do, that makes you EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL!
If I remember correctly, from what I am aware the station that airs GoT is part of the movies package which isn’t included in base Foxtel and it ends up being about 70 a month with the added HD stations from memory to watch GoT in HD.. Stupid really.
Just a test of TAY tags:
1test testtest test
test
huh, I guess the code tag works
It's like a mini version of the quote tags.
I like it. I might do all my posts in code tags.
sounds good
I keep clicking the words but nothing’s happening.
It’s the new Web sensation, code tag clicker.
Web sensation or new nerd-stereotype enemies in the remastered last of us
Do code tags break with multiple carriage returns like quotes do?
Do they?
Do they?
Huh?
Apparently, yes.
Fail.
Testing, Testes...
1,2..........3?
This joke is much better verbally.
Wondering if they negate other tags…
Like if I were to bold something.
Hmm...
Also wondering what happens with the carriage return fix.
It must be a post-submit script to auto-close tags to prevent it breaking page styles, I've seen a few things like it before but its a bit annoying when you're trying to quote a large block of text as I have a tendency to do. Were I designing it, I'd have a close object of every supported tag type auto-appended to the end of each post.
Alt+255 in the blank lines fixes it though, so there’s at least a workaround. Just need to remember to do it before hitting Submit 😛
still looks ugly though and
Hmm, result, both that and ampersand nbsp semicolon don’t break it
does it work with
code tags though?
Yet another comedy Twitter account.
http://twitter.com/CycloneIta
This my favourite comedy account.
https://twitter.com/Shane_W_Smith
The crazy thing he says. XD
yeah, pay authors for their work. What a laugh
MASTERS OF ; I CALL UPON THEE
Is this a correct use of a semicolon?
T;h;a;n;ks;
Sounds about right. Then again I just mix comma, colon, semicolon and hyphen around depending on how I feel at the time.
It should be used only when making 😉 faces.
…
Idiot.
😛
Dear Hiring Team,
Hire me.
😉
Greenius ♥
The job is yours, buuuuddy!
rule of thumb; use semicolon in place of ‘and.’
Course, I’m no expert on grammar. Or basic language skills, anyway.
I’d rephrase that a little- semicolons are usually used in a list or with related phrases
For example:
I went to the movies with @dc, the adventure game fan; @greenius, the Xenoblade fan; and @benny, a fellow Croweater.
I think you could rephrase that as
“I utilised my communication and problem solving skills in order to make sales by communicating effectively and efficiently with customers and adapting quickly to their specific needs”
Every time I look into uses for semicolons I find rules which I understand, but never find a use for (like the list one :P).
I use “utilised” in the sentence before but I definitely think most of it needs some re-wording anyway (which is what I’m trying to do).
What I have now:
Maybe this?
“Working there was a great experience and I utilised my communication and problem solving skills in order to make sales by communicating effectively and efficiently with customers and adapting quickly to their specific needs”
Generally, follow an
I did this
It involved this
heres the evidence and how that skill is applicable
Don’t bother with the great experience line- if it’s so great, why aren’t you still there? Too fluffy.
How about (notes in code tag)
During my time at [company x], I applied and refined my communication and problem solving skills in order to make sales
I applied my skills, not they utilised them
. To meet my sales goals, I communicated effectively with customers; adapted solutions based upon their specific needs; and used my problem solving skills to solve any issues that arose in an efficient mannerwhat it involved
. I [evdience] and believe that [these skills] will apply directly in a role at [company y]I think I was doing a “here’s a bunch of context” and then how it applies but your way is a lot better :P. I’m trying to cut down this cover letter because I’m fairly sure most of them will be skimmed or skipped over so it’ll need to be more succinct.
When’s it due in? I have a spare half hour now if you send it to red_artifice at the hotmails, or I can review anything you want to over the weekend.
I’m just refining the cover letter in general. I tried working on my resume too but I’m not too sure how to improve that one other than actually doing stuff (jobs/community service etc.).
If you don’t mind I can send stuff over the weekend. Thanks!
No problem, send it through
Also, (sans context) that statement is a little passive voice.
What do you mean by passive voice?
“This was done and this happened”
Rather than
“I did x which resulted in y” which is stronger. A doing statement rather than a this was done to statement.
Yeah, the snippet actually reads quite weakly. I’d be giving us the whole thing to proof read @greenius
Sounds like a job thing, so important and all.
Yeah, it probably doesn’t read too well out of context but it was super fluffy.
I’ll spend a while cutting it down and refining it, but if anyone wants to proof read it I’ll be happy to share and I’d appreciate the help.
I can proof read if you want.
It depends on whether it continues. If it’s:
“in order to make sales and other such things”
it’s fine, otherwise use a comma.
As @saturday said, youc an use it in place of and or but. It joins two claises together, if you know what a clause is.
Here’s a simple but graphical explanation: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
The semicolon is doing nothing there. It reads better without.
Using the version you posted before, how about this:
Utilised is a bad word. It only exists in resumes and “formal” work emails. In general, you want to be short and direct.
Admittedly, my resume isn’t exactly reeling in any fish so who am I to say?
That is incorrect use of the semicolon. You would use a comma there.
A semicolon is used to join two independent clauses. You don’t have two separate clauses there – take away one side of your semi-colon and the other side is either without context (left side) or a fragment (right side).
“My communication and problem solving skills help me to communicate effectively and adapt quickly to suit each customer’s situation; I use communication to make sales”.
(Reworded to be less passive as well). The semicolon is still really awkward there, IMO I’d swap the order around and separate with a full stop.
The only other case where you use a full stop is to separate clauses that have internal punctuation, as in @redartifice’s list example.
Punctuation can be pretty hard; If you’re not sure you probably don’t need a semicolon.
So 2 months in a row telstra has hit me with a 15 dollar late fee. I’m confused since the April bill is due on the 24th of this month.. Oh well guess I have to ring someone and ask why’re they being dicks and get no where, yay!
I’m considering switching to Telechoice in August; Telstra consumer pricing is getting ridiculous.
I’d switch but since i’m in some “rural” area governed only by Telstra I can’t really find anyone that offers me anything better for the same price.. I could go with Dodo but then i’d be with Dodo, someone highly unreliable around here.
It strikes me that relying on a company that named themselves after a creature who’s sole claim to fame is from going extinct is probably an unwise move.
It’s very unwise.. But then again, they also claim they’re a company that flies, something the bird never did.. Odd lot really.
There was no evidence the bird ever provided reliable high speed internet access either.
Then again, you could say the same about the ISP…
Mirrors Edge is pretty cool. Except when you get lost and have no idea where to go D:
How on earth could you get lost in that game?! it was pretty much a linear game?
RED!
And then you turn the red off…
WHAT?
Rize wants to turn you off.
As opposed to turning me on?
Well I doubt he’d want to do that, but who am I to speak for Rize!
As true then as it is now!
Well, sometimes it’s nto lost, it’s just there’s the big open spaces and control panels when the control panel was right next to the door D:
Or not being able to see where the man is running to, and just running around aimlessly then dying D:
Or dying for sometimes no reason at all and thinking you’ve missed somethting.
Maybe it’ll click though, I’m only up to level 3 or something.
Probably why it shoved you in small indoor areas for so much of the game. First level is my fave.
@benj: http://www.cc.com/shows/strangers-with-candy
Oh sweet, thanks!
Okay Brisbane (@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @rocketman @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @virus__) can we get an idea of who’s going to be able to have dinner with @blaghman tomorrow night?
I think 6-ish is the time, but we don’t have a place yet. Welbot prefers not the City or the Valley due to parking problems, and Freeze prefers not West End so does anyone have any suggestions?
Also, while I have your attention,don’t forget about May 3rd being a Meat as well. Dinner, followed by some of us going to see Gloryhammer. (Tickets are less than $30, you should all get one. :P) Edit: here’s where we’ll be eating before Gloryhammer: http://brathaus.com.au/menu/
Once blaghman is able to find out the suburb his Grandparents are in, we’ll sort something out. I might even be able to give him a lift providing it’s not northside.
I’m keen to meat Blaghs! City/Valley/West End preferable to me. I don’t have any preferences though for food/activities. I’d prefer not to meet on the south side cause it takes me forever to get there and back. Though if all you guys are keen for south side, don’t let me stop you! 🙂
Does South Side include South Bank? 😛
I consider that West End for some reason. 😀
Any where in walking distance of Brunswick St, Central, Roma St, Milton, South Bank and South Brisbane Stations is fine by me. 😀 Actually Milton’s got all kinds of wacky restaurants on Park Rd too. XD Who am I kidding, I’ll probably meet any where.
I’d prefer South Bank. West End means a long drive for some sub standard takeout.
Oh yeah, I forgot you hate it there (although PJ’s is awesome!). I’ll edit the original post accordingly.
I’ve mentioned on Twitter, but apparently I’ll be in Browns Plains, Logan. But, I have no idea what effect on things that has. Since my job is not to plan.
Edit: While 6ish made sense for when I was going to be at South Bank already, I’ll probably be later since I’m leaving from so much further south. Probably. I really wish my family was less bad at organising things than me.
Don’t forget to pack your gun to fend off muggers! 😛
That probably makes South Side the easier option for you though. 🙂
Stop trying to get out of having to meet Blaghs! 😛
hehe well as I said on twitter, I’m in Logan, so I can easy give you a lift. Since @dc is keen for west end, I’ll second that. lots of places to eat, and can get free parking on weekend! double win!
…..
what about new farm? anything good out that way?
Hey Sughly! Say something Sughly like for us!
Also there’s actually a number of really good eats in west end. Some divey ones for sure, but not all are. I’m keen for anywhere, whateeeevs. cc people, I dont know
If we go towards new farm, further up brunswick are some nice places, its easy enough to park along there. This Persian place for instance – http://www.zafrononbrunswick.com/ (a little pricey though).
geebus! that is pricey! but I dun eat much these days, so entree might do me anyway. sounds like blaghman doesn’t know what time this gathering is going to end, so he’s gonna call or msg me as soon as he knows. hopefully sooner rather than later, but I’ll keep ya’ll posted. he isn’t fussy on food apparently, and same goes for me, so anywhere you guys are all happy with will do. I’m only really familiar with a few places in west end and sunnybank, so if it happens elsewhere, I’ll be clueless, so I’ll leave it to the experts! 😉
I reckon just to make things easier we could go to Ginga sushi bar in South Bank – http://www.gingarestaurant.com.au/
Cheap but good, right next door to cinema so easy to find. People seem to like South Bank. It’s not all around the sushi train, theres tables too. I reckon that fits the bill, unless people want to go for something a little nicer (plenty of places that are a little more pricey but decked out a little nicer on little stanley)
Can’t make it, no money as usual :/
I’m keen but I’m not sure if I’m free.
You guys just let me know where you end up choosing and if I’m free, I’ll come along!
South Bank is easiest for me.
Straaaaaange and Blaaaaaaaghs, I don’t know if I can make it 🙁 Most likely not.
