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Hooray for new TAY!
I have a job interview tomorrow! /me is freaking out!
Nice! What’s the position for?
Some sort of IT support, but not sure if it’s for the company itself internally, or if it’s for the software and systems they make for their clients. Have to wait til the interview to find out more specifics. Not sure how I’ll go as they asked for people with skills in certain areas, and while I have a lot in some, I have only a little in others, so I’m actually surprised they even got me in for the interview. Hopefully they think it’ll be easy enough to learn the areas I’m not 100% sure about.
Here’s hoping, good luck!
Good luck mate!
I believe in you, friend! *nods sagely*
Yay. You’ll be fine man.
I should indeed be fine. I just always freak out before interviews. Especially for corporate stuff.
I know the feeling well, about interviews I mean, not the corporate stuff.
good luck buddy 🙂
Good luck bud! You’ll do great
Hooray! What shiny thing are you planning to buy with your first pay?
no idea. not even gonna think about that til I actually have a job. 😉
Having said that, the sooner I get a job, the more I can splurge, as I still have a rather large chunk of redundancy pay left!
Think positive, plan a shiny thing today!
That way you can get all your disappointment over with in one big block if you don’t get the job; you’re unemployed, you don’t get the shiny thing and you’re probably going bald or maybe getting a bit too fat or you smell funny or some third thing because you always need a third thing to complete the triumvirate of depression.
What? I’m HELPING!
hahah me going bald?! nooooo way! I’ve probably got enough hair for 3 people! 😉
That’s what I thought until this year, then my frankly insane hair production finally started slowing down and there’s space between my hairs now.
I still have enough for 3 people, just that there’s a bit of visible space between the hairs
GOOD LUCK WELBOT!
That’s it, I finally broke Australia! Had to scrape ice off the car this morning… Hot country my arse!…
also morning TAY, How are we all?
It’s to ease your transition into citizenship! 😀
Top men used a snow machine to do that to your car. Top men. You’re welcome!
Aww thanks DC! Nice to see someone noticed =]
Funny because i had to use a staff with a medallion to defrost the car… BUT I FORGOT TO TAKE AWAY 1 KADAN TO HONOR THE HEBREW GODS *facepalm*
Dammit, Pixel. You dishonour both the Hebrew God (singular *cough*) and archaeologists everywhere. For shame.
Redeem yourself.
Only the penitent man may pass.
Yeah I know it’s friggin’ freezing, -3.5c here.
I can’t believe it. It’s apparently 11.1 here. Unfortunately it’s only getting up to 13, but at least it’s not cold.
Yep it was 1c but chill factor took it down to a pleasant -5 :/
I’m in Queensland, currently wearing T-shirt and shorts.
Bastard.
I had to do that a few weeks ago in Brisbane! Never before in my 32-33 yrs of living here have I ever seen ice on my windshield.
Yeah it’s pretty unreal, haven’t seen that since i moved here! Crazy stuff… Credit card still works wonders though 😛
YOU
YOU DID THIS
Eh, what can i say? “Let it go!”
…
*shoots self*
The cold never bothered me any way!
Yuhuuuu, big summer blowout!
Dont worry I did the same, just poured water all over the windscreen and drove with the window down so I could actually use the side mirror
Should do the whole boiling water thing*
I’ve heard it works great!
*Don’t do the whole boiling water thing
Thats my boiling water an you’ll have none of it my friend..would you like a cuppa but?
There’s cane, bush & grassfires up my way, you’re welcome to come enjoy them..
Never been here before….will there be cake?
What we lack in cake we make up for in rye!
Want some rye? Course ya do!
Rye is overrated. White or grain bread is better, depends what kind of stuff you’re having on it
Welcome frond.
You’ll have to speak to @scree about the cake situation though 😉
Also, watch out for the hugasaurus.
Dunno. Probably ask @cakesmith
@cakesmith is yet to smith me a cake… I think he may be a phoney!
I dunno about cake, but @rocketman made some awesome looking Eclair’s/Profiterole’s the other day!
Those did look delicious
Initiation time???? is it?! IS IT?!?!
Sigh…..go easy on me
Askin us to take it easy on you… http://i.imgur.com/8HBmrB8.jpg
Is it weird that I liked that comment?
ahahaha nah not really.. just shows you’ll fit in here just nicely! 😉
Fetch the Oar of thorns!
THE OAR OF THORNS!
Who has that nowadays?
I lost track of it a while back, when @rocketman had it, and then lost it or something.
@harli would be disappointed.
I last saw @shane with it but after that I dunno, I think it got passed down the lineage..better consult the grand wizard…@markserrels who has the Oar Of Thorns now?
Now we wait in moderation for the answer
I never had it. I needed both hands free to promote my books.
@shane thats right..that was when you were going through that “holier than Moses” phase of book selling
Either @markserrels finds the Vintage Oar, or @harli makes a new one. We could get @rocketman to add FRIGGIN’ LASERS as penance for losing the old Oar that one time.
*shakes head in disappointment*
Oh @Rocketman.
Fetch the Thor of ‘orns!
Xenoblade?
Welcome.
That is all.
Morning TAYbies, how were your weekends?
Mine was pretty average, went Tenpin Bowling, assembled the rest of the Kitchen Cabinets, and I even got some game time in. This is the last day of my 3 day weekend, and it’s gonna be my favouritist day of all, because I get to watch Guardians Of The Galaxy tonight \o/
Also, I’ll be $10 richer tonight, made a bet with one of the other staff members last week that the extra scene at the end of GotG will be about Avengers 2, he doesn’t see how it would tie-in to that, but it’s the next big movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, how could it not be that.
My weekend was pretty good except for the fact that I fell over while walking into town on Saturday and hurt my wrist. I bought Turn Blue by The Black Keys and watched Guardians of the Galaxy at the cinema and Pacific Rim on Foxtel at home.
Ehhh, I dunno, it’s sort of tenuous.From what I understand, Howard the Duck is some sort of Marvel in-joke.
The scenes show that The Collector is still alive, which I suppose is the important part because they’re building up to the Infinity Stones thing, and he has the Aether.
I think it’s just a bit of fun, really. And that’s okay too.
Clicked on the spoiler, got halfway through, and thought, hang on, why the hell am I reading this when I haven’t seen the movie yet.
Holy jebus, I somehow skipped the part where you said you were seeing it tonight.
Sorry!
But, for the sake of you being $10 richer, feel free to refer to said spoiler at a later point in time.
Again, sorry.
That’s alright man, I forgive you. It’s my own stupid fault for clicking on the spoiler to begin with.
At least you had the decency and respect to spoiler it.
Lost 10 bucks. Dammit!You build cabinets, I built LEGO. Cabinets are more frustrating. 😛
Ha, that’s pretty funny that you say that, my Sister in-law came around yesterday and brought a late birthday present for my son, it just so happened to be Lego. It took him and his mum longer to build a smallish Lego set than it took me to assemble the Kitchen Cabinets.
Ha, good job! If all is working fine, kitchen stuffs is pretty fun actually.
Well, since my usual coop partner was down with some kind of ear infection thing I didn’t get in any coop so I played through some single player stuff I’ve been looking at for ages but never gotten around to.
Went through all of The Wolf Among Us which was pretty damned cool, I think I went about as well as I could, I managed to save pretty much everyone, there were 3 deaths and I think only one was avoidable
The stats suggest you can save prince Lawrence, I guess you have to go to his place before toad’s place. Can you stop either Georgie or Vivian dying in the last ep?I played through all of The Swapper which was fantastic although it hurt the brain at times. Often it was with the facepalming when the solution to the puzzle turned out to be so fucking simple and it was me overcomplicating things that was the problem. Trying to turn off both the blue and red lights when I only needed to do one at a time then spending 10 minutes being increasingly frustrated that the puzzle was impossible because I didn’t have enough clones when I really just needed to do the damned thing in halves and as soon as I realised that it was simple.
I’m definitely replaying it just to see what happens when you swap at the end rather than choose to stay, I really like how you can’t just reload a checkpoint and see the other ending right awayThen I started replaying X-Com for the third time in the last month because it’s X-Com… I just got lasers and the xenos just got floaters but that didn’t help the fuckers terrorise Sydney did it?? Excellent in all 3 categories! Savescumming to get assaults was definitely worth the irritation, no way I’d have managed that if I had the endless stream of heavies and snipers the game is obsessed with giving me, I could literally field a full fireteam of each and still have backups and the game is STILL giving me more, I have 3 assaults & supports now and that’s after 25 minutes of savescumming to get a non-sniper/heavy roll.
I won my Warmachine/Hordese tournament over the weekend by one point. There’s another tournament in Melbourne this Saturday, was thinking of going.
Also, I’ve owned my 2DS for 2 weeks and the friggen battery/adapter has already died.
You should go just because it seems like something you like and I support this o/
But I have to wake up at like, 6.
Go the day before and sleep there like a mad fan
I don’t know any places to sleep.
Wheres it being held?
Altona.
Oh nevermind was gonna say if its dandenong side i could of helped haha
What faction do you play?
Menoth.
Guten morgen, TAY. Hope you all had good weekends.
Saturday Catan was great, lots of yummy food. Related: Olives and cheese plates are fantastic. Didn’t get around to getting 7 Wonders, so that’ll have to wait for next time. 7 Wonders was replaced with gin and whisky. I approve of this replacement.
Sunday was lazy. Coffee @ Ltd. Then actually sat down and had a couple dedicated hours video gaming. WHO KNEW. And given the amount of people playing Last of Us on PS4 it’s probably about time I actually booted up the copy I own for PS3. LAST OF GENERATION. \o/
Thoughts: It’s ok so far… I dunno. I need to keep playing it to figure out how I feel. I think it’s going to be one of those things I can’t decide if I like or not until I’ve finished it.
Ok guys Destiny’s out in a month, so I really want to try and make a dent in my backlog, looking for recommendations of what to do first. My choices are
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (completed on 360)
Thief
Watch Dogs
Dead Rising 3 and
Ryse Son Of Rome (start Legendary playthrough)
These are all games I’ve started, but left at some point for whatever reason and moved on to something else.
Also, please nobody suggest Dark Souls II, I know I restarted the other day, but I’m just not feeling it. I just feel like I can’t be bothered with it, because it’s gonna take me forever to get back to where I was, let alone how long it will take me to finish the game.
I would play Wolfenstein! (Tomb Raider would be my pick if you hadn’t played it before!)
Wolf! Haven’t played it but I’d pick it first!
Yeah Wolfenstein would be my pick after Tomb Raider, then maybe Dead Rising 3.
Wolfenstein is the popular course of action
Wolf all the way
But no wolf in wolf game.
Make it ok good but not ok great ok bad
I meant the Wolf among us.that has a wolf right
Looks like I’ll be getting back into Wolfenstein then. Thanks for your input guys.
If you finished Tomb Raider on the 360, why was it under consideration when there’s games you haven’t finished? Surely the definitive edition can’t have changed that much, I thought it was mostly just graphical updates
Because, where I left off was I think about 60% of the way through. I enjoyed it the first time around, and also double the achievements \o/
I’m hearing good things about Wolfenstein and Tomb Raider, without having played either. I can vouch for Thief being a lot better than the fan-rage suggests; keeps plenty of the spirit of the original, to my mind, and the atmosphere is GORGEOUS. Ryse seems very much like a popcorn fun game. And for me, Watch Dogs will probably be similar, albeit less popcorn and more ‘by numbers’.Oh. I mean… Dark Souls 2. Obviously.
Wolfenstein.
Definitely Wolfenstein.
I got maybe a third of the way through new Thief, and about the same through Watch Dogs. Both are becoming a bit of a slog.
Can’t remember how far I got into DR3 (not overly far), but I’m dreading a 13Gb update to play again (despite the fact that it’s not that much of a dent in my quota, and I can download it super quick anyways).
But yeah, Wolfenstein.
Heyooo! Weekend was ai’ight. We build some awesome LEGO stuffs (police boats, planes, VROOM VROOM) and I went on a couple laps of the local mtb track. Ended up doing 20km which is pretty neat.
Feeling tired this Monday, had a poopy sleep. 🙁
Check out these beastly criminals and our saviours the po-po’s.
http://imgur.com/v7jIYIT
Hope it wasn’t too bad to clean up 😉
lolololol funny guy 😛
Oh hey a stats screen for Elite. >1500 minutes logged since Tuesday.
I don’t know how many of those nearly-26 hours were logged on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, but I’m pretty sure at least 20 of them were on Friday and Saturday nights.
Really wish I got to work on Shredder sooner though, it was just one of those things where it felt like too much effort to get started but was great once I actually did. Hand-stitched the velcro on the shoulders last night, and started brewing ideas on fixing the other shortcomings. Thinking more velcro needs to go on the back of the neck hole on the cape so it can be attached to the same part on the tunic and that should help hold the whole thing up (capes have a surprising amount of pull/weight), and the new shoulderpad mounts do a great job of holding the sides down, so I just need to figure out what to do to make the front of it sit properly.
Hardest part will be figuring out how to secure the helmet to my head. It’s kind of too wide, so I’m currently putting a $5 copy of Wii Fit Plus to use and having it squash the thing sideways by balancing on a uDraw tablet box 😛 The decorative piece on it got a few scratches on the last outing, so it’ll need a new coat of paint. It needs a little reshaping and to be mounted properly too. I’m fast running out of sticky velcro dots, so I need to make sure I keep the shifting to a minimum. Which is a problem since the forearm and shin armour were hastily attached last time and need a fair bit of adjusting. Most of the blades are fine though, it’s just the hand ones that need replacing.
Oh and then there’s the face mask too, could do with another attempt at making that. Got enough material for two more, but only just.
Can’t you just use some sort of foam inserts in the helm to keep it steady?
Have they said anything about distribution for Elite yet? Any idea if they’re going to do steam keys for backers? I’ve not been keeping up with the newsletters since it’s mostly been beta related stuff and it’s just been annoying me since I can’t play it
Maybe could foam, at least to help fill some of the space. The main thing is I’m concerned about sweat, I don’t want it to soak into the cardboard which probably means sealing it somehow, but then that also makes for a slippery surface. Ideally I don’t want sweat dripping down my face either 😛
As for Steam, I’m not sure I’ve heard anything like that. Far as I know they’re just going for their own distribution like it is now. I hope they don’t make Steam a requirement down the track, otherwise I gotta get all indignant and demand money back and such.
Morning all,
How was everyones weekend?
I had a great weekend, my best mate drove up to Brisbane to hang out for the day, fixed the brushless RC car and we played with that for a bit, went into Southbank for some Grill’d and watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. It was a really great flick, amazing animation, it made you feel for the apes. Andy Serkis is the best in the biz. It felt like a long move, i think that was because of the slow pace at times. Overall i’d give it an 8 out of 10.
Hung out with the wife on Sunday, went to the hyperdome and picked up a Skylanders Wii U bundle and Mario Kart 8 for $258 in total. We’ve been having a blast playing that. Mario Kart is awesome, it is already exceeding my expectations, i love the detailed graphics and all the cool effects like the skid and drift marks, exhaust flames etc. Amazing track design, with mind bending wall driving, multiple pathways and twisting track pieces. Love the customisation, and the different options it gives you.
It feels like it’s a bit more challenging than MK Wii so far, maybe that’s just becase it’s new. Tried out some Nintendo Land mini games as well, they are a good bit of fun, and seem to have some clever gameplay ideas using the gamepad screen. Yet to try Skylanders, what’s the consensus guys, is it good? Is there fun co-op?
Ben
Brisbane? Mario Kart? Monkeys?
You’re gonna fit in here just fine.
As in Three Monkeys cafe? I love that place. I have been posting occasionally, but perhaps not early enough or often enough to be noticed.
I concur.
I dunno about the Ben part…
@bendaman Xenoblade?
Hello person I’ve never seen before! 😀
Do I need to see the other Apes movies before watching Dawn? I hear good things about it but I’m not sure if I need to watch in order.
Mario Kart is indeed awesome. 😀 You should join us! TAY kart is usually held on Monday’s or whenever someone chimes up here/Twitter. Details on us here.
I like SKylanders. Played maybe 1-2 hours of #1, and 3+ of #3 and I’m liking it so far. Pretty fun, chill game to play.
See Rise of the Planet of the Apes first, but then again this new one stands on its own even without seeing that. (But see it any ways, it’s great. :D)
I’m just going to say they use a lot of the same themes in the two movies so be prepared for two very similar feeling movies. They’re still great movies though.
You don’t need to see Rise of the Planet of Apes first. I was actually thinking about it yesterday, you could watch them in reverse order and Rise of the Planet of Apes would act like a complete origins story in a really cool way. TAY kart sounds awesome, does MK8 support chat headsets, and if so do many TAYbies use them? Cheers for the info.
Hope you’ll be joining in on TAYKart shenanigans at some point.
Also, Skylanders is great fun, just be warned that the figure collecting is very addictive.
I might join TAYKart tonight, my wife and i have no plans for the evening. I don’t think i have the space nor the room for the figure collecting. Haha
You went to the Hyperdome? Do you live nearby? I’m in Underwood!
Yeah i’m pretty close, just in Kingston.
Cool! We should meet up for lunch sometime or something!
@welbot is good people, a lunchmeat sounds like a good time. Good intro to the whole ‘meeting internet strangers’ thing. (Well. Meating internet strangers. We call ‘meets’, ‘meats’.)
Awww shucks! You’re not too shabby yourself!! 🙂
Sounds great, I work in Mansfield Mon-Fri. but i’m usually free at some point on a weekend. I’m 22 btw, how are old are you guys if you don’t mind me asking? I’m a pretty avid gamer especially on PC, i own a PS3, X360, Wii, Wii U (Wahooo!) and a 3DS. Also btw i work in IT support at a large Christian college. What do you guys do?
Oh, I totally missed this one. If you wanna chill with @welbot, but reply to someone else, you can always tag him and he’ll also be notified by an icon or email. 🙂
Me, I’m 32. Pushing paper for the Qld government. PC gamer 4 LYFE (MASTAH RAAAAACE!). (*may also possibly own a PS3 & 360, cannot confirm or deny)
Also, if you Steam, chuck a friend invite to my username Transientmind. Pretty sure I’m the only one.
Sent you a request. 😉
I’m 35 and do IT stuff too. Done all kinds of stuff from making games, to rollouts for the govt.
I have the same consoles etc as you, with the exception of 3ds. I have a dsi xl.
I loves what I do, and I do what I loves. Just be nice if I could catch a break once in a while 😉
I think it’s about time we exchanged Nintendo Network ID’s on Kotaku to beef up our Wii U friends lists. What say you?
I say yay! Should we create a Google doc for them?
Actually they’re already on TAYNAMES doc.
What’s the link? I mean, I seem to have found the doc here: http://potakudotcom.wordpress.com/taynames/ but I can’t actually edit it to add my details…
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFxIpTLAp-LdDNZbWVTNjhYNGE2bXpFTkxqV3BzM2c&hl=en_US#gid=0
Cool, updated 🙂
Another Ben!
The Secret Army is growing!
Shit. Wasn’t supposed to mention the Secret Army.
Everyone who isn’t a Ben, forget everything!
Weekend.
Guardians of the Galaxy: The best.
The Last of Us Remastered: Still the worst, now in super HD.
You’re the worst! 😛
Never understood why people keep treating it like it’s a new, somehow different game.
I genuinely have no idea why I bought it. I knew I still wasn’t going to like it yet I still bought it.
Probably speaks to the current state of the PS4’s library.
I’d say that would be the main reason. I’m just desperate for games at the moment.
YOU CANT CALL IT A LIBRARY WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE 2 BOOKS, FREEZE!
*runs out*
I only own one retail game for my PS4 right now. I might make it to 3 by the end of the year.
PC Master Race: No awkward new gen teething issues. I kid.
*master race high-5!* Doin’ it right!
(*Please ignore a comment history indicating filthy console peasant tendencies such as ‘owning consoles’, ‘playing console games’, ‘liking console games’, and other breaches of Master Race code. All praise Gaben.)
I’ll just leave this here:
http://www.tentacl.com/site/image/?id=83727044936628b4f28e34ff752ce1ce_o.gif&v=1398162010
(*Please ignore the fact that i own all 3 last gen consoles and just bought a current gen console, and have also been tainted by a portable, namely: Nintendo 3DS.) #CODEBREACHER
Can I buy it for mate’s rates? ;D
I’d just give you it if I hadn’t bought it digitally.
Thanks anyway! (so kind :’))
Yeah, I don’t understand why someone who didn’t like it would buy it again. I bought it again specifically because I loved it so much. 😀
Because I have poor impulse control, okay? Jeez!
Like a chimp with a frog.
I just googled that =S
Someone linked me a similar video except it was a guy and his friend at the beach. And instead of a frog, it was a fish.
I was so put out by what I saw it took me a full day to come back and make the obvious joke.
Saw that one not so long ago.
Yeah…
It’s new to me 😛
I…didn’t do much at all over the weekend. Thought about exercising, realised this is Australia so probably shouldn’t chance snakes, spiders and crocodiles by exercising outside so stayed sat at my computer. I think I made the right choice there.
Started the transition with my group from D&D rules to GURPS. Seems to be a lot more freedom and imagination which is awesome. Whenever I play though I get the hankering to start Skyrim over again but not until I’ve finished my New Vegas save. Slowly but surely going through it and just discovered the BoS quests which I’d never done before. Still finding new (for me) stuff in years old games 🙂
Also managed to get ‘queef’ into a Scrabble game. We’re not strict about sticking to the Oxford Dictionary 😀 anyway, I’m from Cambridge so screw Oxford
I’ve read a fair bit about GURPS but I’ve never taken the plunge because the sheer amount of books and material is a bit intimidating. Also the gang of players that I hang with are pretty solidly into Pathfinder/d20 games so it would be a pretty big shift over.
our group is fairly new to these games other than our GM and he plays GURPS in his other groups so that’s what he knows. It is a lot to take in, but I can see the advantages of using the system over D&D rules already. It’ll hopefully just be a case of picking everything up as we go. At the moment I’d liken it to having a proper job system compared to characters who can almost do everything apart from a few class/race specific skills. That’s my first impression though. We also only used first edition D&D rules so not sure if later editions expanded more on skills and what have you
Oh wow old school D&D is pretty intense at times. I think swapping over from that to GURPS would be much easier than the later editions as D&D started building more rules into the core game. From what I’ve seen GURPS is really open and customisable so I hope your group has fun with it.
Hello TAY hope you all had nice weekends.
Me and jumpwoman took my bosses (Nissan 370Z) car for a drive up to Gosford yesterday to pick up a kitten.
He is really fucking cool.
Pictures! PICTURES! PICTUUUUURES!
Of the kitten, the car, or jumpwoman?
All the above?
Listen to your heart!
Por que no los dos?
Por qué no los tres*
…
jk ilyhttp://instagram.com/big_the_ragoon 😀
Nawwww. Adorable.
Thanks! Was hard to leave him home alone today. He has a little cold and has been sneezing so much he is sneezing up tiny specks of blood. He’s on some antibiotics so hopefully it clears up soon.
Ah, poor little critter.
I’m going to assume this is a photo of jumpwoman.
Prob a picture of me, jumpwoman is the poor little critter. 😛
Who is cool? The kitten or the boss? If he loaned you his 370Z, he’s pretty cool!
Big (the kitten)!
The boss is a grumpy bastard, but he is very cool for letting me take the car. He let me drive it to Canberra previously (for work.) Opened it up on those roads. It’s a really nice car eh, I love how it drives.
Yeah I bet, nice throaty V6. 370Z was my short-term ‘realistic dream car’. Until I sat in it. And I didn’t fit. :'(
Ah yeah you’re like 6’7 aren’t you? I’m 6’5 and can just fit.
odd, I’m 6’3.5 (192cm). I cant fit. My thighs don’t touch the seat, my knees hit the wheel, and my head hits the roof. 🙁
That is weird. The seats in his are almost like bucket seats I think, maybe that had something to do with it. My head just sorta rests on the roof, but it was definitely not the tightest squeeze I’ve experienced and not uncomfortable in any way.
Yeah head rested on roof. Coupled with the other stuff, there’s no way I’m shelling out $70K on something so far from confortable. 😛
Reminds me of a funny thing I saw the other week, this guy was in a Nissan Silvia with the sunroof open and his head was sticking out the top.
@evilmonkey Ha! I used to drive my mum’s car around in New Zealand with the roof down. It was a very compact Mercedes SLK 230 and it was more comfortable for me to look over the windshield. 😛
Reply Fail.Heyo I have no idea if it does and no one uses them in the rounds I’ve played, if you cant make Monday’s someone is usually playing at any time
Morinng errbody hows every little thing?
My weekend was spent shopping oh so much shopping. On the friday my car was booked in for a service, $390 later and not much is fixed and I have a shopping list of thibgs that need fixing which is gonna cost over $1000. That night the missus and I went shopping with her mum and brought 2 dinner sets for when we move out as well as more stuff for the house. Saturday we were out shopping again and brought more stuff for the house (cutlery, utensils etc) now we just missing pots and pans and major items like a fridge. I played some UFC when we got back home and that was my go to game for the weekend.
on Sunday we once again went shopping this time however it was for our family friend who needed help looking for a dress for a dress up party.
overall an expensive weekend but it was fun and it was better than doing nothing all weekend
I’m never going to be able to keep up with this section, I don’t know why I am even trying, but here I am.
Weekend pretty uneventful, started watching Initial D through again, mostly because my son has a huge car obsession at the moment. I forgot how terrible the dub is. That and some serious DOTA.
Keeping up with TAY is a full time job! So you have to prioritise between us and your real job… Guess which one lost out for me? 😛
That’s alright, my real job at the moment is studying.
Agreed, that dub is horrendous. Probably worse than Neon Genesis eng dub.
I grew up on the NGE dub so I don’t mind it, and if you’re passing Initial D’s dub close to it, you mustn’t remember Iggy all that well, ugh.
You might be right, i haven’t watched it in a long time.
Dota! \o/
We have a group that play semi-regularly. You should join us sometime.
Sure, my steam ID is Piat420, add away
I realised I have given you the wrong ID, my Steam ID is just Piat, the one I gave you is my PSN ID (so many IDs)
Hey mang, there are a few Piats, so my profile is at http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198035455178/
Got ya, such a joke, I’m the original. Though my current nickname is Dr Lexus
hehe don’t feel bad. I’m unemployed and home most of the day now, and I still can’t keep up with it! 😉
The secret to keeping up is to not keep up. Just skip to the last page and join in from there, and next time you have a chance to check, skip to the last page again.
I concur! Unless I’ve been tagged or replied to on a previous page, last page is where it’s at!
Oh…
Huh…
@strange said it best. I also tend to jump on when I shouldn’t just to reply to email notifications about replies/mentions, just to avoid being rude(r than usual), and on busy days yeah… can’t keep up. But it’s totally OK. 🙂
The things you need to watch out for are page 6, which is the Dad Joke page, page 7 is ‘letter writing page 7’ (which pretty much everyone except a handful ignore), page 10 is now ‘TAY appreciation page’, and page 18 (which we never get to, except on the darkest of days) is…
…
*snaps to*
Is something we don’t speak of. (@liondrive)
This is TAY summed up perfectly! 😉
Page 18 is the holy page of all things depraved.
All things lust worthy.
All things, dirty 🙂
Needless to say, it is my favourite page ;D
Yesterday, I dressed up for the kids. The family was in a bit of a foul mood at dinner so I popped on the outfit and forced a smile out of everyone. I then took off the mask, poured down some smooth whiskey and surprised everyone – they had no idea it was me. ‘Just like movie Batman,’ they said.
If this is a sign of ugly things to come at PAX, God help us all.
HAHAHAHA!
Best dad!
Buuuulllggggggeeeeee! *points*
Uh, I mean, haha. That’s adorable. Hahaha ha………
*awkward silence*
Why are you looking down there Freeze? Huh?
I approve of this!
Batmans been drinking again look at that 3x 5 o’clock shadow
Crime fighting plus parenting is difficult. 😀
Dinner dinner dinner dinner….. Batman.
I think I almost snorted mashed potato out my nose just now.
I would invest in a cup.
Hola Tay
It is the coldest august morning in 126 years here in Adelaide, and the coldest morning full stop in six.
I fucking knew it when i woke up at 4am.
Had a good weekend- finally got my internet fixed on Saturday (so no more accelerating for Numenera folk) and then hosted board games at mine. Finally played Love Letter- it’s great, and my friends gave me Firefly: Out to the Black (card game) as a late birthday present.
Sunday, did not much- played a bunch of Saints Row IV.
A Monday morning Question: Love letter is a very simple card game- it uses 16 cards. If you could create a microgame, what would it be themed around?
Warcraft, because apparently it wouldn’t have to be special compared to every other game out there and still make millions.
*drops mic*
*stands there awkwardly*
*dives out the window*
hahahaha because hearthstone takes no skill
*jumps out same window. Lands on rize
Likewise Heroes of the Storm heh.
If magic had improved their online client like 4 years ago, Hearthstone would never have been a thing.
I’m actually liking Hearthstone more than Magic. It’s a lot simpler.
Coin Flip Card: The Game of Romance.
So you’ve had a great night out on a first date with a beautiful girl. You’ve had a fantastic time, dinner was amazing, the conversation was intelligent and had no breaks. Things went so well the two of you have ended up back at your place. She suggests with an arched eyebrow that maybe you two could maybe have some fun to make the night even more enjoyable. You excitedly agree and run into your room and return with your copy of Coin Flip Cards. She looks a little annoyed but just she wait. You know how to get her motor running. You open the box and inside are two cards. You ask her heads or tails. She doesn’t answer, just stares at you with a confused look. You ask again more insistently. She hesitantly responds with tails. You pick one of the cards and slap it down in front of her. It’s tails. You start cheering and declare her the winner. A long uncomfortable silence follows, broken when she looks at her phone and exclaims that her work has just called her in and she has to go and rushes out the door.
and now you will never know what this comment said and it was good.
You say that…..
Shit, so that’s what my “game” has been missing.
A penis joke.
Your penis jokes have too many shortcomings.
Yeah, his Penis jokes are like a Submarine.
They’re black and wet and emit sonar noises.What?
It holds a lot of seamen but you still need to find it with echolocation?Good morning all. How are we today? Fantastic.
Weekend RPG shenanigans recap: Pathfinder Rome Campaign (with me as GM)
TL;DR: the player characters are kinda jerks.
– They get the opportunity to start building a town. They decide the first building they want is a brothel/bordello. This was suggested by the female player fighter.– The second building is a fighting pit/den because the barbarian wants to beat people up.
– The party travelled north and encountered a few treants in a forest. The cleric nearly started a fight because he asked about the best way to build a road through the forest.
– Naming a treant is pun-tastic. So now we have Mr Treebranch Esquire and his brother Slowroot.
– Going into a foreign land where no-one speaks the language is tricky. What is a bad idea is casting tongues on the barbarian so that he can rage in their language.
– The barbarian complained that the locals were stupid because they didn’t engage in pit-fighting or gladiatorial combat.
– Insulting the king of a foreign land is a bad idea.
– Insulting the religion of a foreign land is a bad idea.
– Trying to interrupt a human sacrifice in a foreign land is a bad idea.
– The cleric tried to justify interrupting a human sacrifice on religious grounds. I had to remind him that his god (Mars) and the wider Roman pantheon also engaged in human sacrifice. He countered by saying that he was promoting a different aspect of Mars.
– The cleric then got called out for using necromancy (he has animated the skeleton of a bear).
– Casually mentioning that there are dragons to the north has derailed anything they were planning as they now want to go kill them and collect trophies.
– The players have said they are probably going to start a war in this kingdom simply because they want the glory and the badass reputation. And the loot.
Is that all the town has? Just two buildings? because that would be fantastic.
That describes my home town.
Except they’re the same building. Pick up AND get into a fight at the pub. Sometimes at the same time!
They do have a town hall and walls but they’ve completely neglected building housing for people in favour of the other two buildings.
They have tents what else could those whiny townspeople want?
Played Payday2 for the first time last night – some good fun was had with @f4ction, @sernobulus and @pyrean. Didn’t really know what I was doing for the entire time, just running around shooting police whilst trying to help the others with the objectives. Or getting killed by Nob’s grenade in the safe when he mixed up his pickup bag and grenade buttons. Good Times.
Also, pistol-whipping a hostage in the head kills them. Whodathunkit?
Haha, I hadn’t played the game since buying the Grenade DLC so I wasn’t used to the grenade button which is next to the “Use Primary Gun” button.
Just a reminded of how awesome I look.
http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/568896237414641753/AB2F0FB3B8796ACE86FB01492167F32AA9788869/
*Terrifying.
“I hope @steve-o_the_deve-o Senpai will notice me”.
Hey all!
I had nothing to do on the weekend so I spent basically all of it watching 25 episodes of Attack on Titan (OH MY GOD SO GOOOOOOD) I also played a bit of Bravely Default.
Attack on titan is pretty bloody amazing… Now you need to go watch the TFS abridged version like all the cool kids… Except i think they’ve only done 1 episode
I approve of both of these activities and wish I did the same, I had a house inspection this morning so I had a really boring weekend of cleaning (I snuck in some Lego Batman 2 on my Vita cause I’d go legit postal if I don’t get a gaming fix :P)
DID YOU WATCH THE OVA
WATCH THE OVA
it answers lots of questions you might have 🙂
ALSO ALSO
LEVI AND MIKASA ARE THE SHIT
Mikasa *swoons*
Levi is super cool! My favourite character of the first season.
Mikasa is a close second she kinda annoyed me a couple of times though.
EDIT: I watched it on Netflix because I didn’t want to [redacted] it if I can stream it. Anyway, Netflix doesn’t have the OVA so I will need to get on to that.
Her devotion to Eren is a pain, like shes badass but has the most glaring flaw ever.Yup, exactly that. Too devoted to Eren and I didn’t really like Eren at the end. JUST STOP COMPLAINING! JEEZ!AND ARMIN CRYING EVERY 10 SECONDS. Fuck sakes mate, crying isnt gonna make you better killing shit.Yeah, I thought he evolved into a less shit version of himself by the end though. Eren was all “I’m gonna kill all the Titans ever!” *COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN*. JUST DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T GET YOU KILLED / NEAR DEATH EREN! FOR GOD SAKES!are you watching the english or Japanese dub? I watched it in Japanese, tried to show it to someone and they didn’t want to read so I switched to English, Eren is unbearably whiney in the english dub, I actually started watching it in Japanese on my Vita while the person I was showing watched the englishI always watch the original Japanese dubs of Anime. After watching an episode of Naruto in an english dub I.WILL.NEVER. watch an english dub again.
EDIT: Wow, can’t believe how hipster/jerk-bag I sound in my original comment. Let’s just say that English dubs of Japanese Anime is not for me.
It seem like funimation (i think) just make up the stories from watching the episode once.Like they dont even have a translator
I wish the OVA was on the Blu Ray, I didn’t know it existed, will have to track it down now.
I loved Attack On Titan.
I found out that Mr. Strange had ordered me that awesome Collector’s Edition of the blu-rays for my birthday but the place he ordered it from had oversold their pre-orders so they cancelled his order a week after my birthday.
Oh man, that sucks! =(
Yep. But there’s a bright side: now I have a whole different surprise birthday present to look forward to that should be here any day now. \o/
But yeah, poor Mr. Strange thought he’d found the perfect present but then had to go away and think of another one. 😛
So didya finish FF3 or give up on it?
Started playing Bravely Default again which is just much better version of FF3. =P
But you were like 10 hours in!!!
@shane, just checked the tracking on my order, and it’s “on board for delivery today”. \o/
Can’t wait.
Applying for some shit kicker position with Woolworths and the application has this question;
How do you even answer that without sounding like a sarcastic dick..? Cause I need money damn it!
“Cause I just hate Coles so damn much. I would punch Curtis Stone right in his handsome face.”
Oh god can we form a line for this punching of him in the face?!
But to be fair Woolies is doing similar bullshit with Jamie Oliver AND the farmers are having to fork out for his advertising bill according to several articles i’ve read. That’s just messed up.
Save the Jamie Oliver bashing for your Coles application.
“Cause I just hate Woolworth’s so damn much.
I would punch Jamie Oliver right in his jerky face.”
Haha. Would happily do it too >_>
“The english twat! don’t tell me how to cook a meal in 30 minutes I can already cook bacon and eggs anything else and your just being fussy”
“I’d like to make jerky out of jamie oliver’s face”?
At least I’ve seen evidence he has a sense of humour though and doesn’t mind taking the piss out of himself so if I had to choose one of the two to survive, it’d be oliver
You can’t punch Curtis Stone in the face, if you make skin to skin contact he’ll suck your soul out and make you as mediocre as he is.
I hate those applications.
Same!
These questions remind me of this by Dave Chappelle.
I can’t remember the comedian but there was a similar joke about Starbucks.
“Why do you want to work at Starbucks?”
“Because life didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to.”
“I need money. Don’t flatter yourself.”
Because Coles turned me down, down; Coles turned me down.
Down down, turning down applicants..
Because i feel the Woolworths is able to provide a positive work environment with great opportunities to develop personal leadership skills.
Can you write my resume.
HEres my info
Im a douche, i fixer stuff sometimes, shaPes r cool.
get me 8 job applications before weeks end Red
Hotross “Rocket” Manne
Ph 315456
e: Rocket.man @Rocketman.com
Synopsis: I am a confident and outgoing technically-focused employee with an eye for detail. I have strong experience in working in teams and taking a lead role in technical projects in the FRIGGIN LASERS space. In addition, I have acted in a support and service role, taking the initiative as a solo representative on technical repair and service roles.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2011-2014 LASERS COMPANY
Technical specialist
– Interfaced directly with clients to solve technical issues
– Lead customer servicing and repair projects
– Took a strong technical lead in diagnosis and repair of FRIGGIN LASERS
Hobbies: Shapes, Being a douche, GAEMS.
Oh my god. Can you write my resume?
Doctor Frey “Zaius” A…
You are amazing.
I’m confident and focused, have strong practical problem solving skills and an interest in the mathematical principals behind geometry.
What you think this is? Give accurate and helpful information thread? Get outta here!
FINE THEN ALSO ADD “BUTTS BUTTS BUTTS BUTTS” TO THE END OF THE STATEMENT
Because i am interested in gaining experience within your company.
That’s what I went with on the first of 5 applications…
Mmm, I say no:
– ‘Gaining experience’ sounds like you’re using them. They are reputable company and it’ll look good on your resume. Won’t look good on job applic.
– Why? Why are you interested? It doesn’t answer the question they asked.
So there’s a guy in the office who was on holiday for the first few weeks when I started, and for whatever reason despite being introduced all around the place to all sorts of people I’ve only seen once, I haven’t been introduced to this guy. And while there’s no real reason to talk to him at all (I’m so totally antisocial, would just be in and out without talking to anyone if they weren’t the ones to initiate/I didn’t need to ask people about things :P), he is still always here and walking past and stuff and it just feels like it’s done that thing where too much time has passed to say anything and it’s just awkward.
I feel that way about most people I’ve “worked” with for 18+ months.
Do it sooner rather than later.
Just say
“I’m sorry, we’ve been walking past each other for weeks and I haven’t introduced myself properly. I’m gooky, or Mr Taco, or el tacorino.”
Or “I’m @mrtaco, or as your wife calls me ‘ooh the dreamboat!‘”
#gookyworldproblems
But he’s so handsome what if I make a jackass of myself 🙁
He’s probably taken already, so just resign yourself to this not being your prince. Even if he’s not, your relaxed demeanour will be a winner and improve your chances. 🙂
The good ones are always taken aren’t they?
This is the internet; get out of here with your “social” “skills” and “manners”, geez man.
What’s “talking”?
Must be a PC game.
So I ground out my Carnevil gear over the weekend in D3. My little fetish’s now melt faces, and *insert politically correct phrase here* oh so very hard. Spitballs of death FTW!
On a Monday note, TAY Mariokart tonight ppls. Be there, or be a rhombus!