This is because I forgot to back your book, and I’m now waiting for the physical version, isn’t it? 😛
No, we’ve got regular bowling-with-friends things on Saturday nights that we really can’t cancel 🙁
🙁
Hopefully you can make the May 3rd one though!
Okay, looks like South Bank it is. But not the sushi place, @sughly. Eww. There’s loads of other options there though so we should be fine.
It’s not just a sushi place. Looks like they have other stuff there too. As stated before, I’m not fussed though. Food is food! As long as it’s not $30 a plate! 😉
GEESUS you guys are hard to organise things with! Everyones unhappy about one detail or another no matter whats suggested >:( harumph!
I just wanted to settle on a place since, if we dont, eveyrone gets there and stands around bickering about where to go. And then someone sits in the corner and complains about where we go.
That’s why when it’s my meat I just say “Here’s where we’ll be going” and people can then choose if they want to go or not. 😛
Oh, I missed this one… Sorry Strange. I’m going to have to miss out again. Still pretty disgusting over here.
Hope you feel better soon. *hugasaurus*
Can you Tweet me if a place is decided on, please?
Mrs working Sunday morning, so if the place isn’t easily accessible to me, I will have to pull out as I can’t have a big night 🙁
I think it’s gonna be southbank somewhere. Not sure when/where to meet yet, but @blaghman is gonna call me when he’s got an address and knows when his gathering will end. Perhaps we can meet near the cinemas or something and then decide where to eat? Biggest issue will be time I guess. I’ve got most of your phone numbers I think, so I’ll pass on the info when I get it. I’d be guessing it’ll end up being about 5-6pm?
@transientmind – you not coming?
also @strange – do you want a lift?
Cinemas is the best place to meet up. Everyone knows where that is.
Okay, see you guys at the cinemas in South Bank at 6pm-ish.
Just got word from blaghman that he’ll be finished around 6, and will update me later, so we might not be in there til 7ish I guess
@sughly @jimu @sernobulus @dc
Your not straaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange, this ISN”T A TWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEET 😛
Nope, still all sickly and gross. Have a good time, man. 🙂
damn dood. hope you feel better soon!
I’m fine for getting there, but a lift home would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you. 🙂
I think I still have your number, I’ll text you if we decide something. At the moment I’m just planning on rocking up to South Bank at 6pm and hoping I find someone. 😛
just got back from a wedding on the Sunny Coast so a bit late for today even if I wasn’t feeling like vegging out on the coach for the remainder of the day.
Gloryhammer Of Steel is still near the top of my list of things to do though. Nice choice with the Brathaus as well.
Would you be off to Kreator & Death Angel or Morbid Angel this week? I’m relying on the Hifi comps for double ticket passes for both gigs. Gutted Toxic Holocaust & Skeletonwitch have had to postpone their tour though 🙁
I’m passing on Kreator/Death Angel and Morbid Angel. I don’t mind their music but I can’t stand the kind of crowd they attract. It’d be like Iced Earth’s dickheads times a million. 😛
Looking forward to seeing you and the lovely lady at Gloryhammer, though. 😀
Let’s do this! WOOOO!
Woohoo…DeeCee’s gonna see Gloryhammer with me! 😛
Still pondering that Dr Nerdlove thing from today. I’m pretty sure I’ve done the same kind of thing as Mr Strawberries before. It’s confusing though. I mean I get the whole Nice Guy thing, and Nerdlove’s “Nice Guy tokens til sex falls out” analogy. Nice Guys do what they do with the expectation of getting something in return, that’s what makes them jerks. But I don’t feel like I’ve ever done that, at least it’s a different intent behind it even if the action appears to be the same. It’s more trying to figure out how to cultivate a relationship that could grow into the one you want. Because “common sense” or whatever you might actually call it tells you that there needs to be some kind of familiarity there to work with before you can get into that kind of thing, you can’t just come out of nowhere and try to start a relationship. But maybe it’s that assumption that is wrong I guess.
I know that with the whole Cosplay Girl saga of a few years back, I was talking and hanging out with her a lot and the whole time trying to figure out if the things that seemed like signs were actually signs or not (there seemed to be signals pointing in both directions, really). And looking back now there were probably several points where I should have just gone for it, part of me kind of wants to just go and ask her whether she had any idea/if there were opportunities I missed. But that’s probably a terrible idea 😛
But yeah. I dunno. My internal ponderings made a lot more sense than this seems to, and I can’t remember what my original points I was going to make were now that I’ve tried to wordify it all. I mean I’m mainly thinking of it in a “don’t want to make those mistakes again” perspective, but it keeps feeling a bit like an impossible situation, where all choices are the wrong paths to take.
Do that, make sure you say in advance that you’re not trying anything on (unless you are), just trying to get an accurate metric on how clueless you are
Your assumption is correct for some girls/situations, incorrect for others.
You only make mistakes if you feel like you have. If that’s the case, perhaps try a slightly different game-plan next time and see where it leads you.
Good GOD, who is feeding you that idea? No. Nonononono. You absolutely can come out of nowhere and try to start a relationship, without knowing anything more about the person other than that you are attracted to them and want to know more. That’s what dating is. If it’s someone you’ve known for a while, you ask them out on a date. That’s how you set the change in tone from ‘friendship’ to ‘romance’.
More often than not, you start a romantic relationship by setting the romantic context as early as possible, quite possibly even with the very first thing you ever say to someone. The ‘friends converted into lovers’ thing is SO much rarer and more difficult than that. And in more cases than not, I would be started with initial attraction anyway that was probably just forbidden at the time due to one or the other having a partner at the time.
Ask any couple you know, ‘how they met’. How long it took them to think sexy thoughts about the other person, to say, “They’re a bit of alright, I wouldn’t mind some of that.” Odds are pretty good for most of them it was pretty damn early in knowing them. They’ll have been interacting in some way and one thought, “I should ask him/her out,” and a ‘relationship’ proper grew from there.
You don’t go sorting through the hardest-to-identify quality of relationship compatibility first, then the identify-in-mere-seconds attraction/romantic interest quality AFTER. That’s madness.
Hahaha, that’s all me I’m afraid 😛
Actually, now that I stop and think about it, it’s probably kind of a safety net thing. I think I kind of got stuck on the idea that coming out of nowhere like that makes it more likely to appear superficial, like you’re only interested in one thing. Whereas if you take your time, get to know them more and let them get to know you a bit, then it’s going to be more “safe” to take the shot and shouldn’t appear so shallow.
When you’re first interested in someone, that interest IS pretty shallow. That’s fine. It’s normal. The interest can grow and deepen but there’s really nothing wrong with it starting shallow. The only problem is if shallowness is all you have, all you are, ever. It’s pretty normal and expected for you to be pursuing that one thing up front and think about the rest later. Most women aren’t that interested by someone who spends the first date asking about how many children they want to have, or whether it’ll be a Summer or Spring wedding.
(Edit: In fact, I’ve seen an advertising campaign for a car about it. The way-too-committed guy who she needs to ‘get the hell out of there’ away from.)
Ugh. I shouldn’t have read the comments in that article. People who viciously attack the concept of the Friend Zone shit me.
The existence of the friend zone is a label which has spread into the common vernacular to describe a very real and very common scenario where one person lusts for the other one, but the other doesn’t like them back the same way, and compromises with friendship.
There’s no values judgements being made there, and there are none attached to word unless you put them there on your own, but that’s on you. People wrap that scenario up in all this bullshit of implications about whether it’s good or bad, whose fault it is, or whether it’s being done aggressively, or whether it’s fair or unfair, or whether you should or shouldn’t ‘try to get out of the friendzone’, or blahblahblahblahbullshit.
People need to drop their fucking baggage at the door and attack the USAGE of the word, not the EXISTENCE of it. What other catchy/brief/succinct way describes the same scenario of being ‘friends’ with someone who you wish you were dating? Whatever it is, it hasn’t got the same traction as ‘friend zone’.
It is FAR from used exclusively by skeevy manipulators who think they’re entitled to sex. Hell, I was seeing a girl who I was ‘kind of’ into, but not enough that when she asked if we could go out some night I realized I’d prefer to stay in and raid in WoW with my brothers and some mates. That, to me, was the sign that I just wasn’t into her enough and probably shouldn’t string her along – so I told her I wasn’t going to see her romantically for dates etc, but we could still be friends on the MSN/whenever there’s parties/hangouts (fairly common – she was a friend of a friend). Said friend actually then advised me that she had told him, “I just got friendzoned.”
It’s out there. It’s being used, by men and women.
It doesn’t matter who invented the term or for what reason. It describes a common situation, and fucking everyone is using it. NOT just the people you hate. Same as people who don’t know shit about MMOs or 4chan using the more popular jargon from memes that hit facebook. The term is out there, it conveniently encapsulates a situation that everyone is familiar with but never had a word for, it has traction, it’s not going anywhere. Get over it.
You always provide valuable insight.
The baggage people drop on this shit pisses me off so much. Like when Nerdlove goes down that self-righteous sanctimonious PC bullshit line of saying,
NO SHIT it’s inferior, if you have loads of friends and no lovers and you really want a lover, but your fumbling, inexpert attempts to get one (muddled heavily by the influence of Hollywood-inspired belief in kismet, and a fear of rejection) result in yet another friend but no lover.
You didn’t get something you were trying for – that’s genuine cause for disappointment. No-one who’s ever been in love could possibly try to claim that friends are interchangeable with lovers. They’re NOT.
It’s not the ‘primary reason to interact with women’ in ALL situations, only the situation where you were trying to land a lover. It’s willful ignorance of context for the sake of some bullshit PC brownie points.
Being loveless and lonely is bad enough without some asshole telling you that you should be grateful you found a new friend and that you’re a terrible human being for daring to want more.
Aloha. I’m back…TO THE FUTURE!!!
(That joke actually works because I’ve been running almost a day behind the rest of Australia.)
So yeah, Hawaii was pretty darn cool. I’m thinking I’ll do a proper holiday recap tomorrow if anyone wants it because flying international is kinda tiring. I shall get to all of these wondrous notifications (a whole 10! whoa!) tomorrow at some point.
Aloha? Is he saying hello? Is he saying goodbye? I DON’T KNOW HOW TO RECONCILE THIS.
*doesn’t get past first word*
FYI since probably half those notifications were me – I’m still vacillating on character choice for pathfinder but I think I’m slightly closer to making a decision. \o/
http://mikatan.goodsmile.info/en/2014/04/11/nendoroid-link-the-wind-waker-ver/
You do orders from Japan relatively frequently, right? Would it be a reasonable/economically viable request to give you money and ask you to order one of these for me, or would the shipping from Melbourne be too much, or the amount of extra effort be too high?
I buy nendoroids regularly, pretty much every month. Hobby Search are who I go through.
Nendos and their shipping vary a bit in price because some are bigger than others (the box is bigger – usually they have more stuff in the box). Biggest one I have is the LE Snow Miku 2013, which has an enormous box. I imagine Link will be the standard size box though. Maybe slightly larger. He’s going for 3333 yen from them. Slightly more than the standard price of 3250.