This is a personal thing but can you not use the word rape in that context if you can avoid it. It is just kinda uneccesary. I dont mean to knit pick or anything i just personally dont like rape used in that context.
I agree!
This comment coalesced in my mind as “that’s not how I like my rape” and now I am giggling.
I don’t know how to serious 😛
Fixed for your benefit.
Honestly, I’m offended by the ridiculous levels of political correctness our society displays today.
Why, because you think rape isn’t a term that might cause some offence to people?
I think in this case it’s more about respect than political correctness too.
It’s all about context. Applying a dictionary definition to a word clearly used in an alternate manner is just nitpicking PC boorish BS imho.
Except you’re using the word rape trivially, which devalues it.
Which was the original objection.
That can be said about so many other words too though. So long as we understand the context at the time of use I don’t think it trivialises it for most people.
It’s by no means an intention of mine to offend anyone, so let’s just end this unpleasant discussion now by me unreservedly apologising to anyone I may have offended and leave it at that. 😉
Im not gonna argue with you about that, thank you for fixing that for me though it is appreciated.
What a productive morning! 6 jobs applied for, 5 at the same company and one at a Telco I despise more than Telstra* \o/
*Not true, everyone hates Telstra! Though Telstra never gave me a job interview, told me they’d call me regardless of outcome and never proceeded to.34 more to go this month!
Ugh, this is the most ridiculous shit I’ve heard. Where I live there is barely 40 new jobs a month, and most are specialised to boot.
I don’t mind the status quo of there being a quota, I think 40 is absurdly high.
I’d also prefer a quality over quantity approach and a greater focus on upskilling and active placement and not stigmatising the jobless.
Most in my area are usually career specific like trades with 5-10 years exp, managerial positions or something like a Registered Nurse which is now a 4 year? uni degree.
All that’s going to do is waste the time of businesses when they get ten thousand applications for every single position and have to spend so long throwing all of them out just to find the one from the boss’ nephew
It’s half the problem already, it’s just going to intensify it
Know what’s funny? I’ve been under that ruling since March last year, apart from when I was working, I didn’t need to look for jerbs then I was told.
I find it amusing, Centrelink don’t expect me to find 10 jobs a week here cause they know they just aren’t there, same with the employment mob I go to. They would rather just see I am actively applying rather than x per week and lying 😛
I made a coffee, then proceeded to roll my face over the keyboard in hopes that that’s going to solve my support tickets… Productivity \o/
I also don’t get people who e-mail you things and then immediately come over to you to tell you exactly the same thing.
Offices are weird.
Usually so they have electronic proof that they have informed you on whatever they sent you. They did it a lot where I used to work.
They just wanna check you out 😉 *swoon*
… Did you get that thing I sent you?
/PeterPotamus
No. Perhaps you forgot to STAMP IT?
Morning, TAY!
I had a quiet weekend. Spent a lot of time playing Far Cry 3 (reluctantly killing the super awesome Cassowaries that kept chasing after me D:) It’s a pretty cool game so far, barring the story which is a little cringe-worthy. The characters are just awful 😛
I also did a bit more of my PAX costume. It was time to do the black outline on some of the already-painted bits… which was incredibly scary. Can’t cover black paint if I screwed it up D: Luckily it was all good. Almost done now!
Except now I’ve got a tonne of spare black fabric paint leftover. What can I do with it? I don’t have any old shirts anymore! I’ll have to try and find something else to use it on. Any cool ideas?
BECOME AN EMO!
Just do what they do in this video:
Man those cassowaries killed me more times in that game than anything else! Sneaky little fuckers!
In one part of the game, I heard the gurgle coming from in front of me. I quickly pulled out my SMG, scanning the area for those two beady evil eyes poking out from the foliage.
I saw it. Slowly creeping towards me. I looked down the sights…
And got ganked from one flanking me from the left.
Clever girls.
Buy new shirts to paint!
That doesn’t help at all!
Buy new shoes to paint?
Black shoes!? Don’t be ridiculous!
White shirts from kmart and write custom slogans
Saying the Far Cry 3 characters are awful is like saying Hitler wasn’t that great of a guy.
Holy christ I can’t believe how much hatred I still have for Jason, and I haven’t played FC3 in like a year.
In the beginning I was like “ugh”
Then I was like “Hang on… is this a satire? They seem to be hitting every dudebro character cliche in the book. Maybe there will be a payoff later when it all gets subverted or something”
Then it kept going. And I was like “ugh” again 😛
Holding out hope that it all comes back around! I’m not very far in yet.
Yep, I was the same. After a while all I could think is “surely, surely they have a plan with where all of this is going.” but it didn’t change…
I think I nearly managed to 100% the game. Despite the shittiest characters in existence, the game itself is a hell of a lot of fun.
I remember someone on here – I think it was @transientmind – explaining that it’s actually a game about playing an honest to god psychopath. The reason all the other characters are just stereotypes is because Jason cannot empathise with them, he honestly has no concept about them being more than one dimensional beings.
Dunno if it’s actual canon, but it made the whole story a hell of a lot more bearable.
Not sure the ‘the other characters are cardboard cut-outs because the character can’t view them as anything but‘ angle was one of mine. It’s a good one, though. It’s probably canon, too, given the interviews with the writer who was (or at least claimed to be) disappointed that Poe’s Law was fucking with people getting his commentary, and was hinting at layers of similar to that.
Anyone who doesn’t believe that dinosaurs evolved into birds has never seen a cassowary.
I know, right? Emu and ostritches too – you just look at the feet and think DINOSAUR!
So… Telstra just called me (well, an automated system just called me) to tell me to call them back on this 1300 number, and to quote this reference number, which was about as long as the phone number. I was walking through Central station at the time, had no warning they were going to quote numbers at me, and only say them once. Telstra obviously have better things to spend money on than being user friendly… I hope they gave the details to iiNet as well, cos I have no idea what those numbers were, other than the ref no. started in a ‘4’.
Well they did just axe another few hundred Australian jobs… I think it’s obvious they’d rather keep the money for themselves, cause it sure ain’t going into helping fix or even maintain their copper network.
I thought it was a well known fact that if you aren’t part of the wealthy 10% in a country you can count on being screwed over? Sheesh guys you make it sound like we’d have a regulatory authority in place to prevent companies caring only about their bottom line.
#governmentforthewealthynotthepeople
LAST PLAYED SONG GAME:
Far From Any Road – The Handsome Family
Reach for the dead- Boards of Canada
I can’t remember the last song I played. I just realised I didn’t listen to any music this weekend. No wonder it was mostly a bad weekend. D:
My phone says it was something by Ayreon but I’m pretty sure I listened to something after that.
Listen to more Ayreon. I haven’t given The Theory Of Everything a proper spin yet 🙁
Gotta Get Away – The Black Keys
Not the last song I heard, but the last song I listened to on iTunes.
Kendrick Lamar- Swimming pools
I Want You Back – Jackson 5
Amazing song. Never fails to make me dance. 😀
WARNING!!!!! DO NOT CLICK IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!!!!!
I loved seeing Groot dance to that song!!!!!Arrrrgh, read before you marked spoiler. *shakes fist*
It’s okay, makes me want to see it all the more. 😛
Sorry. I realised I should have put a warning about the spoiler just a little too late.
The Melniks – Shorter Pop Song!
https://soundcloud.com/welbot/shorter-pop-song
The Negative One – Slipknot
Cherry Bomb – the Runaways
My tastes are starting to broaden.
I like it 😀
I see you’re listening to the same thing I am then.
Status Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4YYI8G5EM
The Killers- All These Things That I’ve Done
Nice.
Um… it was either More Human Than Human – Rob/White Zombie or Summer Dress – King Tide
The First Day of Spring – Noah and the Whale
A beautiful, melancholic song about having hope for the future with the knowledge that you just screwed up in the past.
Earth Wind & Fire – System of Survival
Bright Eyes – Ship in a Bottle
Spider Baby – Fantomas
Royksopp Forever – Royksopp
Set Fire to the Hive – Karnivool
Kill la Kill – Nudist Beach theme.
…I cracked okay? So what if I listened to the Kill la Kill OST again? I only listened to this song from the OST, I promise! You gotta believe me!
Also I don’t know any of the songs that people have linked. What is with everyone’s taste in music?
Sup?
‘lo
*shrug*
RIGHT YOU FLABBY BALLS OF FAT
*stares at self in Mirror*
FITOCRACY CHALLENGE
STARTS TODAY
https://www.fitocracy.com/group/14940/?challenge
WE CAN’T BEAT WILBUR SO LET’S ALL JUST EXERCISE SAFE AND TO OUR OWN TASTE
TO THE EXTREME
This is for your training montage!
Here’s another one!
And another!
And now for something mellow! 😀
Cause after all, when training you might not save any thing for the swim back! (Hmmm, probably not the greatest of training advice. 😛 SAVE SOMETHING FOR THE SWIM BACK, PEOPLE! D:)
my favorite montage song
I love that movie mang.
NSFW
yeah, I love it, Tony Montana is the worst person but I can’t help but love him.
“It’s a fucking pelican man!”
Clicked on that link and an ad came up, normally I skip past the ads as soon as it’ll let me, but this one was for a movie called Snowpiercer. Never heard of it before, but it looks really good, hope we get it in Australia.
that does look sweet, Kotaku has had a couple of articles about it. Looks like a game’s plot, the lower class battle from one end of the train to the other, each carriage has more difficult challenges than the last.
Something retro to motivate:
What time does it open?
I’ll need to submit stuff soon :3
IT’S LIVE! @ALIASALPHA IS ALREADY OUT THERE WINNING WHILE I’M SITTING AROUND AT WORK
Well I did only just come back from the gym, I’m bound to get an early lead. I’m going to eat chocolate & play xcom now though so you can catch up
I came second to Wilbur last time I participated so maybe I can smash this one!
I haven’t trained in about 8 months. I’m kidding myself.I’ve already done 2 different sets of exercise.
Alright, I guess I’ll jump in as well. See if I can actually remember to record what I do.
We got back from an impromptu holiday – there was some walking but today is my start day. Run done!
I wish I’d made Mr. Strange play Watch Dogs before Assassin’s Creed IV. He played ACIV almost non-stop all weekend and now I think I’m sick of it. If he was playing Watch Dogs it would have been okay because I don’t think I want to play that.
Also, this morning I woke up feeling unwell so I stayed in bed and ordered the kids around from there, only getting up 10 minutes before they had to leave so I could make the lunches and check they were all ready. Then after they left, I went back to bed and my spot was still all nice and warm. I’m calling that a win. 😀
Hope you’re feeling better now, Strangey.
Thanks, DC!
The extra couple hours of sleep certainly helped. I was thinking when I went back to bed how it was awesome that I could do that. Just 6 months ago if I was sick I never got to go back to bed, my parenting/housewifing job was 24/7. There was was no way I could go to bed because there was nobody else to look after my son, and make sure the whole family gets fed. This afternoon and early evening, I’ll still have to “work”, but just being able to go back to bed this morning was (hopefully) enough relief to get me through that. I have it pretty good these days. 😀
Let’s hope it’s not morning sickness then. 😛
Arghhh, you guys and your pregnancy jokes are giving me nightmares! 😛
We’re just… kidding 😛
The jokes are getting a bit… childish
Don’t worry, we’ll get there.
Baby steps.
I used to feel like my mum had it good, she only worked part time 15 hours a week and we were at school all day and made our own food. I used to get mad when she made us walk the 1km home from school. Man i was a brat, sh ehad to do so much and wasnt allowed to be sick or whinge. I realize that a bit now and i feel sooo shit.
I have it better than most stay-at-home Mums because I don’t prioritise housework at all. I’ll do it if I feel like it but mostly I just think I’m saving water and electricity by not doing it every single day. 😛
HAHA – I tell myself that I am a stay at home mum, not a stay at home housekeeper. 😉
w00! Dunno what it is with the past couple of weeks, but I just got another call from someone who found my business on google! Not sure why it’s suddenly getting results for me, as I’ve changed nothing, but I’m sure glad it’s working! Great timing with me being out of work atm!
Hopefully the good times will keep rolling my way!!
How long it take? Took my website over 2 months to start getting hits from Google in any large way.
lol well my site’s been live since 2011. I’ve had a few calls over the years, but usually few and far between as I haven’t been really promoting it due to working full time.
Oh goody, a CD full of nearly a hundred sound effects of pneumatics, motors, fans/blowers, fluid, buttons and switches. And I gotta listen through and find a pair suitable for one of the games ;_;
I’m a fan of the one that goes “Ffffffff”
That one blows.
You’ve got the best problems. Working at the ABC. Too many people want to talk to you. Making games. Sourcing sound effects. QUIT YOUR BELLY ACHING. 😛
None of them sound any good I don’t know what to do! /o\
Serious question, what would you prefer to be doing?
Costume making at home 😛
Playing Elite.
Reminding myself how to music. Since I haven’t done any of that in a good few months now.
My dad used to work in sound effects at the ABC back in the day. They had to make their own from scratch, never had this luxury of them being on a CD. Not that CD’s had even been invented at the time 😛
99 percent invisible did a great ep about Skeuomorphs- those little sounds that devices make.
http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-15-the-sound-of-the-artificial-world/
Wait what?
Who the hell doesn’t turn keypad tones off?
I’ve never heard ‘skeuomorph’ used in that way. Usually that’s referring to the annoying shit in user interfaces where they make it look like some other device or object, like the way Apple’s contacts app in iOS used to look like a leather-bound book and their Podcasts app looked like a tape deck.
Dude I have terabytes of sounds I’ve been collecting since film school.
I love trying to find that perfect sound for something. Seriously, it’s one of my favourite things.
Everything that comes after that though is the worst.
What a weirdo.
@virus__ to be fair to Jamie Oliver, he didn’t know that Woolies had handled th campaign that way: http://www.smh.com.au/business/jamie-oliver-backs-grower-gripes-over-woolworths-sticker-levy-20140615-3a5vb.html
At least cares. Unlike Woolworths.
Guess who’s having a bad time of things?!
So I’ve been recruited to help someone at the dog park to alter clothing for their costume. They’ve already bought the stuff so I can’t really say no.
Then, this morning, I couldn’t find one of the tops for a cosplay. I still haven’t found it, so I need to spend sewing time looking for the darn thing.
On top of that, Mum wanted the lawn mowed, so everything else has been pushed back for the lawn. Ugh.
I feel like we’ve been here before …
At this point I usually say “You need to stop taking on projects”
I didn’t! I kind of got coerced into it
*shakes fist*
Stop talking to people.
That’s not even specific advice to this situation.
That’s just general life advice.
Shut up, Bish.
Just kidding.
You’re cool.
Could so too!
I’m terrible at saying no, okay?
Interesting… *makes note in file*
Of course, it completely depends on the situation.
It’s a starting point 😛
If I could come ’round and mow the lawns for ya Scree, I would.
Too late. Done it now.
Stupid grass catcher
@hermitdc excited for The Knick? Soderbergh!
I think it sounds brilliant but not sure I want to watch. Not the hugest fan of gruesomeness and struggle with it in Walking Dead and The Last of Us. Manhattan sounds pretty great, though. It’s about the scientists of The Manhattan Project.
Hadn’t heard of that one.
Still, Soderbergh! Also, i realised I cited you here as hermitdc. Obv talking to you too much on twitter!
I’ve still heard nothing back from Dick Smith in regards to my PS4. Am I being unreasonable in some sense? Is waiting 2 weeks for local stock to be delivered and then sending an email asking “what is happening” a completely unreasonable thing to do?
They’re probably all busy thinking of new innuendo for their flyers.
Who has you begging for their late package to finally reach your door?
Dick Does!
This mothers day give your mum the gift of Dick. *picture of giftcard*
Nothing like a Dickens Cider.
Not at all. Were it me, I would have paid via Paypal, waited five minutes staring at the clock and when no email had arrived, immediately rang ACCC.
The thing is I got the PS4 pretty cheap, if I could find a console for around $400 I would be demanding a refund so fast.
Not unreasonable. I’d be riled up good and proper. 🙁
I’ve been waiting 4 months for them to let me know when my new mouse is in. It was shipping from Queanbeyan to Tuggeranong (about 20km).
I haven’t told them that I gave up and bought it elsewhere 3 and a half months ago.
I got photo ID!
IT’S OFFICIAL NOW!
Man the framing on this picture is totally off. Way to go, guy. Also why is this card like five times the thickness of the last one?
@popdart5 where can I find the roll20 character sheet to enter my stats?
How is roll 20? Me and my friends were going to use it except the guy who refused to let anyone else DM didn’t bother setting it up
It’s great, very simple to get a game up and running.
You can go more complex if you want, or just use it as a dice thingo.
Also also, we recommend using the Google + Hangout option rather than the native voice chat, quality is better and it’s dead simple to set up.
I’ve only done the one session with it but I think @popdart5 and @redartifice run campaigns through it?
@freezespreston, @f4ction, @rize, @tech_knight tell me where to find the character sheet before popdart kills me off tomorrow D=
Enter campaign, journal tab, click your name. should bring up a pop up box, second tab.
If it’s been set up.
That reminds me. I believe the Pathfinder sheets in roll20 have been updated at some point in the last week so it might be an idea to look back at it and see what has changed. I think critical hits have been built into the weapon macros so that might be something to check.
Tagging @tech_knight @freezespreston @sernobulus @negativezero @beeawwb @rize for relevance.
I think I like having crit hits calculated manually. If there’s one thing in combat that should get slowed down, it’s the epic drama of a player crit 😀
I’ll check it out / have a play when I get home. Roll20 has stopped working while at work. 🙁
I need to sub! Aight I’ll have to get a pre-paid CC for it, i’ll see if I can sneak away early today or tomorrow and grab one!
Why do you need to sub? I’m currently using it for free and it’s all there.
When I follow red’s instructions by clicking on Journal in the campaign website it only has this under it –
The External Journal feature allows you to view your Characters and Handouts on this page outside of the main game. However, it is only available to Supporter-level accounts and higher. If you’re interested in this feature, consider supporting Roll20 today!
You need to launch the roll20 application and then look at the journal within the application. It should be I think two tabs over from the main dice-rolling tab within roll20.
@popdart5 Got it! THANKS! =D
Oh man, I totally know where to find. Too bad you didn’t ask me ='(
=PI knew I was forgetting someone! There were 6 of us after all…. =P
Roll20 is good and they’re expanding the number of character sheets they have built in to the application so it’s got a good variety of supported games. It’s all free too although you can subscribe and get a few bonus features if you need it (probably only useful if you are GMing). The application is super easy to understand and it works a treat.
What Red said above is correct. Everything has been set up and it is pretty easy to roll straight from the character sheet rather than having to type in the roll every time.
After some research I’m thinking trying to make a batman cowl from scratch for my first attempt at something might be somewhat ambitious. Considering the Saiyan Battle Suit that Bulma made during the Cell Saga. Boots and gloves are easy and the chest armour isn’t as complicated and would be more bearable to wear for an entire day if I don’t get it 100% right.
Hmm…
You could just buy a tuxedo and be Bruce Wayne. (Though people will think you’re just part of The Rat Pack.)
Or he could go as Tuxedo Mask.
Reply fail.
This could help you with the Saiyan suit. I picked up long sleeve and long pant in blue, large for my Fat Cyclops attempt at cosplay. Bargain, too.
There are blue and black options at that link for whatever Saiyan suit you choose to go with.
Assuming you’re trying to link to a blue morphsuit?
No. It’s a link to spandex pants and top, separate items, multiple colours for $15 per garment. Check out the link later when you can.
Your link is broken. Clicking on it does nothing.
Thank you, now fixed.
I would but it seems to be broken.
Also I think the one piece would work better in this situation. The armour doesn’t come that far down, it’s just the vest piece and it needs to come up the neck slightly.
Ambitious is the only way to do things!
Make a Great Saiyaman suit instead. Totally 100% more cooler.
http://tvline.com/2014/08/01/z-nation-trailer-syfy-video/
Syfy released the trailer for their new Walking Dead rival Z Nation.
LOOKS TERRIBLE.
Certainly doesn’t have what I like about zombie/post apocalyptic stories.
Urban Decay?
it will be the end of the world and DC will just be standing around with a massive smile on his face.
Then my glasses will break and I’ll scream. 😛
Then you will realzize that you can make get some other glasses.
But your first scream broke all the glasses in the world
I’m just surprised that creators are still able to come up with semi-original titles for all of these zombie shows/movies/games/books/songs/artworks/photographs/websites/electronics/restaurants/toothbrushes/etc
Looks like a lot more light hearted, actiony show than The Walking Dead. Nothing really wrong with that, though I definitely prefer my zombie stories to be more serious and grim. I think the most concerning thing is it’s being made by SyFy. They’re not that great when it comes to quality.
I do like that Syfy is apparently trying to go for more SF series though. They had stuff like Battlestar back in the day.
I’m not a fan of Defiance but on premise alone it sounds like excellent scifi too.
Never got to it, heard it’s…OK.
They used to be great back in the Stargate/Battlestar Galactica/Farscape days.
I think I’ll pass on this one. (Interested in upcoming Walking Dead spin-off though.)
There’s a Walking Dead spin-off?
There is! Coming next year!
What’s it about? Or rather, who; as I’m guessing it’ll still be about zombies.
Not much is known yet. I think it’s set somewhere else and is about containment of the outbreak in the early days.
-vomit-
Walking Dead Babies! They’ll make your dreams come true!
Wait, Walking Dead Babies sounds horrible.
The crawling and shuffling along on their arse because they haven’t quite worked it out dead.
Their only form of sustenance is crying until someone takes pity on them, then they can try and suckle out the brains with no teeth… Dying takes awhile
@pixel_the_ferret_viking
The only thing they leave behind is a hollowed out corpse covered in hickeys.
@rize, The WAAAAAH!’ing Dead coming this summer!
Definitely looks terrible and DJ Qualls kills it completely, for me.
Also, Dark Souls Update:
So, on Saturday, I found the King’s Gate, and entered Aldia’s Keep… where I was nearly killed by Lucatiel’s brother. A couple of deaths to ogres, and then straight through the boss to the Dragon Aerie. Again, the Emerald Herald got here before me… Onwards, through three more dragons, to the Shrine.
Man, those little gold dudes are scary… But, made it through to the old dragon. “Delve into the memories of the withered…” Huh? Time to think again.
Okay, so I’ll admit I looked this one up – I never would’ve considered the giants in the Forest to have “withered”, per se. Also, the Giant Lord is my least favourite boss in the game – having a boss that can one-shot you through your shield while being shot by flaming catapults during the approach is bullshit. I died in the approach at least ten times – usually being squashed by his sword, even trying to dodge knocks you on your arse, to be killed by the next wave of catapult fire. I got to his feet three times. The start of that fight is quite possibly more annoying that the toxic rats in Royal Rat Authority. Then spent twenty minutes trying to find the bloody throne room. I still don’t know what that ornate blue door in Drangleic Castle does (the one near the three archers and a mastodon)…
Okay, found it, right near the first bonfire in the area. The Throne Watcher and Guardian were a pushover, really, even with having to kill the watcher twice. Then proceeded to get trounced by Nashandra – that curse is a pain! Every time I die to her, I come back with only 80% health… Died about seven times to her yesterday evening, tried everything I had – pine resin, charcoal resin, dark resin, lacerating knives, poison arrows… and got fed up. Went off to do other things… and came back at about ten o’clock for another try. Pondered for a few minutes – “what can I do to mitigate that curse”… Notice that I have a cursebite ring in my bags… *facepalm*
Restore humanity, rest at bonfire, five minute walk to the boss room. Summon the Head of Vengarl and enter the boss arena. Got one-shot when she exploded, which I misread as her curse-orb summoning thing. The ring doesn’t seem to slow the curse meter, maybe it weakens its effects?
Restore humanity, rest at bonfire, five minute walk. Summon Bernhart, charge the boss, greatsword held high, ignoring the curse. Let her aggro on Bernhart, and wail on her back. Back off until she re-aggros on Bernhart. Repeat, healing to shrug off the curse. Berhanrt dies… no more distraction. She’s at about 40%, I’ve got six of my nine estus charges left. Let’s do this.
Bait the scythe, back off, jump in to attack. Stayed away too long, she starts her laser… Dodge, run in for the kill… and slam my greatsword through her side.
Made it to the end of the fight with 4 estus charges left! Holy crap! All hail Bernhart and his mighty fake sword!
Cliff-notes version:
Drangleic has a new ruler.If you delve back through my posts to March you will find many a sweary rant about the Giant Lord from myself.
I still wonder how a giant can hit me while I’m standing directly between his ankles, without chopping his own feet off…
Grats. 🙂 NOW DO IT ALL AGAIN
Maybe. I’ll see about combing the world for stuff I missed, first. Still haven’t fought Smelter Demon, the Belfry Gargoyles (I may not be able to – I don’t have any lockstones left, as I wasted a lot of them exploring Doors of Pharros), the Ancient Dragon, or Vendrick… And then, if my internet gets sorted in the next week or two, there’s the DLC… So I won’t be going to NG+ for a while yet, and really don’t want to start a new character – I’d love to see how fast I could go through the areas now that I know what I’m doing, but the thought of facing foes without my greatsword and tower shield is scary… 😛
There’s an initial NG+ difficulty bump but once you bear in mind to ‘just be careful’, you’ll probably find yourself racing through pretty confidently.
You know what’s fun… with everything you’ve learned and done, just for kicks and giggles create a new character and see how fast you blitz things with it.
It’s definitely one of those, “You had the power all along!” moments when you realize how much ass you’re kicking and how confidently you’re kicking it with a newbie, shitty-statted character.
Yea, it’s tempting, but I like my greatsword. I pretty much did this when DS1 came to PC – jumped in with a fresh character, blitzed my way to Ornstein & Smough in an afternoon, and hit the same wall I hit on the 360 version. Might be interesting to try it with this game, where I’ve got much farther. Knowing my luck, I’ll blitz my way to LGK and get stuck there for hours again. 😛
The DLC is awesome so far. I’ve only made it up to the first boss, and she’s facerolling my mage character.
Nice work!
Now Onebro time 😀
*shudder*
Hello TAY!
So I had a completely unproductive weekend! Just the way I like it =P Played lots of Hearthstone on Friday and I think lost 95% of my matches…. You’d think I’d quit when I was doing that badly but noooo I just had to keep going and turn my losing streak around. Of course that didn’t happen and I figured it was partly cos I was so demoralized I wasn’t playing properly and I was using a warlock deck over weekend where pally’s and priests dominated so I could never put enough pressure against them what with their various heals undoing my zoo deck 🙁
Aside from that watched Guardians of the Galaxy which absolutely brilliant. Not sure I liked how they portrayed Drax in the movies, preferred the silent but deadly mentality he has in the comics but still overall a really good movie!
DO NOT CLICK IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE MOVIE
and holy crap Infinity stones! Avengers 3 is so going to be about forging the Infinity Gauntlet with Thanos invading Earth!!Finally @redartifice you really really really need to check out the Endless games… They take 4X to a whole new level. I basically spent all of Saturday and Sunday playing Endless Legend which is just absolutely beautiful visually and mechanically… The race I played need some tweaking but overall just an incredible game with a lot of detail! (each race has fundamentally unique mechanics like one is never able to declare war).
Guardians of the Galaxy was sick, i honestly loved Drax in the movie, he was probably the funniest character.
also did you watch the scene after the credits? if so then.
What the fuck Howard the duck.PS, you run zoo? i’m sorry but i have to hate you 🙁
I usually run control warrior or part token part wall druid (my own builds I don’t copy pasterino).
I had to run semi-zoo lock because I wanted gold from the daily quests! Needless to say I never finished the damn quest for 2 warlock wins after 10 fricking matches! :@
And yeah the after credits scene was totally Marvel trolling us. Those bastards =@
Finally finished a full game of Mount & Blade: Warband on the weekend. First time I’ve finished the game as ruler of all the land. Now I’m shooting for 100% achievements, and all I have to do is…finish the game at least once more…
….daaaaaaamn it.
My experience with Mount and Blade: Warband …
*finishes tutorial*
Okay I did the tutorial so now I should know what to do…
*Finishes starting quest*
Okay so now I …
*waits for some kind of tip*
*15 minutes later still waiting*
Well … okay … I guess I will just walk around and try to find a someone of importance to give me a quest
*1 hour later*
“WHY DOES EVERY FREAKING PERSON SAY I’M A NOBODY AND NOT GIVE ME QUESTS! I JUST WANT TO HELP”
“Well, whatever. Maybe if I build a sizeable army I will get some respect”
*Gets attacked and wiped out by army of 30 upgraded soldiers*
“Nope”
*Closes game*
I had a fight of (roughly) 400 vs. 900 last night. I was the 400. If I remember correctly, I have about 10 deaths and 50 wounded.
THE POWER OF TACTICS!
In my save file I have an army of 200 dudes chasing after me and I don’t know how or why this happened so everytime I want to play, I just end up going “NOPE NOPE NOPE” and it’s just like waking up in Skyrim naked in the middle of town while Lydia just contemplates how her life became what it is as she stares upon her naked, confused, idiotic Thane.
I ended my first playthrough with abut a thousand angry Russians on my doorstep and barely a hundred half dead troops to my name.
Fun times.
Niiiice. Working on that at the moment too.
Had to rush the start of my kingdom a bit and ended up in a not ideal position but hopefully it works out.
That summarises every attempt I’ve made at making my own kingdom except for this one 😛
Well see above comment for my last attempt.
Where did you make your start on your successful run? Any tips?
I usually try to give myself a single entry point to where I start. Somewhere like Wercheg works well for this. However, I find that the Khanate are just so easy to conquer for my play style so I end up smashing them over really quickly.
I unfortunately ended up with Uxhal because the Khanate and Swadians were getting demolished so hard and if I waited any longer the Nords, Rhodoks and Sarranids were going to get too powerful for me to deal with.
But was allies with the Khanate and Vaegirs so mopping up Swadia seemed like the best option.
Time will tell but I’m probably screwed since I have no relations with the Rhodoks or Sarranids.
I was spending $100 a week on smoko and lunch.
I bought some cereal, milk and salami on the weekend $12
Now to make my lunches instead. This isnt gonna last long.
I was doing so well making my lunches earlier in the year, walking to the park and laying down in the sun to eat.
Then Winter hit and ruined everything. Everything.
I’VE GOT YOUR LUNCH BACK
Large Ciabatta roll – $3
100G of prosciutto – $3
Large portobello mushrooms, enough to cover the ciabatta roll – $4
Swiss cheese – $3
Basil – I DUNNO JUST STEAL IT FROM A GARDEN (I get a few stems for $2 at the grocery store)
Mayonnaise – Fridge always has mayonnaise, pretty sure fridges give birth to mayonnaise
few cloves of Garlic – what, like, 20c?
1. Grill dem shrooms!
2. Roast dat garlic! (180 degrees for 10 minutes, maybe, I dunno, check it)
3. Slice the ciabatta roll lengthways. Toast that bread until it’s light brown.
4. Mix chopped basil, mayo, garlic, and slather it on the bread, top and bottom.
5. Bread, mushrooms, prosciutto, cheese, bread.
6. Slice up into portions for lunch.
Four days of tasty lunch for, whassat, $15? $3.75 for a filling, tasty sammich? Aw yis.
You got your bread, you got your flavourful mayo, you got your veggies giving you substance to the filling, prosciutto for the lovely saltyness, swiss for the sweetness. LAYERS OF FLAVOURS.
Where’s the MEAT?! Nom nom nom nom. Now I’m hungry :@
Prosciutto is meat!
prosciutto is meat. Its a thin ham product thing popular in italy it is delicious
The meat experience is simulated by the prosciutto and mushroom.
The mushroom gives the sandwich something to actually bite into and is ‘juicy’, meanwhile the prosciutto sits on top and imparts its wonderful saltiness upon the mushroom, and by the same token, the mushroom diffuses any threat of the prosciutto being too salty.
You are a genius.
Why are you a electrical engineer, go be a chef then hire me to eat the food.
HOW GOOD IS Ciabatta bread too?
Good. Very good.
I’ve made my lunch for most of this week. GIGANTIC ROAST LAMB for sandwiches for the next few days 🙂
Trails in the Sky:
One thing has really impressed me about the Prologue. Every single NPC you can have a conversation with has a different set of dialogue prepared, based on where you’re up to in the main quest. Even seemingly minor progress has marked the passage of time.
I’m really impressed. It’s VERY comprehensive, and the dialogue reflects the new actions occurring in the world. It’s fantastic world-building, and really sets the tone for daily life in that world, with subtle nods to the relationships between the various characters and their town. I’ll do my best, but strongly suspect I’m going to miss a bunch of text by accidentally advancing the plot, on occasion.
The anime-style portraits really help convey personality too, cementing what the intended tone and emotion should be. Simple but effective, and the art’s reminiscent of modern anime characterization, helping to turn an RPG into a mental/imaginary TV show.
This is some good shit. I’m a fan so far.
I started playing TiTS, should probably keep going with it.
I love playing with TiTS too. Now what’s this game you’re talking about?
Yeah, there’s an enormous amount of depth and world building and attention to detail.
The problem is that all that incidental NPC dialogue makes the amount of text in the games staggeringly large, making it expensive and very time-consuming to translate it. Which is why we’re gearing up for the 2nd Trails game as Japan is about to receive the 7th.
Question for all you musical Taybies: Is there a piece of music out there that you’ve played/sung but not actually listened to the original version?
I ask this because I’ve been playing some of the songs in the Trombone book that I bought recently, and some of them I haven’t actually listened to the original versions. Examples: Animal by Neon Trees, Domino by Jessie J.
Just thought I’d ask.
When I was a kid I learned Smoke on the Water on guitar without ever having actually heard Smoke on the Water. I don’t think I’d be alone in that.
You and 500,000,000 other guitarists. 😛
When i was playing, quite a few jazz standards I played first then heard later.
A whole bunch of Mancini- I couldn’t tell you what Mr Lucky sounds like even now (Tenor Sax was on pause for that)
Damn near everything I learned on the sax when I was in high school. Hip to be Square, Red Red Wine stick in my head as the most remarkable.
Huey Lewis!
You’re just too darn loud.
I guess anything I learnt on piano for exams I never heard the originals of. Or pretty much anything I did from sheet music, really. Then there’s a bunch of Jelly Roll Morton pieces that I play which I’ve only heard the midi recording I learnt from, they were made by a guy playing it I think (so not all mechanical and robotic sounding) so it was some kind of original version. I looked up one of them once, the Sidewalk Blues I think, and it sounded nothing like what I was playing 😛 Also mine now sounds quite different from the recording too, I’ve gone and overwritten parts of it with my head canon or something.
What formal piano exams didya do? AMEB?
Yeah, up to grade 7. Then took a break for HSC (should’ve probably got it done earlier than that but I was lazy) and never got back to them. I like the idea of going back and doing 8th just to finish it off, but I think it’s way beyond me. I can’t even do a scale any more, let alone an arpeggio.
How old was that?
I did up to grade 6 then stopped when I like 11. I didn’t play for years after than and then suddenly something clicked when I attempted video game music (FF Piano Collections!), so I started up again when I was 17 or so. I got so bad!
The past couple of years has just pretty much nothing as well. I don’t think I’ve learnt anything new (or worthwhile) for ages 😛
It would’ve been when I was around 16 or so. I went and learnt a bunch of Scott Joplin rags after 7th, that kept me going through the rest of year 12, then I added some more songs I had kicking around on floppy discs. Along the way a bunch of VG music made its way in there and yeah, that’s been pretty much what’s kept me going. Kind of run out of things to play though, I don’t know how to find music. Also learning new things has become harder, possibly because I went through a period of increasingly lapsed concentration.
I need to music better.
Woo! Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag 😀
Haha yes! Maple Leaf was the first I learnt, and I got hooked. Interestingly, it’s also the only piece I am unable to forget. Every other one will deteriorate somewhat over time, some will never be recoverable and others have to be re-learnt. But no matter what, I can ALWAYS sit down and bang out Maple Leaf like I’ve never left. I think I did Kismet next though, before eventually ending up on Entertainer. Ended up learning around ten of them in the end, and I’ve got a whole bunch of “upgraded” versions of them that I’d love to learn, but… that whole learning thing. I’ve made maybe three different attempts at learning the new Entertainer, but never really progressed with it. Though I have picked up a couple of other (non-game) pieces in the meantime, so not all hope is lost.
Good ol’ Scotty J! I learnt simple versions of Maple Leaf and Entertainer, and then a more advanced one of Entertainer back in the day. Completely forgot them though and can barely remember the songs themselves :(. It’s always nice to get a refresher whenever I hear it on YouTube or something 😀
@tech_knight @freezespreston @negativezero @beeawwb @rize
Was just checking out the updated sheet (as suggested by @popdart5) and they have changed a hell of a lot! While it has kept all the data we had on the old character sheets some of it has been transfered over into the incorrect field. Basically what I am saying is you really need to take a good look at it to get it working again.
Don’t forget @redartifice.
Good thing I just finished transferring the stats I’d kept in there back to YAPCG in that case!
From what you can see, are we able to reference attribute results? E.g. /roll @Drewan|Diplomacy+2
Cheers for the heads up!
Dear Song
that has the lyric “im all about dat bass, dat bass, dat bass no treble”
I hate you. SOOOO MUCH
Rocketman
EDIT
I would like to dedicate this paget to @freezespreston and @qumlys
Because i miss one of you and the other one is handsome. Fight amogst yourself for me
I’m the trampy one twerkin’ to all dat bass.
Dont need no treble cause you got all the right junk in all the right places
Ok sophisticated Brisbane ladies and gents. Cobbler is doing it again! Hot off the heels of their Yamazaki tasting night the fine folk at Cobbler are holding another event. This time it’s The Macallan & Laphroaig Masterclass & Dinner. 7 courses of whisky and food, $100pp.
Personally this should be very educational, as Macallan (Speyside) is right up my alley but I’ve tended away from Laphroaig, and Islay in general.
Should be an entertaining and fun night regardless. Tuesday, Aug 26th. 7pm. Who’s with me?
@beardymcmuttonchops @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @weresmurf @virus__ @pupp3tmast3r?
A link would also help: https://www.facebook.com/events/710367772369497/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
I counter this with a casual hang at Hungry Jacks! 😛
Do both! Hungry Jacks after fine whisky.
We did McD’s after last one…
Exactly what I was thinking: Precedent!
DAMMIT! :@ You tagged me just to rub it in my face >.< !!!!
*runs away crying*
Not quite so much to rub it in your face as to give you the opportunity to find a cheap flight up to Brisbane and…
…Yeah, nah, rub it in your face. 😛
Lol I actually considered right up until I saw that it was on a Tuesday =P If it was on a Friday or Saturday I’d be there! Nursing a hangover on my flight back =P
It’s a quirk of the area – Monday and Tuesday nights are dead in West End so they do events on Tuesday (having a regular Monday special already) to capitalise on an otherwise dead night. Maybe the next one!
*Looks at wallet*
*sighs*
I’m in. No more $100 shots though.
Yes, as delicious as that was I don’t think we’ll be doing that so soon after the last one.
Wow 100 dollar shots. Sign me up…
cant afford such things, sorry
Yep, poor student here, wish I could though 🙁
Oh man I so want in, but ugh no money.. Plus I have prioritise, Soundwave bands get announced tonight 😛
when do tickets go on sale/pre-sale?
Would be September as per usual. Somewhere around the first or 2nd week.
Thanks for the invite, but too pricey for my second-half-of-the-year-living-on-super-tight-budget :'(
We know your a millionaire and just too good for us now!
Sorry, gang.
Too expensive for me, too.
🙁
I’ll recycle the expensive excuse. Completely stupid question though, does it have to be whisky? I’d be far more interested if I could substitute it for vodka 😛 yeah, I know it’s a stupid question given that it’s a whisky bar 😀
Vodka at any other time, sure, but this is a pre-set tasting / educational class so the whisky will be pre-chosen. 😛
Sorry dude. Way too pricey for me.
40K Rogue Trader RPG tomorrow night at 8pm AEST.
@freezespreston @rize @tech_knight @pupp3tmast3r @sernobulus @f4ction
The Tau have been arrested, the Techpriest is mentally maladjusted, and the Eldar are busy being Eldar. And it’s only the second session!
I miss Necromunda *sigh*
I never played it personally but it always sounded kickass to me.
It was amazing. Download the rules if you can and play. Use imperial guard figures for Orlocks, mod figures for gang figures or something. The rules are just *great*. I used to love playing it so much.
wassaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap
Nuttin. Just watchin the game, havin a bud. Chu?
Home sick…again.
Playin some DS3, about to see the doctor.
Jimuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Carcksuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Hi.
Yo
Dead Space 3 isnt nearly as shit as people make out
It is. Just relative to your level of shitness it’s not that bad.
ilyFor sure it aint as good as the first two. It is certainly missing the point at times (cover shooting???) but it’s ok.
Each game was worst than the next.
I honestly don’t mind it but I agree with each sequel degrading in quality. I hope they do get around to continuing the story as there is a lot of potential lore and ideas to work with.
I haven’t finished it yet, but I was presuming the tale ended here.
It seems to be leading up to a big ending to things Marker.
There are a whole bunch of novels and other stuff that tie into the lore of Dead Space, particularly the prequel/origin book which I forget the name of. I think there are plenty of ideas left to go on for at least one other game, even if it’s like an in-between game.
Yeah, I watched the motion comic on LIVE when it was free.
Pretty good.
Tried some of the animation and didn’t dig it.
I’d be worried they’d just do with a 4th what Ascension did to God of War.
Maybe wait a few years and come back with a new cast in the further future or something.
@jimu Dead Space Martyr? That book’s pretty good. Slows down a bit in the middle, though.
They basically started at a clone of Resident Evil 4 and followed the exact same progression into shit over the subsequent games.
Seriously: RE4 was a pretty decent actiony survival horror game that did most of what it set out to do pretty well. RE5 made it much more of an action game and then RE6 was basically a co-op shooter and made people speculate that maybe the franchise was done.
Dead Space was a pretty decent actiony survival horror game that did most of what it set out to do pretty well. DS2 made it much more of an action game and then DS3 was basically a co-op shooter and made people speculate that maybe the franchise was done.
I know
No idea about solo, but I found co op hilariously bad. It felt like it didn’t know what sort of game it was trying to be.
Solo mostly plays like 2 until doods come in and suddenly you’re cover shooting.
I like that there’s still puzzles and Isaac has to build things.
has anyone hearrd from @miketarno ?
Saw he was logged in to XBox Live the other night, first time I’d seen him in ages.
Cool, he;s alive!
Unless someone killed him to assume control of his Xbox account! D:
Why would you even think that, DC?
Unless…
*rips off mask*
OMG DC IS THE TAY KILLER
And I would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!
TAY KILLER OF HEARTS!
My hearts in the cards! and with them I will give you a damn nasty paper cut!
Spoke to him a few weeks ago! He’s a’ight!
Do you see him IRL?
I havent seen him online in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages
Went into work earlier (even though it’s my day off) and got Monty Python Live (Mostly) ready for the Wednesday night screening. Watched the first 10 minutes of it, can’t wait to watch the whole thing.
I’m a Lumberjack, and I’m ok.
And I thought you were so rugged :'(
I cut down trees, i eat my lunch
i go to the lava-try!
On Wednesdays I go shoppin’
And have buttered Scones for tea.
I cut down trees, i skip and jump
i like to press wild-flowers
I put on women’s clothing
And hang around in bars
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he like to press wildflow’rs. He puts on women’s…clothing… and hangs around… in …. bars??
*Piano ramp*
I read that from a distance and it looked like it said “Porno romp”.
I’M A LUMBERJACK AND I’M OK,
I SLEEP ALL NIGHT AND I WORK ALL DAY!
I wish I was a girly, just like my dear pa-paa
Advantage of a boring as hell work day – it’s giving me an opportunity to write out a whole bunch of stuff I’d like to use as part of the company I’m creating in Star Citizen.
Still have no idea what I’m going to do regarding company logo nor the background for the website. I haven’t attempted art since I was 17, and even that was for my year 12 project.
Also, more people should read http://tomorrowsdispatches.tumblr.com/
We need to sit down, with waaaaay too much alcohol and come up with the greatest ideas ever!
For now, I’m just scribbling down anything that could be of worth.
Piracy.
But with overwhelming firepower and politeness, so as to avoid collateral damage.
Scouting mercenaries. Fast ships, jump in and scope out a location, signal the all clear.
Time to call on underage self and reaquire the spirit to do the goon bag lunge
Hey everybody,
Yes I am still functioning, but that’s it currently. I’m not well, and haven’t been for quite a while. Several key things have gone wrong in my life in a short amount of time and it’s gotten to me in terms of my overall attitude and motivations to even go on. I’m sure a fair few of you remember that me and my long distance girlfriend of 5+ years broke up, still torn up by that. And given by some of the posts I’ve seen on TAY, you’re aware of the job losses happening at Telstra, I may be one of them getting cut in the coming months with my role possibly getting outsourced. This coupled with the stress of continued efforts trying to get answers on what’s going on with my apartment when it still hasn’t been started and I’m not even getting a peep from the people that’s meant to liaise with us in terms of progress. All of this is hitting me at once and I’m falling apart inside. I decided to distance myself from TAY and TS because I didn’t want to bring everybody else down with my overwhelming negativity that I currently have. I’m able to hide it during the Roll20 sessions but other than that I can barely even get out of bed or look at myself in the mirror anymore. I’ve felt like everything I hoped my future to become was all completely shattered and burnt to ashes in a matter of weeks and I’ve now got nothing to truly look forward to. I really don’t know what to do with myself anymore and just gaming in isolation is barely having the power of helping me take my mind off it all as much as it used to so… yeah I don’t know what I’m doing with myself or why I continue to struggle forward, it feels like just programming now, no real purpose.
I’m sorry all I wish I had better things to say after being away for so long
Aw man, sounds awful. Wish I could help you out.
I’m sorry to hear about your troubles, Techie. Things will get better. They always do. During the tough times you just have to keep on keeping on. It’s tough and it’s a struggle but it’s worth it. Always darkest before the dawn and all that wanky stuff. (These might sound like cliches but there’s truth in them.) Depression is a horrible thing and climbing out of that takes a lot of strength. You’re stronger than you know. Don’t be afraid to see a doctor for some help too, if you feel it’s necessary. Fuck stigma and all that stuff. I’m on anti-d’s and it helps me a whole lot, even just putting a little distance between me and the dark times.
I might have to go to the doctor on this… how does this usually work, I’ve never gone to a doctor on psychiatric issues. Not going to tell my mother or step father about this as they’re also contributing to it with their smoking in the house including the table I eat my food at by their rules.
Just find a GP you’re comfortable with. They won’t be fazed or judge you or any thing. This is something they see every day. They’ll run a blood test and give a general check up to make sure there’s no other issues causing it. (Nothing invasive.) Just be honest, though. They might prescribe something or refer you to someone to talk to instead or both. I was afraid to go first time, but I’m glad I did. Things will get better.
Also if they prescribe something know that it isn’t permanent.
It’s a tool that’ll help you work your stuff out.
I also recommend changing your lifestyle a little. Maybe exercise, eat differently, learn a skill. Having a new challenge to distract you can be good.
Go to a GP first as you need a referral to either a Psychologist or Psychiatrist. Depending on which state you live in, you may get a number of visits to a Olo or an Airt either a) for free or b) at a vastly reduced rate. You then need to go and explain the symptoms to that specialist.
Generally speaking, Psychiatrists are the ones who prescribe you anti-d’s, psychologists do work on your thoughts.
You are more likely to get in quicker to a Psychologist then a Psychiatrist as Psychiatry generally speaking is a more difficult field to specialise in, which means less doctors, which means less appointments, which means longer time for your initial consultation. Once you have an initial consultation, they are generally really good at getting you back in for however long you need, at the interval you need.
Don’t underestimate psychology though. For me, personally, psychiatry saved my life (literally, many times over) but psychology saved the life I’d built around me (as in, my family, my career, my self-identity).
Many hugs to you and may you find that light you need at the end of the tunnel and all that wanky crap that people say but what they really mean is “Don’t go, we like you, even if you’re having trouble liking yourself/your life right now”
I remember I walked in the doctor’s office feeling horrible and walked out feeling way better knowing that I was doing something, that I wasn’t just letting this happen any more.
When I did it, I just mentioned that I wasnt feeling on top of stuff, and that I wanted to see a psychologist (as that can be bulk billed for 10 sessions per year) They did a test on mental health (typical question answers to guage how you feel. and then they make suggestions/referrals)
I hope it helps man , sorry to hear its not going well for you. *big hugs*
I’m sorry Techie. It sucks that everything has hit you at once but hopefully things look up soon.
If you ever feel like not playing the RPGs and stuff, just let me know and we can sort something out. I’m sorry if I ever forced you into playing and if I did, I didn’t mean to pressure you in any way.
You didn’t, it’s actually been my only social interaction nowadays so it does help take my mind off it if I’m acting as someone that’s not me. I want to keep playing all of them, so don’t worry I’ll always be up for those sessions…
D:
Techy i just, i want to come and give you a hug and tell you everything will be alright. Because everything will. Its impossible to see now. But i just want you to know that you have friends, friends that want you to know that we love you and will help you in anyway we can. Hell if you thought it would help i would dress up in a bunny costume and hop around with a gopro on my head so you could watch.
You are a good guy and have had a really rough time, its beyond shit but you arent alone, dont ever distance yourself because you think we dont care. ESPECIALLY ME, i care, i care alot you are one of my best friends.You and I have been through lots of stuff remember how we talked to only each other for like 3 months every night. You gave me someone to talk to when i had no one and it helped me more than anything.
I love you please talk to me when you need too. Email me you number and call me day or night for anything. Just please dont give up, you are capable of so much.
For the love of god, please do this ASAP.
I’d pay money for this someone make this the next TAYfilm
Ok reply fail =,= Had a massive type up that I just lost :@
Seriously though I just finish typing up how much I appreciate you guys and you tell us you’ve been staying away from TAY when you’re going through shit? You’re supposed to call out for help when you need help and while TAY isn’t exactly a private forum I think you know enough people on here to pull one of us aside and ask for help!
First of all with your relationship you need to break out of your old habits i.e. the ones you had when you were still in the relationship. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, the human brain takes up to 6 weeks to form neural networks that represent habits and emotional connections. The longer you indulge in these habits and connections the longer it will take to break it down. You need to get yourself into more social situations, into new habits and hang out with new people. Meet up with TAY’s even! At the end of the day Tech if she was right for you things will work out, and if she wasn’t it’s probably a good thing you guys broke up before 5 years turned into 10 or 15 years and then things went to shit. Get back out there man, give yourself the chance to heal instead of letting the wound fester. If you’re in Sydney let me know we can organize a TAY meat up over a couple of beers in the city on a Saturday arvo! (It’s my summer custom to have coronas at the Opera Bar and enjoy the view =] )Secondly with your job I don’t think I know enough to give you really applicable advice but there’s only one of two options available to you here. One you know for certain they’re going to let you go and you give up on your work commitments and start focusing your time at work at looking for other work. That is re-working your resume, calling up HR agencies, applying for jobs and calling them up soon after to build up your network of contacts to make the transition easier and faster. Secondly they haven’t made the call yet and you can improve your work performance over the next few weeks to convince your supervisor that you’re worth keeping. If you decide to look for other work maybe even look at part time roles outside the Telco industry that won’t be as consuming or demanding. Give yourself the chance to get back on your feet by putting yourself in a situation that will let you do that. A job that gives you more time for yourself so you can heal and recover from everything that’s going on.
At the end of the day techie it’s your life and I know this is bitter medicine but you’re the only one who can fix it. If you feel your life is burning and crashing down around you maybe it’s a good thing. Because a life built on rotten foundations is doomed to fail and the only way to fix that is to burn it down and to rebuild. A month ago everything I knew was going to hell and the only thing I had going for me was you guys on TAY and gymming and swimming. I didn’t even know if I was going to have my job in a month’s time as we were relocating and the company was downsizing like crazy. But things worked out, I never let myself get down and I did everything I could in my power to prepare for the worst. There were quite a few nights where I cried myself to sleep but someone once told me that crying is like a shower for the soul and I felt better for all the tears I shed when I woke up the next morning ready to face another day. You can face this techie, and you have people who care about you even if you can’t face it alone BUT you can face this. I don’t believe in medication for depression, I spent years being suicidal and I willed myself out of it day in and day out facing one day at a time thanks to the friends I had at the time and the games that got me through the worst of it.You want my advice for everything going on? Get yourself on TAY more often, get yourself into more social situations, surround yourself with people who care about and maintain a constant line of communication with them. Let them help you carry the load while you’re having trouble doing so. I don’t know you all that well outside of Torchlight and Roll 20 but if you need to talk you’ve got me on steam, we can grab a game or two of Dota 2 or D3 over the weekend and bitch about how much women suck =P Pick one new thing every day or even every week that you’d enjoy doing and start doing it! Ideally something social or self improving, as a reference point I focused my energy into the gym and starting more social gaming and then rounded up a group of people at work so that we could all have drinks every Friday night. It helped me a lot to get out of my old routine and into a new one.Sorry about the rant, but I don’t like watching anyone get beaten down by life, let alone people I know and consider to be friends even if they make for a maladjusted tech priest =P Once again tech don’t do a disappearing act.
I don’t post on here a great deal, but one thing I have noticed is that people are hesitant to post their issues on here out of fear of bringing people down, or at least that’s what they classify it as. I’m fairly confident that no-one here is brought down by seeing someone else vent out about their situation, some people feel that this is the only place they can express themselves but that’s ok. No-one’s here to judge anyone else (other than the PC Masterrace judging console casuals) and a fair number of people have gone through the same thing in one way or another.
It is shit though when one of those things you’ve mentioned happens, let alone all of them at once/in a short period of time. All I can suggest is to look at each issue objectionally (it can be hard to do this) and try to figure out what you can do to rectify them, ideally in small steps so nothing’s overwhelming you. Definitely see a doctor you’re comfortable with. I’m afraid there’s no prescribed cure to get over a long term relationship that’s ended, but if you’re worried about your job, take steps to keep your feet on the ground. Make sure your CV is up to date, start looking at jobs that are available or contacting recruitment agencies. I know for sure that that can be draining so it’s best to do it in small pieces so you’re not sat for several hours at a time thinking how pointless the whole job hunting thing is, if you end up in that situation. With your apartment, keep on hitting them up for progress. Sure it’s easy for me to write that down and tbh, it is, but it’s your life, you do things at your own pace that you’re comfortable with. Things will improve, sometimes you can’t see how but they will. Yeah, more cliches like @dc said, but they’re cliches for a reason, the majority of times they’re true.
I ramble, it’s what I do, I’m pretty sure that it’s far less effective than I intend it to be, but hey, hopefully it’s given you something to think about. tl:dr, what you’re going through is just fine for the situation. Go see a doctor, that doesn’t make you weird or anything but it can help, despite how it goes against your instincts to talk about issues. When you’re ready, take things on slowly and in small chunks so you don’t make yourself more overwhelmed.
Man hugs all the way.
Afraid I don’t have the words to help you man but if you want someone to game with or rant to, hit me up – you won’t bring me down.
Well, shit.
All I can offer are internet hugs. Have a few.
Dude, why didn’t you say something earlier? Like I get that its hard and you were doing what you thought was for the best by not telling people what was happening but doing that only hurts yourself more! We all have issues, we all have problems, you know how we get through it? SUPPORT! from friends from family! You can grab any one of us and say “Hey can we talk?” and I guarentee that as much as I struggle to remember how to spell guarentee that someone will always listen and give you 100% of their time and help you with what ever is going on to the best of their abilities.
It is hard and it is scary, but dont look down that hole, dont slip into the darkness because its a mother lovin bitch to get out of once your in. Look for any positives in your day no matter how scare and hold onto those glimmers of light in your day, they will help you keep on staying on the path.
I hope this doesn’t come off like im attacking you man but c’mon your one of the few people I’ve actually met in person from TAY and that means something to me, and it means something to everyone else whose met you and been able to spend time with you. If there is ever anything you wanna talk about or need help with or anything just ask, just say, and we will be there. We are all family here we are just one big crazy lovin family!
MARIO KART 8 TONIGHT
!!!!
I may actually try and get on for once.
Dead Space 3 tonight!
(and no I’m not looking for co-op, don’t get any funny ideas!)
Me and @greenius are like Pokemon Rivals except we’re both Gary!
Bit of a random rant here but I decided to go back to my very first comments on Kotaku just to see where this little time sink began =P
It was a few months ago and I was looking around for a gaming website to follow as Gamespot and IGN were full of obnoxious ****tards who were too busy pissing one another off than engaging in any form of rational debate and I could see it rubbing off on me. The first article I commented on here was Mark’s take on why Facebook acquiring Occulus was a good thing and I remember reading the comments section and see the various level headed arguments and statements people were making as opposed to the crap on other sites like “you suck! get a real job!” or “Facebook is the devil” and the best of them all “How much did Facebook pay you for this article”. Seeing how people were talking about this prompted me to contribute myself and its been a downhill slope ever since!
TLDR I guess what I’m trying to say is you guys are pretty awesome. Since then I’ve engaged in such a varied number of debates enriching my points of view; even when I don’t always agree you guys let me appreciate the opposing point of view. I also feel since I first came here I’m able to maintain more of a level head with heated arguments and debates and word myself properly. Not to mention all the friends I like to think I’ve made here!
@popdart5 for giving me my first experience into RPG’s! @evilmonkey taking the gift of christmas to summer sales @sernobulus for giving me a 2.5 hour wildstar dungeon run that we never completed =P @freezespreston @redartifice and @rize for page 6 =] @rocketman for.. well being rocketman. @tech_knight and @jocon for Torchlight 2 Thursdays, @piat and @stickman for whats soon to be Destiny Thursdays =P @beeawwb for reminding of what I could never have =,= Finally @f4ction for being the only other person here who likes Tau!
Special shout out to @dc and @transientmind and to @shane for being the first to make me feel welcome here =]
To everyone thanks for being yourselves and giving me a place to be myself! =]
Funny I thought it was going to be Destiny Monday through Sunday
I commented on random Kotaku articles before I ventured into dark woods of TAY but I believe this was my first comment as a TAYbie.
Reply fail, meant for @pupp3tmast3r
Oh gods, is this going to lead to another TAY appreciation page? I’ve already thanked TAY for giving me food that one time, I’m not sure what else I could compliment you guys on.
You could always thank us for the heartburn/digestive issues/stomach ache.
We’re not picky.
The way we wear our hats.
*stares off into the distance*
…so much hat.
I appreciate you being Canadian. Such a pleasant people. 😀
O, Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux
ton front est ceint
de fleurons glorieux
How about the fact we don’t bring up our penises ALL the time?
That’s a compliment?
I never partook in the first, so I will say thank you to anyone and everyone who has ever gifted me games/anything in past – there are way too many of you to list all. So thank you! 😀
Oh, except for @jimu, though. He made me pay for his gifts – some ‘PS4 fund’. What an arse.
ily Jim <3*single tear*
Click the spoiler! Click the spoiler!
I did, single tear covers both a happy & sad reaction
<3
That’s why I love this place, there’s so many great people, sure we can have our little disagreements, but at the end of the day we’re still friends.
Glad you’re enjoying your time here man.
“I’m not your friend, buddy!”
“I ain’t your buddy, guy!”
I ain’t your guy, pal!
Thanks for sticking around, you are a pretty rad dude.
Also we should probably do some more of that Torchlight 2 ey.
Hey, nothing wrong with the Tau.
I (kind of?) enjoyed playing through Firewarrior, and rather enjoyed the book.
Greater good.
Apparently I started commenting on this site over 5 years ago o.O
Having said that, my first actual TAY comment was almost a year after that.
Lurkerius!
Still. Four years of this madhouse.
It’s remarkable to observer how much has changed, and yet so much stays the same.
Who’s keen for Mortal Kombat X?
Me.
ME ME ME!
Have to get myself an arcade stick.
Ooooh, I’m a chronic d-padder, cant stand sticks unless they’re firmly planted on a cabinet!
me! hopefully it’ll hit steam in a reasonable time frame so I can use my 1337 keyboard skillz!
1337? that’s one old keyboard!
It’s crank powered, and only works after it has been doused in holy water.
I finally found this post. Being able to collapse threads would be a super handy feature, even outside of this area, like on normal articles, but especially helpful here.
After watching the latest Raiden trailer I am starting to feel a bit hyped about it.
Since finding some time to dedicate to more technical games (re: adversarial games, in particular CS:Go and DOTA) I wouldn’t mind trying to actually skill up in a fighter. I’ve always been a big time button masher, except Tekken…. 4?, I was actually pretty good at that on the PSP.
Mortal Kombat isn’t really the one to skill up in. I guess a good place to start?
Stuff like Tekken & Street Fighter or King of Fighters actually have far deeper systems imho.
Not that I’m that good, I can hold my own in a fight but I don’t get really technical.
Yeah, you’re probably right but I’m not looking at trying to get up to any sort of competition level. Plus I grew up with MK so hopefully X is back to form.
If it sucks the new Tekken is on its way any how.
Yeah, the last MK was a return to form (Im sure you heard). I’d pretty much given up on the series once it went 3D with the occasional dabble at friend’s.
The thing that got me to buy it though (even though it has a really solid story mode) was the Challenge Tower. I still haven’t finished them, there are like 450 on Vita (it got 150 new challenges in a second ladder),
Yeah I heard it was pretty good, I just didn’t have any interest at that point. Hoping Injustice comes up on PS+ too so I can give that a whirl
I dont like the look of Injustice at all for some reason.
It doesn’t look like a great fighting game but I’m a big DC fan, so waiting for it for free is my balance there ha
@piat
I’m a Marvel guy, but I think part of the reason I don’t like the look of it was the gritty tough-guy bullshit.
I like bright colourful superheros who swoop in and save the day. Not wife-killing, angsty jerks
I got into comics in my late teens so the darker grittier stuff of DC really spoke to me more. Especially the stuff they were putting out through their imprints (Transmetropolitan was really the first comic series I read) so never really got into Marvel.
@piat Yeah, I preferred Vertigo mostly from DC, doesn’t seem as good these days.
Image is where it’s at at the moment in that market.
Last weekend, I watched a bunch of AFL matches. I wanted to watch all the teams play so I could get an idea of how they play the game. Are they defensive or offensive? How good they are at spoiling? Who are the star panels. Of the four matches I watched, all of the teams I wanted to win lost. I wasn’t able to watch the Gold Coast v St. Kilda match due to Foxtel bollocks, so I didn’t get a chance to see them play. So I went to the AFL website and replayed a round 14 match; Gold Coast v Geelong. Watching that match cemented the Suns as my favourite team. There is a dorky fun to them.
The Suns sounds a basketball team name. The guernsey looks like it belongs to a volleyball team. The logo is just stupid. The team song is poorly written. (fight fight fight till we get to the top!)
They are modelled after lifeguards. And that is hilarious.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK! GOLD COAST IS PERFECT!
*punches Phlanispo in the throat*
I hear you’re hosting the Commonwealth games next, bet that’ll be fun !!
If you like the Suns, you should definitely look up their match last week vs the Lions. Fantastic performance there.
I was at that match.
:'(Considering the weather, there was surprisingly high attendance. Even my parents, who gave up their full membership with the Lions recently, went to that game.
Wish I’d been there. Was some of the best football the Lions have put together in years.
Yeah, as a neutral I’d have preferred it to be a little less one sided. As a “I enjoy them, but they’re not my main team” supporter of the Gold Coast I’d have liked them to be more competitive. As a “taking GC supporting 8 year old to his first ever AFL match” I would have preferred a lot more things different. 😛
Apparently there’s a new Digimon series coming featuring the original shows characters as teenagers (or Tai, at least). As much as I was a huge Pokemon fan as a kid, I always felt Digimon had the far better show, so I’m really hoping this will be good.
and apparently i’m gonna be in japan for when they have some celebration stuff for their anniversary or something, so thats gonna be sick.
Pokemon is better, it doesn’t have that stupid temporary evolution thing that-…oh.
Or a literal garbage pokemon
oh
POOP MONSTER.
I will say for Pokemon, at least they don’t do a palette swap and pretend it’s a whole new creature.
Vivillon! Okay, you’re right it’s still the same creature.
Yeah, Toei are doing it next year I think? For some kind of anniversary.
I was a bit old to get into either of them heavily but I did watch a bit of both and I would agree that Digimon had the better anime by a fair margin.
But your younger than me…
Digimon was around 1999 or 2000 in Australia IIRC. I would have been 16-17, It’s targeted more at the 8-12 range I think, so more my sister’s age than mine. Also that would have been a bit after I first really got into anime (Evangelion was early to mid 1999 and I got into that halfway in and went from there), so I think I would have been watching other stuff. Timing-wise probably that’d be about the point I was into Rurouni Kenshin.
Pokemon actually came out 98, I graduated in 99. I remember discussing it in science class. (unless it was really early 99)
I’d have watched anything from Japan back then cos it was harder to get a hold of. Before the DVD boom.
I was 6 😀
Well, you were definitely too old!
I got cut off from our ‘unlimited’ dialup ISP because I had downloaded too many 20mb 320×240 VHS fansub rips in RealVideo 😛
Pokemon was earlier, but I didn’t watch it much. No interest in Nintendo and probably when it was getting big would be the half year where I wasn’t at school because of a move of country. I spent the first half of 1998 basically playing FF7.
Score!
Mario Kart! Tonight! 7:30pm!
TAY Kart: 6219-0979-9527
I shall be there in spirit. Getting red-shelled by everyone.
I’m not sure if I’ll play or not. I got season four of The Killing to watch. Greenius just wanted me to put up the bat signal is all. 😀
Bat signal! Relevant! [runs off to put on costume]
BULGE!
( ̄ー ̄)
Dat smug face. You know what’s up.
@sughly, @greenius, @powalen, @scree, @gooky, @batguy, @liondrive, @benny, @pixel_the_ferret_viking, @dkzeitgeist, @gemini, @stickman, @coldcamv, @evilmonkey, @steve-O_the_deve-O, @freezespreston, @shane and all the rest…
You must mean @mrtaco
No, he means @gooky, who has the username “Mr. Taco”
Confusing, I know.
Ahhh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Was very handy, Manny.
I have an ongoing identity crisis.
Sometimes, for a laugh, me and @beavwa see how long it takes our dates to realise they’re out with the wrong person.
Not because of our usernames. Just because we’re jerks.Because I’m a jerk.With sexy results.Would have thought the muttonchops were a dead giveaway
@beavwa’s [girl/boy]friend is lovely, muttonchops and all.
With a racist!
From Wogius
@mrtaco, @doc_what
@shiggyninty?
@alexpants?
Sorry, it’s Guardians Of The Galaxy night tonight. By the time I get home tonight you guys will be all gone.
NO.
I’ve been Mary Anned 🙁
@dire_wolf
Cool, I’ll be on hopefully.
Hey! That’s me!
Oh. I see how it is.
THIS IS WHY I DON’T LIKE TAGGING PEOPLE, @greenius! :'(
I told you not to worry! 😛
I was in Dubbo visiting @trjn and @frejyr. Apparently they don’t have mario kart :O Next week for sure!
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/my-geek-rules-tickets-11657272215
These guys have a great new podcast called Sleek Geeks.
Whilst I’m not recruiting IT professionals, I’m engrossed in the social media world of physics/astronomy/science. For anyone in Sydney who likes to learn, this event should be a good night – especially as it’s free.
Blergh. Lost my cool at a customer. That doesn’t happen very often. I need a break.
NO BREAK WE’RE UNDERSTAFFED AND OH LOOK AT ALL THIS SPARE MONEY IN THE HR BUDGET
Canberra.
August 30th.
Those fried chicken things I make.
And favours. Of the “better not tell your wife about this” kind. If you know what I mean.
Favours In Canberra?
Well, can’t be fireworks anymore, so I’mma go with drugs or porn.
I really want to but between PAX and Japan I’m a bit tapped out insofar as a travel budget goes.
Teleconference in.
While that’s totally understandable, and I think it’s a fair excuse:
No. No excuses. Don’t pull that crap with my Freezles. You can do it, or do you hate me? Do you really hate me that much? OH GOD. WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH FREEZE, I THOUGHT OUR TIME TOGETHER WAS MAGICAL!
I just have to keep my distance. I wanted it too much and flew too close to the sun. I just… just can’t handle it at the moment.
I would come but parents are going to Hunter Valley so I have to house sit for 2 weeks end of august to september
Party at Cold Cam’s parents place! \o/
How had nobody done a ‘Freeze losing cool’ pun yet?
HOW?!
Seriously, though, I’m impressed that you’ve restrained yourself so long. Some of the stories you’ve told… (and I’m assuming there’s more untold…)
Scene: Saturday morning. Supermarket. Lolly aisle.
“You know… I really shouldn’t buy this many packets of lollies ‘just because’. I’ll limit myself to buying one.”
That poor bag of Pineapple Lumps didn’t live to see Sunday afternoon…
And now I have no sweets.
Past @powalen sounds like a monster!
Present and future Powalen are monsters too!
Alternate reality Pow too.
All but the mental image Powalen has of himself.
Surely they could have picked a better word than lumps.
Nubs?
Pineapple Plops
Chunks?
danglers?
“The adventures of Blaghs who sucks at saving money”
*Sound of a jingle writer being forced to watch his family killed for his crimes in awful jingle writing*
So I was thinking to myself, “C’mon
SeanBlaghs, you need to stop being stupid with your money. You’re not going to be paid until the end of the week, and you still have a lot of expenses to pay for in the coming month. Be sensible.”So of course I decided to walk into JB, because I am a supremely intelligent person. “Well, I never did play Left Behind, so I should probably buy The Last of Us Remastered, and while I’m here, let’s have a look at the kids movies! Ooh, I do love me some Phil Collins, might as well buy Tarzan on Blu-Ray. Ooh, I haven’t watched Mulan in forever, so I’ll pick that up too, even if it does come with the sequel. Hmm, I didn’t like How to train your Dragon as much as some, but it was still pretty good, and hey, $16 is $16, right? And, shit, I only saw Rise of the Guardians via a shitty cam rip as part of my protest over it being delayed to buggery in Australia, so shit, I might as well buy that too!”
Goodbye Money. I don’t know why I hate you, but I must to push you away so.
Dude, I swear that sometimes we’re the same person. But only sometimes. Other times you are the anti-me.
… I think I lost track of where I was going with this.
We’re like a Yin and Yang, except that we’re both basically half the other person, not just a smidge of darkness in the light, or something.
By our powers combined…
Not much happens.
Remember kids, I’m fucking watching you. All of you.
The fogged up window on your bathroom? Me.
That tangy odour in your workplace lunch room that you can’t quite place? Me.
Best keep your shit in order.
Oh, believe me, Mr. Sausage Factory, I knew you were watching.
That display last night? That was for you.
*Wink*
Are you the monster microwaving tuna?
Why is there always at least one idiot in the office that decides hey I’ll microwave Tuna today…. *ragequit*
KanColle Anime news no one else cares about:
They finally announced staff & some cast and a date for it. It’s not happening until January next year 🙁 I hope that the craze hasn’t blown itself out by then, as it is they’re starting to run out of new characters to add (there’s basically only destroyers and a few carriers from the IJN left, then they’ll have to start digging into other navies)Anyway, the things of note are that they’ve secured a good director (guy who took over directing the Nanoha anime series from As onward, which given the focus on friendship through superior firepower seems like a solid match) and that they announced three members of the cast. This was always going to be one of the really interesting things, seeing how they ended up casting the anime. The game has a massive cast, but there’s only about 20 unique actresses, and each voices a ton of different characters. Normally for anime dubs, you’d have one character per voice, so that was going to mean either some people get re-cast, or a lot of characters are cut.
The three people they announced are no surprises – they’re all from the game – but the interesting thing is that it’s fair to assume that any other characters voiced by those actresses aren’t going to have major parts. The three announced were Saki Fujita as Akagi, Yuka Iguchi as Kaga, and Sumire Uesaka as Fubuki. The last is really odd – the game creators have a strange love affair with Fubuki. She’s a weak, fairly useless starter Destroyer who doesn’t have any remodels or anything and is overall utterly unremarkable. But there’s a whole ton of manga and stuff where she’s basically the central character. I guess being the unremarkable one means the rest of the cast can play off her better or something.
The key visual image they’re sharing at the moment is a poster that depicts Yamato, Nagato, Kongo, Akagi, Kaga, Mutsuki, Fubuki and Yuudachi. Presumably that’s the main cast, which aligns well with the assumption they’ll cut characters that share a voice with others – all of them have different actresses. However if they do that they’ll end up missing out on a bunch of very, very popular characters (Shimakaze and Nagato share an actress for example, and it wouldn’t be Kantai Collection without Shimakaze turning up), so you’ve got to think some of them are being re-cast or some of the actresses are going to be very busy.
Given that people seem to care very strongly about what is a frankly RIDICULOUS line-up of characters, I have no idea how the anime is going to handle such a huge cast.
There’s really only a core group of 30 or so that are really popular, but yeah, that’d make it tricky. So they were probably always going to need to cut it down a fair bit.
There’s a trailer out and it’s mainly a godawful low-budget amateur late-90s quality CG action sequence so I’m just assuming that the show will be awful. 🙁 Only upside is that the TAY Japan Magical Tour is basically right when this will be winding up so there should be lots of moichandise to buy.
A wild Batguy appeared!
Seriously, who comes to Dubbo?
Thatguy apparently.
A desperate man, that’s who, desperate…and dangerous
I think he just wanted to play Hanabi. It would have been cheaper to just buy a copy instead of taking a 10 hour round trip but HANABI!
We do! The big zoo is there!
Thanks for tea and Hanabi – it was very nice 🙂
You’re welcome to come back anytime. Maybe with slightly more notice next time.
So remembered I had a few Playstation 1 games in storage under the house… One of them: The Legend of Dragoon
Question now… If I’m never going to play it where should I offload it? Copies on eBay are
goinglisted for over $200!!You keep that game close to your heart and never sell it for a quick buck <3
I think that was my first JRPG ever!
It was good, back in its day.
Hmmm… I don’t think I’ve seriously considered selling it… It’s the only one I can remember. I know there are others down there that I’ll have to look at.
Just not sure I’m ever going to bother getting a PS1 and play any of them again. Maybe I’ll just sit on them till my eyes go bad and the graphics look as awesome as I remember them being.
(Most) PS1 games work on PS2 and PS3 as well! Surely you’ve got a PS3?
I skipped the PS2 generation (caught some sort of *cough*masterrace*cough* bug) and had no idea that PS1 games ran on PS3!
I’ll have to give it a crack! That’s my learn something new for today, thanks @teacherius
PS: I’m newish here and I hope it’s okay hijacking your handle like a few others DO… =D
Helpius is the usual one! 😀
Greenius the genius ;D
Really? That game aged poorly and I still play FF7, 8 & 9!
Yeah, but you can actually still buy those games! Legend of Dragoon isn’t available on EU PSN and it was rare to begin with so it’s one that commands a premium.
OOOOH! Pneumonia life for me, pneumonia life for me. Hey ho the diddly-oh pneumonia life for mee!
Ick, that good?
I had Pneumonia when I was five- just after I started school. Bascially I went for my first two days, came home sick halfway through each, and then spent the next 7 days in hospital
I’ve been on antibiotics for weeks now, so no hospital. But painful lungs and coughing.
It’s also brought back my asthma which I haven’t had for about 20 years 😀
Fun!
Blergh. Sorry to hear this, buddy.
Blech.
Bugger.
GET WELL SOON, LORD JIMU.
Good turn out at Mario Kart 8 tonight! (thanks for tagging @dc :D)
I played so bad though and I’m gonna be a sore loser and stop playing the game for now. Thanks guys, it’s been fun 🙂
(and I need to get through that backlog!)
Was fun but I was doing worse and worse as the night went on. XD
Yeah, I just turned off the Wii at the last race 😀
I had fun at the chemists too!
I tried jumping on at 8ish but it kept coming up with “An error has occured please contact your service providor” but it was only happening when I tried to join via the friends and rivals section, every other online game and shortly after when everyone left but gemini @benny @scree etc I could get in but that was at 9pm
your heavy cart kept knocking me off the track D=
Sorry! 🙁
You’re not really =P
That’s what I get for playing a light class
I am ive been trying bikes lately I didnt think theyd be heavy haha
The bikes and cars have weight classes, but so do the characters.
Koopa troopa – Light
Mario – Medium
Mii – heavy
I always go the mii
I was 3rd-place-StickMan.
Also fuck me if the game didn’t have cute characters I’d be losing my shit at the lag. It’s starting to really show.
I wanna plau LoUR but its still in the poooooooooooooooooost. Wha wah wahhhh
Page get, and a classy one too :p
Should’ve bought it from Dick Smith for cheaper and locally!
We had this convo, you dope!
I saved $4!
I know we did but you still paid more than $50! I blame Dick Smith though, it shoulda been valid the week you checked 🙁
From the salesman’s perspective it was over, they checked.
It’s just silly Head Office or wherever had that week of it not being valid.
The good news is, I’ll have Dead Space 3 finished with all this sick leave!
The bad is, Strider isn’t nearly as good as the demo :-/
Precious Xenoblade time…
ew
Dude it’s SOOOOOOOOO good. Also I still need to add you on PSN, whats ya AU PSN again? >_>
Jimu_Hsien for Au
and
JmuHsn for US
Ye’ll need both
Cheeeeeers. Can you see PSN US people on AU accounts?
Yeah, you can even play with them.
I even made friends with myself :3
You were that lonely? 😛
I’unno
Added you!
Prolly get on tomoz
Cool as!
Totally use the Share button for everything.
You know you want to.
😛
When I get some horrible Horror game or some naughty bewbs game (I love bewbs but not many bewbs games, alas *looks into distance*), you will be the first to see!
Seriously. Lightening is so freaking annoying. Seriously nintendo? Shrunk, lose 3 coins and any items you have?
I think fireball is the most irritating. There’s no way to swerve around a constant barrage of fire. XD
*looks at @sughly*
MONSTER!
I always find the fireballs useless.
Also hate red shells. Can’t avoid them.
@dc how do red shells work???? I don’t know if it’s the lag or not, but they have a mind of their own. They are supposed to home in on the closest person. Doesn’t do that for me, and they also just pop for no reason. Fucking lag BLAARGH.
Agreed! I like that it’s in the game, but I don’t like getting hit by it.
*lightning
If you’re gonna be a grammar nazi you have to be super careful with your own posts. 😛
To be fair, it does make all the karts tiny and therefore (presumably) much lighter.
Nah you go slower. You can also be squished.
Also, I’m not the best at spelling and I make a lot of mistakes while typing, usually oyu instead of you.
All teh gaemz 😉
So apparently. Soundwave is letting some Aussie music site called ‘Music Feeds’ drip feed the first 5 Soundwave bands on the line up over the next 5 days *sigh*. Here’s me thinking we were gonna get the first 20 or 30 bands tonight like the first announcement always has been :/
First band however is some Japanese Metalcore band, i’m sure they’re excited to be on Soundwave and so are their fans. I just hope this drip feed system isn’t trying to hype up a very lame line up :/
I didnt mind the last few years soundwave lineups but never went because tickets are sold out stupidly fast and then scalped at the same rate online at eye gouging prices
Woo! Coughing up blood… well, that’s new. @jimu, we might be pneumonia buddies \o/
Mario Kart tonight was fun, though! A FULL HOUSE of taybies makes for insane times.
Aw man, hope you’re okay. Feel better Shane.
I’m good, man. Even came 1st in a race! 😀
You stole first from me. I ain’t bitter. 😛
*coughs up blood*
That was fun!