I’m looking back through my history now to see when the last time I had a single standard-size nendo sent from them. Normally I have 2-3.
Are these usually limited? It’s pretty tempting at $40ish (I’m assuming) but I’ll wait until I get a proper job
They’re closer to $30-35, but postage is a bitch if you want them at reasonable speed. If you don’t mind slower, untracked shipping then yeah, $40-45.
About 10% are limited releases which used to be convention exclusives or mail-order. Every now and then there’s still a few like that (Miku Hatsune variants in Lawsons uniforms only available from Lawsons convenience stores, or their yearly Racing Miku variants). You used to have to go to proxy buyers for those, I used to have a great guy who would get the rarer ones for me like all the early Touhou releases. GSC is a pretty progressive company though, they run their own international store now. Used to be fulfilled by a crowd in Singapore that were a bit shit, and GSC got sick of them recently and moved it in-house. So basically all the LEs are available from them directly.
General release stuff which is the bulk of the Nendoroids is available from a lot of hobby retailers that will ship internationally. Hobby Search, Hobby Link Japan, HobbyStock, AmiAmi, Nippon-Yassan, YesAsia, PlayAsia and even I think CD Japan will sell them to you. I use HobbySearch personally, have been buying from them for years now.
FYI I got into the Nendoroid series with #9, Haruhi Suzumiya. They’ve come a long way from there – style has stablized, build quality is way up, and they’ve gone through about five different variations on the stands before settling on a good style. It was basically all anime stuff (and Miku Hatsune) early on, with some odd choices. #100, Mickey Mouse, was the first time they really diversified. I think Snow Miku 2013 is their best work so far, but I have a massive soft spot for the old
Okay so I looked back and I had a couple of shipments of single nendoroids.
Minami Haruka, Shirai Kuroko, Yagami Hayate all were 1860 yen shipping. Shimakaze (received yesterday!) was a bit more at 2040, but her box was wider than average. Consumption Tax (GST) went up 2% in Japan this month as well, I don’t know if that factored in.
I get stuff shipped via EMS (3-5 days, tracked, insured, AusPost never bother to fucking deliver it and just card it) but if you opted for SAL (7-10 days, not tracked, thrown at your door in an AusPost driveby) then it’d probably be about half the price.
But if you go EMS, all up I think you’re at about 5500 yen. It’d be hard for me to estimate how much extra it’d cost me for shipping for a 2nd Link (I ordered the shit out of him) because that month also sees the release of Kongo and the Masterpiece edition of Wheeljack (aka the best Transformer), which I also ordered instantly and with extreme prejudice. Because I am an adult.
Current exchange rate with the Yen is really good – 95 yen to the AUD. A year or two ago when the US dollar was shitty and we were above parity, it was closer to 80. Anyway that means 5500 yen is about $58.
Bundled in with my order you’d maybe save 1000 yen on shipping at the most, I reckon it’d probably add maybe 500-600 yen to the package. So you’ve saved $10. And then I have to ship it up to you from Melbourne through AusPost with bubble wrap and shit to stop it getting mishandled and the box ruined (PVC stuff is pretty hard to break and they’re packaged with lots of room, it’d have to be literally stood on or something) so I reckon I’d probably spend more than $10 to ship it up to you inside Australia.
Ergo, probably not worth it to bundle with mine, better to order through them. Bear in mind with HobbySearch:
– They charge when they ship
– You can use paypal with them (I do)
– If you need to cancel an order after it’s been in their system for 30 days, it costs a fee
– Some Nendoroids sell out on preorder. Usually they’re the more Otaku-oriented ones though – the last time GSC misread demand was Shimakaze, they had to announce a second production run a few weeks later. I doubt Link will but you won’t want to order after he releases, HobbySearch usually fills all preorders only.
You could also look at HobbyLink Japan who I used to order through ages ago. They were really shitting me for a long time so I moved my business to HobbySearch who at the time were cheaper, but I think all the issues I had with HLJ have been rectified now, it’s just a pain to move. HLJ from memory has marginally cheaper shipping, sometimes has cheaper items, and doesn’t have as many ordering restrictions.
Thanks for the advice, Neg!
I guess I’ll go to Hobby Search and start throwing my wallet at the screen now (way too lazy to check the other site).
If you lived in Melbourne it’d totally be worth it though!
Dude, that’s fricken rad and I don’t usually like those things!
Do they usually come with all those faces/extras?
Yes. All Nendoroids have interchangeable faces, usually two expressions but sometimes 3-4. They’ll come with an assortment of different legs and arms and hands and bits and pieces so you can pose them in different ways.
EDIT: Jesus, Link is number 413. I get roughly 50% of the ones they release so I must be past 200 D:
Dammit Neg, you reminded me that that Bandai Mario figurine is due soon. Now I’m back to mulling over shelling out for it.
That is freaking adorable! But, I seriously can’t afford it :
Atelier Rorona, 2009:
Atelier Shallie, 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aYbTOVJq7g
I posit that Gust are probably the game developer who has evolved the most over the last generation. To be fair, Shallie will be their eighth PS3 release in 6 years, but side by side the difference between their first and presumably last game is massive. Rorona looks like a PS2 game.
So it appears that the
school holidaysstudy break is in full effect. Tomorrow will be the day of games! Do I play Bioshock 2, Civilisation V, Dead Space 2, Natural Selection 2, Hitman Absolution, The Walking Dead, a new route in Katawa Shoujo, or should I replay Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and… dammit…I don’t know if I still have the cartridge. Now I’m sad. I think I shall settle this via MQFT + Random Letter Generator.
Have you looked through all your cartridge cases for it? My cartridges are all in different cases because I lost a case at one point, or would put 5 in one case for travelling etc.
Otherwise, do you have an R4? You could download a rom and play it. You do own the cartridge, you ‘ve just … misplaced it.
I am a horrible person. I do not own a legitimate copy of the game. I had a DS cartridge called Cyclo DS Evolution that played ROMs. I put about 20 games on there. I lost track of the cartridge about a year ago. I have no idea how I could have lost it.
You’d easily be able to find a copy for cheap nowadays, and if you don’t mind preowned stuff it could be less than $20.
Otherwise, don’t worry about it. I used an R4 and had no idea it was illegal until years later 😛
Mystery Question Fun Time!
H, F, L, D, T, X, I
Will I battle Necromorphs? Will I build an empire of fear and cookies? Or will I
stalkromance a severely scarred high-schooler? You decide!L
XENOBLADE
F
for Xenoblade?
(I’ll be playing X for Final Fantasy X-2 soon!)
You haven’t played Hanako’s route? As I understand it she’s the most popular character…
I thought everyone loved Lilly the best.
Nope, Rin all the way.
Nuh uh, Emi!
Pshh, Shizune’s clearly the best.
I just wanted to round out the discussion, but don’t tell anyone.Only because she leads the way to Misha 😛
@crazyguy1990 @mrtaco @blaghman: I haven’t played the game at all, I’m judging popularity entirely by the amount of fanart. And I’m seein Hanako > Rin > Lilly > Shizune > Emi > Shiina. And the volume of Hanako art is nearly twice that of Rin’s, where Rin, Lilly, Shizune and Emi are all fairly close.
Wait, you look at fan-art for a game you haven’t played? You looked at enough fan-art that you can discern the ratio of fan-art between characters?
Also, PLAY KATAWA SHOUJO. AND AFTER THAT, POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON WOULD BE NICE.
@phlanispo: it’s easy enough to do a tag search on a few image boards. 🙂
EDIT: I want to play it, I just have a huge VN backlog that I want to get through first. Half-finished MuvLuv Unlimited (want to get to Alternative) and Aiyoku no Eustia. Eustia has a weird structure where each arc happens one after the other, with a branch point about 80% into the arc that leads you into the ending for the heroine for that given arc, which is nice, but the problem is that having done that you have to then go into a save and immediately reject them in order to proceed through the story 🙁 Also they front-loaded the two best characters so I kind of lost interest.
I’ve also got Saya no Uta sitting here waiting for when I want to play an enormously disturbing cthulhu-esque story, and I still want to play the final arc and a half of Umineko as well.
After those, Katawa Shoujo would be next on my list.
If you ever end up playing Katawa Shoujo, remember to tag me when you finish it and it leaves you a sad husk of a man.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.338169-Poll-Katawa-Shoujo-your-favorite-route
Lilly and Hanako are neck and neck. I have played Rin, Emi, and Lilly’s routes. So far, Lilly is best waifu. Emi is a very close second.
Hang on, didn’t you say you have never played Katawa Shoujo?
(I spent ten minutes looking through my entire comment history looking for your reply)
Are my powers of advertising so robust that I convinced you? I mean, I did claim that Katawa Shoujo’s characters are some of the most fleshed-out and deep people I have ever encountered in all media.
EDIT: My entire comment is void thanks to your above comment.
I
MQFT Results:
H – 0
F – 1
L -1
D – 0
T – 0
X – 1 (I’m counting it)
I – 1
And the winner is: Nothing!
I’ll just play Hitman then.
I feel so unmotivated… 🙁
WELL GET MOTIVATED.
YEAH YEAH PUMP-UP YEAH!!!!
GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
My emaciated husk says otherwise.
Your husk is a liar 😀
Drawing! 😀
Push! Harder! Go past the max! Reach over the top! Master your ass!
Master your arse?
http://youtu.be/R4i8SpNgzA4?t=47s
Now with less moralising, and more useful information about the book itself, I present V2.0 of the All The King’s Men Kickstarter campaign.
Thank you for your patience during this transitional learning period.
I think this is a *much* better pitch now. Especially now that you have some extra contributors!
Mannnn, the new Super Smash Brothers is going to be so raddd!
I just watched the Greninja reveal again. I didn’t realise there was so much Mewtwo trolling going on because my stream decided to start buffering during the reveal :(. Definitely noticed it during that super excited reaction video though!
I remember being so excited for Brawl. I kept checking that dojo website constantly for new character announcements :D. I even checked it when on overseas in China because WHY NOT! And I’m pretty sure I got my expectations way too high for it which was why I was somewhat disappointed. And the massive Australian delay was a huge bummer…
WOO HYPE!
Man, waiting for those dojo updates, and fighting to be the first one to post about it 😛 Had such great megahype for it, they were cramming so much content in there. But then it seemed to kind of end up less than the sum of its parts.
Got hype for this one, but trying to keep it reeled in 😛
I think they revealed the entire roster except for Toon Link and Wolfguy which kinda ruined the surprise of finding out all the new people. Gonna be hard to avoid stuff like that now with spoilertaku and the general media these days :(.
Yeah, I didn’t have much hype, but then I watched the direct, and my hype train is going nuts. Gonna get all up on both versions, ‘cos I’m a sucker.
Gotta have it ASAP! I would’ve been way less likely to buy both if they released at the same time/Wii U first, or if they skimped out on the 3DS version (specifically no online or no real differences).
Guess @powalen will win battles because of my lag again, but whatevs!
Pretty Woman on the TV while I sit here hammering away at Pokemon. Sister comes out and changes over to football.