Hooray!
Go easy on me!
*looks around sheepishly*
Eep! So much sickness around. D:
I watched episodes of ‘The Last Ship’ and ‘The Strain’ tonight so I may be slightly paranoid about epidemics right now. I’m not going to *hugasaurus* any sick people in case they’re contagious. 😛
Don’t read The Stand.
That recommendation is applicable even in times of good health, though.
(cc @DC with a big :P)
Too late. I’ve already read it and watched the mini series. I only remember there’s a superflu epidemic, though. Can’t remember enough to know if I’m on your side or @dc’s. 😛
The Stand is good, just don’t read the long version.
Blood? Only phlegm over here.
Is it from a raw throat or the lungs?
Git ta tha dokter, pardner!
Yeah, I will – don’t worry about that. I was scared enough by the colourful phlegm 😛
D:
Ack!
GET WELL SHANE.
Nothing to worry about. It just means my body finally caught up with my mind. I feel totally in sync at last.
Just letting it be known that I upvoted for full-house mario kart, not the blood coughing.
That’s not good man, didn’t know that was a symptom of Pneumonia.
That damn Ebola must’ve got out.
*promptly burns all the books that got delivered yesterday*
Seriously though, get thee to a Doctor, post haste.
If you really are coughing up blood you should get yourself to a doc’s asap shane!
@zapz @evilmonkey Auspost says your packages were delivered today. Let me know if there are any problems, okay?
i guess Auspost wasn’t being nice with the package >:( Lesser Evil got bent quite a bit but the rest are fine. Stacked them up to flatten out the bend so it should be fine i hope 😀
comics \o/
Aw man, that stinks. Is the damage bad? Warrant a replacement or consolation prize or anything? Let me know how Operation Flat turns out.
it’s ok buddy it should flatten out after a while
@dc @sughly Guess what I saw at JB today: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/tv-comedy/freaks-geeks-the-complete-series/565047/
http://i.imgur.com/ZYKNaPS.gif
hahaha! aww I want to watch it again now
Shane page 4! It’s a thing.
Money is kicking our asses at the moment. Just incurred another surprise $1700 expense.
Hey, I thought, I’ll do our tax returns. There might be a nice lump sum in there for us.
[Slow fade to two hours later]
YES! I’m rich!
…To the tune of $75.
Thinking the Wii U might be a relic of the past pretty soon, but will hold on as long as possible.
Can you really get enough for a used WiiU to make it worth selling it?
Also, yikes! That’s a pretty huge unexpected expense. Did something break? 🙁
With all the games loaded on it, I might be able to get about $250-300 for it. It’s by far the single most valuable thing I own.
(Edit: Actually, I own three of the books identified as rare here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_%28gamebooks%29 but I don’t really want to sell them! :P)
And the expense includes a large traffic infringement fine which we believe to be the fault of our car dealer rather than us.
You could sell the quilt. It’s worth more than that. 😛
Never gonna happen. Annie sleeps under it every night.
Ooh, not cool. No way to prove you’re not at fault? That’s really sucky. 🙁
We’re working on it. We’re reluctant to actually officially dispute it, because the nice policeman didn’t tack on a few other things that he could have… but we are seeking compensation from the dealer, and may be pursuing avenues of recourse through the ACT ORS Fair Trading etc
Yikesicles! I’m gonna risk contagion and give you guys a *supermegagigantic hugasaurus rex*.
*patented
Car dealer’s fault? That fracking sucks. Ouchies.
Upvotes count as currency, right? RIGHT?!
Seriously, though, that sucks.
That amount and a car dealers fault would make me guess registration issue?
Indeed.
Long story goes thus:
We bought the car in Dec last year, and paid the dealer 6 months rego, with the (apparently incorrect) understanding that paying them the money meant that they would handle the transfer of registration. They didn’t give us any instructions to the contrary, nor did they give us any of the paperwork it turned out that we would need to transfer the registration ourselves.We had no way of knowing. We know nothing about the car buying process. We (possibly rather dumbly) just relied on them to tell us what we needed to know.
So, thinking it was all sorted, we took the car and drove it for seven months. The new baby was born and car registration faded from the front of our minds. Because the ACT has moved away from registration stickers in the window, there was no reminder that rego was expiring soon.
And because the car was still registered to the dealer (which was of course, unknown to us), they got the renewal notice, not us. They didn’t bother to forward it on to us, either.
So two days ago, Mrs Shane got pulled over and fined $700 for driving an uninsured vehicle, and could have been hit with a bunch more on top of that. She was stranded on the side of the road with three kids in the car, while I called around, trying to organise some sort of reprieve for her. It cost almost $50 to organise a two-hour probationary provision to allow her to drive home, and a $99 late registration fee when we went in there today to sort it out. Plus twelve months registration and stamp duty (which of course we would have had to pay anyway). A lot of costs to be hit with suddenly, and annoying because some of them were definitely preventable.
Car dealer is a dick.
I’ve purchased 4 cars from dealers and every one of them have handled the rego transfer. Sounds like your dealer just didn’t bother.
Might be a different process in ACT, but yeah, definitely something wrong with this.
NEVER TRUST A CAR DEALER!
I hate how there’s no rego stickers now, I reckon they did it so people will forget when their rego’s due, so fine revenue will go through the roof, scum sucking, piece of shit politicians.
Also, did you get the slip saying that you bought the car? If not, the dealer could just take it back.
Yeah, we’ve got a purchase contract/receipt thing, and rego is all sorted now (as of yesterday afternoon).
Welcome to TAY @coolhandluke!
You’ll be a fully-fledged member once you buy something from http://shanewsmith.com/shop/
(use discount code TAY20 for 20% off)
And he needs to listen to http://www.dankarlszeitgeist.com/, too. 😛
Jeebus, that’s like trying out hard spirits when you first start to drink!
“You can’t swim? Here’s some lead boots and the deep end of the pool, that’ll learn ya!”
I haven’t even listened to it once yet.
Archives are here
If you start now you can be caught up by the end of the month.
Somehow I still haven’t heard a single episode of that show.
The comments I hear both intrigue and scare me…
I listened, reminds me of Hamish & Andy or some other radio thing.
I didn’t get a particularly gross episode, dissapoint 🙁
Oh, you listened to that one.
DANS! bike got stolen
I started listening to it for the Rocketman episodes.
Since then I’ve found that it’s the only thing that makes time pass more quickly at work, and my job is so boring I’m now able to multi-task “thinking” and listening (which is a feat for me, I suck at multitasking).
Don’t worry. I read some article a few weeks ago saying that multitasking is pretty much bullshit without super serious training due to the way the brain functions. Or something. I don’t know. STOP ASKING QUESTIONS.
I can’t listen and think at the same time.
I can’t talk and think at the same time so it’s perfect!
Oh come on, Cracks, pull your finger out!
JESUS!
YES!
IT TOOK ALMOST TWO YEARS BUT I KNEW I’D CONVERT YOU!
I KNEW IT!!!
Lol, never change man.
Looking back at my earliest Kotaku/TAY comments is like looking at the writing of another person.
It’s me, but it’s not me.
Funny how gradual change makes you feel like the same person over short periods of time, but radically different over larger periods.
Also, looking at old TAYs awoke some old memories.
New generations of TAYbies will never know the bizarro world of Pez and his many (many) pseudonyms.
And I never did find out who Plainview was. Though I think I prefer him as an enigmatic manifestation of eccentricity and verbosity.
And you never know if Evil @blaghman will turn up again (Evil Abed is so totally a shameless ripoff).
Absolutely true. I’m even more amazed when I look back at the forum I was at before TAY – I was a teenager there, and a totally different/same version of myself.
With regards to TAY memories, new folks won’t remember the old comment system, where each comment needed to be individually approved, and conversations often stretched over several days. Or the unfortunate and repeated incursions of Sandy C, or the very odd way that he/she decided to leave.
Sandy C story, go!
It’s disgusting and not at all funny. This is what I remember of it.
A couple of years ago, a user with the unfortunate handle of “Sandy Cervix” came on and starting to frequently announce that he/she was pooping his/her panties, and the various ways in which this excited him/her and his/her boss at work, who seemed to be sexually harrassing him/her as part of the package. In short, it was gross.This pre-dated Kotaku accounts, so there was some internal suspicion that various TAY members were behind this, but after a few folks got very offended and the situation got a little unpleasant, the consensus that this was an external troll was accepted.
This went on for a while, every day for a couple of months, and then silence for a while. Then it started up again, every few days. Eventually someone came online and claimed to be Sandy C, and that they had been conducting a study for university, some sort of experiment to see how online communities reacted to trolls. This explanation was not believed by most, and we never heard from him/her again.
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Meh, it is the interwebz. I’m just amazed that their IP wasn’t blocked.
Plainview is still kicking on Twitter. It’s great!
I know. He’s awesome.
So much McConaughey
Man, there’s a good many months where Evil Me was the only me here.
I look back and it’s like “Oh god Blaghs, shut you mouth. Just stop talking, please, oh why won’t you stop? Oh god, your grammar, while still better than like 90% of people is woeful, why would you allow yourself to do that, and did anybody teach you that you can’t just extend sentences eternally by using commas? Because nobody told me that, and it shows.”
Good times. Good times.
I love the Oxford Comma.
On a related note, here’s the Walken Comma: http://lolsnaps.com/upload_pic/ThestandardcommatheOxfordcommamypersonalpreferenceandnowtheWalkencomma-18641.jpg
Ahh, Good ol’ Blaghs.
Trust my first comment in TAY to be both wildly immature, and political.
Of course, at the time I couldn’t predict what would happen with Asylum Seekers, gay marriage, and whatever else that Government managed to fuck up slightly less than our current one.
Also, gotta love the days when there were a dozen regular TAYbies, and a few hanger-ons.
God, now I’ve ended up looking at Q-Bo’s last few posts. It’s been over two years since he posted here. And now I’ve made myself sad.
And yeah, I miss Q-Bo, too.
Spoke to him a month or two ago over Steam for a little bit. Was nice. He’s still got some problems, but he’s still dealing with them, and he’s still awesome.
I don’t think anything in the world could stop him from being awesome.
And alright, that’s my monthly resolution, try and talk to Q.
Excellent resolution.
Also, you know what would be awesome? A Loops-and-Q-Bo page. Of just those two. Man, they had some hilarious conversations (assuming of course that my memory is not deceiving me. And if it is, it’ll get what’s coming…).
How naive we were.
HOLY CARP THERE’S A ROGUE TIME TRAVELLING @DC IN THAT TAY THREAD. HOLY CARP.
EVEN HOLIER CARP, @DC POSTED IN THERE ONE YEAR AGO TODAY!
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS MINDFUCK YOU’VE UNLEASHED, BLAGHS?!
You know what’s a little creepy? You noticed that one year and one day after D.C. posted it. There’s gotta be some Wizards involved in this.
Edit: Hahahaha, that’s what I get for not refreshing.
My first post in TAY was apparently me jumping in with a pseudo blog post on a Monday morning after playing LA Noire. I jumped straight in without saying hi so I apparently felt comfortable doing so. It’s possible I posted without putting in an email address so it was never linked to my username when they enabled registrations.
The funniest part of that is the high hopes I had for Duke Nukem Forever… which I actually quit playing after the first level.
Hahaha, oh man, DNF. That game. Ha.
Man, the number of people who just jumped in without introductions…
It seemed totally reasonable when I did it, because I’d been reading these people’s comments for months, so of course they knew who I was via… diffusion?
Then later when other people did it I was always stuck with “shit, has this person commented before? Do I know this person but I’ve just forgotten them? Or have they just jumped into commenting?”
Given that I’d been commenting outside of TAY for almost a year, I felt confident jumping in randomly. I think.
And that was way back when we averaged two pages per week. I can’t imagine how daunting it is for the newbies nowadays (even if everyone here is super friendly).
I did, I didnt even really introduce myself until a few days after my first post when DC called me out on being new
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/07/talk-amongst-yourselves-233/comment-page-16/#comment-1680956
I dont know how to link my writing Im..im not good with the IT skills
[a href=”insert url here”]insert text to be linked here[/a]
Replace [ and ] with < and >
Thank you kermi o/
\o
I mostly just hung around posting on Kotaku articles until people kept tagging me in TAY (@freezespreston) and I jumped in to see what’s what. Had a meat a few weeks later. Thought people were pretty cool.
I hung around on Remember This?, ScribbleTaku and Haitaku for ages before venturing in to TAY. However, I’m pretty happy with my first effort. I called Mark a jerk. \o/
Did somebody say evil?
And with these last bits sanded down, I have made my mould \o/ https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82751694/props/payday_finalpass.jpg
Man that is looking super sweet! I cant wait for the end result! 😀 you seriously need to get into prop making
???
That looks good enough to rob a bank with!
Bedtime.
Good night.
Get ready for work time.
Good morning.
Stay home sick time.
Good morning!
Watched a couple hours of https://www.youtube.com/user/ClarkeAndDawe last night. Should be mandatory viewing for any politician before they take office.
Well my mum’s back in hospital again :\
She went down to Sydney for my grandfathers funeral with my sister, and my dad followed the next day as they decided to buy my grandfathers car, as it was fairly new, and low mileage etc.
So my sis and dad drove the car home from Sydney, while mum flew back.
I’ll never understand why, since she can barely walk, but she decided in all her wisdom, to take the car out somewhere yesterday.
Upon arriving home, she obviously had an issue with her leg, and stepped on the accelerator, and drove straight through the garage door, and in to their peugot that they were going to sell after having got the new car :\ That pushed the peugot in to the cupboards at the other end of the garage. I haven’t seen the damage, so I don’t know how bad it is, but omg… this is the last thing they need.
Especially since they just got through selling the house. Now the garage is trashed, along with both cars (again I’m not sure how bad, but any amount is too much really), and mum’s back in hospital as she dropped to her knees at some point yesterday evening, and my dad was unable to lift her back up.
Supposed to have a job interview today, and I was already packing my pants enough about it, but now I’m really super freaking out 😐
Spoiler tag cos potentially gross/TMI
To top it all off, it seems the stress has given me a major case of the runs! GO ME!Yum!
(don’t get tricked into reading that spoiler, I’m being sarkasmik)
Well, shit.
GOOD GOD!
Get her license take away I think. Happened to my grand dad, he hated it, but it was for the best.
yeah well I don’t think she’ll be in a hurry to do it again anytime soon. Just can’t believe she thought it was a workable idea in the first place :\
That’s why they take it away.
Is she gettin a bit old? Oldies sometimes forget their limits.
Its worth looking into.
well she’s 60 this year. Which isn’t toooooo old, but due to her cirrhosis, her liver is poisoning her mind, so she’s starting to go the way of dementia/alzheimers :\ It’s not super bad yet, but that combined with her well established stubborn attitude is definitely not helping.
I’d definetly get her license away from her then.
well it’s not an issue atm. they don’t have a car cos she smashed em :0
heh
damn dude, hopefully you can just put it out of your mind temporarily and just focus on your job interview for now. Hope your mum is ok. Good luck with everything.
Received a letter from the honourable Scott Morrison yesterday, spending 2 pages essentially saying “fiiiiiiine, you can be ‘strayan”… It’s getting more and more official by the minute!
Now i just have to wait for the ceremony!
*twiddles thumbs*
‘Morning TAY, How are ya?
I think Scott Morrison’s ceremonies for foreigners include sacks over the head, long van rides and cigarette burns.
Damn, i was just hoping for a toga party or something :/
I think those ones are held in Tasmania.
WHat’s the ceremony? I can’t remember if AU or NZ, but we got some small trees to plant. Was pretty cool.
All i know is that it’s where I’ll take the pledge to not screw over Australia… Too much :P… Essentially i go and vow to uphold Australia and it’s beliefs, they shake my hand and give me a certificate… That’s all i know so far.:P
I’m good. Had some great fun on TAY Kart with everyone last night. 🙂 MK8’s netcode seems really solid, didn’t notice any lag at all. My wife said at one point: “No Ben!! This is like playing against 11 versions of you at once.” Bahaha
GOD DAMMIT I MISSED TAY KART AGAIN /o\ aaaaawww…. Next time! Glad you had fun man
To which I can only assume you replied “OH YEAH! BenDa is the greatest!”
Oh man. I need to watch some Futurama ASAP.
Sorry.
I’d like to have a word with you.
And what word is that?
I think the netcode is balls. It lags like crazy, on local Australian matches. The smoothing algorithm is good, so you don’t see much rubber banding or jerkiness. But there’s a hell of a lot of glitches due to lag on online matches. 🙁
Yeah i just did some research online and that seems to be the general consensus, the smoothing is so good that you kinda feel like it’s LAN match, but i read that there is some bad hit detection and other weird glitches at times. Also i’m praying that they see the demand for it and release free DLC with at least 4 battle mode arenas. The free part might be a bit pipedream, but i would consider paying for them if they were good quality arenas.
Gravy!
Potatoes!
That would be nice.
You know what I’m hanging out for because I not allowed to eat it atm?
Cold stuff!
Ice cream, Coca Cola, anything!
Cold stuff is pretty good. Mint choc chip ice cream in particular!
But warm stuff can have it’s charms, especially in winter. And it’s winter. SO EAT SOME WARM STUFF, BROTHER.
OK!
So influential.
Got some leftover here to heat up!
You know who does the best mint choc chip ice cream? Bulla! The ones in those red ‘premium’ tubs.
*drooling gif*
not allowed to eat? What’s your plague mutated into now?
He’s a clicker now!
free mushrooms 😀
For a moment there I thought you meant someone who clicks on skill abilities in an MMO instead of using the keyboard shortcut. They’re equally reviled.
The only MMO I’ve really played was with a controller….
Clickers are scum.
Pneumonia!
That thing I had a month ago wouldn’t piss off and now look what’s it’s done!
I just need to avoid pouring cold stuff down my gullet
Chips cheese and gravy get around it
I love chips & gravy!
Not so big on cheese on chips though. Dunno why. Love a good old baked patater with cheese & sour cream and bacon biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits
Are you canadian or something?
Nope just dated a girl who lived in ballarat and dont ask why but that was their thing..chips, cheese and gravy
I see – because canadians have this thing called poutine which is just that – chips, gravy and cheese.
I never knew that..yay for learning something new \o/ I always just assumed it was because they just had alot of cheese in ballarat and were tryna get rid of it haha
I only noticed the awesomesauce last night but I am totally picking up the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol 1 soundtrack today at lunch.
So somehow I’ve found myself in a King of tokyo tournament where I could win entry to gencon…
So I’ll be playing boardgames competitively tonight, YAY?!?!?!?!?!
Was anyone else slightly disappointed by the new Strider?
I never played the old ones, but I knew hime from Marvel Vs Capcom. I loved the demo, played it through on all difficulties. The main game just kinda drags on. It’s not bad, but not as fun as I had anticipated.
It did drag on (and I haven’t even finished it), they don’t give you new abilities quick enough in the beginning, got bored of the same attacks for so long. I also felt like I was progressing through separated levels even though they’re all connected. Something was missing.
Edit: How is New and Tasty?
New & Tasty is great, knocked over easy in a few days.
Lots of little improvement here and there that make it a really worthwhile redo.
Was a bit dodge on the old Remote Play though. Encountered a few recurring glitches.
There was an update just after I finished, so maybe they cleared that up.
Huh. I wasn’t paying attention… Just saw my comment count.
It’s just now over 9000.
IT’S OVER 9000
Man, look at this guy posting too much! GET A LIFE, MAN! 😛
DC don’t you have 5000000 comments?
Each one more valuable and concise than the last.
Colobus monkeys.
At least 10000 of those comments are you just saying Colobus monkeys aren’t they… =,=
Must’ve been holding the scouter upside down
IT’S….1006 :/
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Been asked to customise two pairs of Converses.
This will be interesting. Either it will look good or turnout horrendous and I’ll be buying two new pairs.
that’s sorta cool, what did they ask you to do to them?
Replacing the back panel with some embroidered panels. They’re a wedding gift for someone. Have Mr [name] on one pair and Mrs [name] on the other.
Dude that is awesome. Good luck.
Red racing stripes..makes em go faster!
Colour it purple if you want to make it da sneakiest.
Don’t forget the speed holes.
you should get those lights that flash whenever you take a step. Those are cool
Seriously considering these for the small boy this summer. http://www.crocsaustralia.com.au/crocs-lights-robo-shark-clog/15362,en_AU,pd.html
Yay, my messages to my Brisbane friend nearly a month ago didn’t just disappear into the aether!
He just hasn’t had credit in a long while, finally got some responses last night 😛
Is it me?
I just didn’t reply cause I was afraid of you stealing all my women! *cough*
Too late.
He said friend!
A stranger’s just a friend you haven’t met!
…
IDIOT.
But I did meet @strange.
Is page 4 #TAYnostalgiapage ?!?
The day when we finally, finally got user accounts with notifications was pretty amazing.
I jumped back into Dark Souls 2 last night.
I tried continuing with my previous character but realised that I stopped playing because I was hitting a roadblock due to a bad build and items. Started a new character, selected Petrified Something as my gift and scored a Demon Hammer. So yeah, good start.And for something completely unrelated, MQFT!
M, F, D, S, P, W, N.
W is for Warhammer40K!
Demon Hammer is okay but doesn’t it require 50 STR? Be a while before you can even use it.
I kinda powered through a few bosses and I’ve already got 38 STR and am about to enter the Lost Bastille. I’m going to be fat rolling for a while after that though as I’ve neglected pretty much every other stat.
S
Really enjoyed Guardians Of The Galaxy last night, didn’t really feel like a Marvel (Superhero) movie though, felt more like a Sci-Fi movie.
I felt Drax talked too much though.Spoiler regarding the end credits scene.
Wondering if they put Howard The Duck in at the end just for a bit of a joke, or if they plan on doing another movie now.How good were the soundtracks through the whole movie?!
HFS I suddenly need to see this. I had no idea that the awesome music featured in the original trailer is also throughout the whole film!
Also, more of a scifi than a Marvel film? Yes please!
I loved it. The cast was great, even Batista as Drax (one of the friends I went with thought he was awful, but I enjoyed him, and he’s one of the better wrestler turned actors around). It was consistently funny and very clever too. Unfortunately I’d already spoiled the ending credits scene, not that it really mattered.
EDIT: Also, I’m going to watch it again on Friday night. Hopefully in 3D. The only other movie I watched twice at the cinema is the Avengers.
Back at work after a week and a bit off. 87 emails to attend to after I erased the clutter, plus my regular work flowing in.
Sigh.
At least my boss seems genuinely glad I’m back. I love my job but coming back after a week of totally vegging out is hard. I can’t believe I only played one game because it took me literally the entire week to finish with ACIII – though granted during that week my wife and I also rewatched three seasons of Breaking Bad.
And I look forward to seeing your photo a day thing again, atleast.
I considered keeping them going while I was on leave but I wanted to stick with the theme of doing it on the train on my way home from work (hence why I don’t do them on weekends).
Maybe next time I have leave I’ll keep them going.
Yeah, I like the consistent train theme too. Worst thing you can do is over think it, so if it works… keep on doing it.
I was inspired by the fact you always do yours in the same location. Plus I feel like on the way home is when I’m potentially at my worst/most tired – I’ve started to shut down for the day so I no longer have my “game face” on. I think if I were to go back through them in the future I’ll be able to see obvious trends in my emotional state (which is why I specifically tag them by day of the week too). Why I might want to do that is a mystery to me, but I’m not ruling anything out.
Hahaha! I understand it though! I find the same thing. In the weeks where I’m feeling down or depressed you can tell the difference between a fake smile and happy smile for me. XD
I’ve thought about doing something like that before and then putting the ‘frames’ together to create a cool, motion video of me aging rapidly. Also add a mellow piano track and a Morgan Freeman voiceover. Perfection.
Haha, yeah, definitely will be doing a time lapse at the end of the year. (Just a little riled up framing has changed over the eight months. Started a lot less consistent and gradually pushed in closer to my face.)
I had blood test today and didn’t semi-faint! Woo!
keep saying ‘wooo’ for as long as you can and then you’ll faint 😛
I do that too, they make me lie down.
Dear @harli,
I didn’t lose the oar. Its actually hidden within a deep cavern underneath the gamespot office. I buried it there so nobody would ever be injured again. But when i went to check it last year it was gone. I only assume that you stole it to do modifications.
GIVE IT BACK YOU HARLIQUINN
But who are they going to believe, me or you?! MWAHAHAHA.. oh wait, am I thinking out loud again?
Had $150 saved towards my PS4, but had to use it for an unexpected bill :'(
This sucks, I want one now dammit!
Ah, sorry to hear that buddy. It’ll keep though. The longer you wait, the more games you’ll have to choose from when you finally get it!
True, but I kinda gotta have one in 5 weeks. Pre-ordered the Destiny Limited Edition on PS4, it’s bad enough having Infamous: Second Son sitting on my shelf mocking me, having Destiny doing the same would be too much.
Just save up a little bit from each week’s pay day and you’ll have enough by the time Destiny’s out!
A little bit = $100 a week =S
Should be able to pull it off though… hopefully.
YOU CAN DO IT! Think of all the fun you’ll have if you do! Just swap to mee goreng 2min noodles for dinner and you’re set!
Something something three PS4’s with Steam sale something.
Shutup!
You guys are alright. Especially YOU!
Hey, it’s that guy from Mario Kart! Hope you had fun last night, buddy. Was good seeing you!
I did! Been a while since I’ve played. TAFE and Work kicking my ass as of late, so it was nice to wind down a bit.
A wild Shiggy appears!
I had fun, despite the fact that i sucked at it. Hah
You? That’s me!
No it’s not he was talking to ME! *shoves*
Your both wrong obviously he was talking about ME and by ME I mean the Windows Mellinium Edition
GOOOO!
Final thoughts on ACIII which I’m sure you’re sick of being the only thing I’ve posted about for the last week and a half.
After finishing Assassin’s Creed III I’m going to suggest the main reason people disliked it was AC-fatigue. By the time Revelations came out I was burned out and ultimately gave up on it. Even going back recently I couldn’t get engaged because the game felt clunky and unfamiliar and I was still compelled to throw myself into the same annoying sidequest that caused me to ragequit initially so I gave up on the prospect of ever completing it myself.
So after a two year break from the AC franchise I went into III expecting to hate it (my wife got about 6 hours in and reported it was a complete drag, didn’t interest her, she only cared about the Desmond stuff, the setting/era/characters didn’t interest her, etc.) and move straight on to Black Flag. I did not expect to spend a solid 30+ hours with ACIII and apart from a few frustrations (like the final chase sequence, the frontier sync points being in difficult to climb trees, etc.) enjoy it from start to finish.
I think AC needed a big change after the fairly similar settings throughout AC/2/BH/Revs and ACIII provided it. I personally liked the setting and while some of Conner’s dialogue came across as a bit whiny (I had to check and make sure he wasn’t voiced by Hayden Christensen) I found the characters and setting really engaging. The early plot twist was fun and I loved the fact we got two different perspectives. The modern-day/Desmond story developments were great and I’m glad we got some pretty substantial “real world” missions.
Another aspect was the way the game developed and juxtaposed the themes of unity with the father/son relationships. There was some stuff in there that I felt really resonated.
I think Brotherhood is still my favourite AC game, but I’d be happy to settle ACIII comfortably in second place.
Onwards to IV?
I definitely want to try and get it finished soon so I have a short break between that and Unity (I don’t want to burn myself out again) but I’ll probably take a short break to at least let my wife decide if she’s going to revisit ACIII given that I wound up enjoying it so much. She originally was going to watch me play the Desmond sequences so she’d be up to date on his story but changed her mind. Since I want to keep her spoiler-free I will probably wait until she finishes (or definitively quits) ACIII and moves onto Black Flag herself before I start it.
I only played III just before IV came out after play the rest on their releases and still didn’t like it.
Like your partner I was only interested in seeing how the modern day stuff panned out, and even that wasn’t all that interesting. The American war of Independence is just a boring time in history, unless you’re a super patriotic American I guess (not me), IMO. Not even sure why they chose it seeing as there is just so much else they could of gone with.
I will admit that the War for Independence is not all that thrilling to outsiders and I inwardly groaned at how Connor conveniently Forrest Gumped his way through events like the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, the signing of the declaration of Independence, etc. but I also felt that the game took a very micro-view of Connor’s perspective and didn’t make him into some sympathetic patriot figure. His story remained deeply personal and the people around him openly criticised him for taking too narrow a view of things. I can’t speak to the historal accuracy (at the end of the day, it’s a game) and I know the Templars are at the end of the day still going to be considered “the bad guy” but getting alternate and critical perspectives on the “patriot” cause was really intriguing to me.
I also feel like the frontier is underappreciated as a setting. I was dubious given that we’re used to working within the confines of ancient cities with towering spires and whatnot and the low-profile design of the colonial villages and towns is a bit underwhelming by comparison, but I fund it extremely functional.
The environment was ok, what I saw of it. I must admit I did not explore as much as I normally do in the AC games or engage in much of the side missions because I just flat out could not stand to have to hang around with Connor any more than I had to.
I think that was a factor in my wife’s dislike too. She really disliked Haytham as well but for different reasons so I guess once she got away from Haytham and switched to Connor she was let down that she still fundamentally disliked the protagonist.
I personally did all the side missions. I haven’t found all the collectibles but the homestead missions, although extremely time consuming, really added something to the game. It was all kind of shallow and cliche, admittedly, but actually finishing them really felt like I’d done something worthwhile.
I enjoyed it a lot more the second time I played it through, but the ending still bugs the hell outta me.
Can you elaborate on that? It did feel a bit insubstantial but I assume since the series is ongoing it will more or less lead into future events. Since I haven’t played Black Flag yet I can only speculate.
Speaking exclusively of the Desmond ending. The game was touted as the end of Desmond’s story, and the buildup through the rest of the game was really really good. But the ending was a vague five minute cutscene that threw another curveball and then just ended. I mean it might be my expectations but I felt like they were building to something a little less abrupt and flat.I loved the opportunities for conversation, the emails were really interesting, the missions to get the power sources and rescue William etc. were all really neat. I guess the final cutscene itself was pretty abrupt but at the same time it was completely telegraphed. I guess I have the comfort of knowing in advance that there’s at least two more games coming whereas I guess when people first finished ACIII they were all “man, what the shit?!”There’s a bit of a gap in my knowledge since I skipped Revelations and it’s been a looong time since I finished Brotherhood but I guess when Minerva showed up to warn me Juno was up to no good I was just relieved the game didn’t make me choose who to side with.
I like all the ideas it presents, just not how it presented them. That’s the basic summation. 😛 But I’ve always had a ‘they never respect the Desmond content’ mindset. Which is probably why this bugs me so, because the rest of the Desmond stuff in this game felt like they were caring a little more.Ooh, password for the building WiFi got put into my phone. I’m sure that’ll be useful for something.
Shame I didn’t catch what it was though 😛
“abc123”
Password
0000
Too short for WPA2!
Come-on man it’s 2014, you gotta modernize it “p455w0rd”
Pazizzle.
SecurePassword3250
Started the first Mass Effect the other night. I think I may like this one better than the other two. The save system leaves a bit to be desired though. Lost about 90 mins progress because aerospace didn’t kick in properly. Manual save all the time it is.
Really wish they didn’t screw up the hacking so bad. 1/10th of a second isn’t enough time to react guys.
For some, maybe.
That’s the only one I have finished. Really should get around to getting the trilogy so I can play the other two.
ME2 was the best out of the lot imo!
They all had their strengths and weaknesses I think. Mass Effect 2 and 3 had better action-paced combat however customisation really lacked in comparison to ME1, and Mass Effect 1’s controls were way less clunky for the combat/interaction (Mainly due to everything having their own controls and not Spacebar for 10 different things, fricken ME2 and ME3 controls) and you automatically will change to cover mode when you move close enough to the wall/cover which felt really fluid and responsive.
I never played any of the ME’s on the PC so never really noticed anything off with the controls… each ME had something going for them though. ME1 was really RPG centric which was both a good and bad thing since the customisation was great but the combat felt off (I’d rather if they’d just copied the combat from KOTOR imo for guns). ME2 had an amazing cast of characters and a story and galaxy that felt like they stretched on forever, I actually replayed that game thrice to get the ending I wanted.
The only thing that really stood out for me with ME3 was the multiplayer. Everything else was basically exactly what ME2 did but just less content not to mention an anti-climatic ending. I really got attached to my squad in ME2 but in ME3 I don’t remember any of them particularly well =\ Didn’t even go back to the game after finishing it the first time…. Which is pretty rare for me when it comes to BioWare games, heck I even finished KOTOR 2 that unfinished mess 4 times.
Speaking of ME3, that’s another game I can and certainly would be interested in playing Multi on
I’d be up for that if they re-released ME3 on the PS4 =P Sadly my PS3 is well and truly retired :'( I only bring it out now when I’ve got a week or two of holidays planned!
Argh… PC only for me -.-
I’d be up for that if I didn’t have to use Origin… my last run in with that system I bought the DLC for Dragon Age 2 and it didn’t show up on my games list and I got no response whatsoever from filing a support ticket. So yeah… Origin can go kill itself.
I think I am in the minority that thinks ME2 wasn’t amazing. Seriously the story is just recruiting people then the ending mission. It basically had no story, that being said Mordin was introduced in ME2 so I have to give it that.
Hacking’s better on the console than the PC, IMO. I think they did that to make it a bit more interesting, and possibly – POSSIBLY – force you to use up gel. Which is probably a decent idea, because by the end of the game you’re converting so many shithouse weapons into gel purely because you’ve run out of inventory space and you don’t have any room in your wallet to sell the guns. You’re literally as wealthy as it’s humanly possible to be, and the only thing you can do is convert these valuable weapons into goo, which you will waste on boxes you’re perfectly capable of opening easily, because by god, if you fill up your goo inventory as well…
Sadly, I can’t recommend the console unreservedly, because inventory management’s much better on the PC than on the console. Can’t win. 😛
Also, the Mako is a shitter. I strongly recommend you just grab some online maps of where things are to avoid wasting your time exploring every single godamn nook and cranny of every planet’s map. Sure, it’s novel and fun at first, but toward the end of the game you’ll be having terrifyingly boring dreams of crawling slowly up mountains in the Mako.
(To me, the worst dreams/nightmares are the ones where NOTHING HAPPENS. It’s like being forced with taped-open eyelids to watch a movie that’s nothing but a photograph or white space. OH MY GOD IT’S BORING. When I was fruit-picking, when I was adjusting to the tedium, I’d always have dreams about the fruit/vegetable I was picking. Just the fruit. Nothing about the fruit, just like… a fucking picture of the fruit. And the smell of it rotting.)
They screwed up the hacking for the PS3. It’s literally 1/10th of a second to react and you cannot do it.
Sounds like a PS3/console thing, cause the hacking was pretty easy on PC.
Yup! Never had trouble with it on PC. I just checked the console version of hacking and it looks terrible.
Easy on the 360 too. Just a terrible port over to the PS3.
Eh? What was wrong on PS3?
I played them on both and didn’t have many problems on either.
@dkzeitgeist was having the same issue I believe.
I did get the mako trapped in a building once. Loaded a save and there it was, vertical between two structures it could possibly have gotten into.
But I had minor shit like that on 360 too.
I didn’t have this problem, I just got bored of the hacking.
Mine was really, really low framerates in boss fights and important moments. Escaping from the mines when you meet Liara was almost impossible.
I really enjoyed driving about in the Mako.
Mass Effect = RPG with shooter elements
Mass Effect 2 & 3 = Shooter with RPG elements.
What are you playing it on? I actually liked the hacking minigame in PC. Kinda like circular Frogger. I don’t care what people say, the Mako was fun to derp around in! What’s a “physics”?
MAKO!
I just saved before each hack. Which is fucked because it loads FOREVRRRRRRRRRRRR
Memorised the sequence? I melted everything down to omnigel and did it that way.
Not fully, but I had a slight advantage the second time and yeah by the end if I fucked it I omni-gelled.
ME1 had more soul to it, I still prefer it over ME2 and ME3 even though the core gameplay in 2 & 3 is arguably better. I missed the feeling of exploration and discovery. And I really loved the Mako, driving around uncharted worlds and stumbling on random stuff everywhere. I wished they’d made that bigger and more interesting rather than ditching it.
Hey guys, Mightyape have a few good PS3 deals in their daily deals today.
Journey for $20
Battlefield 4 $23
Resistance Trilogy $35
Little Big Planet $11
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Limited Edition $22 and
Family Guy: Back To The Multiverse $25
http://www.mightyape.com.au/daily-deals/slot/17540
Was this the unexpected expense? 😛
Nope, it was the fee for my sons school bus.
I really should play Journey some time…
I got this.
Is it getting a PS4 re-release? I thought it was maybe.
I wish it let you invite friends, I’ve had 2 lonely attempts at it.
Squelchy Lady also has an annoying sneeze. It’s like she speaks it more than actually sneezing. Especially the end part.
HEIG-chew… HEIG-chew…
You should turn around and say “No it’s chew chew swallow”
HI-chew… HI-chew…
Why am I reminded of Lee Sin from League?
Oh yeah, Hi-keugh hi-keugh.
So it wasn’t just me..
By the machine spirit, I hate that champion so much
I’ve been finding that doing the exercise program has had one particular benefit: I’ve learned how to exercise again. The program I’m doing only has 3 exercises that I can do at home without the equipment, but they’re good ones. Combining those exercises with regular walks and basketball on a Wednesday night will keep me in good stead for the Fitocracy challenge. I still can’t believe I actually enjoy exercise now.
Welcome my friend. To the world of gym junkies.
There is no escape now.
Home workout people… How can I set up a bar at home to do pull ups on…?
I’m lazy with googling… Help? Please?
I don’t recommend doing it unless you’re absolutely sure the fixtures you’re going to attach the bar to can handle the weight. ESPECIALLY if you’re renting. If you still want to go ahead I believe there’s bars out there that extend outwards until they hit the wall and you can lock them in place, but once again these put pressure on the fixtures/the wall.
If you’re looking to workout your back which is what pull ups basically do I recommend – Lawnmowers or Elbows-out Lawnmowers. You only need a place to rest one knee (i.e. a chair) and a free weight like a dumbell.
If you’re doing a pull-up with your palms facing in you’re essentially working your biceps and your shoulders so you might as well do workouts that focus on those muscle groups exclusively.
The enemies in Dead Space 3 are just getting tiresome. I played through all of 1 & 2 with just the plasma cutter and it was great.
Plasma cutter is gimped in 3 and I’ve been having to *shudder* change weapons for different situations.
I’m not here for the shooting Visceral! That’s why I put it on Easy!
Without great accuracy, I found the plasma cutter to be useless.
This was made far more difficult by the fact that I was drunk at the time.
Try playing on PC without mods. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that.
Worked fine for me, (In Dead Space 1) although I far preferred the pulse rifle to the plasma cutter because the plasma cutter sucked up ammo.
(If you can kill a necromorph with three well-placed pulse rifle shots, why would you ever use a plasma cutter)
Dead Space 1 is the one with the problem. With Vsync turned on (and even off) the mouse was so laggy it wasn’t funny. I agree on the cutter ammo.
Hmm, I didn’t have any problems for some reason. Dead Space’s port was famous for not working on certain systems, so I guess I was just lucky.
Because it worked so well for me, the idea of even using a controller in a Dead Space game is mind-bending.
I actually went pretty tough on myself and played either the hardest or second hardest difficulty in all of my playthroughs of the Dead Space games. Funnily enough they actually improved their weapon swapping in DS 3 by having two weapons built in one and combo-ing the effects. Flamethrower/Ripper was hilarious.
But yeah, the trusty Plasma Cutter isn’t quite as effective in 3. I think I had a bola-thrower Linegun combined with a Forcegun as my main clearer and a combined Boltgun/Revolver as my handcannon.
I’m still using plasma for the skinny guys, but have a shotgun/machinegun combo in the other hand.
The shotgun is amazing and then suddenly it isnt.
I just wish I could make the guns stronger so it didn’t take a full few minutes on each bastard.
Are you taking advantage of the weapon benches and modifying them? Unlocking more slots for the modules/patches allows you to increase the damage, reload, fire rate, ammo capacity, etc and you can chuck whatever upgrades you have in there. That should solve your boomstick concerns.
Whereabouts are you up to in the story?
I’m putting rosetta back together.
Ive been adding shit to guns +1s & +2s to rate of fire and whatevr.
Can I make my own +s? I need a +10
I’m pretty sure each thing caps out at +3 but they do stack.
Oh, how do I open the second side of +s. I can only equip 2+2 but looks like I’ll be able to equip 4+4 (does that make sense?)
Yeah. I believe that when you’re in that screen you can select the “locked” slots and click on it. You’ll need to spend some materials (nothing too rare I think) but you can permanently unlock that slot. You do need to spend the stuff on each type of gun though as unlocking for the primary weapon does not unlock the secondary.
@popdart5
Ah, sweet. That’ll beef me up a bit, thanks!
It depends on the frame you have, some of them don’t have slots you can unlock but the standard ones can all have the slots unlocked (the 4 top ones apply for the top tool and the 4 bottom ones apply for the bottom tool).
One combo I found amazingly useful was the Telemetry Spike combined with a Diffraction Torus tip and another Telemetry Spike with a Conic Dispersal tip, you get a light machine gun with an underslung shotgun that is a great combination that lets you deal with almost anything. Give the LMG the stasis coating addon and you’ll be able to suppress any fast enemies and slow them slightly and give you more time to deal with them and possibly pump a few shotgun rounds into them (adding a damage modifier like fire or acid to the shotgun is handy).
@aliasalpha
How am I adding a damage modifier?
The damage modifier & stasis things are weapon addons you can pick up (often from side missions, you get supply crates from most of those at the end), they go in a different slot on it that’s not one of the circuit slots, they go in attachment 1 or 2 in the top middle or bottom right on the main weapon modding screen where you can actually select the tools themselves. They can also have things like an ammo sweeper that automatically picks up ammo for example but that’s annoying since it can easily fill your inventory, there’s a scope that sounds good but is practically kinda shit since you can’t not use it (might be good on a secondary weapon, a standard telemetry spike with a scope could make a decent sniper rifle but only as a backup since it’d be useless as soon as a necro got close) and there’s stuff that’s mostly made for coop support and tend to not be as good single player.
You can also craft a lot of these things from the bench, I can’t remember exactly how off the top of my head but you can build any circuit you’ve found and recycle any circuit you’re not using and reclaim some of the resources so you can probably dump a bunch of old +1s and make some +2s for example. You can also make most of the tool tips, I don’t think you can make the tools themselves though.
An important thing the game never explains is ration seals, they’re an ingame way of buying the DLC resource packs, if your scavenger bots or supply boxes give you ration seals and you end up with 30 of them (I think it’s 30), you can go into the DLC menu in the bench and the resource packs should have a “buy with ration seals” option, it’s well worth doing since aside from getting a good chunk of resources which you did legitimately earn rather than just bought like some cashed up n00b, you can get some unique MK-5 weapon attachments which are damned handy things (unless you get my luck and get all the ones that aren’t stuff you need but its nice to have just to know you have it).
@aliasalpha
Oh damn, I only have 3 of those and 2 were co-op ones.
I eqquipped one that was co-op but still worked in single raising my damage I think.
Hm. Still no call-backs from these clients. Better stuff my mouth with sticky caramel and chocolate lollies so I can’t speak. That should do the trick.
“Hey Transient, how do I do this thing?”
“Wm frm gwrt vff gfmwf wmm gnh wrrk mmpmm vwfwf.”
“OR, you could wait til you’ve finished swallowing… Jesus.”
“Wwt? Wwwm gmwrr wff mm fwymgk.*” (*What? You know what I’m saying.)
*pause* *buries head in hands* “God help me it’s true. This is not what I wanted from life.”
(Edit: *consoling* “Vww vww. Uff mwt fw bwwd.”)
There there, it’s not so bad?
Yup!
I’m okay at this! [head desk]
Spoiler tag cos rant, and u know… I don’t wanna come off like some whiner, but I really need to get this off my chest!
So I go to get dressed for my job interview, and put my arm in my shirt, only to find that the entire arm ripped off as I put my hand through the end of the sleeve! Oh well.. grab the nearest jumper and cover it up. Put my shoes on, tie the laces, second lace snaps! Blarg! Scurry about looking for something to replace it… Sorted! Get in the car at 9:30 to leave for my interview at 10. Get on to freeway, bit of roadworks, but nothing too major, so traffic flowing freely. Get about half way to the city, and it’s a carpark. Breakdown on Coronation drive (where I’m going.) Expect Delays…. wtf?! So my 15min journey to Milton ended up taking me 45mins, making me late for my interview. Got to almost 10am, and I knew I was going to be late, so tried to call and let them know, but my phone wont dial out!!!! DOUBLE WTF!?!?!? About 10:05 guy rings me up asking if I’m still coming etc, so apologized and explained the traffic delay. Thankfully they are right on Coronation Drive, so they could actually see the traffic, thus knew I wasn’t bullshitting, but my gawd… I really didn’t need that today.Interview itself seemed to go ok. They were quite happy with some of the answers I gave, so it’s just a matter of waiting to see if I get asked back for round 2.
All that out of the way, so I can finally relax for the day!
No sooner had I arrived home, and my dad calls. He was trying to ring my uncle, but hit the wrong button. Apparently mum came home from hospital last night in a cab at like 3am. We have no idea why, but when dad woke up, she was sitting on her bedroom floor, unable to move, so dad had to call the ambulance again to get them to lift her up and take her back to hospital 😐
Really starting to sound like I might end up having to take on a carer role for my mum soon. Given that I’m out of work at the moment, I’m the best candidate in the family, but whether I can sustain myself on a carers payment from Centrelink is a different matter. Lots of investigating to do I think.
TLDR; Today can die in a fire!!!!
Too ripped.
Bloody hell man, some days you wonder why you even get out of bed.
This is why it’s a good idea to always plan and have an outfit ready at least one week in advance 😛
But nah, that’s pretty bad luck.
Sounds like the interview went well though, which is great to hear 🙂
Hopefully you get a callback 🙂
That’s rough to hear about your mum :S
I hope all turns out for the best, regarding everything 🙂
I had my outfit planned and laid out yesterday! There was nothing visually wrong with it that I could see, so I was in no way expecting the whole arm to come off!!
“Plan outfits”?
*stares at @liondrive with a confused look*
“today, imma wear pants!”
*superman pose*
plan done!
Actually, come to think of it, that’s a terrible idea…
“Today, imma NOT wear pants!”
…
better!
*nods*
haha, this is me, I just make sure I grab something from the clean pile instead of the dirty pile.
hahah that’s usually me, but this time, since I knew it was for a more corporate environment, I made sure I had something suitable the day before, as I haven’t worn those clothes for a number of years now, and wasn’t sure if they would even fit me!
All my work shirts are micro fiber , no need to iron and they seem to last for ages, 2 of my shirts I bought in 2003 for another job, one is starting to weather a bit but the other looks like I bought it yesterday.
If I absolutely must grab from the dirty pile, I give the garment a little sniff first, scratch off the stains and overdose on deodorant.
good old sniff tests, saved me many a load of laundry 😛
That’s one rough morning. Sorry to hear about your mum. Hopefully you’ll find a solution to caring for her.
Hopefully the job goes good for you as well. I’m on Coro Drive as well so would be fun if you got it 😛 Sometimes we hear screeching tyres and very occasionally a pileup outside our window
My Top 25 Most Played Songs in iTunes!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuPg5WwCYAA8z3b.png
Ooh, cool idea. I should check out mine when I get home!
I can’t check mine, but I can assure you the top two are Poker Face and Just Dance by Lady Gaga :3
On a side note, I’m gonna have to check out this, Arcade Fire.
http://www.last.fm/user/CUFCfan616
Last Fm annoys me. You’ll start a song, pause and then restart it and it’ll sometimes count it as listened to twice. The general gist of my musical taste is there though. Queen and thrash metal \o/
Should’ve been a reply to @dc but @liondrive gets the love instead
So I’m just gonna say thank you, cause Arcade Fire are pretty rad.
I might even buy their albums *gasps*
No, thank you. I usually get dissed for my love of Arcade Fire. XD
I saw them live in January with @sughly. Was amaaaaazing. I almost cried. Haha.
I’ve seen you post about them (quite often :P) but never bothered checking them out.
Not sure why not, to be honest, but I’m glad I finally did 🙂
I don’t know why you’d get dissed for liking them :S
Something something hipster something something…
That tour was amazing!
I have heard of one of those songs.
HEY TAY!
The resident (not a) doctor is in da house!
*doof doof doof*
Or something….
So movie stiff is happening in Sydney this weekend for anyone who wants to pop along and get shot up by gangsters. Or be a gangster. Whatever floats your boat (there will not be boats).
I have no idea who to tag anymore so if anyone wants to do that, feel free.
First time meaters are welcome to tag along and meat. You don’T HAVE to be doing anything fancy on screen. You can just appear as a face down corpse if you want.
Here’s the deets:
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Invite-843×1024.jpg
Wear old clothes if you want to…
What, is it a red wedding?
It sure is!
Its a..nice day for a..red wedding
@mrtaco
And uh… who else isn’t on twitter?
He’s basically the only one 😛
KING OF THE CASTLE
I will be traipsing about on Saturday in kind-of 80s gear (Shredder outfit). But it will be at wherever Smash is at which I don’t think is near Milsons Point.
:'(
Hmph. Food experiment: disappointing result. Failure to meat (HAH!) expectations.
Chicken, turkey, ham, salami, bacon, roast beef… I thought that my meatlovers sandwich might taste better based on how many animals died to make it. (Salad? Salad is what my food eats.) Did not work out as hoped. All the deceased animals have teamed up to take their revenge on my guts.
It’s clear to me that some meats are superior to others. Tomorrow I’m going to cut to the chase – three layers of bacon, separated by layers of cheese and onion. Nothing can possib-lie go wrong.
As long as the onion is either cooked, or pickled.
I once ate a bacon and raw onion sammich.
The fact that I remember that sandwich should indicate to you that it did not go well.
There’s nothing wrong with raw onion! I loves it! Much prefer it to cooked onion on certain things, especially sandwiches!
You can’t just add meat and expect it to work. You need cheese and maybe a condiment like a sauce to bring it together.
er, possibly go wrong…that’s the first thing that’s ever gone wrong
Roast beef, cheese and Branston pickle you need. Too much meat definitely turns into a mountain of dryness. You gotta ration the meat out over 2-3 separate sammichs 😛
My favourite toastie at the moment is smoked salmon, pepperoni, Jarlsberg, basil and cashew dip and Kewpie mayo. Mouthgasm incoming.
Urrrrrrrgh. *crawls into small, dark place to die*
Actually, I take it back. No meat. No more meat ever. Urrrgh. No food ever. There is an u ltra-dense nutrient core residing in my gut which shall power me for weeks to come, if it doesn’t kill me.
Just wait until your body is done with it.
The real Demons Souls starts here…
Ceaseless discharge?
More pushing a Smough sized object through an Ornstein sized hole.
Havel the Rock then?
Ha ha!
Word to your mother!
clearly his career is going well then.
There was another vid on there, looks like he’s rich and semi-retired.
He had a nice swimming pool.
(He seemed to be pretty aware of his lost fame)
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Anyone have a suggestions for an ebook reader on Android? I’m currently using Moon Reader to grab stuff off Drive and it’s kind of ok, but has some annoying features.
You can upload PDF’s to Google Books, then view on your device. Sometimes it doesn’t insert the uploads into library though.
I have Aldiko, which I’ve never had any problems with
Ok so maybe I just have too short an attention span. Getting bored with work, time to go and do something else with life now.
/quit
You don’t seem to get that sense of contributing/feeling like you belong I get when I work. :'(
Contributing? A bit, moreso before the last few weeks where things have been getting bogged down waiting for this that and the other rather than progressing like they were beforehand.
Belonging? I never feel like I belong 😛
Just remember to actually have an income so you can do life. IRL =/= Disney movie.
Never stopped me before!
Just because you hold the same values now, and have held them for the majority of your post-teen years, doesn’t mean they won’t change later on. Make sure present-you doesn’t fuck it up for the future-you.
I am worried that has already happened 😛
the amount of times I’ve had that train of thought and then, oh, hey responsibilities, thanks for reminding me of the need to work…stupid bastard is responsibilities 🙁
Good thing I don’t have any of those then 😛
ah the days when my days consisted of ‘studying’, Simpsons DVDs and gaming. Stay away from responsibilities as long as you can 😀
I think that’s kind of my problem. I’ve done it too much and now I have no idea how to handle them at all and it’s all just too much take it away.
Ok, I read through that sex game article three times and still have no clue what point she’s getting at.
I did realise that the cadence is perfectly suited to Max Payne it that made it hilarious reading in his voice.
Which article is this? Oh. Hm… *skim* Yeah… probably not going to bother just yet with what looks like – after a cursory skim – one person’s exhibitionism in a solipsistic attempt to suggest that because she hasn’t seen her experiences and priorities represented in a way that does the intensity of it any justice, that doing so for herself (with detours through boring, bad poetry) represents something more valuable than ‘mainstream titilation’.
Cara’s best writing is absurdism only loosely related to the subject at hand, with her stream-of-consciousness style portraying relateable thoughts as filtered and exaggerated through the lens of a madwoman’s mind. Best when pithy and short, her extended stuff runs the risk of incoherence when exposed to too many potential directions and trying to take them all, like a cat in a butterfly sanctuary.
If M.C. Escher were able to capture self-congratulation in a geometric shape, that article is the kind of thing he would draw.
(…I’m almost envious.)
How do you even come up with an amazing line like that?
I’m going to put it down to an eldritch malevolence radiating from the abominable amalgam of animal-corpses railing against their dissolution in my gut.
Wait, you can summon Cthulu by eating tonnes of meat?
Sign me up.
A wide variety of meats; what’s critical isn’t the protein, it’s the suffering.
You should write for hallmark
“Happy birthday to my mother.
May you have so much cake, that you summon cthulu within your smaller intestine.
Best wishes,
Son”
Congratulations on your fresh and slickened spawn! May its undulant cries herald its asenscion to the impossible throne of the corpse-city R’lyeh!
I would honestly buy that one. I think I’ll make one for my sister when she finally gets around to having a kid.
Best. Uncle. Ever.
Also, I meant ululating, but undulating’s kinda creepy too, so it works.
(Bonus: If you make it yourself, you can have a pop-up R’lyeh/baby cthulu! If you need a model, look up ‘baby Cthulu’. It’s a thing.)
is it weird that I’m planning to build a character in Pillars of Eternity based on their race’s ability to grow a beard?
Edit :
the correct answer is ‘no, of course not.’It would be weird not to.
only if you’re playing a female character
Even then, games like the Saints Row ones allow the ladies to grow the beard of their dreams.
Today is a good day for me. I was able to renew my All Access pass for Google’s Play Music which means I can finally listen to Twilight Force and Pathfinder again, as well as checking out Aeon Zen (weird prog thing, same main singer as Thaurorod).
I also added Eluveitie’s brand new album ‘Origins’ to my virtual library but have so far stayed strong and not listened to it. I really want to wait until it arrives in the mail. We’ll see how long I last. 😛
Oh and I went looking for a red polo shirt for my son as he needs it to wear on Thursday but couldn’t find one. So I bought a white one and some red fabric paint and painted it. Thought about dye but dye needs longer to cure. I need to know if it worked by the morning, in which case if it didn’t, I’ll need to go and buy a man-sized one to make boy-sized. Parenting is fun. 😛
it’ll turn out pink and it’ll be like when Homer wore a pink shirt to work and got singled out for it 😛
This is what I’m scared of. 😀
I’m still so out of touch with ‘new’ metal. Used to be I’d rely on Terrorizer & PowerPlay mags and Myspace band requests to read up on the latest news, now I just don’t have the time or an active Myspace account anymore 🙁 Downloading albums just isn’t the same to me either as getting a new cd from the shops/post and sitting down for 30-70 minutes and ignore everything else.
Side note, I sold all (3-400) of my cds to one guy in a recent garage sale. He said his son is 17 and just getting into Metallica and Megadeth and he wanted some cds to broaden his horizons. Hope it works as there’s a wiiiiiiiiiiiide range of metal in there 😀 I don’t think Impaled Nazarene are for everyone’s tastes though
Well to stay in touch you should just pay attention to whatever band I’m raving about. I have really good taste. 😛
That 17 year old is going to get an awesome musical education!
I don’t need to buy any CDs anymore as Mr. Strange always buys them, but I’ve found Play Music invaluable in finding me new music to love. I’ve also used it to listen to all my favourite bands’ new releases this year while waiting for the physical copies to arrive and found it anti-climactic when they arrived because I’d already listened to them, which is why I’m trying to wait for Eluveite. It’s hard though, I’m not known as the world’s most patient person…. 😛
Does he want to buy me cds as well? 😛 I was going to sign up to Sony’s music thing, the missus loves Spotify, does Play Music have basically everything on it? It might be worth while. I’ve been restricting myself to every 3-4 months going on Last FM and searching for ‘similar artists’ and looking up 20 or so bands at once. Not really the most efficient way of doing it tbh but I’ve found some new favourites that way.
You have an…ok…taste in music 😛 hehe you got me onto Gloryhammer 😀 my housemate’s just gone off around the UK for an indefinite amount of time so she’s going to go the the Glasgow Alestorm & Lagerstein show there. Not sure if she’ll be chasing down Angus McFife or not though.
Do me up a list of your favourite albums from the last 5 or so years though if you have the time 😛 I think I said to Mr Strange that when it comes to power metal I don’t have the patience to sift through the average ones so a little guidance there would be awesome. I haven’t even listened to the latest Therion, Threshold or To-Mera albums. I’m most disappointed with myself 🙁
I haven’t tried Spotify because of the Facebook aspect, but having tried both Sony and Google’s subscription services, I prefer Google Play Music’s selection. They have more to choose from, and mostly get the new stuff way earlier than Sony.
The Therion album of french pop song covers is awesome!
My favourites of the past five years or so(not including Gloryhammer) would probably be:
Sonata Arctica – Days Of Grays
Epica – Requiem For The Indifferent
Eluveitie – Helvetios
Freedom Call – Beyond
Sabaton – Carolus Rex
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon – The Land Of New Hope
Vanishing Point – Distant Is The Sun
Thaurorod – Anteinferno (I almost forgot this. It’s my favourite album of this year, can’t believe I had to edit it in!)
I’m absolutely loving Twilight Forces debut ‘Tales Of Ancient Prophecies’ (except for the annoying segues) and Pathfinder’s ‘Fifth Element’ right now, but I’m not sure how much longevity they’ll have yet.
I checked out All Access. It says you can pin stuff to your device to save it. Can I then ‘pin’ a metric boatload of music to my PC? I say probably not, but I’d like to hear!
I haven’t tried to pin anything to my laptop as it’s always connected to the internet in my house so I just stream. But I’ve pinned as much stuff as will fit onto my phone. You can’t access your pinned stuff though once your subscription runs out unless you already own it(you can upload your whole owned collection, and pin that to your devices as well. I do this regularly because it’s much faster and easier than doing it through the regular ways). It sets the date when it runs out, so you can’t just never connect it to the internet again and keep listening, unfortunately. 😛
Following on from the previous page, another MQFT! This builds on the first decision.
F, T, R, P, F, N.
T, for The Wonderful 101!
/roll 1d6
4th option I guess?
“For The Realm, Please Fart Now.”
OK!
Also, N.
I vote for F, not gonna tell you which one though. =P
F because why not
Oh right. Tomorrow lunch in the city. Brisbane people. I hear @Sughly is going to grace us with his presence.
hmmm, the idea of getting together with Brisbane TAYbies sounds fun but the idea of going outside sounds terrible.
CONUNDRUM!
Okay, so I have a problem with The Last of Us Remastered. I have to stop ever metre to take a screenshot. Or to open up the picture mode, only to realise that I’ve done it wrong, my timing is off, or it just looks a little shit, so I have to shuffle around a little and continue to fail to get good pictures. It’s just awful, guys.
as is this page get.
Edit : 😛
:'(
I kid, I kid. you’re ok.
That’s the nicest thing anybody has said to me.
Ah, that photo mode is so, so addictive. I took seventy of them and posted eighteen on my blog. If it was my first playthrough I would have totally wrecked my experience breaking the momentum every four steps. XD
Alright, time to do a proper post. Taking tags from Powtato’s list, so the usual applies, if you wished to be removed from any future posts about this meat, please ask and I will do so, however if you can’t turn up and just want to keep getting notifications because they make you feel loved, then keep on trucking. Or something.
Canberra Meat!
Sydney people: @35 @alexpants @anonymous_pessimist @batgirl @batguy @cakesmith @cj @cookingmama @doc_what @effluvium-boy @fatshadylive @gingerchris86 @gorzilla @harli @hugo_the_hungarian_barbarian @mawt @morkai @markserrels @mrtaco @powalen @pupp3tmast3r @ruffleberg @shiggyninty
Canberra People: @bdkiaf
@blaghman@rize @shane (You have to turn up, Shane, because I have a slightly crumpled present for you)Others who I’m notifying: @sernobulus @freezespreston (Sorry Freeze, has to be done) @pixel_the_ferret_viking @greenius @f4ction @rocketman
Most of you probably know the deal, but ehhhhhhhhhh.
Canberra Meat, my house, afternoon/night/followingday of August the 30th. As always, feel free to turn up early, and leave late. There is plenty of floor space, but you might want to consider bringing a sleeping bag for warmth, or a blow up mattress, or something.
Sydney Peeps, I think Pants is driving down, though I don’t know if he has any space, so if anyone interested wants to talk to other people, that might help.
If anybody wants to bring food, or make something at my house, that would also be cool. Otherwise we’re left with my organisation, which can only ever be a disaster.
Be prepared to laugh as I fall over repeatedly in my own house. I had bruises after the last meat, because I’m just that good.
As always, send an email to blaghman(at)gmail(dot)com if you have any questions, like say, what my address is, but don’t expect a prompt reply, because I am just awful.
Assuming I muster up the courage to drive down (honestly driving to Canberra sounds easy, but driving through Sydney to pick up Pow for example sounds terrifying), it’s currently only me and Pow in the car, leaving three seats, but it’s not the biggest of cars so maybe best to limit that to two other seats…
I’M STILL PANIC
Quick @sernobulus, here’s you chance! Car. CAAAARRR!!!!! Now come down, no excuses.
Is Nob in Sydney?
No, but he was looking into flying down from Brissie, and it’s a lot cheaper to fly to Sydney and drive to Canberra.
it’s like $120 cheaper to fly to Sydney then it is to Canberra =/
I’ll come to you if it’s easier! Meet you at your nearest train station or something.
Or we’ll try and meet somewhere in the middle because my place is the opposite direction of Canberra :p
Just tell me wherever is best for you. If there’s a train station I can meet you at that doesn’t make you drive through crazy areas, just let me know.
If there’s a way to go from North Sydney to Canberra without hitting any toll booths, this is achievable.
Toll booths make me PANIC
I will steal a seat! (Or if preferable just go along for the ride with you and Pow). Let me know when and what time you guys are heading there and I will book my flight!
Would you be flying in early Saturday morning or the night before?
depends when we leave. Maybe I could stay at my buddy old pal @powalen’s place? =D
😛
I was actually going to suggest that. Now you’ve made it look like I’m only offering because you hinted at it! Jeez Nob, way to go.
But if you want to fly down Friday night, you’re welcome to stay at my place (as long as you get in after 5:30pm because I’ll be at work).
That’d be best actually, then we can get the train to Pants’ place early Saturday morning and have plenty of time to get down there (I don’t want to rush a nervous driver :P)
Good, then it’s settled!
Aslong as I don’t have to eat frozen doughnuts =P@sernobulus Ooh, good idea! Thanks Nob!
WHAT HAVE I DONE!?
Oh, oh, I see how it is. We even discussed this.
No, it’s cool. I didn’t want to go anyway.
Would someone please stop cutting those onions in here?!
there is still one seat free.BE THERE
YOU WEREN’T SURE YOU WERE COMING
This validates my ignorance because reasons
I’m sorry but I won’t be able to come. Won’t be able to get out of work 🙁
Fair enough, but in the spirit of fairness, I CAN NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR YOUR CRIMES.
As an aside, how goes life, Shiggy? I haven’t talked to you in far too long.
Man I miss your face. I wish I could hold it tenderly in my hands once more. Life’s good man! TAFE and work dominates it but it’s all good. HOW ABOUT YOUUUUUUU!
Life’s pretty much the same as ever. Working occasionally, fucking about a lot of the time, criticising myself for not working harder. But hey, I’m happy, and that’s pretty fucking ace all things considered.
Mate, as long as you’re happy that’s all that matters.
I rang your work and told them I caught you in the toilet doing some sort of junkie-related activity, so now you’re free again.
See you there!
YES! Best friend. Just like heroin.
I’ll be there. I planned to be square as well, but at this point I’m more of a spherical oblong.
GUYS GUYS
MY LADYFRIEND IS COMING SO YOU CAN ASK HER ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WONDERED FOR YEARS LIKE
SO HE ISNT GAY? and
Really?
He sings showtunes though and hugs people?
OooooOOooOOOOoooOOoo
I already have a list of questions prepared for when you turn up. THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!
Red pandas. Also we are visiting some of her family and a friend on Friday I think.
When do you get in, again? I need to make sure I have my place
clean and tidylooking slightly less like a shitheap by the time you turn up.Wednesday night before the meet 🙂
Will you need dinner? I feel like I should cook you dinner.
Dinner will be a microwave meal I left in the sun, by the way.
Shouldnt need dinner @blaghman we will be at the brissy airport for a while so we will probably get something then as we wont get in till 9ish
@rocketman
I see how it is, you don’t want my cooking. 😛
So that means I’m picking her up from the airport too?
Totally going to hold up a sign that says “HOTROSS + LADYFRIEND”.
You are alright buddy. Lets get lost in Canberra again.
You need a limo driver hat
Rize when he collects people at the airport
Yeah alright.
Today is two-word response day.
Nah.
Also, apparently this is the “just awful” page for me. Erggh, my inability to use synonymic terms is just awful.
At least it’s just awful, and not something worse.
I will be doing movie stuff (hopefully) unless @Shiggyninty or @Mawt go, in which case… I won’t be doing movie stuff.
@Alexpants can go I guess. I’ll just call him a jerk as I record both sound and video myself.
You can come to Canberra and do movie stuff! Problem solved!
In that case both Shiggy AND Mawt would have to go.
At this stage I am going and can provide transport for a few others. However this could all change abruptly at the last minute so gamble where you will.
I was originally planning on coming up for it but my parents decided that they are going to hunter valley for two weeks during that time and so I have to stay home and dog sit so I cant make it 🙁
I mentioned it to Anton last night. I’ll double check with him on Saturday
Orange People: @novacascade
Yesss, I will be there, with Ash. Thanks blaghs 😛
Sorry, yeah. I noticed after I posted it that you weren’t lumped into the Sydney people group, and I was like “well I could do a post entirely for Driverborn, or I could just hope he notices, and trust that his prior RSVP still holds true.”
Alright.
@Blaghman ! Why do you do this. I will be in the city of Melbourne on that date. Sadface.
Oh god Harli, why do you hat me so? 😛
I concur. Terrible.
I have over a hundred pictures already, and I’ve only just got through the Capitol Building.
God damn last posts.
Tomorrow. Brisbane. Lunch. @Sughly. People.
Help me out @dc.
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @weresmurf @virus__
I’ll be trapped at work in the Suburbs :'(
@blaghman
where in brisbane?
City.
Can’t 🙁 Uni. 🙁
I’ll get to one of these meets one day! I swear!!!
bummer 🙁 I spent 47 mins in a parking lot for my interview this morning.. $27 :0
That’s cheap compared to what I’ve paid before. Why I don’t drive up any more. Train is so much easier and cheaper.
Money money money 🙁
Soft maybe. It’s awkward to get to “city” for lunch with enough time to enjoy it before heading back to Southbank. But if I’m having a quiet day I can flex it around.
Maybe, although the outside world terrifies me.
Did you know that there are people outside. *shudders* horrifying
No people. Only monsters. Like @dc and @Powalen.
Don’t put me in the same boat as that monster.
He’s the new you in MK8, man.
Put me down as a tentative. It looks good, just depends on if anything catches fire at the office last minute. I should be able to swing an hour to an hour and half which realistically means 20min travel to the city and back, plus actual eating time, which may just be liquid. (Oh, the hardship.)
Eat some fatty dairy for lubrication.
You’ll thank me later.
Sorry. Sick. Damn.
Sorry man, I’m workin’.
I don’t really get lunches these days 🙁
Sigh. If I didn’t have an appointment at 2pm, sure. But I have an appointment at 2pm.
Been fighting a nap attack for the last hour and a half. Don’t know how much longer I can go on.
Don’t fight it, a power nap could save your life 😉
I know, I used to live on them. It’s hard to find anyone accepting of them though so I try and shy away from it where I can.
Hmm… read through four articles on recent government actions, and now I can’t get Rock’n’Roll Rebel out of my head… *sings* They couldn’t see what I thought would be so obvious / They hide behind the laws they make for all of us / The ministry of truth that deals with pretence / The ministry of peace that sits on defense…
If nothing else, this government has a cool soundtrack to relieve the headache it gives me…
Watch a few hours of Clarke and Dawe youtube videos to feel better. 🙂
(The vibe in general is: “Politicians are ****s and everything’s fucked, but predictably so. What a funny old world, eh? You’ve gotta laugh.”)
If weekend flights were decent price (and time) I’d totally fly somewhere somewhere for one of these meats. But no, airlines don’t want my money.
And we don’t want you hanging out with us.
Or do we?
The answer is of course
Sorry, I hit submit too early.
The answer is of course not.
I… what. *confused* Sounds like you’re saying “do we want you to hang with us? Of course not” lol.
Lol.
So my understanding is correct? :\
@stickman
Im just adding to the confusion.
That’s the joke.
Or is it?
Yes.
Eh, not funny to me anymore. I don’t recall doing anything bad to you guys to warrant “not wanting to hang out with me”, but let me know if that’s how it is without beating around the bush.
Probably best not to take anything DAN says seriously, probably ever :p
I have no doubt you be welcome at all and any meats.
Heh alright. Cheers (+ @transientmind too).
Yeah, DAN! can be a bit of a knob. But he’s one of us, so he’s cool. Or something. I think.
You can hang with me, Stickman. 🙂 Pretty sure it’s the foolin’ around thing.
For me it’s not so much the money (though that is a significant part of it), but the time factor. Downside of living in Perth.
Yeah, other side of the continent! I’m a decent way up from Brisbane too (1000km) so Bris/Sydney adds up. Hoping to do some cool stuffs during PAX time.
Tiiiiiiiiiiime for a joke. I suspect this one has been doing the rounds for a few months if not years, but I just heard it and giggled so I thought TAY:
A teenage boy is getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom. First he goes to rent a tux, but there’s a long tux line at the shop and it takes forever.
Next, he has to get some flowers, so he heads over to the florist and there’s a huge flower line there. He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers.
Then he heads out to rent a limo. Unfortunately, there’s a large limo line at the rental office, but he’s patient and gets the job done.
Finally, the day of the prom comes. The two are dancing happily and his girlfriend is having a great time. When the song is over, she asks him to get her some punch, so he heads over to the punch table and there’s no punchline.
hehehe
http://tinyurl.com/psd3z8b
At least use the right muppet, you…muppet.
Am i a Muppet? Or am i a man?
So you’re saying @rize has a hand up his arse?
New season of True Detective – Vince Vaughan and Gilbert Gottfreid team up to track down serial killer Kathy Griffin but their boss Johnny Knoxville doesn’t approve of their methods, forcing them to seek the help of Adam Sandler.
Hijinks ensue.
…I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that I would watch the hell out of that.
EDIT: For clarification, I don’t like most of those people…and yet…
My Pitch – The Guy from How To Lose a guy in 10 Days and the hemp enthusiast who was in that basketball movie with Wesley Snipes in the 90’s team up to solve crimes with a mystical overtone in the backwoods of America.
Jinkies!
That would never work.
I think Gilbert Gottfreid doing an interrogation would be something, hell I’d confess if it’d shut him up.
Mother f… I actually got excited at the first part of the sentence and then some mild confusion sat there placidly for a while til understanding flicked its ear and told it to wake up.
The Vince Vaughan part I didn’t make up…
Have people seen this?
http://www.showclix.com/event/3776089/
Pax 3 day passes available again.
Says sold out for me?
Was tempted to try and grab one, but they’ve sold out again 😛
Hopefully next year though! 😀
I know a guy who’s looking to get rid of his. Pretty sure no one’s biting, because everyone we know that wants to go already has theirs. Could ask him if it’s still available if you like?
Hmm, asking would be nice 🙂
I’m not committing though until I know my uni schedule fully, so if it is available don’t tell him to hold it or anything.
If it’s a while before exams I might go.
I’ve got the travelling bug :3
It’ll be pretty damn close to exams. I think it’s the weekend before UWA’s exam study week, at any rate (according to my brother).
Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be able to, but’ll check tomorrow.
When I live in Melbourne, I’mma go every year! 😀
SHIT! I almost ran over some baby swans on my bike!
This adds to the reasons why I hate cyclists >:(
Typical cager.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m fine with motorcyclists, just not cyclists. I hate them all (except you Jimoooo! :3).
half upvote
Yeah, how dare they get run over all the time by shit drivers!
To be fair, it’s their own fault for following the law.
If swan were crossing the road your car would have killed them, I was able to swerve through >:(
Oh bud.
You just made a powerful enemy.
Yeah, the parents hissed at me but good!
They are vicious things aren’t they? I used to have to walk past them to get to my best buddies place, there was 8 of them every time like a clique. I gym had to add a 1km trip to get around them lol.
I was suprised I didn’t get a pecking
Wait, you werent replying to me were you.
I TAY real good.
Oh Jim.
Oh, DAN!
-goes in for kiss-
*groping below the belt*
@jimu
I can’t fault your confidence.
No weighing the sand bag before grabbing the idol for you.
ALSO, an enemy of DAN!
Edit: 😉
I’m like 60% power!
I’m a perfect charge range lithium battery of power.
I could sledge again with an Energizer joke, but we haven’t bantered enough yet for it to feel like anything other than abuse. 🙂
F*cken bring it.
Whach’ya gonna do, huh? Strut around in lycra like a prissy little bitch?
Pff, that’s what I thought.
You got shit DAN!
you got SHIT!
😛
You know who else wears lycra? Super heroes. Yeah, that’s right.
Y’all wish your calves were as toned as mine.
-drops mic-
I do alright for myself. Climbing’s rad.
I got ridiculous calves and I don’t even have to do anything for them as far as I can tell… Must be genetics. I looked up some peer-reviewed research and found out that this has been verified by the Brofessor.
Haha yeah I think there’s something to that. Honestly I don’t think climbing’s really done that much for me at all visually – my friends at college would joke about me being muscly or whatever, but there’s pictures of me from before I started doing it and I was pretty much like that already. Showed them and they all wtf’d, because the most exercise I did back then was play the piano 😛
WINNING THE GENETIC LOTTERY! \o/
Looks like Europe is getting the Legend of Zelda collectors Edition (the one with the scarf). I’ve never really been a scarf guy but I really like the look of this one. Let’s hope that AU actually gets it and doesn’t get screwed over again.
EDIT: Yay! Nintendo AU has confirmed that Australia will be getting the scarf! \o/
I own a GTA San Andreas scarf thingy (for the head, like a Pirate or G).
Wore it as a pirate to a fancy dress party once.
Seriously?! I was going to get Hyrule Warriors anyway, but woohoo!
Finally watched The Grande Hotel budapest.
Man, it was good.
Wes Andersens a master!
Wes Anderson’s rad.
Got that one right here, haven’t watched it yet though because I’m a bit terrible.
It was better than I even anticipated and I love his work.
That reminds me, I really need to get around to watching Moonrise Kingdom.
But Grand Budapest: Yay! Loved it, extremely enjoyable. Some fantastic performances from all involved.
Moonrise is amazing too.
Not as scenically beautiful, but so good!
Creating a new user, Julie. Go to reply that it’s all done, see that email address to reply to is Julia. First thought: Duuuuh, why’d you guys go and put Julie on the form if it’s meant to be Julia? That field is important! Bloody amateurs.
Check form. Nope. Julia. Only one amateur, here. *facepalm*
And THIS, kids, is why you always, always, always check to make sure you’re in the right before you fire with both barrels. Phew.
(Edit: And even then, be civil and courteous and graciously offer room for the benefit of the doubt, because if it turns out they were right and someone else fucked up outside of their control, you won’t have alienated them, and if they were just plain wrong, they’ll be more willing to forgive any mistakes YOU make.)
I just cross reference with our other systems rather than ask people. That way, if it’s really wrong I can blame HR/Payroll/etc. 😛
Wrong again, Buster. You’re supposed to sit there and loudly insist that it isn’t your fault. Even when they produce evidence that has your fingerprints all over it you just throw a shrieking hissy fit until they decide it’s not worth it and forget about it and move on.
My Mum’s not very good at the confirming thing.
The other day she came out of her office, complaining that all 3 of her stethoscopes went missing, and heavily implying that it was someone else’s fault. Everyone sort of goes, “well this isn’t good” and so one of the nurses grabs a spare they have, and walk up to my Mum’s room.
She walks back out, proclaiming that it wasn’t needed, because my Mum had found all three of hers. In her desk. Where she’d moved them after tidying things up.
I’m sitting there cringing and laughing at the same time, but at least Mum was very forthcoming with apologies for the accusations.
I made that mistake once.
Except I then went and modified the original request to delete the evidence. :O
My curse: Wanting to laugh for way longer than everybody else. It’s a serious issue that doesn’t get enough media attention.
Someone made a joke in the office just now, everybody erupts in laughter. Tears in everyones eyes type deal. A few minutes later, everybody is back to work like nothing ever happened and I’m sitting here, stomach aching from trying my hardest not to have an outburst.
I get jokes.
I’m getting mighty tempted by Hyrule Warriors. But there’s pretty much nothing else on the Wii U I want to play and I don’t even really like the Musou games that much. What the hell is wrong with me?
If they make a Wii U & Hyrule bundle I will probably buy it. 🙁
It’s the scarf. It’s a GAMECHANGER.
Soon you shall be “AlexAndHisScarf”
Unless he wears the scarf as pants.
It looks tacky as shit. I just want the game.
Meant the one Link wears in the game but okay.
Oh, I thought you meant the LE one. Link’s scarf is okay but it’s the wrong color. The hero scarf is always red.
Dat Ganondorf design though, he looks so awesome!
i’ve only played one dynasty warriors game (which was apparently the best one, i think it was 3 or 4) so i’ve never hated the series, but i wouldn’t call myself a huge fan.
But every time i see gameplay footage of Hyrule Warriors i get the nerd tinglies all over me….
The only Dynasty Warriors games I own are the Gundam ones.
EDIT: And Fist of the North Star but that game’s fairly awful aside from the fact you can punch people and they explode.
Let’s just forget all that interest you have in Xenoblade :'(
I don’t have much left after the stuff they showed off at E3 honestly. Everyone has guns and the combat looked clunkier and slower and you create your own unvoiced character making them utterly generic and disconnected from the world and the story and stuff. They got way too much Skyrim in my Xenoblade.
Cute girl in my TAFE course was there today. We talked. It was a good day.
*looks for @powalen*
OooooOOOooOOOoo
What happened to your PAX love?
Nothing. Which is to say we ended up friends and we’re still friends now. We catch up and go to the movies and stuff every so often.
That’s so awesome to hear!
She talked to you? She wants the D.