Hey I was watching that.
http://tinyurl.com/transientmind
Because they’re too good to just fade away
(cc @redartifice @dc @quiz_b @freezespreston @transientmind)
HAHAHA!
These are amazing
One of the best memes to hit TAY in a while, I think. Don’t know how long it’ll last, but it’s pretty spectacular.
I think I’ve been too inactive on TAY recently, is there any context to these?
@transientmind’s frequent amazing anecdotes. Most interesting person on TAY.
Excellent I wasn’t sure if they were direct quotes or not, I’ve seen a few of his stories, each more interesting than the last!
I have fanfic, now.
Did you just challenge me to write a Mary Sue Transientmind Slash fic shipping Transient and @dc together?
Pretty sure you did.
@freezespreston …I’m kind of disappointed in myself that I know what all those words mean.
You forgot the one that kicked it all off: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/04/talk-amongst-yourselves-271/comment-page-6/#comment-2524385
Thanks!
Also also, you may want to include the guidelines: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/04/talk-amongst-yourselves-271/comment-page-12/#comment-2531391
Has Transient Mind ever mentioned what he thinks of these?
I think he’s been too incapacitated to, so far.
I’m just worried he’s not okay with them. I haven’t seen an upvote from him, even though he’s been tagged, and people have kind of got carried away with their own cleverness without stopping to think how he might be affected.
I think he’s the type of person who if he had a problem with it he would say so.
He replied to the original one
Perceptive. 🙂
On the one hand, there’s the, “What? I don’t sound like that! Uh. …Do I?” indignant reaction. On the other… I’m pretty sure they’re a compliment. Just like any bad fanfic that occasionally misses the point. There’s obvious exaggeration there. Though I did think a couple times, “Geez, I gotta get out there and live harder… those expectations.”
I’m not especially keen on any mentions of Kelly though, so those could go out – I didn’t think I’d been bringing her up every post… but that could’ve crept in lately with being a bit more open about things and as part of dealing with ‘feelings’ and all that shit. Processing this new situation of the last year is a new thing. Not used to missing someone this much.
So while I’m not encouraging it, I’m also not upset. Just staying out of it, letting people have their fun. @dc, @redartifice, @shane et al.
Also, Gooky’s mostly right – I’ve been drifting between bed and couch, only hopping over to the PC after enough email notifications to go do something about it.
If there’s anything to be toned down on TAY, it’s probably the exaggerated jokes about poor @mrtaco. There’s a pretty blurry line between admiration and envy and sometimes you wonder which of those two places the jokes come from. And the pressure of expectation can be a bad thing. When you’re with friends you expect to take a bit of a ribbing as fee for entry when you’re going to share something and maybe get some advice, but there’s definitely a point where the fee becomes not worth the payoff and you keep quiet. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s been the case a few times here.
(Edit: But you’re a saint for asking the question, Strange. Many hugs.)
I’m mostly ok with it. It just seems to be a thing that follows me around – my first group of net friends a decade ago somehow started up pretty much the same thing and it just persisted and reappeared here and there. So I guess it must just be who I am 😛
A couple of times I’ve thought of maybe keeping quiet, but I usually don’t bother in the end.
…JESUS CHRIST THAT WAS A DECADE AGO
Old.
Sorry man!
Wouldn’t you know, my hype for drawing just kicked in again!
\o/
Currently seeking artists
Eh, too underqualified, but thanks for offering.
I would help but…I don’t think i can ^^;;
@popdart5 regarding Pathfinder:
If you’ve gone back thru the stuff I tagged you on you may see I was seriously having doubts whether my current character, the Kitsune Sorceress, would actually fit into a group well. I might have a better idea on this but I’m still not really sure how it’ll work in a tabletop RPG setting instead of as a character in a piece of fiction. Mainly having trouble figuring out how a character that I built with the assumption of basically a con artist and master of disguises and plots and careful manipulation and everything would end up in an adventuring group and going into dungeons and smacking down monsters for shinies. Maybe it works better than I think, I dunno. We don’t really know what sort of campaign we’re doing, how we’re coming together etc. so maybe it’ll work after all. I’m still working on trying to build out a plays-nice-with-others concept for the sorcerer which might need changes to the design, though probably minor / RP-related only.So I’m considering a backup plan which is a Life-mystery Oracle. I’ve got 99% of a character sheet (haven’t done equipment, fleshed out background heavily, and I want to change one spell) already sitting here, but I wanted to check a few things. First, that there’s no one in the group providing any healing utility (if there is, I’d ditch this concept and go back to the enchantment idea). Second, that you’re okay with me doing a last-minute switch. Third and probably more importantly, an Oracle uses divine spells, which means she pulls from the Cleric spell list. Unlike with the Wizard and Sorcerer, Oracle didn’t exist when the Cleric spell list was made, so a lot of Cleric spells make reference to DCs against Wisdom instead of Charisma (which is the Oracle’s primary casting stat, like Sorcerer). Weirdly, the Pathfinder guys haven’t officially added an errata for these spells to change the details to reference CHA for Oracles, but leave it up to GM discretion. Is it okay to assume that references to WIS are to CHA in those cases? (If not I’d need to put points into it, and it’s not that useful a stat otherwise).
Super Mario 3D World soundtrack on Club Nintendo?!
:O
Not enough stars though, but it’s nice to have more worthwhile things 😛
I kinda wanna get it but I really don’t want to go through all those surveys to get the points. Such PITA.
Yeah, I think I’ll have enough if I fill out all my cards but nahhhh. I’m still saving my 3DS XL one in case we get another “Free Games” promotion 😛
Nice, I’ve got the Game & Watch Collection Volume 1, was saving my points for Volume 2, so after that I guess that soundtrack will be next on my list.
I’m assuming the soundtrack will be limited so you might as well get it while you can.
Sweet! Ordered, it was 2000 stars and I had 2250 stars. Can’t wait, I love game soundtracks. Now I just have to get a Wii U and the game.
Here’s what I’ve worked on!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/c91b5339d731f904a312e26620e28faa/tumblr_n3vdzkpECD1t3iiryo1_1280.png
And video, too:
Omg! I see a crazyguy!!
Would you like some constructive criticism?
On the picture, not the video
Sure, thanks.
Hands and feet are a pain.
You don’t use guides, do you? A few questions, hand drawn on paper on into a digital art program?
I have two of those wooden art hands on my desk, and most of the time I draw digitally, although drawing in pencil feels and looks better.
I usually sketch in pencil, scan, then ink digitally, but it’s difficult to make the digital inking not look crappy.
Guides are super handy for drawing hands and feet. I’m a little busy knitting but I’ll draw you up a quick tutorial tonight if you want
Thanks a bunch! 🙂
This is the first time I’ve come into this thread. I can’t believe I’ve gone this long without. Lol this is awesome!
You’re awesome!
(maybe, I don’t know we’ve never spoken)
Do you Xenoblade?
Lol I do wat I can!
Xenoblade the game, the person, or the actual blade?
Xenu the deity. Come inside. Get your thetens checked. You look unhappy.
No, EVERYTHING is awesome!
Welcome to Tay, it’s a little quiet on the weekends
Welcome to the asylum. Though the gatekeepers are kind enough to let most of us on the weekends, we all come back. Its probably Stockholm Syndrome 😀
THE OAR OF THORNS IS THIRSTY FOR NEW BLOOD-
*cough*
always good to see new faces.
“We don’t take kindly to newcomers here” – The TAY Sheriff
Just joking. Welcome aboard the … TAY Train? It’s a bit crazy, a bit quiet on the weekends, and I’m pretty sure some of them are cannibals (they always go on about meats).
TAY! Come for the fun, sTAY for the meat!
saTAY for the meat!
satay is gross! I’d totally leave!
Hola.
Here, have another notification.
http://farfire.darksoulsii.com/pc/enemy/index.html
Tracked global enemy kills for Dark Souls 2. People don’t like the dogs.
Interestingly only 157,146 people have finished the game.
I’m actually surprised how many people are using Havel’s Armor, its extremely well hidden, I guess a lot of people use wiki.
Maybe that’s the reason for the latest boss nerfs. Do you know if they include killing the end-boss and seeing the credit sequence as ‘finishing the game’ or getting started on NG+? Because I’ve done the former, not the latter.
The dogs drop human effigies. There’s some incentive to de-populate. 🙂
Always find it humorous when people say “I’m not against X, but” and then go against what they just said; my favourite is “i’m not racist, but” cause you know they’re always going to say something rather racist.
I’m not racist, but this weather is lovely.
So in that best next gen controller article, I got into a comment thread with a guy who insists that the Playstation symmetrical layout is ergonomically bad and it sill affect your hands etc.
Is there actually any basis to these claims? It has to be a matter of preference – my hands are uncomofortable using an Xbox Layout, but are fine on a Dualshock. Surely if the Xbox layout was ergonomically good my hand wouldn’t cramp when using it? Or, if the Dualshock is ergonomically bad, is it bad enough to affect the hands in a significant way?
EDIT: I couldn’t find anything online about it, most sources claimed that it was just a matter of preference.
I really don’t think there’s any actual basis on it. Just people being stupid. If it was proven to be ergonomically bad would Sony have kept the design for 15 years?
That’s what I thought, but he stated something stupid like
“someone would have pointed it out on the design team but Sony kept it anyway”.
I myself much prefer the Playstation controllers. I tend to hold controllers in my fingertips instead of wrapping my hands around it. The Microsoft controllers are completely awful and the wrong shape entirely for that.
It’s just a matter of personal preference, I like the XBox controller, and I find the Playstation controller uncomfortable, but that’s just my opinion. There’s plenty of people that love the Dualshock.
I wouldn’t pay it any mind, obviously just an XBox fanboy.
I know. Some people prefer one layout over the other, but that’s not “ergonomics”.
Ergonomics in a mass produced product sense is a load of shite based on a standard template human which a shitload of people don’t adhere to. It’s like chairs and desks, I was told more than once during my later school years that a chair and desk combination is better because its got the word ergonomic in it despite the fact it was clearly designed for people 30cm shorter than me who’s knees fit under the feckin desk and who didn’t have to hunch down to see the monitor on the tiny arse smurf scale desk they made.
For me, the DS3 was an atrocious design because while I had my fingers on the L1/2, my left thumb was at the point of maximum extension just to reach the stick and doing any manner of fine or gross manipulation for more than 30 minutes or so was getting to the point of extreme pain (fucking arthritis!) which I hardly ever get with the 360 controller. I ended up buying a shit hot 3rd party controller with the 360 layout just so I could use the console at all.
The DS4 on the other hand, 3 days of Infamous Second Son and my hands were only just starting to ache. I’d still prefer the stick & dpad to be swapped (or better yet, swappable so people could choose) but moving them apart, making a groove so your thumb didn’t slip off and changing the handle shape has clearly made a huge difference.
As someone who grew up on Sony, I prefer the Xbox 360 controller. However, the Xbox 360 controller has one of the worst D-Pads I’ve ever seen. I’ve never used the dualshock 4 or the Xbone controller, so I can’t state my preference in this case. All I know is that the Dualshock 4 is a major step-up from the Dualshock 3, and the Xbone controller is somehow a step down from the Xbox 360 controller
Hahaha my neck got so fat…
Can’t tell if context needed or better without.
Well I tried wearing a shirt for an interview and I could barely do the top button without choking myself.
Context is boring 😛
That’s what the top button is for.
Hawaii Trip Remembering with Popdart5.
Hawaii is a really gorgeous place to visit but I think my first impression of it was pretty accurate: “Like a super-sized version of the Gold Coast.” I stayed pretty much on the beach at Waikiki at it was a really convenient place to stay. The main beach was jam-packed with tourists all of the time and there were plenty of people on the main street as well. One of our tour guides reckoned that about 20% of tourists were from the US mainland, 60% were from Japan and South Korea, and 20% were from the rest of the world. It certainly felt like that as there were so many Japanese tourists, so much so that they had special tourist stuff specifically for them (including a Hello Kitty shuttle bus).
I spent a lot of time just chilling out by the beach but I hiked Diamond Head crater which is a major headland near Waikiki and that was a pretty awesome view. I also went to Hanauma Bay which was another crater before it became a nice little bay with a reef. I can’t tell if Oahu had any pristine reefs to visit because Hanauma Bay was nowhere near as colourful as the Great Barrier Reef. Still lots of pretty fish to look at while snorkeling but the coral itself looked pretty dead.
One of the last big things I did was visiting Pearl Harbour which was a nice thing to visit. Lots of America chest-thumping but I valued my visit there. I also went and walked around the USS Missouri which they have as kind of a preserved museum and that was pretty neat. It was pretty cool to hear that the Missouri was actually rented out and will feature in the new Godzilla movie. I got one of those commemorative pennies while I was there as a souvenir.
Overall, Hawaii was a pretty cool place to visit. The weather was fantastic except for the last few days and the food was okay (it’s America, I wasn’t really expecting much). So yeah, I’m back now and ready to be Australian again (and lose the American fat).
My sister’s going there in a few weeks I think! Sounds like she’s in for one hell of a trip!
You’re a Brisbane Taybie aren’t ya?
Yep Brisbane Taybie. There’s plenty to see and do and I didn’t even get over to the north shore where the monster waves are. I didn’t see any of the active volcanoes either but even then it’s a fantastic place to visit.
We’re meeting in Southbank for dinner tonight with blaghman! Feel free to come if you’re not too jetlagged!
Thanks for the invite but yeah I’m still pretty shattered by the flight. I hope you guys have fun. 🙂
Lucky about the Missouri. When I was last in Hawaii they had the ship closed for some reason, refurbishment or something. Not quite sure. We couldn’t go in and had to settle for the Arizona memorial only.
EDIT: Thinking about it they also had a submarine open as a museum? But it closed pretty early and we didn’t go in.
Mere words are woefully insufficient to describe the passion with which I detest laptop keyboards and their stupid little fucking plastic hinges on the keycaps.
One sodding key took me 5 straight minutes to replace when I popped it of for cleaning because the dumb arse hinges are the most counterintuitive and fiddly tiny bastards things to put back together. Screw it, it can stay dirty in the places I can’t get my jewellers screwdriver.
Death to the chiclets!
It’s a shame Remote Play never really went anywhere with the PS3. I’d probably play my PS3 titles a lot more if I could just turn it on and play the Vita(I know the PS4 does, but there’s not enough games yet to justify one).
Every one knows that old McDonald had a farm, but what most don’t know is that in his old age, he began to suffer from chronic flatulence.
I think you’ve had enough beans!
Tell that to Old McDonald.
I think I’ve had enough beans. Old McDonald should be asking me for lessons :S
This is my kind of comedy.
Recently re-subbed to WoW thinking it’d be fun to get back into since a few friends were playing again, it’s okay.. But wow the PvP isn’t what I remember, too much has changed 🙁 I loved it back in Cataclysm can’t say so much now.. Also the fact my base health is about 200k less than everyone else who has the current PvP gear 😛
Ah well, shouldn’t take me too long to get gear and figure out how my class works again 😛
Wut
His videos are the best!
Wandering around Ningbo today. I appear to of crossed the river an stumbled into some kinda Chinese London Town. Complete with authentic Mexican joint. But hey other foreigners!! They are all twice my age atleast but woo!
Today has been beset by power and electricity issues, so I shall keep this brief, lest I be unable to finish typing the next time a short-circuit happens.
I had an argument with my mother. My explanation will mos likely be confusing and out of order, as it happened half an hour ago and electricity was restored 5 minutes ago.It started out innocent enough:
My mother mentioned some stuff about an eye test. She booked one for tomorrow. She was annoyed that I didn’t mention anything to the doctor yesterday. I pointed out that since she did all the talking to the doctor yesterday, and I couldn’t get a word in edgewise. She claimed that it was her right as a mother to go in the doctor’s office with me. The order is a bit mixed up as my memory is hazy, but I vividly remember her screaming about her rights as a mother some more, and me asking what ‘rights as a mother’ even means. I tried to counterpoint by claiming that her legal rights as a mother doesn’t cover that, and that I have a legal right to withhold information if I feel the need to. Her reaction was not what I expected.
“That’s what’s wrong with this country. You kids have too many rights.”
“That’s what wrong with this country? Not racism, not xenophobia, it’s because I have too many rights?”
She brought up once again that I only see her as someone who pays for my bills, and not as someone that has any say in my life. As with every argument, she threatened to kick me out. I have come to realise that it’s an empty threat.
“You have a say, but not the definitive say in my life” was the last thing I said before refusing to say any more, as I knew that there was no way I could defend my point without angering her further.
My mother claimed that from this point on, she would no longer pay for my expenses. If I wanted to get an eye test tommorow, I’d have to get myself to Specsavers, and pay for it myself.
I don’t think I could do that with my current health. It’s about a kilometre away, which would be perfectly fine if I was not sick. I don’t have a clue what an eye test costs, anyway.
This entire situation confuses me to no end. I guess my mother believes that her ‘rights as a mother’ means that she has complete control over me until I leave the house, at which point I have to deal with everything at once? I thought the idea was that you slowly wean your kids on their freedoms, so that can leave when they are ready?
I need to know what ‘rights as a mother’ means. @strange, can you explain what you believe your ‘rights as a mother’ entail? I need to know what this all means before I can even think about proceeding.
Dammit, this comment is barely intelligible.
EDIT: Added more information that I forgot to add.
Dats lame man. As for an eye test shouldn’t cost much might even be covered by Medicare. Though if it’s not super urgent you could wait till they are offering them for free, happens a few times a year.
1km is only 10-15mins walk at most, just shove some headphones in and ignore everything else.
Specsavers bulk bill eye tests, and they are 100% covered by medicare so you don’t need to pay a cent.
EDIT: Provided you haven’t had an eye test in the last two years, that is.
I think the only eye test I’ve ever had is when I applied for my driver’s license. If memory serves, I barely passed.
That wasn’t an eye test, it was a vision test. A proper optometrist test involves examining the actual health of your eyes, not just their visual acuity.
At the risk of becoming a caricature…
I used to get into the yelling matches with my Dad, too, when I was a teenager. A combination of hormones and that weird transition from being taken care of completely to gradually building some kind of independence, while still being utterly financially dependent. Loads of bullshit ultimatums, pointing out contradictions, total lack of awareness of that this is how adolescence IS. Similar sort of stuff. “You want to live under my house, you live by my rules; rules which treat you like a child, when you no longer are.”
It’s pretty dumb, really, if you think about it objectively. There is no fucking switch to flick to transition between child and adult. It’s a process. But damned if anyone involved can see that clearly at the time. All the emotions of being a parent and looking at your son or daughter and still seeing the version of them which is burned into your memory as a precious child to protect. The child who thinks they should be treated as an adult without fully grasping just how enormous that concept is. All the freedom, none of the responsibility… Not to mention that when you’re a teenager you’ve still got all these hormones swooshing around fucking up your brain. Yeah. People get tetchy, you can see why.
When the screaming got too bad and too utterly pointless, I actually moved out. Found work, rented a tent site at a caravan park and pitched a tent there, which was my ‘home’ for a while. Caravan parks all have cooking facilities and showers/toilets and stuff, so the tent/room was just to sleep in… and when a site is $40 a week including use of the facilities, you don’t need to earn much to survive.
I don’t know… it changed things. Mum didn’t even want me to go, and when she saw I was resolved, she kept telling Dad, “This is all your fault, we’re losing him.”‘ Which was a bit melodramatic, but I was the eldest, they’d never experienced anything like this before, didn’t really know what to do.
Of course, I came back after a while. Ended up getting put up in a college on Dad’s dime for uni, which I wasted utterly. But the things I learned came in handy later on, when some shit happened and I dropped out, and went on the road to find myself.
At 16 you can emancipate yourself. It’s a whole new world – you’ll need to find work, rent a place, deal with things you’d never thought you’d have to deal with. You’ll be surprised just how many things are going to require your birth certificate and various licences/ID to sign up for, to get you ‘into the system’. Paying utilities, getting a car/car loan, rego, bank accounts, credit cards, rent, your own medicare card as a legally-independent citizen. And actually going into Centrelink to emancipate yourself – declare yourself legally independent before you’re 18. (There are some restrictions – you have to be willing to declare irreconcilable differences between you and your caregiver, I believe. They get their fair share of drama-seekers, which at that age is understandable.)
Doing it without support can actually be an OK thing. Because you’re never actually without support – the government provides a safety net. If you can only find part-time work and/or are studying full-time, there’s Youth Allowance or Austudy until you’re something like 25, which is pretty generous. (I haven’t checked it out in a while, but I believe it’s higher than NewStart – which is basically ‘the dole’; welfare for over 25s and anyone not studying.)
Now, or two years from now, whatever… your independence is there to reach out and take. It has to happen sooner or later.
I think your mother is kind of living in denial of that sobering fact and would prefer ‘later’…. indefinitely.
Oh man, it’s a tricky thing you’ve asked me because I don’t actually believe I have any “rights” as a mother. Like I said before, I consider it “responsibilities”. My kids are their own person and I see it as my job to guide them.
I do think it’s mostly usual to get into screaming matches with your parents in your late teens, though. It’s a tricky period of transition between child and adult and it’s a minefield for both parents and offspring. I remember I used to regularly have terrible arguments with my Mum where she’d just be yelling “you’ll do what I say for as long as you live under my roof”. Unfortunately it probably won’t stop until you actually do move out, but the good news is that moving out forces your family to start thinking of you as a grown-up so your relationships will probably improve. You just have to stick it out and try not to be the one losing your cool.
Tay I need help.
I will spoiler
My brother had started the first argument. Without asking Mum he’s decided that he’s going to “fix” up the house. He’s painting the toilet floor and Mum wants Gerfloor Vinyl as they tend to have underlay built in. We argued with him, telling him to stop. He got right in my face and screamed at me to fuck off more then once. I kept my composure and explained why we wanted the vinyl.He screamed at me to fuck off again. And then he said a was a fucking idiot multiple times while getting in my face. He screamed at me that He was going to go a proper job and then insulted the bathroom door that I’d put up, saying I did a botch job. He said the toilet needs to be hygienic and that vinyl won’t allow for that.