The @dire_wolf
Sup y’all?
Today was a good daym scored 2 brand new Lamb of God hats for a dollar. They came from Hot Topic apparently, and the Salvo’s cannot sell any sort of band merchandise like that.
Also I have a job interview for Monday, so hells yes.
\m/
Fi from Skyward Sword.
How do y’all pronounce it? Fi (like Fiona) or Fie (rhymes with tie)?
I always thought it was Fi, but this guy in the Nintendo Direct pronounces it Fie! D:
Fi and Fie. What happened to Fo and Fum 😉
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ERMAHGERD! THE LAST CHARACTER THEY SHOWED IN THE DIRECT!
http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendodirect
Out of curiosity, is there anyone else who hasn’t played any Koei Warriors games and plans on getting Hyrule Warriors? I know there’s @sughly ! I’d be interested to hear whatcha think!
I am I guess.
I pronounce it like “Fee”
This.
Crazy Americanos!
Fee to me.
First rule of Thesaurus Club. You don’t talk, converse, discuss, speak, chat, deliberate, confer, gab, gossip or natter about Thesaurus Club.
#dadjokepagesix
I liked that one. You’ve done good. Have an upvote, Red.
I brought some shoes from a drug dealer.
I don’t know what he laced them with but I’ve been tripping all day.
I bought some from a tyre place and I can’t stop treading on things.
Did you hear about the scarecrow who won the award? He was outstanding in his field.
At least when you attend Thesaurus Club they’ve got fantastic synonym buns pastries muffins scones doughnuts loaves for snacks after the meeting.
Just watching a bit of QI and saw Stephen Fry doing the Benny Hill salute, now that’s something I thought I’d never see.
Really? Stephen Fry loves doing bonkers things like that.
Loved his Melchett characters in Blackadder.
You know what’s fun? Blue screens of death.
You know when’s the best time to get them? As soon as the bloody “Starting Windows” image appears.
I just had to reformat my boot drive and am now finding all of the drivers I need so that I can get it back to normal. Why didn’t I back up my boot drive?
Also, I’m putting together a new computer for Freya. Unfortunately, I thought I’d just use her old case. Her old case has everything tied off and stuck to the sides, making it incredibly difficult to do simple things like remove the old power supply or attach the front panel bits. These shitty little scissors I’m using are getting one hell of a work out.
bugger man 🙁 Sucks when boot drives go. As long as you’re smart though, it wont do too much damage.
The drive still works. A clean install of Windows on it seems to be doing alright. Mostly the issue is going to be reinstalling the various things that I have in the background and kind of use.
Obviously my biggest issue was not backing up my boot drive because everything important was kept on other drives.
Best site ever for fresh Windows installs… Seriously…
https://ninite.com/
In a few words: Pick your favourite apps, download a customised installer, run installer, let magic happen, use apps.
Skips all the repetitive ‘Next’ business and automatically leaves any bloatware out in the cold (where it belongs). Bonus – keep your installer and re-run it if you ever want to look for updates to your apps, it auto-magically grabs updates and installs them without input.
It’s already running. Unfortunately, there’s a handful of things I use that Ninite doesn’t have.
Remembering what the hell they are, that’s the tricky bit.
@blaghman @novacascade @mawt @tech_knight @popdart5
NUMENERA
TOMORROW 7:30 SA TIME
SLIME MONSTERS
ALSO STREAMING
Well, Winter’s pretty much over. I had to put the air conditioner on for a little bit a few hours back.
You don’t live in Melbourne it would seem, I write this in front of my (fake) fire place!
Perth is a pretty hot place. The only time it is every truly cold is in the early mornings in winter.
Summer is from late October-March, autumn is only for one month, and winter is from May-July. August may as well be springtime.
Although this year’s winter (is it Winter or winter?) was colder than usual.
We didn’t even have many storms this year, or a huge amount of rain :S
I’m pretty disappointed :'(
Jealous.
@pixel_the_ferret_viking PLEASE STOP ALREADY
Who touched the thermostat?
I know, sucks. I remembered I have a tux onesie and I didn’t even wear it. 🙁
I have games, but no motivation to play them…
Why? 🙁
Because none of them are Xenoblade!
😛
Or all of them?
i hate you.
(nah man jus jk, ur 1 of my favs)
I hat Xenobladder so nur nurrrrrrrrrr
Maybe you just need a bit of a break.
Either that, or I’m lacking an enjoyable multiplayer experience…
🙁
There’s always Dino Shooty Bang Bang.
I’d rather have my balls torn off by a rabies-addled canine than play that awful “game” again.
That could be arranged 😛
Don’t forget to invite me around for some co-oop High Rule War Eeyores, @gutsoup
http://i.imgur.com/tSIEaUG.jpg
thats the one!
Just bought a cheap Google Cardboard kit online. Seems like it could be rad!
No it’s not, YOU ARE!
Which kit do you buy? I’m kind of tempted to pick one up because I hate money oh so much.
I just bought this
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/154651
*Smashes the buy button*
Cheers Greenmang!
Mine’s plastic :coolface:
Deleting all of my Steam games (Except Skullgirls) off of my computer right now…
Feels almost cathartic.
I knew you were a quitter! 😛
What’s the point of having them there when you’ve lost all interest in them?
My free space is back up to 800GB! 😀
DEDICATION!
(you saw the colon pee, right?)
Sort of… I wasn’t really looking at it… :\
😀
Ya know, with a half dozen more colons that emote takes on a whole new meaning.
8:::::::D——-?:D::::::
?
😛
Looks about right for both meanings to me.
…what?
🙁
But whenever you want to play any of them again you’ll have to re-download them. That’ll be a massive pain in the arse.
I probably won’t want to play any of them again…
That’s what you say now. Just relax, take a bit of time off from gaming, and you may find that you want to come back to it, if not then so be it. Don’t just write it off straight away though. I get in moods like that myself, sometimes I think that it’s a big waste of time and I should just sell it all, a few times I’ve actually done it and sold almost all my games, and every time I’ve regretted it.
Ganondorf looks siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick in Hyrule Warriors!!!
Nearly as sick as Shimu and Jane!
Wha?
jimu and Shane?
ya
One’s coughing up blood and one thinks Xenoblade is boring! Completely sick.
OBSCURRRRRRRRRRRRE
(also, I have pneumonia you MONSTERRR)
Can you guess what the silent P stands for?
It stands for pneumonia. .what else would it stand for?Using the word sick to describe something awesome is something that really gets on my nerves, sorry, but I just felt I had to say it.
I’ll go back to my rocking chair now.
sic, bro
I don’t like when people say RANDOM to say something is good
Unless it’s preceded by the word “fully”, then all is well.
fully sik bro. muzztekalicious
Bloop
Bleep
BLIPblip
How dare you say that about Evil Monkey’s mother!
Mummy Monkey is a saint! a Goddamn saint!
RE RE RE!
Blorp
Oh, don’t get me started.
Blurp?
Yeah, I know.
Not really.
Vin Diesel is just the best.
http://www.dorkly.com/post/66345/6-reasons-why-vin-diesel-is-the-best#!bwbu7j
Heyyyyy
Does anyone have any idea how much mobile data a smartphone’s GPS function uses?
I tried out a running app to track my route and it seemed to work fine. I always assumed using the GPS would use up a ton of data but it looks like it barely used anything. In fact I don’t think it even used it at all?
My current phone (HTC One M8) is way too bulky to run with which is why I’m thinking of getting a cheap pre-paid plan to put in my old iPhone 4S to take with me when running (different sim sizes between the phones). Has anyone done anything similar?
Can the GPS function work without mobile data? (although I wouldn’t mind an actual mobile plan if I really do need to use the phone for emergencies)
I didn’t think GPS came from net use so no data?
It links to a satellite?
Yeah, GPS doesn’t use data, because it’s all satellite communication stuff.
That said, if you’re using something that maps your progress, it may need to download map data to show you what you’ve done (google maps will let you preload information for an area, which can be handy).
The 808 does data-free GPS =D
I think most mobile navigation uses data since the servers do the heavy lifting.
The One M8 (good choice, also running a M8) has proper GPS so no data, most decent phones do now, the cheaper data assisted is AGPS, the A being Assisted, it was still really low in data usage though.
Here’s how it works.
1. Phone uses cellular connection to detect in which area you’re connected to. This is A-GPS. There’s various types (cell location, pings to nearest towers etc).
2. That allows the phone to get a rough idea of where you are.
3. The GPS sensor then hooks into the satellites to work out your precise location.
If you don’t have A-GPS turned on, it can take north of 10 minutes to get an initial lock. This is a problem especially in urban areas where the signal will bounce around and be weak. It’s always best to run with a data connection so A-GPS can get the initial lock. But, you can test by going to airplane mode – does the GPS-only function good for you?
I actually recommend researching which cheap Android phone has the best GPS and A-GPS strength. A Google app called My Tracks can log your co-ordinates, and this can easily be imported into Google Maps under your account. I’m not sure how to do this on Apple.
HYPERULE WARRIORS!
Must. Get. Scarf.
Scarfrule ScarfScarf! \o/
PAY ATTENTION!
My words are a matter of pride!
I plan to go into gametraders, gibber about zelda, scarf and I’m sure they’ll make the connection.
Once I find a place to buy it, I’ll be beating someone to death with my wallet.
That’s nice, but I think you should just buy it instead. Just a thought. No? Wait, what are you doing with that wallet? *flees, leaves Shane-shaped hole in wall*
Is it bad that ive never really played much of the zelda games but I still want that scarf
It is a pretty awesome scarf.
Its too cold to not want that scarf haha
So, it’s not quite lung cancer. It’s probably just bronchitis. A few days of antibiotics and I should be right. Sorry @jimu, looks like we’re not pneumonia buddies after all.
*sobs*
Glad to hear it’s nothing too major my friend.
I know this is dumb, but I’m actually in some ways a little disappointed that it isn’t something major that I’m bearing stoically. It’s just something relatively minor that laid me out like a whining sissy.
I dunno dude, coughing up blood seems pretty serious!
It’s all in a day’s work for Indiana Jones. Or Die Hard 😛
Dear Die Hard…
Ain’t nobody got time for that?
I got some PSn dosh and can’t decide between Transistor and Valiant Hearts
I got Transistor
Valiant Hearts is goooooooood, but pretty short. Still great though. Lemme know how Transistor is, I need something new to play (my backlog is boring me)
So far so good.
Top down action dealie with a pause mechanic that lets you set up some hits.
You level up and get choices on how to modify each power each level to customise to your style.
Art & music is amazing.
Yeah, I get the feeling I’ll power through Valiant Hearts, will pick up ata later date
How much is that going for?
I dunno, not cheap I think. I bought it in pounds cos I was gifted UK PSN bux
(Now I have 3 accounts)
Does PS4 work the same as ps3, like if you buy a game on one account you can play on any accounts on that system? Haven’t bothered to put my US one on my PS4 yet.
Yeah, you jus have to set the console or the account as primary or something. It prompts you.
Remote Play only works on the same account as the Vita though.
Odd/annoying choice.
whynotboth.jpg
They’re both great games but I enjoyed Bastion more than Transistor and that colored my opinion of that game quite a bit. Valiant Hearts has some bits in the gameplay which are annoying and repetitive and you die and restart a lot. And then I realized that that was kind of appropriate given that you’re in a WW1 trench a lot.
@transientmind
I found this earlier http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=865904
Haven’t tested it out myself, but it seems okay? Should be good for card farming 😀
Wait what the hell just happened to his tag?! Are all T____ tags not going to work now? 😛
(Hi “T”)
@thecracks @tigerion @trjn ?
Kotaku, why you ‘ackin so cray?
Hi.
Ahh erm, well I guess I should talk to you guys 😛 😀
How’s things? Still job seeking?
Cracks – How’s teaching? What position do you play in indoor? Are there even really positions in indoor (other than keeper)?
Tigs – How’s the baby? Does it do baby stuff?
I run around and kick the ball and stuff.
Teaching is fun, but parent-teacher interviews tonight. Ugh.
Babby stuff is flat out and rewarding. Still having some of those early issues that we are working through. Just a constant stream of conflicting advice
I actually wrote up a fairly big summary of my first week (which I’ve almost finished as we come up on 2 weeks). I might post it if Mrs Tigs doesn’t mind
@transientmind tests his own @tag…
@transientmind?
@greenius be crazius
Haha, that’s hilarious.
Remind me to send a bug report to the Allure guys tomorrow 😛
EDIT: Nevermind. Greenius is just insane.
@transientmind
@transientmind
Ok, it works now… wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht
https://www.kotaku.com.au/user/t
Lol the idlemaster.
@blaghman, I shall try to be there! I currently foresee no problems, so give me a couple of weeks to invent some.
If I come, I’ll bring another big box of giveaway crap. This one will probably be mostly DVDs and some games. Also I will bring books to sell. Many, many books. You don’t mind if I set up shop at your place, right?
Don’t forget to use the MEAT90 coupon code, people!
That’s right. Each coupon entitles you to get each book for just $90!
Glad I got in at the ground floor before the price went up :p
You should set up a mini stall facing the door so when people come in you can make a sale. And confuse the shit out of them.
I think it might have to be a full-sized table actually blocking the doorway. That’s gotta work, right?
Get the jacket, the hat and the arm actions.
You know the ones.
Intergalactic Proton Powered Electrical Tentacled Advertising Droids
SIT ON MY FACE AND TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME!
MONTY PYTHON MARATHON!
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAMMITY SPAM
MEDIUM DRY SHERRY TO PORT
I SHALL… WELEASE WOGER!
Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this.
What about Incontinentia Buttocks?
\o/
Just seen the live thing I take it? Was it worth it?
Nah, that’s tomorrow night. Just re-watching some of the old movies.
Ahh okay, I’m planning on going on sunday so let me know if it’s complete shit
Will do man, I’m sure it’ll be great though.
Heh,
Indeed.
So say we all
WTF THE FACE SPLINTER THING IS BACK
@popdart5 @pupp3tmast3r @f4ction @rize @freezespreston @tech_knight thanks for the Warhmmer session!
For those interested I sneak attacked an enemy ork for 2 damage and in the process made approximately 20 orks very, very angry.
I DID A THING! \o/
And for those curious, here is the full video recording.
TL;DW = the Eldar are busy being haughty bastards and looking down their noses at everyone, the Tau are threatening violence, and the Techpriest with 9 Insanity points is actually the most polite person in the party.
ALL HAIL PORKY.
Porky is the best! \o/
Also, I realise I derped ridiculously badly and was applying the rules incorrectly and accidentally doubled the ork’s toughness bonus. You actually dealt 10 points of damage with that strike.
Oh, that is much more satisfying.
Yeah that really confused me, with that much damage reduction not even my power axe would’ve dealt damage unless I got maximum rolls on damage dice
I was thinking holy crap… these are some tough ass orks popdart! What the hell are you sending us up against =P
Just so we have a reference point how much hp do ork boyz normally have? Or can we check the hp of enemies as we face them?
Edit: Also I feel the Tau need to get extra experience points for restraining ourselves from attempting to kill the Eldar! That took a massive fellowship and willpower check on my part =P
Space Nazis!
Orkspace nazis?
the Eldar are busy being
haughty bastards and looking down their noses at everyoneEldarFIFY
We’ll see how polite and sane the tech-priest is now that we’ve given him an autocannon =P
@tech_knight I’ll be completely fine if you roll 6 degrees of failure on suppression fire and critical hit one of the eldar =P
hehehehe… HEHEHEHEHEHE… MUAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHA-…. *sees everyone staring at him* I mean… splendid, yes yes!
$50 says I dodge it.
I still chuckle at the thought of a Tau named Porky xD
Hey nobody else was even attempting defusing the situation, had to do something 😛
About Jarallius:
I’m still personally thinking about how I should deviate Jarallius in his sanity. I was thinking the “combat-mad” style where I’m still cheery and jittery while dismembering someone with my power axe :P. I mean with that level of insanity, I’m not sure how far I go with itTAY, I have a pile of 40+ PS2 games, and no PS2.
Would it be worth it to take them to Cash Converters, seeing that there’s been no eBay interest?
I can’t trade them in, and I have no PS2 to play them on, nor do I wish to get another PS2.
Give them away on TAY! \o/
Isn’t there some PS2 emulator for PC that actually works pretty well? Might be worth trying to see if you can still use them
Call me stupid, but for some reason I always thought that with Emulators you had to download ISO’s, so you use the actual discs themselves and your PC acts as the PS2 hardware?
What’s the best PS1, PS2 and XBox emulators? Don’t have those consoles anymore, but I’ve got games. Also, would it let me play an NTSC PS2 game, or would I have to change the region of my DVD drive?
You can… make… ISOs out of PS2 discs.
Yeah, but do you have to use the ISO’s or can you just put the disc in and use it as you would a console?
Also, can you use a Dual Shock 3 with a PS1/PS2 Emulator?
Sorry for the dumb questions.
No idea \o/
In truth I’ve not used an emulator for a good long while and that was a PS1 one where I’m moderately sure I did use a disc but the way my memory is it could well be a coin flip as to whether I’m remembering right.
Any good ones?
If you want some decent money, why not sell them on here? Cash converters will give you crap all for them =/
Yeah, you’d probably be lucky to get 50 cents each for them. Which ones you got mang?
@crazyguy1990
I’d be interested in buying some if they’re ones I’m after.
List them here! Forget about Cashies. Biggest regret I’ve ever had was taking my music collection to them and scoring a measly $50 for the lot. And then proceeding to fill my car with petrol for $50.
Well bugger me, I have a job interview on Friday!
It’s for a production officer position at a photography studio, doing the post-production work after the photographer has done the exciting stuff (though they do do a lot of school photography so I’m quite glad to not be directly involved with that child bestrewn nightmare). I expect it to be mostly the photography equivalent of mindless data entry but it’d be vastly better than the ‘sitting around doing nothing’ career that I’m doing now. Frankly the promotion prospects for that have been a lot less impressive than I hoped, I’m still the unemployed bum I started as and while the money has gone up a little over the years it’s still well below minimum wage. If I had a union I’d complain, I tried going on strike but when I stopped doing anything people just thought I was still doing my job…
To be honest I don’t expect to get it and am slightly surprised to get the interview since the job description asked for skills in photoshop and indesign. I can use photoshop to the point where I could impress people who can’t use it but people who can might give me a patronising pat on the head because I think making images with transparency and basic alpha channels is impressive and I think the time I’ve spent in indesign is about as long as it might take to say the word indesign and that was years ago at TAFE so it’d have been with a woefully outdated version.
Weird thing is it’s a group interview with 6 other people, not quite sure how that works but I guess I can try and out charisma everyone else all at once or at least be large and intimidating to throw everyone off. They’re going to do some individual stuff afterwards, I guess it’s just more efficient to show people around as a group so they only have to disrupt their work once rather than 7 times. I’m not exactly good in a crowd so it’s playing to my weakness but it’s IT and photography which are 2 of my interests so I hope the presence of new shiny things and a new system to examine will be enough to counteract the usual instinct to run away. The thing that will be the real challenge is that I’m guessing a lot of the other people will be digital media kind of people who actually can use photoshop and indesign but damn it, no one has better computer skills than me and I work the absolute best unsupervised! Also I can play the diversity hire angle, I’m mentally ill so would count as a diversity hire and wouldn’t require any equipment so I’d be a cheap one. I won’t really, it’d look too much like playing for sympathy and weaken the case so I’d only use it as a joke if they ask about any medical conditions or something like that where it’d feel like a natural part of the conversation.
All in all, the odds are low but the fact that there are odds is dramatically better than I usually get…
Well, you’ve got me convinced. You’re hired!
Not to scare you but, UGH group interviews. Can’t stand them, I hope you really like roles plays.
I’m a Level 15 Barbarian/Level 9 Sorcerer, if intimidating shouts don’t work I have fireballs!
The group of interviews I’ve been to were a pack of wankers trying to convince everyone that they were leadership material with their ‘take charge’ (ie: Bossy, self-important) attitudes and demand to be heard at all times even if they didn’t have anything useful to add.
They also kind of highlight people who can’t/won’t speak or interact in a group, which is a bad thing. Be as relaxed as possible, and confident in what you do know without feeling the need to impress with what you don’t, and you’ll probably be fine. (This is my rule at work, which brings the confidence. “I don’t know everything, but what I do know, I’m always right about.”) Search for an opportunity to say something where appropriate, even if you find you don’t have anything more useful to add than, “I agree with X, for [bullet-point] reasons.” You say it with confidence and reason, you’ll be well ahead.
A coworker of mine who was leaving to go work for his brother did a group interview over at Bunnings recently, and discussed his interview. He was incredibly surprised to find that no-one there wanted to speak or contribute, so that questions for the group were left hanging, and he filled the space. Your competition might not be as fierce as you think.
Back up the bullet point reasons. You need to explain why all the time in interviews (I always forget)
Good luck man, hope you get it.
3,333rd comment, must be a sign.
So a pretty huge month for the Vita in PS+ terms, 4 free games (2 of them cross buy, proteus fez) but 1 a completely new game (metrico) also Dragon Crown. Personally I don’t know which to play first.
Also just downloaded last month’s free game which was Muramasa Rebirth. Only played the first segment but seems really fun, although may get repetitive.
Muramasa is great, so pretty, gameplay is a little repetitive like you say, I beat it with both characters one after another and did feel a little burnt out, keep meaning to go back and try the challenge cave things. Isn’t Dragon’s Crown US only this month? I thought we got that a couple months back on AU. I think we get Fez, Proteus, Metrico & Lego Harry Potter years 5-7 for the Vita this month.
Oh well I use US PSN myself so you might be right, either way still pretty good.
Good to hear Muramasa is still fun with being repetitive as it does look very pretty.
Muramasa is awesome!
Metrico seems like a fun little puzzle game, some serious performance issues though, lots of frame lag and even the loading screen seems to need loading
Muramasa is an amazing game if you don’t mind that it is a little repetitive. Dragon’s Crown is awesome too.
Slowly all the Vita games I own physical copies of are going PS+ which vindicates my decision to go digital-only more and more.
I’m keen for the Resident Evil Remastered Remake 😀
do you know if they’re keep the original voice acting? That was the best/worst bit.
It’s the Game Cube one, so no.
The best version of that version is on DS, they threw quickturn in.
aaah, I was always terrible at early Resident Evil games, I owned that cube version and sucked soooooooo bad
They’ve added in optional modern controls for you lot
good that it’s optional, but wouldn’t that be weird with the fixed camera angles or have they changed that too?
Well just have to see.
Onimusha 3 had a mix of fixed and moving camera angles and it had modern 3D controls.
You’d just have to fight the reaction of changing direction on the anal log everytime the camera changed because Jean Reno would freak out and turn around the wrong way.
If you just kept holding the same direction, even though it now pointed somewhere else, Jean Reno would stay on course.
(Also, Takeshi Kaneshiro)
I’ll wait for the PS6 remastered remake of the remastered remake of the original.
It is silly.
By pure luck though, I never got around to buying the game cube version.
Only ever borrowed it and played through Chris’s scenario.
So I watched that Hyrule Warriors direct last night.
Looks great, I’m sold on it.
Only thing – am I the only one gripped by dread at the mention of retailer specific DLC at the end?
As someone whose 3DS is at Nintendo since it eats eshop credit without giving games in exchange, I don’t hold the greatest confidence in Nintendo doing DLC.
It will be fine as long as you use the same account with the same machine with the same controller on the same TV in the same room on the same chair sitting in the same position wearing the same clothes with the same haircut as when you purchased it.
But even then there’s no guarantee.
It’s only really hats though so it’s not horrible. Still, wish nintendo would focus on fixing up their account system before they release any DLC for their games.
I love the look of it, main reason I’d buy a Weeooo if I could.
The DLC all looked crappy to me, none of the costume designs were as good as the new designs.
Ganondorf looks AMAZING!
I liked Skyward Sword Zelda! Besides that? Meh
I’m the opposite! Skyward Sword Zelda is the only costume I don’t really like!
(only because she still has the same proportions as Warriors Zelda so she looks kinda stretched :P)
I got the slight nostalgic ping from OoT costumes but they just look worse overall.
It’s DLC I can live without (Not that I’m even getting the game, but you know).
Yeah, the reason I will pre-order is to get one of those Scarfs, not the DLC.
Yeah, it’s the first thing on the Wii U that has really made me give the platform a serious look. Not sure I can justify the system for just that game though. But I’m teetering.
I still haven’t even opened up the eShop on my Wii U yet because of the whole 3DS thing.
For a while I wouldn’t even connect it online, just to avoid updates. But then got sick of it complaining to me that it couldn’t find a connection point every time I turned it on.
So I re watched the spongebob movie last night and my favourite part of it actually isnt the movie at all its the very first song of the credits..everytime I hear it I just get so happy
in other music news I also like Pills &Potions by Nicki Minaj and I aint afraid to say that
Is it Psychic Wall? I love Psychic Wall!
Maaaaybe we’re just young and we won’t know ’til we’re ooooold. Too young to free ourselves from this lonely fish bowl.
Nah its Ocean Man by Ween
Sif! This is the best part:
MASSIVE ENDING SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE!!!
Anybody thinking of picking up Sacred 3? If you are, get it from Ozgameshop, they’re almost half the price to what EB are charging.
Is it any good though?
Wouldn’t know, I haven’t got it.
It’s apparently really horrible. It’s like Diablo if the combat was worse and loot wasn’t really a thing and character progression was stupid. Also, it locked one of the classes behind a day-one paywall.
How the hell does a game you have to buy have a day one pay wall?!
I meant the game has rather anti-consumer day-one DLC.
I finally got an email from DIck Smith about my PS4 which basically amounted to:
“You know how we told you that we definitely 100% sent your item? …
Yeah, we lied. Jokes on you idiot! Don’t worry though because we are totally going to send it this time”.
If I have the choice of getting set on fire or ordering something from Dick Smith, I might take my chances with the fire.
Dicks.
Myth.
I guess I can’t blame them too much for living up to their name.
I bought mine from them through ebay and it arrived in under 48 hrs.
Lucky I was home though becaus ethey just slapped a sticker with my address on the side of it’s box and that shit would have gone missing wherever they left it.
WHAT. That’s messed up.
It was couriered to my house, but what does a courier do when you aint there?
If I knew it was gonna be that day I would have arranged to get it at work cos no one should have been home.
Luckily(?) my son was sick so I stayed home to look after him that day.
Pretty sure couriers are obliged to get a signature on delivery. Some will leave with your local post office, and some will take it back and try again later, or leave a calling card to arrange an alternate time.
I don’t think couriers are allowed to just leave it there, though.
I don’t trust the local post office though.
I remember years agoo sending the Sega Dream cast in for a service and they guy saying to put it in an umarked box becaus ethey go missing.
Signature on delivery is only if you pay for it. Which is totally worth it, because in my experience, most couriers are ****s and will leave your shit wherever, anyway. Being home wouldn’t have helped @jimu in my experience, as I’ve literally watched a courier drive up, stop, fill in a card, hop out, wedge the ‘attempted delivery’ (FUCK YOU COURIERS) card in the motherfucking door, and be gone in lightning speed, faster than I’ve had time to put on pants. No phone call, no buzzer, no knock, no fucking nothing. Just, “Whatevs, Trevs, they don’t pay me to do my job.” Vroom!
There is a ‘rumour’ that a hypothetical middle brother discovered a ‘sign on delivery’ package of very, very expensive and large electronics delivered on his doorstep a day after delivery was supposed to happen. However, that crate of electronic goods somehow mysteriously disappeared, due to being on a front doorstep, so when this hypothetical brother called and asked where the package was, and was advised, “It was delivered,” and he asked, “Well it’s not here, where’s my signature? Because delivery required my signature…” another very expensive item of electronics had to be delivered again.
Fuck couriers. Fuck them so hard.
Hey gang,
The newest humble bundle has the Lone Wolf game in it. For anyone who remembers the old gamebook series with fondness (as I do), this game was written by Joe Dever and apparently is reviewing quite well. The version here for sale includes the whole game, including the unreleased fourth chapter, I believe.
https://www.humblebundle.com/
For those who want more of a fix, the team developing the game is very good at engaging with their audience on Facebook. At the moment, they’ve nearly completed a social reading of Fire on the Water, the second gamebook. Even though I have no devices that can play the game, I still enjoy following them.
Dear god how I loved the Lone Wolf series. I still have every book… I think I now know what I will be reading next.
I went through the box I keep them in the other day, and realised that I’m actually missing a few books from the series. #10, #14, and #23-28. I have all the Legends of Lone Wolf novels though.
Apparently, Lone Wolf books #21-#27 are worth up to $200 each, and #28 is worth hundreds more. Legends #12 is also worth around $150. Can’t imagine ever actually selling them, though…
Wow… I honestly had no idea.
That just blows my mind, especially since I have every book and they are actually in very good condition, no tears smudges or anything…
Past me actually did something right, for a change.
I had even offered these books to my nephews who would have destroyed them within 5 minutes.
Kinda glad now that they aren’t that similar in tastes as their uncle.
I used to love those books, and the Fighting Fantasy books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone as well.
I really hate the humble bundle stuff. Always 1-2 games worth owning and a bunch of crap. I’d rather just buy Lone Wolf, because those books were super rad.
So I was going to do this lunch thing with TAY folks today but that was before my son climbed into my bed last night burning hot and proceeding to sneeze, sniffle and cough in my face all night.
Don’t you just love it when they do that, mine did the same (except for the sneezing and coughing part).
Hope you feel better soon Strangey
*hugs*
He never goes to Mr. Strange’s side, it’s always my side. I’m thinking maybe we should swap sides of the bed. 😛
It doesn’t work – THEY STILL FIND YOU!
Who’s confirmed as going so far? I may have just found a way to get parking in the city for a max of $20! Not confirmed yet, but if there’s enough people joining in, I’ll certainly look in to it further!
I have no idea. And $20 is good?! Yikes! You should look at public transport, it’s way cheaper.
well public transport for me to the city is $30, so yes, that’s cheap!
I think we’ve just given up as everyone said no.
ok fair enough
I read that as ‘jerking in the city for a max of $20.’
Brain, you suck.
haha well we all knowwhat phlanispo has been doing today! 😉
I am appalled! What proof do you have for such egregious claim?
*covertly shaves hair off hands*
Yay, Steam have finally taken the block off my account and I can buy stuff….. wait, that’s not good, what am I saying. /o\
Hey man thanks for the game yesterday, didn’t get a chance to thank you 😛
No worries, it was only like $1 for the 2 pack.
PS4! PS4! PS4! DESTINY DAMMIT!
I wouldn’t be to worried at this point in time, I only spent $3 out of the $6 I had in my account 😛
Also, still haven’t had my tax done yet, so I might even get enough to purchase one with that, won’t find out how much I’m getting back till next week though.
So you’re definitely all set to write off most of September to Destiny then?! =P
I think so, I won’t always be available to play though, obviously won’t be able to play when I’m at work or when my son’s home. But we’ll work it out.
Interesting:
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4972
XCOM Board Game.
That sounds pretty amazing.
oooo pretty! This is XCOM co-op right here! 😀
Holy shit where do I put my money
EDIT: Oh wait, it’s got some required phone app to play it? Fuck that shit. That’s not a board game.
Not sure if I like the idea of the app being a requirement to play. As an optional way to improve the gameplay maybe but can’t play without it, hmmmm
It looks like most of the game’s mechanics, randomization etc. is produced through the App and there’s no way to do it with physical components.
I always thought X-COM would make an amazing board game, and apparently Firaxis prototyped it by making board games as well, but tying it to a mandatory app makes it a video game that you have to fuck around with physical bits and pieces IMO. At best it puts it into the same category as those godawful old games where you had to play with a VHS tape.
I play board games specifically to get away from playing video games all the time.
It actually sounds similar to Pandemic but with aliens, the X-com brand and a companion app. To me I would prefer not to have the app but you know as it stands it doesnt SOUND bad
My friend put this up on Facebook the other day, don’t know how these guys could keep a straight face while doing that.
WARNING: NSFW
Been taking a bit of a gaming hiatus over the past week… I got into that space where i was playing games because “it’s what i do” rather then actually wanting to, or enjoying it… Been catching up on my Song of Ice and Fire finally, about halfway through book 2 now and enjoying the crap out of it…
I’ve also started creating a background story for my Star Citizen character, because fun! hey, @rize what ships does people have in our little group? Just realised i only know yours and mine 😛
First @crazyguy1990, now you too.
I started reading A Game Of Thrones, but only got 3 chapters in, now I’ve got @shane’s books I figured I’d read them first because they’ll be a lot quicker to get through.
My editor was reading Game of Thrones at the time I submitted The Lesser Evil to him! KISMET.
When i say gaming hiatus, i mean reducing time played :P, plus I’ve been playing Evochron Mercenary almost exclusively because it’s a game i can “relax” in, by just flying around and trading stuff
@pixel_the_ferret_viking
Probably gonna be a reply fail but…
In Star Citizen I have a 315p, what do you have?
Thought about making a back story but want to wait till more info in the universe is released.
315P, 350R, M50, Freelancer-MIS, Constellation, Banu Merchantman
…
I have a problem.
I’m eyeing off the Starfarer for cargo, but i reserve judgement until i see how modifiable it is :P… Also jeebus, how much money have you dropped on this game? XD
Yeah, I’ve been enamoured with the Merchantman since the first concept art dropped. Picked one up based on that and for cargo hauling it’s looking like I made the right call. I suspect it’s going to be my main ship.
Re $$, I’ve been backing for nearly 2 years so it’s more incremental. Not like I’ve dropped all of it at once. Still, there’s room for me to offload some of the less optimal stuff. Probably drop the Freelancer at some point (though I like the idea of a missile boat) and maybe the 315 or M50, but the M50 just looks so sexy now that it’s out. Connie will get an upgrade, it’s the one ship I can’t get rid of (part of package) but also don’t want.
I am quite taken by the Connie, but jeebus dat price tag… Hoping to save for it in game 😛
I’ll be quite interest to see what the luxury variant that they’ve been teasing for the last couple months (mainly on Sandi’s FB page) is like. That might persuade me to keep it.
…
…
…how much do you want for the F-MIS?
If (and it’s still an if right now) I get rid of any ships I wouldn’t look to profit if it went to either guildmates or TAYmates. I know I could cash in since they’ve all got LTI but that’s just not me.
Aww shit, I don’t have LTI. Mine comes with 6 months then that’s it.
Well, if you decide in the future to get rid of it (or anything, really) give me a shout! If you come to your senses and want money/trade for it just let me know 😀
@rize – Will do. 🙂
(and when I say “wouldn’t look to profit” I mean “would offload at same USD I paid for them being the first option”)
That makes waaaay more sense 😛
There’s so much stuff already, but it’s hard to sift through and read it all in order cause of the site layout.
Seriously, the lore stuff they’ve put out is amazing.
315P buddies o/
that’s the one i have as well!
as for back story, I’ve been reading the writers’ guide on their website to understand the universe better… Very interesting stuff
I’m in the Freelancer, no idea what @cakesmith has 😛
A spaceship probably.
I wonder if he’ll call it the Cakeship or the Spacesmith…
Cakeship.
Origin 300i
Awesome choice! Such a purdy ship!
So, @rize has the “cargo ship” as such, I have the small and nimble ship.
I assume you have the Panzer?
Haha, no 315p, so a faster version of yours XD… So can turn tail and run… Not unlike the Danes in WWII 😛
Almost upgraded it to the combat-focused one a while back. Ultimately I have the all-rounder: decent cargo space for a ship of it’s size, and some pretty spectacular hardpoints.
I’ve got a peashooter equipped aurora, I managed to get to wave 7 of vanduul swarm with only one peashooter and no wingmen thanks to an unlucky debris collision after I blew the crap out of one enemy at point blank range and he took a cannon offline. Sore losers those vanduul bastards.
I’ve been meaning to get back to it but I don’t think I will until I can reconfigure controls in a civilised manner and when they patch in TrackIR support
I’ve got a Cobra MkIII at the moment and something something spacegame tribalism.
Does it play The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz as docking music? It’s not Elite if it doesn’t
I assume it will once I buy a docking computer 😛
Though apparently they’re a little buggy so I’ve been holding off.
Having stomach flu is not fun >:( *desperately try to stay away from junk food drawer*
How long does stomach flu usually last for >:(
Get well soon Zappa!
Dear Lasagne,
Why you so great?
Never change!
Love,
D.C.
Poor Zapz with the stomach flu having to read your ode to lasagne right after their post. 😛
But all of TAY seems diseased at the moment. I’D NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPRESS MY LOVE IF I HAD TO WAIT.
*stands outside lasagne’s house with boom box raised over head*
I’m healthy! (currently)
*pulls out knife and stabs Lasagne repeatedly*
NOT SO GREAT NOW ARE YOU!
Ooh, I’ll have that corner piece, thanks.
Corner pieces of lasagne = best piece. Maximum amount of edges.
Unless you eat the whole thing.
Upvoting as it’s my favourite food.
This makes us best friends! 😀
Weren’t you one agreed that pineapple on pizza is an abomination? 😛
It is an abomination! I stand resolved! 😀
Then we’re not best friends, sorry D.C
I have to agree with DC, pineapple and pizza YECH! But Lasagne… yum =]
BEST FRIEND.
Pineapple and lasagne? 😛
It’s… It’s like you just get me! Hates pineapple on pizza and loves lasagne? PERFECT BUDDY!
*Wipes tear*
teat XD
MEANT.EVERY.WORD!
typing on mobile is the worst! 😛*writes @dc’s name next to @powalen’s name*
Garfield?
It’s only great when it’s lasagne bolonese!
Well your face is only great just most of the time! >:|
[blue steel face]
It’s only great when it’s made from scratch.
This, we can agree on.
Almost finished my free month of Foxtel on the PS4. Putting it to good use today though by putting Monsters University on for my son.
I still haven’t seen that. Despite Monsters Inc being my favourite Pixar movie…
Controversial opinion. Both Monsters Inc movies are the worst Pixar movies. (Not including Cars 2. Cause I haven’t seen it. I liked Cars 1 though.)
But, Billy Crystal!
Exactly. *shudder*
BILLY CRYSTAL IS WITTY AND CHARMING AND I WON’T SIT HERE AND LET YOU IMPUGN HIS GOOD NAME
HE IS THE ADAM SANDLER OF HIS GENERATION
EXCEPT FUNNY
SO NOT ADAM SANDLER AT ALL?
Just when I thought we could be friends…
Pow, just yesterday you said you didn’t want to be put in the same boat as me.
YOU NEVER EVEN WANTED TO BE FRIENDS! 😛
WHAT’S WRONG WITH MY BOAT! IS IT THE MENTAL ILLNESS?
I just don’t like boats, okay!
Me either! MAYBE WE’RE MORE ALIKE THAN WE THINK!
*goes in for hug, Pow recoils in disgust*
*gasp*
MONSTER!!!!!!!
What. No. Just… I don’t even…
*engage unfriend procedure*
:'(
This is the kind of rift that can’t be healed, nemesis. Like that time you dissed The Stand. Or wouldn’t let me put my hand in your pocket.
What didnt you like about them?
Everything. *folds arms stubbornly*
I liked them, but to each his own. Shrugs
you are alright DC
Put that opinion back where it came from or so help me…
It’s a work in progress… we need ushers.
Get that thought away from me, you guys!
I used to hate Monsters Inc., but then Cars came along and I realised that in comparison, Monsters Inc. was a pretty cool guy. 😛
ALL Pixar movies are great.
Can’t speak for A Bug’s Life or Brave though, haven’t seen those two yet.
Those two are awesome. AWESOME.
My favourite is Ratatouille and then Up!
Squirrel!
I yell that every time our dogs suddenly jump up and run after something in the yard. (usually possums)
WALL-E, then Ratatouille, then Up. <3
Ah, first half of Wall-E in particular is amazing. I loved it. Such a cool opening too.
Ratatouille is superb.