He wouldn’t back down and kept screaming at me. I stood my ground and told him that if he didn’t like our old crappy house and was ashamed of it he could go live somewhere else.
He told me to fucking shut my face and that it wasn’t my house. I told him that everything I did was what mum wanted done as that is my job. My screamed at that I didn’t have a job and that I needed to live in the real world. I didn’t know what it was like to work 40 hours a week.
I told him that I used to work 40 hours a week, night shift and that I was also doing Uni at the same time.
Also, when he was 12 the court ordered him to live with my Nan because he would beat my Mum and I up. He said that was bullshit and that I wouldn’t know what domestic violence was.
Anyway, after being in a really good place for quite a few months, I’m now having a pretty bad panic attack.
I don’t know what to do. I don’t want him near me and I do not want him living with me.
The abuse
One of the few things I remember was my brother pinning me down and tickling me until I urinated myself. Multiple times.Another was pinning me down and spiting on my face while making the dog lick it. He would hold a hand over my nose, forcing me to breathe through my mouth so he could spit in my mouth and make the dog lick the inside of my mouth.
Another time he put his hands on my neck, moving the fingers behind the two bones at the front of the neck. He blocked off the trachea, making it really hard to breathe. I was trying to scream to my Mum, but it’s a bit hard when there’s no air.
He just saw me crying and said “Are you serious?” But he can’t see the struggle to not hyperventilate or the shaking. He doesn’t understand my condition and he doesn’t want to.
Sorry
He sounds like a real piece of work. It sounds like you did well though? I don’t really know that I have much to offer by the way of advice, I’m one of those lucky jerks who has never really had any kind of family drama to deal with at all, so this sort of stuff is completely foreign to me.
Why exactly has he moved in with you again? I can’t remember if you mentioned specifically before. It doesn’t seem like he really wants to be there.
He moved in because he was sick of my aunt screaming at her son. He’s also closer to his friends and favourite pub here.
Sounds like you need to take an AVO (restraining order) taken out against him, he sounds dangerous to me seems like only trouble will ensue from him being around :/ He also sounds like a complete dick, but that’s just my opinion.
First off, good job not losing your head. Anyone who can maintain some level of composure during an onslaught like that is pretty tough.
I don’t know how good this advice is but, have you spoken to your mum about it? How does she feel about the situation? And as horrible as it may sound, could majority rule in such a way that would remove him or at least make him be quiet?
She was there and I was actually telling him on her behalf because she was almost in tears herself.
Sounds like one way or another he’s gotta go. Its easy for everyone else to say i know but, but present intimidation coupled with a violent past doesn’t sound like the best mix for a comfortable household.
Is there anyone nearby, friends or family or even neighbours, who you can get help from if necessary?
Not really unfortunately
Oh hell. That sounds like a bad situation.
I cannot provide any advice, but I can offer my support. You’re helping me with my situation, I’ll help you with yours.
…
Helping?
I just want some advice. I’m thinking about getting a lock smith to change the locks.
If it’s his primary legal residence, you can’t lock him out. He can get the cops to let him in. You’re better off with an AVO or similar. Check with police, see what your options are.
Also if he does get extremely violent and you call the cops (at least in NSW) and you make it known you feel that your life is being threatened they can (and should imo) issue an AVO on the spot, rather than go to court about it all.
Wish we knew that when we had to take one out against the neighbours :/
It’s my mother’s house. I would be locking him out on her behalf and with her permission
That’s fine, it doesn’t actually matter who owns the property. Your landlord can’t change your locks on you if it’s your primary residence. You can’t spontaneously make someone homeless on your own initiative without the law getting involved.
As long as he meets the requirements for the place being his primary residence (eg: his driver’s licence or mail or whatever is registered to an address and he’s been living there for long enough – I don’t know the time period), it’s his legal residence, regardless of who owns it.
The law will have to make the decision, and they enforce it. So if the AVO is issued then yeah, change the locks after he’s been able to move his stuff out (not sure if that has to happen under supervision). If his primary residence is still your Aunt’s place? You could change the locks, but it’s a bit iffy as to which way the law will side.
So either way, get the police involved
Pretty much. Or talk to him (which you’ve rejected), or talk to family who he’ll listen to (which sounds unlikely). Or put up with his bullshit. (Which I don’t recommend.)
He’s not leaving you many options. That’s on him, not you.
There’s the risk that what he’s done so far won’t be enough for the police to consider it, by the way. However, if he then gets violent as a result, that’ll force their hand. Also, if he starts breaking shit, that qualifies him for eviction.
Maybe consider contacting the RTA to see about getting him signed as a tenant, rather than a family member. You know, advise him that if he doesn’t sign the agreement with its controllable terms, he’s not welcome and will be considered trespassing.
@transientmind
Sounds like a great idea the RTA thingy. Thanks for the help.
Not a terrific idea because then he’d definitely legally be bound to the place, AND you’d have to put up with him when he’s clearly a pain. I’d START with talking to the police to see if his behaviour qualifies for an AVO, and if not, THEN the RTA.
Well there are limits to the bullshit you should tolerate from family and he’s done a hell of an impressive leap clearing that line. I’m more than a little pissed off just reading it because it’s the exact kind of person who’d cave in seconds if I was capable of being there to personally intimidate them.
Once everything has calmed down a bit (assuming it does), I’d recommend simply telling him that he crossed the line and a single incident even close to that will result in you reporting him to the police. Most importantly, if that happens, do it. It can’t ever be an empty threat with bullies, the only thing they understand is consequence, either losing status or simply getting their arse handed to them by someone stronger (I understand that train tickets to melbourne aren’t that expensive nowdays, if you feel the need for someone huge and intimidating, let me know).
@virus__’s suggestion for the AVO is definitely worth considering, if he ends up with nowhere to go, it’s the wages of being a prick.
The problem is that if I bring it up, he’ll fly off the handle again. Unfortunately he has extreme anger issues. The only way we can really fix it is to let him paint the bathroom floor and then for us to put the Vinyl on top of it.
It sounds like he’s in serious need of a psychiatrist. If you can bundle him up to wagga he can have my appointment next week
He won’t get help because he doesn’t think he needs it.
Problem is, my whole freaking family is in need of help and yet none of them think they need it.
On that note, did you ever get your share of the house sale sorted?
Not yet. Waiting on the solicitor
Yeah if there’s one thing I’ve learned about mental illness it’s that the first thing to be screwed up is your self diagnostic system. You’re getting help though, that’s a good thing.
I’d say record his next outburst on your phone & play it to the police. Sorry but I think it’s the only safe thing to do.
Even my Mum needs some counselling. However, we’re not sure if she can get it for free, like I do. She knows she needs it too. Just wanted to add that
Your mum has a disability doesn’t she? There must be some mental health support available for free surely.
Could even start with Lifeline. My understanding is those guys have a pretty good handle on where you can look for this kind of information.
Family is no excuse for that kinda BS.
I’d get him moved out of your place asap, get the cops involved if need be, and look into that restraining order.
Just because he is family does not mean he has the right to your house or your lives.
Also well done standing up to him, mad props.
Thank you. Mum is reading these comments too because it also affects her.
Can’t we just take this guy and put him on some island. (For the record I hate your brother.)
At one point in time, f4ction was considering opening up a business that involved hiring him to beat people up.
Just saying.
If he’s looking for someone huge, intimidating, ruthless and qualified in IT, I could do with a job…
Bloody hell, scree. Your brother sounds like an arsehat.
I can’t add to the good advice here, all I can say is it’s awful and we’re here if you need to talk.
Scree, I got nothing to add other than you don’t deserve that. It’s horrible.
Don’t let him whittle down your sense of self-worth. He’s the one fucked in the head.
@crazyguy1990 I’m sorry, I know I said I’d do your tutorial tonight but I won’t be able to. (Hard to draw when shaking). I’ll try to do it sometime tomorrow night. Sorry about the hassle.
That’s fine.
I’m not in any rush. 🙂
Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht. No Ryan!? D:
(Taco style out of context thought posts about TV shows instead of games)
…10 points to whoever can guess the show!
The only show I can think of with a Ryan in it is Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place. So I guess you just discovered the show got cancelled.
It’s ok, you can get your Ryan Reynolds fix elsewhere.
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Gosh!
Wow, you’re right. I WOULD be saying, “Whaaaaat, no Ryan?”
I know right! Probably the first episode since the UK version where he’s not there.
Don’t worry about missing out on the points @mrtaco. The points don’t matter.
That’s right, the points are just like context in a @greenius post. They just don’t matter.
Woo, probable gunshots down the street.
I think I am starting to regret moving here.
I lived in many places where that happened and I’m a perfectly normal and respected individual. You’ll be fine.
FTFY
D:
Hey on the upside the arseholes across the street might get shot.
That might shut them up.
Say what you like about the Valley and its constant violence, the one thing we DON’T get is gunshots. It’s more drunken violence than idiotic criminals getting pissed off at each other over drugs/women. That’s for the outer/poorer suburbs.
Man The Valley from my experiences is so tame as opposed to other parts of Brisbane & esp the Gold Coast :S
That being said I reckon The Valley is an awesome part of Brisbane.
It’s gotta be one of the safest places in Brisbane. There are cameras and cops everywhere and no-one tries anything during the day in the major thoroughfares. The only problems are from the homeless/addicts/dealers and their coteries all getting mixed up in each others’ business, and on Thursday-Sunday nights, dumbass fuckwits getting their punch on because someone looked at them funny or didn’t ‘respect’ them or made a pass at their girl or just fucking because (because it’s late and they haven’t been able to bag a chick, and there’s only one other way to feel like a MAN).
If 4kids did the dubbing to Kill la Kill.
The horror… the horror!
I don’t know what the hotdog thing was in reference to, though. Regardless, I couldn’t help myself from laughing at the sheer lunacy of it all.
I think the funniest thing is the name-changing
Ryuko Matoi = Riley Matthews
Mako Mankanshoku = Maddy Maddison
Satsuki Kiryuin = Stacey Kristen
Ira Gamagoori = Gregory
Uzu Sanageyama = Sanjay
Nonon Jakazure = Jaqci Z
Houka Inumuta = Inigo
Aikuro Mikisugi = Arthur McDoogal
It makes you wonder what they’d name the other characters. My predictions:
Tsumugu Kinagase = Terrence Kingston
Isshin Matoi = Isaac Matthews
Ragyo Kiryuin = Rachel Kristen
Nui Harime = Noel Harrison
Rei Hooumaru = Reylene Hooper
Mataro Mankanshoku = Matty Maddison
Barazo Mankanshoku = Basil Maddison
Sukuyo Mankanshoku = Susan Maddison
Shiro Iori = Sheldon Irwin
Mitsuzo Soroi = Mitchell Southers
Well, that was fun.
I counter with the original 4kids anime parody:
Yay for pinatas!
Amazing Spiderman just finished… never got a chance to watch it before, so TV’s pretty much the only way I get around to catching up on movies I missed 😛 My sister was saying it was crap, but I liked it. Seemed to capture the character of Spidey much better than the Raimi ones (at least, based on how ever seems to talk about how he always does the trash talking and everything). Also seemed like much more of a dorkward teenager. Looking forward to the sequel now.
I’ve recently re-picked up Space Marine on Steam. I’m up to chapter 10 and something really stupid has happened …
(Possible Soilers!)
I entered a giant building thing to activate some kinda of super big weapon. The building’s defences is on so they shoot me because they think I am an enemy. Firstly, in a future where they have super hightech equipment one would think they would have some kind of scanner that can tell the difference between humans and orks. Secondly, this one annoyed me the most, I had to lead an Inquisitor guy to the control room to shutdown the turrets and stop them from firing at me. After I get to the room? “I have shut down the turrets but the ones up ahead will still fire at us”. Then the game just continues and expects the player to just accept that. WHY? Why are the turrets still shooting me even though they have been shutdown? Nope, just keep going, stop asking questions.Also I forgot to shut down the game and now I have played a total of 11 hours, 6 of which was when I was at the Brisbane meat. =P
well worth it in my opinion! was a great night! cept for my car ride home after I dropped off @blaghman
Oh yeah, the meat was great! So great catching up with you guys again!
There’s actually a reason for it I guessAlso, that game is pretty awesome. But be warned: it ends with a bit of a cliffhanger (there’s some stuff unresolved) and THQ going bust means the sequel will never be made 🙁 Still think it’s worth it though. If only for the bits where you get the hammer.
Oh man, I was heartbroken when it made me drop the hammer due to starting a new chapter. =(
Luckily another one appears not too far into the next chapter.
I’m glad there won’t be a sequel, unresolved stories where things are getting bleak at the end is pretty much the whole 40k style
Other than Ciaphas Cain of course but even those normally end with some foreboding menace on the horizon
Except that the plan I saw for the sequel had you playing as an Inquisitor. That would have been pretty rad 🙁
I’m more sad that THQ took Darksiders down with it than I am about Spayce Maureen, but I’d have liked sequels to both.
Don’t worry, Nordic Games have it! And since they immediately created a survey asking fans what to do with the IP, (sadly, a true fact) they clearly know what they are doing!
And guess what? Nordic doesn’t even have the money to make Darksiders! But don’t worry, they believe they have enough money to make a new MX vs ATV!
Nordic owns the IP but the talented people behind the game were scattered to the four winds AFAIK. Some of them ended up at Crytek? But I think that fell apart.
No, Crytek USA is still open. They are working on a new IP.
Space marine is @chuloopa’s space marine.
*crashes through wall*
SPACE MARRRINNNNEEEEE!!!!
*crashes through opposite wall and exits*
tch, that was a nice plaster job.
Ahahaha, my friend ended up on the ABC’s piece on Supanova. They got a great line out of her – “I’ve been playing Pokemon since I was five. And now I’m like… old. So I just. Yeah.”
Great stuff 😛
Sernobulus and I were talking Pokemon last night. I haven’t played one since Blue, and that was when I was not long out of high school! :p
I haven’t (well, hadn’t) played one since Red, and that was when I was not long into high school 😛
Still a better line than some of the journalism on this site 😛
I got all of the games on my Xbox hard drive working again! (Original Xbox, not Xbone or 360)
Also, I managed to install Midtown Madness 3 onto the hard drive.
And Geelong thumped West Coast! \o/
All in all, a good night.
Also, Bigfoot is doing it in the air:
Midtown madness! I’d almost forgotten that game existed!
Fuzion Frenzy!
I originally had it on there, and then it disappeared. 🙁
So saddening.
That sumo mini game was so much fun.
This weekend was a total victory. @dc finally admitted what we’ve all known for years, that he is better than me! Muahahaha.
He’s better than most of us anyway so hardly news…
You so crazy, Freeze! So, so crazy!
Haha! I don’t recall this. You tricked me with your word play!
I may have omitted the ending part. The bit where you agreed that you were better than me
at planning meats.apparently I have dream hair too!
Uploading photos to my OneDrive now. Will link you guys up soonish!
Turned on the PS4 with my new glasses on and the camera won’t recognise and log me in unless I put the old ones on.
I have to press a button now like some sort of Neanderthal.
:'(
lol how bizarre! shows how defined the image recognition is though! kinda cool!
Can you change the way the camera recognises you?
So you can delete the old glasses picture and put the new glasses on and have the camera recognise these new ones as you?
@transientmind: Wanna apologize for my part in that fan fiction stuff. When I used the term best girl I never meant to imply it was your girl. Just meant you’re good with the ladies and all that. Almost like you’re James Bond and have a pretty lady by your side at all times. I read these back and they seem borderline offensive to you in that context I didn’t intend. I’m sorry for that, buddy…
They also came from a place of respect too. Poking fun at you, sure, but only cause you’re so much more interesting than me. Don’t be self-conscious about what you post. Your posts are good.
he didn’t have a pretty lady by his side when he went to the movies with me… waaaait a minue…!! What are you trying to say @dc?!?! :p
It’s all good man. I know it came from a good place.
Plus there’s also the aspect of an intellectual exercise. You, Shane, Red… we’re talking people who get a kick out of writing. One of the lures of fan-fiction can be to see just how close you can get your writing to the original, or capture the spirit and play with it. As an academic challenge, it holds a lot of appeal. So don’t stress. 🙂
Well we know you’re okay with it but the big question is what about your best girl?
Yeah, man, certainly no offence intended – as someone mentioned, it was fan fiction, and I’m certainly a fan.
I just tried to get screen recorders on the iPad with no success 🙁
One records, but goes to a black screen when you quit the app, the other records 1/5 of the screen and then goes to a black screen when you quit the app.
I don’t get why apple is so against screen recorders. I can get why emulators aren’t allowed, but screen recorders aren’t illegal or in a grey area like emulation (at least not that I know of). They’re only hurting themselves in the end.
The Elgato Game Capture HD can capture video output from an ipad, not what you might describe as the most cost effective solution but I’m told it works well
Yeah, I saw that when I was looking around. I’m considering getting one, but I was hoping for a free solution so I could see whtehr I would be any good 😛
Well, I went on a game finishing bender this weekend and now i dont know what to play next.
The new Civ sounds awesome
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/12/civilization-beyond-earth-interview-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-factions-aliens-technology-and-more/2/
PC gamer interview about it. It’s a bit disjointed in places but damned interesting (it starts on page 2 since page 1 is just an index page)
I saw a brief article on it, it sounds really good. I loved Civ V (although that’s the only proper Civ game I’ve played) and a sci-fi setting would be amazing!
I just installed Civ 5 G&K last night! *Indignant pout*
@negativezero Looking back over your comments, I can understand the concern you have of playing a morally-ambiguous/not entirely valiant character as an adventurer. I’ve been in a similar situation so I’ll tell you a few tricks you can use to get around it.
1. Ulterior motive. Is there something that you want from someone in the group? Is there something that you need to use the services of a group to obtain or some particular goal that you have in mind? That can kind of keep in line with the whole Kitsune mystery and manipulation that they have going on.
2. Prior relationship. Have you dealt with any of the other characters previously? How do you relate to the other characters and do you have some sort of history, nefarious or otherwise? For this campaign, I’ve set things up with the expectation that most of you will be randoms thrown together but that doesn’t preclude a situation where certain player characters are family, friends, or anything like that.
3. Reluctant party member. Are you going to be an adventurer not by choice? For instance, are you currently down to your last gold piece and need any sort of work to keep living? Or are you a person with an extravagant lifestyle or could not bear the thought of manual labour but will gladly take up the mantle of an adventurer for hire? Or are you pressured into being an adventurer by someone else (this can also tie in with an ulterior motive).
I can work with whatever you want your character to be and how they fit in the world but it all comes down to roleplaying in the end. If you feel that your character would not generally be an adventurer, perhaps there is something forcing them into that life or one of the other party members has something that they want. A character motivation can be as simple as for glory or for money or even just “I want to go out there and kill the biggest and baddest monsters in the world”.
If you decide that you don’t feel that your Kitsune Sorcerer would fit into this campaign and that you want to try out the Oracle, let me know and I can work with whatever you decide upon.
That goes for anyone else as well. I can work with whatever you guys want in terms of characters, relationships, and any other backstory goodies. I will let you know that I reserve the right to dip into these backstories for plotlines and stuff but I won’t be too much of a jerk to your characters. 😛
Edit: Also, I will be dropping more information on the campaign over the next few days. Including a probable date change as I completely missed the fact that the 21st was Easter Monday.
I’m halfway there at the moment I think, been doing a lot of thinking about how I can make it work, including building out a detailed backstory. If I think I can get it to fit in well, then I’ll email you some details as it’ll require adding some world details. Almost done with it and it reads like shitty fanfiction but I don’t hugely care.
Where I’m going at the moment is toward option 1. Basically she’s obsessed with raising her social status and wealth and has very few scruples in how she gets that. This probably will coincide with an alignment shift to neutral evil, i think. Also thinking of playing up the shapeshifting angle as that ability to disguise self as anyone is incredibly cool.I’m mainly building toward the Ulterior Motive concept. Personality-wise, I don’t know if you’re familiar with the anime series Slayers at all, but if you are then Xellos is a lot of what I’m thinking of here.
It’s entirely possible I’m completely overthinking everything and maybe I just need to ditch everything and start over with something a bit more simple.
It’s true that the Oracle build would be far easier to fit into a group situation though. There’s always a spot in an adventuring group for a healer, and their mystery and curse act as built-in motivating factors. So I see no issues making that character work in a party at all.
Interesting experience in WoW just then, minding my own business getting ready to do some PvP & chatting to a friend, out of the blue a Death Knight whispers me swearing his head off how I stole his name.. So I tell him politely to go have intercourse with a cactus and block him.
It would appear he’s so upset by this he logs onto his Paladin to continue abusing me and telling me how he’s been playing since Vanilla, so I respond with “Good for you, I honestly don’t care” I think I upset him even more cause he started linking achievements to “prove” this.. Maybe I should’ve asked him when he bought the account, because he was acting like a kid who just bought it off eBay, instead I blocked him. Wonder if he’ll go to the extent of harassing me on another character.
I also went and looked up both his characters in the WoW Armory, they apparently don’ exist which is interesting, even mine after 18 months of being inactive didn’t vanish, nor my mates who haven’t been used in almost 3 years..
Kicking ass and taking names.
Lol, I can’t kickass no more, i’m so powerless in PvP guess is what happens when you afk for 18 months..
Mine all still have entries in the Armory if I search for them, though not proper character pages, just summary. And I last played them in 4.0
If you log a harassment ticket against him for getting on an alt to get around your /ignore, that’s pretty much a sure-fire instant ban for a while. That’s an easy ruling the GMs make all the time.