Hmmm, I don’t agree with this. Aside from the first ten minutes, UP is a terrible film. Cars, terrible; Cars 2, an abomination. First half of WallE, great; second half, didn’t like, thoroughly bored. Ratatouille was okay, but I don’t need to see it again ever.
When they’re putting out good work, they’re right at the very pinnacle of movie-making, as is their parent/partner company Disney. But there’s a surprising amount of chaff in there, too.
Finding Nemo – amazing. Probably their best.
Toy Story trilogy – probably their most emotional.
Monsters, Inc – great.
Brave – a good movie. Better than Frozen.
I thought you were a totally cool person, but then you went and said that, now I’m not so sure.
If it’s because of Owen Wilson though, I totally understand, hate that guy.
He’s way better than Billy Crystal though, so there’s that! 😛
>:D
See, that’s where you’re wrong.
You. Me. Parking lot. NOW.
@dc – … With sexy results.
@dc *rolls up sleeves*
WOOO! LET’S GET IT ON!!!
Cars 2 is worse than Monsters University.
I think this morning I hit that point where I’m starting to think it’s time for a change of scenery. Plus, I think my wife is pretty tired of living 3 hours drive away from our family and many of her friends.
Hey @aliasalpha , how’s so-nice-they-named-it-twice these days?
Hey, move here, then I’d actually have a real life friend in the local area. What do ya say? I can get you into movies for free.
You could move to wagga as well
Pretty sure all three of us being in the same place would be some sort of copyright infringement.
Rize of the Alpha Monkey =S
It’s just an alias, I don’t think it’ll be an issue.
Mrs Shane and I get like that pretty regularly, and we go on long drives to look at houses in small towns, but we always end up right back where we started 😛
I have been to nearly every place in northern QLD because of work. I can say now that i need a change of scenery so bad. i need pretty houses, not hot weather, dead grass and trees.
Moving to Melbourne is the only logical solution it’s… Closer* than Canberra! Plus I’m kinda like family except for in every way that I’m not!
*further
Mr. Strange and I have been watching Escape To The Continent on Foxtel and have decided when the kids move out, we’re retiring to Europe. 😛
Heh I’ve lived here all my life and you know the old saying, familiarity breeds contempt… To someone trained in IT, it seems grand if you only want a job in hospitality since it seems to be the only thing in demand, don’t mind that the only recreational choice seems to be a pub and accept that your broadband choice will apparently be forever dictated by suburb… Did you have a suburb in mind? Glenfield Park has ADSL2 if you go through iinet I know that much and there’s 2 houses for sale in my street so those would almost be guaranteed to get ADSL2. Some of the new suburbs (one that I reckon I could literally hit with a rock if I chucked it hard enough) are allegedly getting the NBN but I’ll believe that when I see it since the first N seems to have been changed from National to Never… There’s bound to be plenty of good things I’m not seeing about the place since they fall outside of my area of interest and I tend to be a hermit, shut up @dc, I was doing it way before you were!
@Longjocks might be able to give you a slightly different perspective since he lives here too and at least goes out of the house occasionally. Whilst he is still a bitter twisted misanthropic bastard (he is my best friend after all), he’s still more gregarious than I am.
How far away are your family & friends? Nice idea to move closer to your wife’s but would you be moving further away from yours?
Both @rize and i used to live there XD
Fibre for NBN, or at least the bastardised version, will be going to new places, but as far as I know areas with existing copper wire won’t be getting an upgrade any time soon. I think the new part of Lloyd is set and maybe part of Boorooma. Anyway, as long as you move into a place north of the railway line you shouldn’t have any problem getting ADSL2.
The thing about Wagga is that new things don’t get an opportunity to thrive because there aren’t enough people with niche interests here to sustain them. The population is at a strange threshold for that kind of diversity. On top of that you have a council with self-interests making a continuous string of bad decisions that prevent ventures from coming here and making it a more interesting place with diverse entertainment.
Then you have big business is killing small business big time. I’m not just talking the likes of the Woolies group and such, but small businesses are forced by their suppliers to buy more than there is a demand for. Shops also can’t buy enough to get discounts to pass on to the customers, so the customers go online. Each day it seems like another ‘For Lease’ sign appears on a store and stays there.
Even the existing mainstay of the ol’ pub has been shite since the turn of the millennium as they’ve all but eliminated original music for popular hits cover bands. I remember when Wagga thrived on original music in the 90s. All but gone.
It’s not all bad, but the bad is really bad.
He didn’t link you but LJ replied
Started watching The Strain last night. I loved it. Over the top, a little bit campy, gothic atmosphere, beautifully lit sets. I’m digging it.
Is the show about people taking number two?
@rize
Yeah I have looked through some of it, more thinking along the lines of how gameplay will work out: starting locations, factions, our guild focus, that sort of thing.
My basic toon story will be: Ex military pilot finished his tour and buys fancy ship to see the verse. Maybe had a pirate father leading him to descend into the darker places out there, get into smuggling.
@beeawwb
Holy crap man. Those are some nice ships though.
You can take that story as an excuse to do some bounty hunting too.
I’m going the cookie cutter ex-advocacy gone freelancer backstory for my toon i think, works well for a scout
edit- idea is to get away from the advocacy, fled to Banu space and created a new identity… The Advocacy is ripe for corruption stories which is pretty great
September time-off work confirmed – I’m going to play games for two weeks! \o/ Kidding, I buy games, not play them. Hell, I didn’t even finish not one game during shameless gaming month.
I’ll most likely be performing minor servicing on my cars, gardening (good weather-permitting) and taking my family to the Royal Adelaide Show. Yellow Brick Road showbag FTW! 😀
We’re thinking of coming down to Adelaide in September, Royal Adelaide Show Meat?
Definitely!
Cool, I’ll let you know if it’s a definite. Also, @redartifice, (not sure which other TAYbies live in Adelaide).
@ash @banderdash @jacksonwryan @jocon @lucifer9783 @wilbur
Maybe? I haven’t been to the show in years
Yeah, if we go it’ll be on one of the cheap days, which if memory serves is Wednesday and Thursday.
Yeah id be down for that.
If i get too anxious i can melt into a crowd never to be seen again.
Who was that dog faced man?
Oh man….
Youre expecting me to have a dog face!?
And be a man!?
@wilbur I expect you at least to be a reasonable facsimile of one, or I’ll be disappointed.
Same way I was disappointed when I found out @dc wasn’t a humanoid pig
facsimile….fax….
hmmm… i can be paper.
Oh, are you gonna be disappointed when you meet me.
I’m in.
Maybe, I have the full time jobz so probably won’t be able to do weekday stuff.
Also, the Yellow Brick Road showbag is the best.
As long as you pick up the loaf of bread last.
Otherwise it gets squashed! Is that it?
That, and it’s a bitch to lug around.
The Star Citizen store has been updated and now has tonnes more info on current and future ships, and is easily accessible, and how cool is the Idris, and I wouldn’t mind a Constellation, but definitely need to get a Caterpillar, and OH GOD HELP ME.
Caterpillar looks freaking mental and i have half a mind to get it!
Is there anywhere besides the usual gumtree and ebay that people use to sell or swap games? Wife just purchased a PS4 for me and it came with Fifia 14 however I am not at all a Soccer or even Sports fan. Basically looking to trade it. Have an add on Gumtree but no luck. Thoughts or ideas?
Best wife.
I’ll swap you my wife for your PS4 😛
Haha nah I am pretty bloody happy with my wife 🙂
Monkey does your wife know you just offered to trade her to an internet stranger?!?! =P
Well I’m still alive, so I’d say she doesn’t have a clue.
Digital or physical copy?
Physical still sealed in the factory shrink wrap.
What’s the price?
$45 plus postage.
Probably the worst time of the year to try and flog it off as most would be hanging for the new one out in September.
Perhaps, lower the price? Or find someone with an invoice so you can try pull a refund? Otherwise it’s the waiting game or a taking it to a retailer for a trade in?
Yeah have asked on Oz bargain for the invoice trick. Figured that would be best. Shame retailer give such low trade in even when clearly sealed heh. Think it was around $27.
I’d take the $27 honestly. Bam, done, money in hand.
I agree with Stickman, considering Target now sells it for $37.
@benny that is for the ps3/360 version. Still $63 for next gen. Anyway traded it towards a Destiny pre order.
Ah yes, you are correct. Damn misleading ads.
@benny Yeah they really are. Damn small print >.>
I initially thought this was a reply to @evilmonkey and was about to ask when you were able to get a digital wife…
I’m a bit disappointed now, I’ve always gotten along better with machines than people, this sounded like the beginning of a beautiful friendship but then the whole Casablanca thing broke down when I noticed it wasn’t the right reply.
There’s a lot of swapping style things on Facebook, usually geographically located. You might find someone who’ll trade for something you want?
Yeah cannot find any gaming ones in Newcastle but have posted on a few general swap sell style pages.
There was a game swap ‘Taylist’ from a few months back that may be an interesting place to trade your FIFA. @redartifice and @evilmonkey I remember showing me the list a while back!
Apparently Wasteland 2 is September?
@dc lied, saying August was “Wasteland 2 month”.
This is the reason I can no longer feel emotion, DC, because of people like you.
He doesn’t even like Monsters Inc. I ask: Who is the real monster here, huh?
I’m a trickster.
It’s tricky to be @dc; to be @dc (he is not me) is tricky….
I’ll see myself out.
I thought the great salt overload of ’12 was the reason for your lack of emotion??
Well, I suppose the fact it hardened my arteries and constricted blood flow did help in that regard.
i shouldnt of egged you on to eat 40 chicken nuggets.
I hope when next we get to hang out I can hit 60.
That’s going to be a thing that happens. Count on it.
You just misheard him. He actually said it’s Wasteland Month 2.
Hey guys,
I added my game network accounts to the TAY NAMES doc. Feel free to add me on any of them. I am mostly playing my new Wii U and Divinity: Origin Sin at the moment. I currently don’t have XBLive Gold, but will considering subscribing if many TAY peeps play Halo: 3, Reach or 4 online.
Another Ben! Welcome to Talk Amongst Bens! 😀
I swear, Ben or Dan covers like half of Tay.
Also, there’s two Stuarts, though the other one spells his name wrong.
I think there’s only two Dan’s, though. One just is like ten Dan’s sticky taped together! (That’s the power of caps and exclamation marks!)
Bahaha!! “We are Ben, We are Legion” How many of us are there?
Too many /o\
😛
Was that you on MK8 on Monday?
Yeah it sure was. 😉
If you took a couple of Dans and stuck one of the Dans on top of the other Dan, then attached another Dan to the end of the arms of the of the upper of the first two Dans, and wrapped the whole business up in a dirty beach robe you would have something that didn’t exactly look like @dc, but that TAY would find hauntingly familiar.
Depends if you count Dane as a Dan spin off.
But which one?
I hear that Stewart guy is a pretty top bloke, whoever he may be…
That other Stuart guy is like, 50 years old, or something, right?
Aren’t you stewart?! =O
I thought he was a Wheeler?
I’ll never tell that either!
Mwahahahaha!
Yes.
I’m that too.
I thought he was a dealer?
I’ll never tell!
Mwahahahaha!
Yes.
Reply Fail
Off the top of my head; five.
And all they ever wanna do is make Spaceships 😛
Except the fake ‘Benjamin’ Bens. Trying to latch onto the good name of us pure Bens.
I think I’m one of those latchy ones.
Typing it over and over now… Man, Ben is a weird name. Look at it. What is it.
(verbal) Downvote!
Oh, hey Joel. Feeling left out?
Maaaaaaan loving The Last of Us. Not sure/don’t really care how far I am from the end of the game. It’s a brilliant game. Can see why people loved it so much.
Just about where i’m upto so spoilers.
Currently upto the part where Joel copped a bit of reo rod through the gut and began to bleed out like a wounded pig. I assume he is still alive, and Ellie is taking care of him or something since i’m not playing as her hunting for food.I like that part of the game, I’m quite happy it wasn’t just a quick thing chucked in for the novelty but lasts a while.
It was the one part of the game where I stopped wishing for coop since it’d obviously not work in that situation, I’d love it in a successor game though.
Oh I see how it is!
@liondrive is all “Oh I’m going to suck, I’ll just eat junk food and get fat” and within a few days, the duplicitous bastard is topping the fitocracy challenge and not only that, his workout score TODAY is double the points of both of my entries so far.
Moral of the story; never trust a lion that can drive!
If it makes you feel better, I had to skip the gym today to go buy Whey Powder and Creatine :3
Also, I was thinking about rigging it so I only earn 500 points max per workout, cause I feel really bad / guilty about it still :’S
Like, incredibly bad :’S
You’re the new @Wilbur… Gives me another reason to try and break my leg press record I guess
I think he’s out-scoring even @wilbur though. 🙁
Awww now I wana join to see what you guys are up against >.
I think Squelchy Lady might be spying on me here. The sneezes were different just now.
She might be turning into a zombie, best decapitate her with a chainsaw before she starts biting people. Better to be safe than sorry
That seems reasonable. I endorse this solution.
Head’s up ladies and gentlemen – Wing Commander 3 – yes, THAT Wing Commander 3 – is the new free game on EA’s Origin service for PC.
Last month was the Sims 2 + abso-bloody-lootely-everything pack. Now we have Mark Hamill as a space fighter pilot.
Hamminess! Hamill! Alcoholism! For free!
I’ll probably download it, play it for three hours to scratch the nostalgia gland, then leave it sitting on my desktop until I get around to uninstalling it in about two years time.
But still. FREE!
STAAAAAAN *Shakes fist* 😛
Downsides:
– You have to get it on Origin
– It’s Wing Commander III
Now if we were talking Wing Commander IV it would be a different story.
EDIT: Also rant about the angry feels I have about EA giving away Wing Commander through a service that inherited the name of the developer that made WIng Commander which EA ran into the ground and ruined completely goes in here.
Agreed. I also think this whole giving stuff away is a softening ploy to make EA have a better social standing amongst gamers.
But…it’s Wing Commander. You know – WING COMMANDER.
Just an FYI guys, just noticed Wing Commander III: Heart of the tiger is free on Origin at the moment
I’m upvoting, because this is just so timely.
I was just going to assume if no one upvoted me that people just hat me… That’s how it works isn’t it? If people don’t upvote your comment you are basically worse then hitler?
So what do downvotes mean then?
Die in a fire.
😛
I forgot how short the trip between St Leonards and Chatswood was, so no time to vita. Even after an exhaustive 2 hour train trip into Sydney where my 17mo son decided it would be so much more fun to run riot rather than sleep it feels good to be back in the city, if only for one night.
@novacascade @popdart5 @tech_knight @blaghman @mawt
Really, really sorry guys, I’m going to have to pull the plug (AGAIN) on Numenera tonight for personal reasons.
Nothing earth shattering, but I’m in a weird place and not fit for human company.
*hugs* ?
Work related. Will give more details later, but I’m updating the resume.
Ah! All the best, friend!
All the best friends? Where? When?!
All good Red. Hope you feel more like your usual self soon. 🙂
All good Red, I hope everything will be okay.
No worries Red. Will give me another 2 weeks to forget about upgrading my character. Seriously I’ve been meaning to do this for at least 6 weeks, but never done it. Any recommendations when going to Rank 2?
Instead of unraveling the mysteries of why Freya’s SSD doesn’t want to work as a boot drive, I’m just using her old boot drive until I’m less cranky.
Problem solvered!
There’s a snake in ma boot!
SATA drivers?
One day, I’ll work out exactly what’s wrong.
Windows says that it’s missing drivers when I try to install Windows straight from the CD with no other drives attached. If I have a drive with Windows in it, it tells me that the SSD is the wrong type (the whole MBR, GPT thing. Apparently nothing is the right option).
The motherboard is definitely set up properly to do the whole AHCI thing… so I don’t know. Throwing it out the window will solve this problem but I’m not sure I want to deal with the other problems that creates.
@popdart5 @aliasalpha
Upgraded my guns to hold more +s, made it easier.
Straight away a side mission opened up today that gave me the flame, acid, electro and slow add ons.
Nice. I found myself using stasis and telekinesis a lot when I played as it was so refreshing to not have to think about stasis recharges. Also TK is handy if you ever find yourself low on ammo.
Out of those upgrades, the slow combined with a flamethrower = good times. Everything else is just gravy.
The stasis ammo works a treat on a fast firing weapon since each only has a small chance to work, the more rounds you fire the more chances you have. It only works for a short while but it can make all the difference.
@Longjocks and I got into a good rhythm with that when we were playing coop, once I discovered the LMG build, we both made one and I had one that had the stasis and I think his had fire so I was slowing them and he was burning them. With some good communication and fire discipline, the game got a lot easier after that.
TK is great fun, lovely pulling the blade of a dead necro and using it on one of his mates, the axes from the basically human ones are great too. There’s a handful of pads you can stand on near the end of the game that supercharge your kinesis module, that’s DAMNED fun, no need to kill things to pull stuff off them…
Of course you need to be careful with stasis when used with explosive weapons that you accidentally discharge too close to yourself…
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Bleh. 🙁
I second this Bleh. I’m Having a terrible week.
I hope stuff gets better Crazyguy.
So, a thing happened at lunch today.
I was eating lunch in the work kitchen having a chat with a few colleagues as per normal. The conversation turned to “weird stuff you’ve seen around Sydney”. One of the people was from Parramatta and they mentioned how last week they saw a dude at Parramatta station wearing what looked like a sleeping bag.
Almost choked on my lunch from laughing so hard.
Greta story, great pageget
Hey look @markserrels, recognition from the public. 😀
Kindly have this upvote.
Brilliant.
This honestly made my day. Things were stressful and then I remembered this story.
Lucky you weren’t eating Gozleme bro.
You just keep doing what it is that you do Mark.
http://i.imgur.com/BOCyzD5.gif
I haven’t had Gozleme in 2 weeks because of reasons. I am so pumped for tomorrow.Wow. Just decided to empty the recycling bin on my computer. Turns out I had 40 gig of stuff in it.
Haha, I did the same thing a couple of months ago. Remember kids, empty the recycle bin atleast weekly, especially on your computer.
EDIT: I just checked now, 20gig in my recycle bin. Oh dear.
Learn to shift+del lol
This. So much this.
I’m loving all the small details in The Last of Us, particularly the implied back stories, like…
How it’s implied that Joel attempted suicide.The side / back stories are my favourite part so far, to be honest. The gameplay itself I’m still finding a bit clunky, but I’m slowly getting used to it 🙂
Also, I decided to turn off photo-mode, cause I was stopping every 5 minutes to take a picture :3
Even still, I have 90+ screenshots already :3
I’d attempt to twitch stream, but I progress so slowly (lining up photos, looking at details, exploring everywhere) that I’m sure it’d be boring to watch :3
I’m still trying to decide whether it’s a horror game though, or survival. Cause I’m not gonna lie, whenever Clickers are around, I’m usually terrified :3
I would personally not like to see a sequel (at least, not a direct sequel). I haven’t finished it yet, but it seems like a story so far that doesn’t need one. I’ll re-evaluate when I find out how it ends though 🙂
:3 :3 :3 :3
At first. I didn’t get it :3
Then, I got it :3
Now, I don’t like you :3
:3 :3 :3And it should be:
🙂 :3 :3 :3 :3 🙂
😛
Where you up to, Liondrive?
I’m up to where…
You’re playing as Ellie, after killing the deer.Running away from all those Clickers currently.
I like how nimble she feels compared to Joel.
Heaps of people seem to be up to the same part (roughly), which is kinda cool.
When I played on PS3, I didn’t even get out of Lincoln before getting bored :3
I’m thinking for my second playthrough, I might actually play it on easy, just for the combat photo opportunities 😀
Ahead of me! I’m up to the sewer stronghold thing.
One of my favourite sections of the entire game is after you leave those sewers.
The pace slows down and you get a chance to explore.Cool. Regarding pace right now:
Yeah it felt pretty rushed, cos of the humvee and everything. But nice.Yes! I thought that was brilliant. Until those jerks start firing at you 🙁Oh man, if only the whole game played like the opening of Winter.
So, so good.
I’m upto there as well *high five*
Can’t decide if it’s a survival or a horror game?
Could it be….Survival Horror?!
You know what I meant 😛
It doesn’t seem like it should be as scary as I’m finding itis all, haha! 😀
I’m wondering if I’m just a wimp :S
It’s definitely a tense game that you have to portion into small sessions as to not overdo the scaredness.
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Get in there and get scared! It’s fun!
Oh good. I’ve been doing this, it gets a bit much at times especially when you’re playing in the middle of the night when it’s raining makes it really eerie.
I’m glad I’ve already played it. Gives me the luxury of being able to take photos everywhere without worrying about pacing.
Also, the ending is powerful, but I’m still not sure how I feel about it. Kinda want more, but not sure.
Just decided to combat the coldness by heading to the fire exit and doing a quick run down the stairs and back up again.
Note to self: eight floors is a WHOLE FUCKING LOT OF STAIRS.
*huffs and puffs*
git fit
Can’t. Too tired.
Silly Gooky, just because the doors are called “fire doors” doesn’t mean they are on fire thus would warm you up. I know it’s misleading but that’s the way it is.
And yet I feel the burn.
It’s pretty funny you mention eight, because whenever we’ve had fire drills and we’ve been on the 9th floor, the crush to fill the elevators from EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING trying to get back at once is usually a bit much, so people opt to take the stairs.
It’s always hilarious to trudge your way up nine flights of stairs and seeing out-of-breath people curled up in the stairwell on various floors, groaning, “Go on without me, I’m done for!” Sometimes as early as 5th or 6th floors.
5th or 6th was about where I had to stop doing double stairs and revert back to walking 😛 Spent a while catching my breath before heading back through the door though >.>
Very seriously considering cancelling my Destiny LE preorder with Amazon and just getting the game digital. Not sure any of the physical swag with it isn’t going to end up stuffed in a drawer and forgotten, and the main other benefit is the DLC, but you get that if you order from PSN as well.
Also digital will mean not waiting the 2-3 days extra for it to arrive from Amazon (I want to use my US account as primary on PS4 because it’s my Vita account among other things) and I think it’ll end up cheaper.
Digita lGuardian ed for $90? Cheapest is $70 in AU, with a $40 DLC pass. So that’s a saving of $20, nice.
As I said, I’m buying US. $90 is what it costs from US PSN direct. My order with amazon was going to run for $125. 😐
Is it really available for $70 AU somewhere? The LE? Not just the standard edition?
$70 AU plus the $40 pass, so $110 total at cheapest for ‘LE without loot’. Standard for $70 from DSE with pre-order (or 80? I think 70). Next-best is $88 or so. Expansion pass is $40. Or EB Games Limited is $130, which is kinda better than buying from amazon.
Ah right, that makes sense. I kind of wanted to go all-digital on PS4 anyway, so this suits me better.
Yeah, cheaper to the tune of $35 which is more than half another game. Possibly a whole game if it’s on Vita.
You can get an Aussie copy and play it on the other account though
Yeah but DLC gets really tricky when you’re doing that.
It does? What happens?
I thought it was just accessible as normal, no?
Usually yes, sometimes no. It depends how it’s licensed. Also still got to actually redeem the DLC on the one account. Besides that, I don’t like the fragmentation that happens when I have stuff split between two accounts.
I missed out on a ghost edition from Amazon so went US digital
Nooo, blue/red controllers are available in AU now. 🙁 I am no longer special.
https://ebgames.com.au/any/any/NewRelease?priceTo=90&q=Dualshock%204
Is it only the front plate that’s coloured? Ewwwww. Plain black for me thanks.
Yep. I see people preferring to have the touchpad the same colour as plate too. IMO it looks neat how it is and wouldn’t stand out if it was the other way.
That red one looks pretty impressive. I like it.
Oh hi there.
Yah, pretty bright. I wanted it but picked the blue after seeing it IRL. Read was just too flashy, or something.
Goes faster!
That red one looks pretty slick.
That blue one is tight.
Looks better IRL. In photos, the red one seems to be more popular. I thought the same until I saw them in my hands.
Dammit, I ended up giving up last week and buying a second black one. Should have waited a week!
(Was thinking I’d like to get 4 in different colors – white, black, red & blue – so that I could tell them apart)
This is something I like doing too, ever since the 64. Kinda fucked up with the Wii since I missed the gold nunchuk and still never got around to getting a red set.
My JB & EB have had these since like January :S
Huh, awesome! I checked EB website and they havent been it stock apparently!
Weird! Cause I almost bought one back when I got my PS4 earlier this year lol.
I have four black DS4s. The different colours don’t really appeal to me, being mainly a plate on the front. And the touchpad standing out looks a bit ugly, too, in my opinion. Black all the way.
Dr Who – we have now finished the Season 7 part 2 DVDs.
Is there anything left or are we all caught up with the new stuff?
Just the crippling debt from buying 7 seasons of Doctor Who. Seriously, why are they so expensive?
Someone loaned ALL OF THEM to us. Probably to feel like they got more value out of buying them all. Especially with the dick move of splitting season 7 into two different box sets.
So now I have a big stack of DVDs to return.
How expensive is expensive? Personally, I’ve been waiting for the original Lost in Space series DVDs to drop in price, because $140 for three seasons is just ridiculous.
Did you watch all the extra episodes like the Christmas specials and things? (Not sure if they’re on different DVDs or something)
Now you just have to wait for the new episodes later this month like the rest of us!
The Christmas special is generally ‘episode one’ on the next box set, except for the crap “The Next Doctor” one and the tenant->smith one. So there might have been a Christmas special last year we haven’t seen.
What did you think of the most recent season? (Seven, I think?) I was a fan.
I can’t really level any of the criticisms of previous seasons at it, so yeah, I guess they got the balance right for me to just be interested and not notice filler / main story / mega filler, etc.
About the only bad thing I can say is that the one piece of music they play during the breakthrough/advancement point of Every.Damn.Episode. started to grate after a bit.
So yeah, I was entertained. I’m no ‘Whovian’, but it was entertaining enough.
Dunno if it’s the one you’re talking about, but they did air “The Day of The Doctor” earlier this year. 50th anniversary special.
The xmas special from last year was called “The Time of The Doctor”
These might both be things needing watching – don’t think they were part of the stack o’ DVDs.
So I had a three hour conference/information session to attend. I spent the first half writing plot points and story ideas for RPGs and then my pen ran out of ink. The second half was filled with me trying desperately to stay awake.
I’m terrible at these kind of things.
That sounds like a pretty typical conference to me.
All the very best RPGs started because of three hour conferences.
“Once upon a time, in a dimly lit but very expensive conference room…”
I’m attacking the synergy.
You need to roll to Create an Initiative first.
I engage and attempt to debate with the groupthink
*rolls will save*
I cast Viral Marketing and I *roll* beat their resistance to hyperbole.
Hey @popdart5, @beeawwb, @negativezero, @redartifice
With not one iota of sarcasm, I seriously think you’re onto something there. A parody RPG of Business Executives having to combat…something.
For what it’s worth, playing as a Marketing Executive, I cast Omni-Channel Branding Recognition.
*Rolls Critical Failure*
Oh look, people are making home made parody YouTube clips which are getting more views then our expensive proper ones.
*Takes critical damage to yearly bonus*
@quiz_b – It actually reminded me of a few months back when @redartifice and I were doing Magic: The Officeing. There’s just so many ways to parody / make humour from those of us chained to our desks. It’d be sad if it wasn’t so funny.
@quiz_b I remember seeing it somewhere but there was a short video about typical fantasy characters (dwarves, elves, etc) gathering together and playing a RPG where they assume such classes as accountant, secretary, and manager. It was a sort of inverse D&D type thing but I can’t remember where I saw it.
Honestly, while the concept sounds incredibly silly, I’m sure more than a few people would be interested.
“I attack the
gazeboconference table”“Behold the dreaded memo.”
“What does it do?”
“It just lays there, waiting for you. It’s a memo.”
“I stamp the memo.”
“You’ve just angered the fearsome bureaucrats. Subtract 1 from your performance record and attend mandatory filing training.”
“But it’s just a memo…”
Clearly you’re not the kind of man you’d trust with pens. I expected better popdart.
=P
Hey at least he didn’t have
wantto roll an awareness check during that meetingRoll dodge to avoid the sycophantic bs.
Willpower roll to avoid falling asleep? =P
Hey @negativezero, slightly related but did you see that Pathfinder released a new book? I remember you had picked up a few of the books yourself so I thought you might be interested. They’re calling it the Advanced Class Guide and it seems to be very similar to the Advanced Player’s Guide.
I knew they were working on it but not that it was released. Will check it out!
EDIT: Assuming I grab a copy, will the new feats etc. they’ve added in it be fair game for TAY Pathfinder when we next advance?
Yeah anything from the ACG will be fair game. The only stuff that I rule out are all of the optional rules and stuff that come through in the campaign or setting specific books.
Book Suppository doesn’t seem to think they’ll have stock until September, so maybe I’ll buy it from Paizo direct. Have you ever purchased from them directly?
EDIT: Amazon are also saying September 2. They’re much cheaper than Paizo (shipping from them is $18 US :\) so I might just wait.
Yeah I’ve gotten stuff directly from them before. Reasonable shipping time (although prices are a bit dear) and the cost of books is better than what you can find in a FLGS. I think it does take about 2-3 weeks to have anything delivered though so it’s a little slow.
Any good story ideas? At work I just come up with dungeon traps and puzzles in my head..and I dont even play RPG’s
@hugo_the_hungarian_barbarian
I sent you a text! Did you get it?
Nope, sorry didn’t get it.
If you want, try my email;
hugo(dot)barbarian(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au
TAY has warped my mind.
Someone that I don’t know referred to me by my real name on Twitter and for a brief moment I thought “What the hell are they talking abo- Oh, right, that’s my name.”
It’s all your fault.
inb4 “Pow isn’t your real name?”I don’t care if you spoilered it! Powalen isn’t your real name?!
How many times do I curse your name though?
…unless you’re not really one of them D:
Ok. I think my heart rate’s just about returned to normal.
Maybe.
In less-cheerful moping news!
Christ on a cracker. I gotta stop reading… well. Everything, really.
Politics, politics, politics.
Collateral damage – civilian deaths – in ‘civil’ wars, stealth annexations, the US frothing at the mouth to destroy itself internally, Australia desperate to follow its lead, sacrificing the barrier reef for the sake of the mines, the ice caps melting irreversibly, Chinese ambition, rising incidence of super-storms, our government doing its absolute best to redistribute wealth to the wealthy, shouldering the majority of all burden on those who can’t afford it, inhuman breaches of international human rights conventions which we’ll cheerfully ignore, but change our laws and mandate the spend of millions to comply with a corporate-friendly treaty we haven’t even signed yet. So I guess we choose our moral obligations based on who it makes rich. All of which will be enforced by the implementation of a big-brother dragnet steamrolled in with bipartisan support in the name of ‘terrorism’…And nothing, literally NOTHING, anyone on the ground can do. Nothing. You don’t count. I don’t count. We can do nothing except pick which side gets to jerk off into our waiting mouths and wipe themselves off with the Australian flag and pay themselves ludicrous amounts for their hard work of strutting about on top of the world avoiding embarrassments. We argue about rights and privilege and when the time comes to vote, ignore fucking everything to follow the narrative they laid out for us, which is ‘worrying about the economy’, like anyone in the country has a reliable fucking clue how that works.
So we struggle through the daily tedium of helping to make rich people richer, go home with our heads down to avoid seeing the homeless we’re stepping on along the way, and fervently pray for 5/7ths of our lives to disappear into the void, while we argue in outrage about ehrmergherd microtransactions and sexism and DRM and platform exclusives and OH MY GOD WHO DO I HAVE TO PUNCH TO MAKE THIS ALL MAKE SENSE BECAUSE I WILL DO IT I DON’T CARE WHAT I’VE PROMISED, JUST PLEASE TELL ME WHO… Would that it were so easy.
Bloody hell, all I want to do is curl up in a ball with my baby or disappear off the face of the earth and play video games until the world ends. Wake me when it’s over. Boo-urns. Defeatist bullshit which I’ll rally from, joining the frontlines of the righteously angry and empty, but fuck, man… Why do we bother, with all this sound and fury signifying nothing? Is there a single person an internet comment has ever convinced to change their mind, who has even a shred of power to make a difference? God I’m tired.
See, this is how I define depression. Becoming self-aware and realising that there is probably no fucking point to anything.
What keeps me alive is that the future is still unknown. The world is shit, but perhaps something will happen that makes my world not so shit. That is currently the case, hence I’m still alive.
I also await the zombie apocalypse with glee.
Dibs on belting Zombie-Abbott in the head with a bat full of nails.
Hah. Wouldn’t be the only one. 🙂
Abbott is one of those topics that are on peoples’ nerves a lot lately. Be realistic – there was no other option. Everyone knew he wasn’t the best choice, but everyone knew he had to be picked because it wouldn’t have worked any other way. Not to spawn a political debate now … 😛
Agree… He was the only choice at the time. But man, really? I feel like @transientmind does above when I realise thats the situation Australia is in… /o\
Still have dibs on first hit.
Tony Abbott is actually the first politician ever that makes me physically ill whenever I see him on TV or any form of video media.
This times a hundred. The people had a choice between an absolute loon and political party that’s shown time and time again they can only be trusted to do what they promise in the most wasteful incompetent way imaginable or the devil himself. People obviously chose the devil because he hadn’t already sat two terms so they weren’t aware of they might get. Not to mention the fact that labour changed Prime Ministers in the middle of their term, you can’t make it look like you’re taking power away from the voting population and then expect them to give you a second chance.
Coup, hung parliament and dirty pay-offs to end up winning, then a second coup. There’s just no fucking way that is acceptable.
The alternative should have been a hung parliament full of independents and minor parties so the ‘big boys’ didn’t get reinforcement of the idea that they can just wait around til they ‘get their turn’.
Yeah but they are all corrupt as fuck and the system allows it. So they chose a nice payout instead of having a measly voice in the crowd.
Do we have to wait till the fucker is a zombie?
damn dood. sounds like you could do with a holiday… from life! Hope it don’t get ya too down man!
You’re suffering from a case of Weltschmerz.
Spoilered because long.
Been there, done that, bought the hat only to realise that I now own a hat that was made by poor children stuffed in a factory in Asia, put on a giant ship spewing pollution everywhere, then sold to me via a third party that is owned by at least one millionaire if not billionaire and all I have at the end is a lousy hat, a sinking feeling of “Is this it? Is this all there is? Why aren’t I one of those rich people?” only to realise that I’ve been sold a dud dream of being rich when I actually don’t want to be rich, I want to write books, but I can’t because I have to support a family because I’m the only one working and the world doesn’t accept you living in poverty to pursue an artistic dream unless you’re twenty and wear 2nd hand plaid exclusively and then I look at the magazines screaming about how such and such celebrity has obviously had a boob job and I am meant to care and somewhere in all of this I have a chronic medical condition that instantaneously means I’m more than 1/3rd likely to die before my time of self-inflicted reasons and it’s taking all my energy to simply exist and then I go home and my nearly two-year old looks me in the eye and says “ELLO DADA LUB YOU” and I melt and think that maybe the world isn’t so bad after all.TL;DR: The system is screwed, but thank god the people inside ain’t, because I couldn’t handle it all if that was the case.
Thanks f or the link and read. I didn’t know of the term.
Aren’t you worried for the kind of world your kids are going to grow up in though?…
I am totally worried, but I can’t let it overwhelm me. I have to just raise him/future them to be as kind, gentle, honest and ethical as they possibly can be as people. To appreciate the great things in life, and to not focus solely on money and power. And to never completely trust anybody who has power over them, be it a CEO or a PM.
After all:
– Terry Pratchett, Nightwatch
I hate finding the balance between reading too much then getting mighty pissed at the way we treat each other (in broad terms) and disconnecting from the shit that happens to enjoy what’s happening around me now.
Take a breather, go for a walk in a green space without your phone (or music) and just enjoy the scenery around you.
Remember to smile! (=
EVERYBODY SING WITH ME NOW
Everything is good, everything is grand, I’ve got the whole wide world in the palm of my hand. Life’s a happy song…
Unlike the people brushing it off previously, I agree with you. The current state of politics in this country are an absolute shambles and everything looks like it’s going to hell. 🙁
The state of politics have been a joke for a long time.
Anyway, kids are dying in Africa and stuff. And things change.
People have always died in Africa. Once again no one cares because there’s no money to be made worrying about human rights. Capitalism at it’s finest.
The problem with politics in its current state isn’t the system, it’s the people in it who find ways to manipulate and bend the system to break it down. Case in point I believe the Supreme Court in America removed the maximum amount of funding a corporation can make for political campaigns (not too long ago)? Let’s not even talk about net neutrality or the ruling the Supreme Court made in regards to giving companies the rights to practice religious discretion when it comes providing their employees with birth control.
I think most people go through this at some point, at least the ones who care enough about the world enough to find out more than just things relating to their own lives. Investing too much into what’s going wrong in the world will just suffocate you and lead you to inaction because you feel like one person can’t do anything. I’m here to tell you that if every single person in the world believed that we would definitely be seeing things get worse everywhere.
This is a cliche but I’m going to use it anyways – All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. Don’t let it bring you down transient but focus on a few topics that matter to you and figure out if they’re important enough for you to do something about. As you said none of us has the power to do anything, like drops in an ocean. But if enough of us decide we do have to do something, anything at all, even if its writing a damned letter to your local MP. It’ll start to make a difference. Don’t feel defeated, feel empowered knowing that you aren’t the only person who notices these things.
We live in a democratic society where the majority votes decide the government in charge but we often forget that it’s the minority in a population that are really capable of making a difference and have also made a difference, the people who aren’t like everyone else, the one’s who make the decisions and actions that the majority don’t.
That said for those of you who do follow politics, the coalition is well aware they aren’t going to sit a second term with the way they’re running things. They are however going to come through on their promises to fix the budget and get us out of debt, they need to because they’ll want to use this as their slogan during the next campaign. One of the easiest ways to do this is to give mining rights to the company that’s going to ruin the Great Barrier Reef. It’s one of the measures they’re going to need to take in order to show they made a difference in their term if they have any hope of re-election.
This is why I like you man. Always telling it like it is.
Welcome to the world! Have some nihilism.
For me? I realized how much a pointless clusterfuck it all is and gave up giving a shit long ago.
Embrace the emptiness. For when you have no hope, you have no fear.
Yolo?
Haha, not the sentiment I had in mind but I suppose it does fit.
Did the void stare back?
The most eloquently put summary of that topic I’ve read I think.
If there is a basketball court and guitar available where you disappear to with your son I’d like to join.
So I woke up with a sore right shoulder blade muscle. It’s been making things difficult.
Also, I haven’t haven’t found the cosplay so it looks like I have to re-make it. *sigh* I’m doing an okay job of not panicking, probably because I’m more worried about my tooth that needs fixing. Monday night a chunk of it fell out.
Still waiting for the dentist to get back to me.
Did you sleep on it wrong?
That’s weird about the tooth, I have to see the dentist as well but Im lazy, scared and dont want to pay for pain
Public dental services are terrible, but after a bad experience with a proper dentist (charged us $1000 for teeth cleaning) I’m too scared to go back to one.
Yea that would scare me too thats worse thab any horror movie haha
See @transientmind, the world can sometimes be a beautiful place. 🙂
@beeawwb @negativezero @redartifice @quiz_b @tech_knight
I went looking and, lo and behold, a homebrew corporate business RPG exists http://synergonrpg.com/. It’s actually pretty well thought out and lampoons absolutely everything.
The tagline is particularly great: “Where dreams come to die.”
I smell a TAYRollTest.
I’m in (I can do two RPG’s at once, can’t I @negativezero? It’s not like you own my soul…
…right?)
Edit: This is too good.
hahahahahaa….
Ouch.
Yeah, I just went to see if such a thing existed. I can’t really afford to play another RPG (currently in 6 which is enough for me).
Considering the Edge of the Empire thing hasn’t really gotten started yet, I guess. I need to spend some time re-reading all the rules to make sure I have it down properly, then we can start talking about a time to do a creation session or something.