Didn’t think of that, damn 😛
You can still do it now, after the fact. 🙂 You just look up your ignore list, mention the time (server-time) the harassment occurred.
(Edit: They have tools where they can see every bit of chat at any nominated time.)
Oh neat.. Didn’t think of putting in a report ticket via the ignore list..
So, @benny, how was Kill la Kill? You made a post after you watched the pilot, and made no further posts on the subject. I want more Kill la Kill discussions, dammit!
Haha sorry bud. I’ve only seen the pilot. I went and marathoned all of Attack on Titan instead. I will get to it eventually and keep you posted.
Stick with it! Compared to the rest of the show, the pilot is very weak. In my opinion, the anime has superb pacing. It goes from relatively grounded premise in the first episode to all-out space combat in the last episode, and the path between the two is so smooth that you barely notice it. Plus it’s got one of the most terrifying villains in animation; Nui Harime! (Not joking)
If memory serves, they forgot to give Ryuko (the protagonist) a personality for the first few episodes, but she develops a really interesting persona as the show goes on.
…I’ll stop with the plugging.
I should really get around to Attack on Titan one of these days.
Anime space combat? Well why didn’t you say! I might try to watch a few tonight.
It’s probably not what you’re thinking. More along the lines of the way Gurren Lagann kept escalating every few episodes to the point that at the end
the giant robots were fighting each other by throwing galaxies aroundIt this what brushing your hair is like? Ow ow ow why would you ever do that?
If you do it more than once every 17 years it gets easier.
Don’t leave it unwashed and unbrushed for a month at a stretch, I did that once during a bad depression period and had to cut what was basically a birds nest out of the back of my head
Or you could buzz your head down to a 2 like I do, and not even bother with combing. 🙂
2? Funny shape for a head
or you could just not get a haircut for years like me, and have beautiful long flowing golden locks of lusciousness!
To look…
FABULOUS! 😀
@shane
Lol. Pyramid scheme.
How did they find out?! D:
So who’s played the AC4 addon Freedom’s Cry? Is it any good?
Mine used to dreadlock itself in places in high school. God my hair looked so bad back then. Now it just looks thin.
This isn’t where my comment was ment to go.
But since I’m here I’ll say it’s worth the price of admission. The new weapons are cool (maybe not the firecrackers) clearing out plantations is fun and all the areas are new.
@freezespreston
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Final Fantasy X Easy Blitzball Strategy!
If you want to play Blitzball just for Wakka’s overdrives and Celestial Weapon then here’s a pretty easy method to get it. It’s efficient and takes minimal effort. I looked into a bunch of guides when doing it for myself since I’m going for the Platinum Trophy.
Wait until you get the airship before playing so you have access to much better players. What I did was set Tidus and Wakka in Atttack, have Brother in Midfield, Ropp and Wedge in Defence and Nimrook in Goals. Nimrook is a beast but he’s originally contracted to another team so you’ll have to play (or forfeit) games against the Al Bheds until he’s available. I wasted some time doing this but there’s a much easier method if you just skip getting Nimrook and go for Jumal. I’ve never used him but he’s supposedly just as good in goals (player locations: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/197344-final-fantasy-x/faqs/19103). Sign each player up for about 5 games (we’re going to reset data to save time but if you don’t want to lose progress, sign them up for about 30+).
Make sure you have the requirements for Wakka’s reels. You’ll need to have been in 450 battles or so (normal FFX battles, not Blitzball) and there’s no real way to check. But by the time you’ve got airship access you should have already met the requirements. His Attack reel is always in the first Tournament. If you haven’t played any Blitzball then it’ll be offered as the prize. In a Tournament you’ll need to win 3 games. Save when you know it’s offered as a prize and save between each game (you won’t lose progress). Make sure you set your control mode to Manual A (hit Triangle when your player has the ball). If his Attack reels aren’t showing up you can enter and exit the Blitzball menu about 8 times for the prizes to reset.
Brother’s dribble speed is fast and he’ll outrun anyone. Tidus is practically guaranteed goals with Jecht Shot because it cancels out two defending players and Brother and Wakka has high shooting stats as well. Once you score you can either keep scoring (I usually get about 2/3 goals) or hide behind your own goalie in your own net to let the timer run down. While doing this the AI won’t bother you but occasionally someone will follow you. I did it with Brother who has high Endurance stats so all it took was a break and I just continued dribbling back into my own net. You can just sit there for 5 minutes or so until the clock runs out. Since you’ve already scored in the first half you can just sit behind the goals for the whole second half.
Each reel is unlocked after the next so after you get the Attack reels, the Status reels have a chance to appear in the next League if you’ve had 200 battles. A League is 10 games and you don’t have to win all of them, but you have to have the most points on the ladder by the end of it. A League’s prizes will not change unless you play it so you can either play the current league displayed, or hit the “Reset Data” option. This will reset everything to its default stage and you’ll lose all levels and abilities gained (Tidus keeps Jecht shot but will have to reach a level to be able to use it again), BUT it will reset the League’s prizes and the Status reels will appear as the prize (saving you from playing 10 games). I didn’t reset because I didn’t want to lose my progress but doing it will save you a lot of time if you don’t care about Blitzball and just the prizes. If you reset your data re-sign your players for about 15 more games.
In a League what I did was get enough points (around 5-6 wins) and then just forfeit the rest of the games. Just hire some terrible players (I used Besaid Aurochs) and shift everyone around to where they have terrible stats. I had Tidus and Wakka in defence, Brother in goals, two terrible Aurochs in attack and my keeper in Midfield. In these positions they all have terrible stats for what they need (Brother has a Catch of 2) so the AI will most likely score against you. You want them to score as quickly as possible so you can just forfeit the game (hit triangle when your player has the ball) and you can forfeit games within the first minute or so (saving you about 10 minutes for each game).
After you get the Status reels, the Aurochs reel will appear in the next Tournament if you’ve had 450 battles. Just use the strategies above and you’ll be fine. After that the Jupiter Sigil has a 50% chance of appearing in the next League. This will be the same as the Status reels and the current League’s prize will be something random and NOT the Sigil. You could either play that League until completion or just reset your data again until it turns up.
So uhh… yeah… I was bored and didn’t mind typing this up but I’m pretty sure you probably won’t even read/use it, or forget it :P.
A LONG TL;DR VERSION:
– Make sure you’ve had at least 450 battles
– Get Tidus, Wakka, Brother, Ropp, Wedge and Jumal for 3 games
– Teach Tidus Jecht Shot
– Tidus and Wakka in Attack, Brother in Midfield, Ropp and Wedge in Defence and Jumal in Goals
– Set control mode to Manual A (Triangle if a player has the ball)
– Enter and Exit the Blitzball Menu/Save Sphere until “Attack Reels” appears as a prize in the Tournament.
– Play and win the Tournament (save between games to be safe)
– You can hide behind your own goalie until the time runs out and the AI won’t bother you
– Reset Blitzball Data and resign players for 13 games
– Play and win the League if “Status Reels” is the prize (save between games to be safe)
– Play and win the Tournament if “Aurochs Reels” is the prize
– Reset Data and resign players for 10 games
– Play and win the League if Jupiter Sigil is the prize. Reset data again if it’s not.
@jimu
Jeeeeeeebus. I had no idea that part of the game was so damn involved.
And that’s the easy method!
Well it’s not so much “easy” (as it involves knowing those techniques and who to hire) but it’s just a way to get Wakka’s stuff with the minimum amount of Blitzball played.
Blitzball was the fucking worst thing ever. Fuck that minigame so much. It’s why I never used Wakka. Well, aside from him being annoying as shit.
The only thing less fun than that damned minigame was the stupid Chocobo racing.
I had more fun in Chocobo Racing :P. Wakka is one of the strongest characters in the game and can do 1.2 million in one turn D:
Yeah but you have to do the goddamn blitzball to get him to that level, and fuck that noise completely.
😛 that is true. Blitzball wasn’t necessarily hard, just time consuming. Lulu’s Lightning Dodge is probably the worst because it’s so easy to mess up right near the end.
Going for the Platinum also involves a whole lot of grinding for (close to) Max Stats. I probably won’t bother with all this stuff in future playthroughs but at least I’ve done it now.
I liked it. The first time.
Urgh. Goddamn JRPG’s always assuming I have weeks of nothing else to do.
You went above and beyond there Greenman.
This is one of the reason I really got into Ys, especially Seven and Celceta. I got everything I wanted from a JRPG with almost all the time wasting and bullshit cut out.
Hmm. I should check them out one day.
Yeah, they really are threadbare aren’t they.
This only takes a few hours.
I didn’t reset my data and spent time recruiting Nimrook, so I played about 40 more Blitzball games than I needed too :/
I’m just going to comment so I can find this later. Good work.
I’m so much better than the other teams, it’s impossible to lose.
I am barely alive but alive I am.
I went to Supanova with a friend and I bought Mum a poster of Michonne from the walking dead
Alive is reportedly better than the alternatives
Alive but feeling incredibly miserable
*e-hugs*
Anything I can do to help?
I don’t know how to cheer myself up
What usually cheers me up is some funny English radio shows. I’ve been listening to So Wrong It’s Right over the last few days which I’ve been finding rather funny. Might be worth your trying
I might try after, thank you.
I didn’t get the jokes, sorry
Hmm, try 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown perhaps?
I highly recommend the goon show. My parents introduced me to that. It was a English comedy radio show back when TV was only just becoming a thing.
Decided to watch dog videos
Did you see my Space Pyrate pals? They had a booth there! Went to uni with Matt!
I’m sorry, I didn’t see it. I didn’t have much sleep so I was pretty tired
That’s okay, I didn’t pimp them as much as usual. 😀
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Buy. Cheap. Games. On. G2A. Goddammit.
G2A?
g2a.com
Uh, I’d rather buy harvest moon. All the time sink.
Thought i’d pre order Wolf of Wall Street on Blu-Ray, go to the JB website, 40 bucks.. Nah pass.. Hit up Amazon UK, turns out I can get it for 28 bucks shipped, seems like a good price compared, and Australian businesses wonder why we shop online overseas for somethings :/
This is where I have trouble understanding why this actually is a factor.
Shipping should cost more for an individual for a single unit than it should for a business shipping in bulk. You can tack on a little more for GST, but otherwise there really shouldn’t be 30% cheaper difference to buy from overseas and ship. Someone, somewhere is lining their pockets with that 30%.
From what I understand, there’s a fuck of a lot more hands in the pot rather than one overly grabby one. Still sucks big sweaty donkey bollocks
Yeah man, it’s identical version too, blu-ray + ultraviolet copy, and works in our region, only difference is the picture of the rating.. Also it’s 23 bucks (13 pound) before shipping as well, so yeah, it’s almost 2x the price here :/
Work is dumb….
SEE THE SCREENSHOT UP TOP? THAT MONKEY ISLAND ONE?
IT’S THE LAST YOU’LL EVER SEE OF IT ON TAY
BURN IT INTO YOUR RETINAS
What’s a monkey island?
ENemies list, Benny. Enemies list. 😛