I’m currently doing three RPGs, with a fourth on the way with Negative Zero xD
That’s going to be the last one I take part in I think lol
Count me in. 😛
This makes me wanna play Industry Giant 2 again!
Dragon meat is yummy,
and I really want it in my tummy.
Where’s Icarus? I’m starving!
“What-?”
“I WANNA EAT YOUR DRAGON!”
Hey @negativezero regarding the Star Wars RPG you tagged me on a while back, sorry about not replying till now.
Based on the backstory I put down on my droid previously I wanted it to be an ex-merc fighting droid, but if I had a HK-47 style of personality as well, I could try adding some charismatic traits to go along with it too so I could also potentially “negotiate” on the party’s behalf (I have funny ideas about that like introducing myself as “Hello I am X and these are my merry meatbags”). If not then I’ll stick with being a droid of “muscle” in terms of “I’ll blast any meatbag that tries to step on our toes without latency”. I’ve yet to think up a good designation too, still trying to figure that out. You remember the droid model I thought of going with yeah?
Edit: To put into perspective of my current RPGs, I’ve got an Engineer/Sniper (Numenera), an Elven ex-noble Spellcaster (Pathfinder), and insane Engineer/Pilot/Driver (W40K), so I kinda want to do more a straight up fighter role in this one cuz that’s one I haven’t got yet. I’m personally not very socially skilled so I’m not sure how charismatic I can be if we go down that path too xD
Upvote to hear you say meatbags in your pseudo-english accent =P
You know it makes me want to try experimenting with a voice modulator for when I’m in character just to make it more epic
That sounds pretty workable. Means we’ve got the driver, the hired gun and IIRC someone wanted to be the engineer/slicer as well. Nearly got a full heist crew assembled.
Yeah Quiz wanted the engineer I believe.
Alright cool glad you’re good with it 🙂
Oh god. Exam in half an hour and I haven’t taken an academic exam in 13 years. I feel ridiculously underprepared.
I swear there’s a hole in the back of my brain and everything just fell out.
WHAT THE HELL IS A LITRE!
Some kind of aquatic creature I assume.
The volume of a 10cm x 10cm x 10cm cube. 😛
Right. And a cm is equivalent to 243kpa degrees.
Right?
Right!
*passes out*
*mumbles “8.314….6.022×10^23…..”
Hahaha, welcome to my life! >:D
You’ll be fine, exams aren’t as bad as your brain makes them seem 😛
You know all the stuff, you’ll do good, Freeze.
You’ll do good 🙂
Good luck, man. Though you’re already 45 minutes in, this should apply retroactively. You’re welcome.
I think the saddest thing I’ve seen today is in the Steam page where one of the “top sellers” is a $150 “founders pack” for a free to play MMO. Ahhh, I wish I had a job so I could set fire to big piles of money once again.
@negativezero
🙁
I ran a bit on the treadmill with the Nimbus 15 and I dunno, just didn’t seem as good as the Kayanos! It might be because my legs were already sore from all the running last week, but who knows… 😛
Btw, where is your pair made? The Kayanos are Chinese but the Nimbus is from Vietnam. Apparently the Vietnam and Indonesian ones aren’t as good and the run a bit small, hmm :/
Kayano are a more expensive shoe with built up arch support. I use Nimbus because that support gets in the way for me as I wear orthotics that build up the arch even further – if I don’t use a neutral shoe I end up pigeon-toed due to the arch being too high.
You run with a broomstick?
Been going through announced upcoming releases and from now until the end of November there’s something like 20 games that I’m fairly interested in buying, and that’s just stuff that has concrete dates.
Wow, I can count the number of releases I’m looking forward to in the next year on one hand.
I like more niche games I guess. If I was to narrow it down to just AAA in the same period there’s about 3.
Are you still planning on getting Xillia 2 at launch?
Around about then yeah. IIRC I ordered it somewhere.
EDIT: Ordered from OGS so it’ll probably turn up right before Destiny releases. 🙁
The shittiest release clash is that NISA swapped their release dates for Fairy Fencer F and Natural Doctrine. I have FFF on order because it looks cool, but now it releases same day as Ar noSurge which is an absolute must-buy for me because Ar Tonelico II was one of my favourite games.
@crazyguy1990, @steve-o_the_deve-o, @pupp3tmast3r, @tech_knight, @pixel_the_ferret_viking
So, Torchlight 2.
Everyone is all over the place with levels at this point so what do people want to do?
Call it done? Try and equalize things? Start again/something else?
If people want to do a different dungeon crawler Path of Exile is brilliant and free.
Did you go any further since our one? (End of Act 1) If so we can easily help everyone to catch up. Since they will have the quests I think you and I can do them again (And leech more levels off for the two of us hehe 😉 shhh). I’m all for continuing it though
Nah have not played since then.
Defs keen to keep going but really depends on others.
Agreed, still really difficult with just two of us squishies though xD
I think I can manage to catch up tonight actually. No plans except gym and swimming!
But I’ll probably have to jump ship by around 9.30, early start tomorrow!
I’ll be the same, if I can get on. Early start tomorrow – but still up in the air as to whether I can get on at all. Had a group round my place last night playing Magic, so I may need to spend some time with the pregnant wifey.
So… Mario Kart 8 Mercedes DLC.
What would have to happen to make you get it?
For me, it’d have to be good specs on the cars, coupled with a price tag sub $2.
So basically, I won’t be getting it.
If it comes with a coupon for a real one.
I thought it was free?
I don’t know.
Come with another snes track
Oooh, or another tournament (so 4 tracks!) 😀
I’d pick it up if it was a skin for a kart instead of an actual kart, so you could use your favourite kart, but have it look like a mercedes.
There is nothing that could feasibly happen to make me get it.
Isn’t it part of a promotion for buying an actual Mercedes?
No idea!
Because who would want to see their Mii driving around in an expensive sports c…
Be right back.
*runs off, pre-orders ten copies*
I’d have to get a Wii U and then Nintendo would have to implement an account system that actually works, makes sense and feels like something that belongs in this century.
Am I the only one that thinks they look incredibly stupid?
A real viable battle mode. At least all the n64 arenas again. And some new and interesting ones.
This Top 10 Fight Scenes video featured on… uhh… one of the Allure sites is pretty rad!
I want to go watch/re-watch a bunch of fighting movies now :D. It’s been a while since I’ve seen one.
Damn… I really need to see Ong Bak one of these days. And I’d forgotten how good Crouching Tiger and Drunken Master are…
What is happening to me?!
I’m liking, old songs!
*sings*
We are strong!
No one can tell us we’re wrong!
searching our hearts for so lo-oo-ong!
Both of us knowing, love is a battlefield!
OOGA CHAKA OOGA CHAKA OOGA OOGA
*sings*
Don’t you want somebody to love?
Don’t you need somebody to love?
Wouldn’t you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love!
Once heard that song on a list of one-hit wonders.
Turned off the station, because clearly they didn’t know shit.
And OLD SONGS ARE GOOD SONGS. 80s SONGS ARE AWESOME.
Now I want to play Vice City again – best soundtrack.
I usually have an aversion to old songs, but I’m finding my tastes changing lately :S
I think it’s a change for the best 😀
Yessss….
The transssformation is almossst complete! A few more ssspelllsss and you will be cleansssed of modern musssic!
*PS1 Electro laugh*
NSFW
Jeez, no kiddin’!
I wrote Magnesium Chlorate instead of Magnesium Chloride… *kills self*
Magnesium Chlorate would be Mg(ClO3)2 not MgCl. Why do I only remember this after the test?
Edit – Upon thinking I even got that wrong. I think it’s right now. Goddamn ions making things confusing.
Silly Freeze.
Everybody knows the difference between Magnesium Chlorate and Magnesium Chloride.
Everybody.
WHAT AN IDIOT.
I’d tell you what they are, but… I don’t need too. Cause, we all know. *cough*…Everybody.
Except me obviously.
http://i.imgur.com/Dza3vUK.jpg
I started there. It’s like my home.
Chlorophyll…
More like bore-ophyll!
And yeah, chemistry is awesome fun.
Today we were discussing one of the games we’ve got in the making, based around being given a series of directions and then having to remember and work out where they lead to on a map. The working name was just Locate but then got changed to Location Location, and now there’s this whole theme of travel and stuff, so having famous landmarks to populate the map with etc. The boss wasn’t too happy with the name as it was, and then I blurted out “Senza Direction”.
He seems to be torn between tiring of and being impressed by my constant stream of puns 😛
That said, I think it might actually become the name of the game now.Uhhh, so Dick Smith have sent me another Invoice, that makes 3 invoices over 3 days. I just … I don’t even.
Boy Nob, you sure love invoices.
Gotta catch ’em all!
That $100 you saved still worth it?
Totally
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-*breaks down and starts crying*
not in the slightest!
Here’s hoping you end up with 3 PS4s, then.
Also, I totally call one of them.
Just been reading this list of bands for Soundwave 2015 that AJ has commented on if he’d have them or not, and well so far he would love to have the following (that I like); Airbourne, Black Stone Cherry, Dope, Halestorm, Alestorm, Anthrax, The Beards, Bloodhound Gang, Dethklok, Dream Theater, King Diamond, Lamb of God, Lacuna Coil, Motorhead, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, RUSH, Slayer, Slipknot, Weird Al Yankovic.
Apparently he really wants Weird Al, that’d be pretty neat.
The Holy Triumvirate, huh. Nice.
Not sure which 3 you’re talking about, care to enlighten me? 😛
Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart.
Also known as Rush.
Ah 😛
Could you imagine if Halestorm and Alestorm combined and either just because Storm or Haleale..
Atleast if they failed as a band they could open up a brewery selling pale ale..
“Hale Ale Pale Ale its like a storm in your face hole”
Haha, oh god. The mix of sleazey rock with pirate themes, this can only end well.
Not sure if Dream Theater would do a festival, but I guess anything’s possible without Portnoy pulling all the strings. Still haven’t seen them. Would’ve loved to’ve seen the Scenes From a Memory tour. I think Bloodhound Gang were strong rumours, Dethklok as well. Fun fact, my mate played bass with Brendon Small when he came over for a few gigs a couple of years ago. Obviously it wasn’t as Dethklok though.
Chilli Peppers would be different for a Soundwave headliner, but then again Green Day…Rush would be absolutely awesome to see, but the same with Dream Theater, I reckon they’d prefer to do their own tour if they ever came over. Happy to be proven wrong though. Slipknot definitely coming next year, but who knows if it’s Soundwave. I’d rather see them in an arena tour though. Seeing Corey Taylor for 3-4 years in a row at Soundwave, his voice gets lost in the mix 🙁
Always happy to see Anthrax though. My favourite live band ever. I still prefer John over Joey though. I’ll just be happy if I’m not waiting another 10 years for their next studio album
Dream Theater would be awesome, and no Portnoy means they can actually do things I like that 😛
Chilli Peppers suit Soundwave really well imo, Soundwave did start as a Punk festival back in the day and was most governed by Punk bands with a Metal stage thrown in for good measure, but last few years it’s been about Metal, which is cool. But it shouldn’t always be so. Also the Chilli Peppers were out here just last year for Big Day Out weren’t they? I can’t even Remember when RUSH last came to Australia, they apparently want to do Soundwave but are asking a bit too much and AJ can’t justify it but if they lower their price he said he’d happily have them.
Slipknot, are resuming touring in February, I doubt it’ll be Soundwave, to me with a new album out it would be silly. An arena tour would be a much better idea imo. Yeah, I get a bit sick and tired that front of house mixes for where they are up in the middle rather than anywhere else. 2013, watching Anthrax I could not hear Joey at all, it fucking sucked.
Aw man the John Bush era, I first listened to Joey fronted Anthrax and loved his voice so i’m in his favour 😛
Anthrax sounded good for me at the Brissy Soundwave but I was right up the front. Nothing compared to the gig at the Hifi thr night before though. That was the first gig in absolutely ages I let loose. I first listened to WCFYA so Bush for me 😛 Armed & Dangerous is my favourite song and Spreading’s probably my favourite album though so I’ve got a big place in my heart for Joey-Anthrax too 😀 I just prefer Bush as a frontman live I guess. That’s nothing bad on Joey, he’s still one of the best frontmen around, but Bush is the complete deal for me. I’d love to see Armored Saint tour over here. Or even better, finally one day a proper co-frontman tour like everyone’s wanted for ages.
I wouldn’t want Rush to do a festival though. I wanna see them do a proper ‘evening with Rush’ gig for 3 hours. Same with Dream Theater
I was up front stage right (crowd left) for Anthrax in Brisbane and could hear anything but the vocals 😛
I do, cause I don’t think I could afford ticket to RUSH otherwise haha.
OH Statistics reporting… I make myself laugh sometimes…
Spoiler as it’s probably boring…
Question – some fictional study found positive correlation between number of GPs and number of deaths when looking at local government areas. Suggest what other variable could be causing the correlationMe – Age, because older people tend to visit GPs more often so there needs to be more of them……… and……….. they are closer to………. dying…….. maybe….. so more of them actually die…….??? Brain to sunsoar: You’re messed up man… they die more!!? That is your best answer?
Check answers – Population of areas……………………………… f*ckin duh!
TL;DR – gave equal parts dumb and absurd answer to study question and laughed as I wrote it.
Made myself laugh while studying, worth it.
Ah Uni…
Whatcha studying and wherebouts?
Right now it’s what I should be studying instead of being distracted…
Business Degree (Finance and Business Info Systems) at Swinburne via Open Universities. Back to it this year after a 12 year hiatus… The big bonus this time is that work is paying.
Nothing like telling them you’re going back and then them asking me if I’d asked for assistance… to which I reply “uh, no…?” and have my MoR say – “Put the form in and we’ll pay. I don’t want you going anywhere if they offer to pay for you.”. Now I just need to pass my units to keep them paying!
NINTENDO!
EB have the Hyrule Warriors Scarf Edition on their site for $99. Standard edition is $79 at the moment, so $20 more is kinda out of my range for something I’ll never use :P. It doesn’t actually say “Exclusive to EB” which might mean JB will get it too, who knows! I’m holding out for a Big W launch day $68 or so.
I still kinda want it though… 😀 (but not at that price!)
I kinda gave up on Mario but apparently there’s a big update coming at the end of the month which adds stuff that quite frankly should’ve been in the game to begin with :P. On-screen map! (hopefully it’s not as terrible as the gamepad one), stats (win/lose, total coins etc.) and I think the Mercedes DLC is part of this update too. I guess I’ll stick around for a few more games 😀
I preordered. Scarf looks purty, even if I probably never wear it.
It would be nice if they included the fancy box that the UK version has. What are the chances of EB just giving us the scarf in some dingy plastic sleeve?
I SAW YOU ON OZBARGAIN AND I WAS GONNNA REPLY… BUT THEN I DIDN’T.
That’s almost as bad as seeing me irl and not saying hi.
Well I was about to but then someone came to me and gave me a bunch of work :P. The comment was unrelated to the deal though so it didn’t really need to be posted :).
Ok, so I don’t “get” Proteus, anyone wanna fill me in on why this is a thing?
On an unrelated note does anyone around here play Talisman Digital? Been looking for a new group after my usual gaming buddies decided it was an unhealthy game for our group.
As I understand it, Proteus is intended as Art (note the capital A) and so should be viewed in the same vein as the modern art section of your local gallery.
Yeah I got the art bit but there is still nothing to do it seems, its more of a digital space than a game, unless I’m missing something. I would not of been happy if I bought it
Exactly. Not simply art, but Art – something created purely for the purpose of being Art. Something for Art people to ponder pretentiously and declare to have imaginary depth and meaning so as to feel Cultured. But that when you get down to it is just empty bs.
Just like the modern art section of your local gallery.
And yes, I’m being an arsehole today.I have Talisman Digital, but don’t play it all that much. It’s fun, and would certainly be a lot quicker than the physical version, that’s for sure.
There are some mechanics that seem possibly exploitable, and the few games I’ve played have ended with one player becoming a runaway in terms of strength or fate, dominating all player interactions, moving to the crown and nobody being able to really do anything about it.
Yeah the end game stuff isn’t very balanced, once you get a roll on its hard to stop someone, but it is still anyone’s for the taking for the first 30-45 mins. I think the expansions will help (the one that adds death definitely makes things more interesting)
The runesword in particular has led to some very imbalanced games.
See that’s funny because most of the games I’ve played it has been next to useless
Coincidentally the DLC season pass is on sale now
Just turned my ninja belt into a utility belt 😎
By which I mean I sewed up a pouch/pair of pockets to go on the back so I can easily carry my phone and wallet with me. Practicality!
K, it’s a little fiddly to get things back in again. Dammit there’s always one minor aspect that I never planned for 😛
If in doubt, add more velcro! \o/
So..(added spoilers incase people didn’t want to read this)
Cathryn’s in hospital…I know shes gonna be ok but shes been asked to stay the night there and I wont lie when I got back to the car I did cry, I dont know why I cried I just did and now all these damn wot if scenarios are running through my head and its making everything worse.I need to go lose myself in some games to just take my mind off it.
Dude, crying is normal. Real life can be scary and shit, and it’s an appropriate response.*hugs*
Thanks man, its just..ughh its so fustrating because I shit you not every answer she gave about what was wrong with her wasnt good enough for the two doctors who were arguing with each other in front of her she couldnt get a say in and she freaked and starting crying and they kept going on didnt even give a shit!
That’s rough, pal :S
I’m not too sure of the back story, but it’s good you’re concerned, even though you know it’ll be alright.
It shows you care a lot about her.
There’s no shame in crying either. It clearly shows that you love her.
Hope you feel better in the morning when you’ve rested, and get to take her home 🙂
She’s had a migraine for the past 5-6 months, shes been on numerous amounts of medications and seen countless specialists and nothings helped, the neurologist booked her in for a lumbar puncture last week and after it was done the results came back clear but her headache has doubled in pain since the procedure. She’s in hospital because she also has back pains from the procedure and its not normal for the pain to last more than a few days yet shes had it for a week. I don’t know whats going on and maybe im telling myself it’ll be alright because honestly I dont want to even have the thought of it not being alright in my head.Sending good thoughts your way, man. Hope things turn around quickly!
They’ve tried a new medicine I have no idea of its working but she says the pains dropped a bit so thats good.
Oh dear god! I know exactly what she’s going through. I had a lumbar puncture once when I got bitten by a red-back. They couldn’t find the bite mark, so they tested me for meningitis by doing the lumbar puncture. For over a week following the procedure, everytime I sat up, INSTANT migraine. Worst week of my life. All my happy thoughts and well wishes are heading in your/her direction! Hope she gets over it soon.As for the migraine stuff outside of that, it could be a long and difficult road. It took me about 7 years or more to get mine under any sort of control that didn’t involve regular doses of opiates.
In the end though, it was the neurologist who hit the nail on the head. I still have the opiates to counter any attacks that I do get now, but thankfully, due to his trials, I now get 1-3 migraines per month, instead of 1-3 per week.
Also just an edit to let you know that it is normal for that kind of thing to happen following a lumbar puncture. They’re essentially removing spinal fluid, which is what your brain floats around in, and takes ages to replace. Since there’s less fluid around her brain, there’s not enough to absorb the everyday shocks and bumps that would normally go unnoticed. Just keep her horizontal as much as possible for now and stay positive 🙂
Thanks man, Yeah her Neurologist believes it to be a transformed migraine and is currently looking at doing botox to relieve the pain since the pain killers and the like arent helping, every day she wakes up its there and sometimes its not as bad as others but its still there constantly.See I just thought it was because of the original headache affecting her healing rate so it was taking longer to heal but now they are saying the lumbar puncture may have caused the sack to leak insteadI haven’t tried the botox myself. It was going to be one of the next things we as he got me to start taking Tegretol. Lucky for me, that was the money shot.I dunno how they’ll feel about it, but it might be worth asking if she can have something like Endone if she’s not allergic to it. Works absolute wonders for me to get rid of the pain. No doubt due to the pain she’s probably not all that “with it” atm, so try not to take anything she says to heart. It was a really difficult time for me, made all the worse by my girlfriend at the time trying to drill me for information about recent happenings.
Really hope she feel better soon! Even to this day, when I hear about lumbar punctures, I shudder. Hope I never have to have one again as long as I live!
Also, if they’re not happy giving her something like Endone, ask them for Maxalt Wafers. They’re like little plastic strips that dissolve on your tongue. They’re specifically designed to treat migraine’s and when they work, they work well. It’s a 50/50 shot with me as to whether it works or not, but she might have better luck.
Alright ill ask the doctors when I see them today she was on Topamax but now they weening her onto sandomigran I have no idea what any of it really does but ill ask about it and see what they sayI’m not familiar with those particular one’s, but they may do different things. The Maxalt wafers and Endone are purely for pain relief. It’s likely that the one’s you mentioned may be a more preventative type of thing. That’s much the same as the Tegretol for me. It does nothing for my pain, but it does reduce the amount I get, and when I do get them, they’re not always as severe as they used to be. Finding the right preventative is the hard part though. Not only are there quite a few out there, but they often take time to be ‘taken up’ by the body. I had to take Tegretol for 2 months before I saw any kind of change. Hopefully her battle wont be as long and drawn out as mine!*hugasaurus*
Crying is good for you.See you say that but Cathryn reckons im a horrible crier because If its really bad I end up looking like a 4 yr old who just fell in the pool for the first time and is freaked the fuck out hahaAdorable. 😀
Aw man, I’m sorry to hear that. Sending good thoughts your way.
Thanks man, ill make sure to pass all you guys wishes and stuff onto her when I see her today
Duuuude, speaking as someone who didn’t leave my missus side for five days when she got hospitalised, i know all of those feelings and it really is the worst! Hope everything gets better soon for you and her soon!
and as hard as i know it is, try not to go through all the what ifs and catastrophic thinking because it really isn’t helping anyone… But if you need to talk you know that I’m/we are here
Thanks man I wish I could of stayed by her side but the hospital staff basically kicked me out because she needed rest, I now know pretty much how she felt when I had to stay in over night after surgery, its a feeling that no body should have to go through.
Yeah im tryna keep my mind occupied with games, tv shows, random ideas for things that make no sense outside the realm of my head..like why did they call food food? Its such a weird word when you think about it.
Thanks again but it does mean alot, how is your wife doing anyway?
Yeah she’s battling along, was sick last week with this damn cold making the rounds but other then that OK 😛
I think she’s very relieved with this citizenship thing sorted… Food is a pretty weird word, who looked at something edible and decided “food” was the most accurate reaction they could have to it’s presence?
I know right? How hard is it to say “consumable materials”, honestly..
“This is delicious consumable material I love putting it in my face hole”
See?! Not so hard to do afterall.
Now use it out in public and keep count of the amount of weird glances you shall receive because they are all jealous of the greatness you shall radiate!
I already got glared at yesterday walking through the hospital emergency with a big bag of Mcdonalds delicious consumable material I dont think they gonna mind if I dig in next to them..but so help me if one of them sneezes in my direction the consumable material is gonna become a projectile mass of pain for the sneezer
@coldcamv i love how your brain works 😛
@pixel_the_ferret_viking its a gift and a curse
Yeah I dont want to get the cold again I just got off having the cold haha. Well thats good to hear then \o/
I know right it just makes no sense I just thibk of things and just keep going back and back like who had the idea to make string
Hugs! =\ And crying is good for you, it’s like hitting the restart button after your computer glitches up.
Dont say that! if thats the case ill be crying every other hour my laptop is junk haha. But thanks man all the support I get from you guys is the best help a man can get
Sending love your way, man.
Thanks man every little bit helps, we’ll get through this and I wont lie support and everyone elses is what makes it easier to deal with
Sucks to be you right now but you will get through it. I have spent more than my share of time with my wife in hospital. It’s hard to be so helpless.
Stick with it and remember she is in the best place to get this sorted
I heard things about the episode of Kitchen Nightmares at Amy’s Baking Company.
I finally got around to watching it.
…Huh… so… wow. That woman is a bit, uh… incredibly insane. The most interesting thing about all this is the comments section. A bunch of people are making some rather interesting claims. Some people say that the husband was arrested for fraud, and others say he had connections to organised crime. (That would explain how the place was open for so long)
Some say that the restaurant is just a money laundering operation, since the husband refuses to let his wife call the police on the customers who left without paying.
Other people say that the restaurant is still going, fueled purely by the negative press and people buying food just to ‘see if it’s that bad.’
There are claims that Amy made a fake Facebook account in an attempt to defend herself, and accidentally revealed the account was fake by saying ‘people are attacking me for no reason,’ when she meant to say ‘people are attacking her for no reason.’
There are also claims that Amy was a prostitute ‘because God told her so’, and met her husband through there. Also, she was apparently on Dr Phil at some point. I doubt any of these allegations are true, but fucking hell is it entertaining to read them.
You know, I feel really bad for those three cats they have.
Pretty intense, right? Some of the stuff that went down when the episode aired is INSANE. They were dishing out hatred, insults, and threats from their Facebook page, which they later claimed was hacked. They’re a special brand of lunatic, though. That episode is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in TV or real life.
One thing I learnt from it was how to be a minor internet celebrity for a week or two…by being as batshit crazy as possible. You’ve gotta question though, if she really thought her place was the mutts nuts, why did she apply to go on the show? Surely you go on that show to find out what’s wrong with what you’re doing, but once you’re on it you then reject anything and everything a highly awarded chef is telling you’re doing wrong? There’s probably a lot that wasn’t aired to make it good tv viewing as there is with any reality show, but still, the crazy shone through with her
They said that they wanted Gordon Ramsay to come in, agree with them, and shut up the haters. That was their plan, evidently… but of course it didn’t work out that way.
I love it when a good plan comes together 😀
Been invited to pre-alpha test for Arena Commander \o/ guess i know what I’m doing this weekend… How is everyone else this fine, if slightly wet, morning?
Glad it isn’t wet here.
I’VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU
I got in too, #230-something of 250K \o/
I GET TO PEW-PEW AT YOU! \o/ 😛
Pfft, n00bs, #39378 here…
I was really indecisive about backing it cause it all sounded too good to be true. Finally got around to it and missed LTI 🙁
Sometimes I get a song stuck in my head for days and then my mum comes over and says she’s had the same song stuck in her head for days. It’s disturbing how frequently this happens. PSYCHIC LINK. D:
And all of a sudden, the song isn’t so cool anymore! :p
Oh, it was never cool. 😀
lol
Every now and then, I’ll have a song in my head which will later play on the radio. And not new+popular songs with high play frequency, either. Weird.
I’m really enjoying The Strain at the moment. Watched episode 3 last night. I went into it having not read the books, but I will possibly give them a read if I can find them. David Bradley is really great as Abraham Setrakian, which doesn’t surprise me, as he’s a good actor. Also, I’m possibly going to watch the episode again at some stage.
SPOILERS for episode 3:
How creepy is that scene where the German guy puts on his makeup?I was wanting to pick up the books before the show started but there went that plan. I only found out about it by chance, looking up del Toro to see what films of his I hadn’t watched, saw he wrote some books and they sounded pretty cool. I come on here and someone says it’s being made into a tv series starting in a couple of months 😀 All 3 books are on the Play Store for $16 I think (last time I checked) though so if that’s an option, probably a lot cheaper than buying books. David Bradley’s really growing on me as an actor though. Will have to look back into his earlier stuff as I only know him from Harry Potter and the Doctor Who doco, but he was excellent in that.
I loved that opening scene. He plays the whole ‘creepy guy’ so well. So far it’s reminding me of what a Stephen King adaptation should be if it was done well. Instead for King we get Under The Dome which was average at best and is now barely watchable.Ah well, I need to catch up on last week’s ep before the weekend
Hi everyone, I won’t really be on much till this afternoon, stupid bloody seniors day and their early movies.
Just came on to say that I watched Monty Python Live (Mostly) last night, it was pretty good, but couldn’t help but feel that they were better back in the 70’s @aliasalpha
Also, how about that Mario Kart DLC, YUCK!
Well as long as it wasn’t crap that’s good enough reason to go & see it, cheers
With the blackmail sketch, who was under the bag when you watched it? I got Mike Myers, just wondering if maybe they were different shows since they did several ones
Yeah, it was Mike Myers. I was under the impression that they picked one of the shows and sent that one to all the cinemas. What did you think?
I had a chuckle reading an article this morning about a bear that ran away while attacking a human at the sound of its victim’s Justin Bieber ring tone… you know your music is bad when even a horrifying predator of the woods let alone wildlife runs away at the sound of your songs!
So animals react to red, yellow, black and justin bieber. I think I’ll download Baby if I ever go camping again!
Bear Grylls top survival tip right there!
Damn, looks like my plan to lock him in a room with a pack of bears wont turn out the way I was hoping.
Ear plugs & salmon paste, problem solved 😛
MOVIE STUFF!
(Stole this from the Canned Meat post)
@35 @anonymous_pessimist @batgirl @cj @effluvium-boy @fatshadylive @gingerchris86 @gorzilla @hugo_the_hungarian_barbarian @morkai @mrtaco @pupp3tmast3r @ruffleberg
Shooting a wedding shooting on Saturday in North Sydney for our 80’s cop movie!
You are ALL invited and feel free to bring friends if you want!
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Invite-843×1024.jpg
I’ll be there with bells on.
And quite possibly clothes as well.
HUUUUUUUGOOOOOOOOOOO!
I think I actually have one or two oldish collared shirts I can bring along for people to bloody up if you need them.
I also have a bright green collared shirt that I bought for my PAX costume that is way, way, way too big for me that you can also use if you don’t think it’s too garish 😛
Too garish? No such thing!
For this film anyway!
Extra shirts are always appreciated!
Also, if you have people you can bring that would help!
pre-booked out this Saturday 🙁
:'(
*sad hulk music*
What is the dress code?
Actually I dont think I have appropriate clothing that Im ok with getting bloodied/#rekt is there anything else I can do to help?
For this scene all we really need is people to be on screen.
The dress code is just stuff that was around prior to around 1999. No shirts with modern references (video games, movies, tech etc) and as I mentioned in the attached image, wear old clothes if you want to get bloody. Getting bloody is in no way mandatory but you will have to lie on grass.
Right, so button up shirt and jeans should be fine.
Definitely fine!
I checked out careerkickstarter.com.au because it was plastered on FB, offering free Macbook etc. So I had a look, saw some interesting stuff (Diplomas) so I filled in the ‘express interest’ box. Got a call this morning. I asked what the cost was. “Ah around $23K, via the commonwealth loan scheme”.
$23K is a Bachelor degree from a university, not a Diploma from a college. GTFO. Or maybe this is the ‘deregulated university fees’ in effect? Probably. Sux2b anyone studying now.
I think that was the cost of my Bachelor of arts, digital arts course.
Yeah this was diploma of digital something something. Web design, image/audio/video editing, game design.
I think my Bachelors degree (of Computer Science) is going to end up around the $30k mark.
Anything under that and I’ll be very happy! 😀
Hearing stuff like that really brings home how blessed I was with mine (CompSci as well) – I came out of it only owing around $8,000 thanks to HECS and my Grandfather leaving money for education for myself and my sister which he felt was immensely important. The only reason I was out of pocket at all is that I elected to do an extra year for Honors (and it was easily the best and most interesting year of my degree)
Yeah, it’s a lot, but with savings and HECS repayments I should have it paid off in 2 years, maybe 3.
I don’t want it looming over me for long.
It’s still ridiculous how much they charge for three years of education.
No, what’s ridiculous is that the people making decisions affecting what you pay for your degree got theirs for free.
I think you’re better off going to a specialised university or something, that is ridiculously expensive.
Yes it is. It looks like a college where they ‘provide everything’. But, the problem is, that deregulated university fees are already in place, so perhaps that price is not so crazy expensive as it seems (compared to other institutions, at this point in time).
I’d be checking what places actually recognise those diplomas as well. There a fair few places who offer courses and what have you only for no-one to recognise it and your time and money has been wasted. $23k though, I’m still paying off my economics degree that I haven’t used since graduating in 2008 thanks to the GFC. Here’s to the banks chasing me for money they loaned me after crippling my chance to use my degree by being shit at being banks and causing a financial crisis. *mini-rant about studying over*
My wife is currently at a college doing a diploma in games development, I think her fees are around $23k and that includes her Alienware gaming laptop (which she just received this morning, at least I assume that’s what the box she texted me a photo of was). While the college hasn’t been around long (and some people have queries about it’s legitimacy because they assume that if it’s not a university or TAFE then it’s bullshit) it seems that $20-$25k is typical these independent colleges that offer a computer as part of the package. I have to assume if they operate on the commonwealth loan scheme then they’re not just scammy diploma mills.
Edit: for the record she’s planning on using the diploma as a stepping-stone into a university course, assuming she’s well enough to maintain a that heavy a study schedule.
Evocca College? Lol. They provide Alienware for games, Macbook for IT/multimedia, ipads for the rest. They’re the guys behind careerkickstarter.com.
I’ll have to check out some universities again, see how much they jacked their prices.
Yeah, that’s the one. Her dad recommended it to since he was doing a web development course and got a macbook. She decided to go the gaming route because a) that interests her, b) “free” Alienware gaming laptop.
Seems they provide everything. I saw mention of “stationary is provided”. It may be good deal, maybe not. I’m gonna pass on a $20K diploma though 🙁 I’ve pretty much already done the majority, so I should ask about credit transfer.
Based on my wife’s experience to date they give you a plastic folder with pens, paper, post its etc as well as a backpack to carry your computer in after you’re issued one – I think they order it after you’ve completed the first “cluster” of subjects so how long that takes is up to you. The study is completely flexible and they give you up to 18 months to complete the diploma which shouldn’t be an issue as long as you show up to workshops once or twice a week. You should also qualify for a student concession card.
I wouldn’t have a clue about credit transfers. My wife didn’t finish high school and this one of the few colleges that would take her at the diploma level without needing her to do a HSC bridging course first.
I’ve actually done a Bachelor of I.T. and a lot of my electives were in that multimedia/editing/games/web area. So I guess I really should look at that transfer.
Yeah, that bridging course can be a pain, my gf is doing one now. Free, luckily.
The nice thing about getting the diploma first is that it might save you money (or at least bring the cost of the degree down) for all the stuff she’s already done, so you may win out in the long run.
Recognition of Prior Learning \o/
Yeah, I think you only get a set amount under the loan scheme depending on the discipline your course falls in so she was worried that the diploma would chew up too much of it for her to finish a bachelor degree, but presumably having the diploma will cut a 3 year degree down to 2 or something.
I would be surprised if it cut it down to one year if she’s doing full time.
cc @kermitron Also easier to get work.
Studying Bachelor, have diploma already.
or
Studying Bachelor.
My diploma was free.
So was my Bachelor of Arts.
The evils of socialism at work. \o/
It appears my birthday present finally arrived, addressed to Mr. Strange.
Based on its sender, I’m 95% sure I know what it is (Mr. Strange is nothing if not predictable) so that means I can open it, right? 😛
With my internet powers* I decree that you can open that package!
*Note: “Internet Powers” contains no traces of metaphorical, real or physical power at allSent him a text saying I received a suspicious looking package and was going to open it to check it’s not a bomb. I hope I don’t end up with a bomb squad on my doorstep! 😛
*calls the bomb squad*
I’d rather the Brute Squad.
As long as it’s not the Brut Squad.
But they smell nicer!
Don’t worry, the government’s not reading your email looking for terrists yet. Soon, but not yet. :\
Do eeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
If it’s not for you you can always re-seal it right? ;p
I’m going to say don’t open it.
He probably wants to be there when you open it! I know if it was from me, I’d want to be there.
Plus you’ve waited this long, what’s a few more hours?
Oh, of course I wasn’t going to open it without him! But it’s fun to pretend I would. 😛
Uuuuuuuhhh, PC Case Gear is selling the Sennheiser U320 for $99… RRP $189… Anyone got any experience with the U320? I feel my old Sennheisers could use an upgrade
I like Sennheisers but really hate the thin rubbery cord that most of their stuff has. Seems too easy to damage.
Man, I’ve pulled it, run over it with an office chair, getting it stuck in the wheels, bent it at ridiculous angles and i still haven’t damaged that cord XD
Maybe it’s just appearances, then? I’ll have to test a demo one the next time I’m in JB…
Well it could be flimsy compared to other headphones but I’ve never had an issue with them… I’ll probably end up picking up those u320’s, they look like decent enough cans
If the mic is even remotely close to the quality of the one the PC360 has, I’d say that’s reason enough to buy it right there. The PC360 mic is fucking amazing, I’ve never sounded like me in a recording before I got this mic.
It looks like it’s in a lower bracket than the 360 but not by much given the RRP and the quality seems like it’d be worth it. Given the sale price I’d go for it if you need new phones. The 360 has a braided cord as well, don’t know if that’s standard with their fancier headsets or just what they’re doing with their newer models
Rumor mill: Got chatting to an old friend who works in Media today. Certain things are flying around like crazy. Mainly about Netflix.
According to him (and a big note here: they have not seen any evidence, I have not seen evidence, this is RUMOR only) that not only have Netflix now stated that they accepted Australian Credit Cards, but a lot of smaller distribution companies are preparing their media contacts for press releases within the next month about Netflix (well, about a new entry into the streaming market in Australia). As in, they know a lot of people will be vying for media attention and want to ‘book in’ their media space as early as possible.
Couple this with Foxtel suddenly (almost overnight) offering ridiculous deals for new customers and my media friend is almost completely convinced that Netflix will be here soon and a big announcement is coming within the next few weeks.
I’m excited. But I’m also worried about my wife. She’s currently at home with the kid. She will no doubt do something stupid like use all our bandwidth to stream Gilmore Girls.
Buffy I can live with. Gilmore Girls I cannot.
Here’s hoping we get some unmetered deal with Optus. (Cause Telstra ain’t gonna do it! XD)
Took the words right outta my mouth, ya did.
Netflix arrives in Australia!
*mass cheering*
In an exclusive deal with Dodo!
*mass breakdowns*
I am genuinely shocked whenever I hear that Dodo is still around.
I saw an ad for them the other day and burst out laughing… Console gamer plays some sort of FPS When the net suddenly drops out, to which he exclaims loudly “MAN, I WISH I WAS WITH DODO!”… I think that ad would be perfect if it had the tagline afterwards “said no gamer ever!”
said no
gamerperson in the world everFIFY
I did think that but I’ve met people dumb enough to have dodo and my faith in human intelligence is low enough 😛
People were dumb enough to name a business after an extinct animal…
So glad I’m on an unlimited plan, our usage would be pretty huge in a month.
Cool. Hopefully Internode offers something that lets me stream without counting towards my download cap.
Internode and iiNet are the same company (kind of) now, right?
iiNet hates Village Roadshow.
Village Roadshow are very closely aligned with Foxtel.
…I hope they do just to spite Village.
Haha, I bet you the Australian cost will be $1/mth less than NetflixUSA + VPN.
Or, actually, scratch that. This is Australia. It’ll be $1/mth more.
If we get a similar library to the US I’d cancel my US account & unblockUS. But that won’t happen.
I’ve heard content will be cut and the library won’t be as vast when Netflix does come here. Fingers crossed that I won’t have to continue my current VPN setup for US content, though.
Yeah, I assume it’ll be something like what we saw a week or 2 back with the Canadian Netflix library issues.
For the record, Gilmore Girls is about 1000x better than Buffy in every respect.
I hate myself for 100% agreeing with this…
*hands in man card*
Man cards don’t exist. I think you just handed @shane your credit card. 😛
Someone is suing Sony because Killzone doesn’t output 1080p graphics in multiplayer. I probably say this weekly but “this is why we can’t have nice things”.
I find myself saying “what is wrong with people?” every time I watch the news lately 😛
I find myself saying “What is wrong with the world?” after watching the news lately.
It sucks mostly because they will lose and claim bankrupcy, unable to pay for Sony’s lawyer time. Which means Sony has to recoup the cost somehow …
Courts are extremely reluctant to give costs orders in favour of big companies (or their insurers) against private citizens with no money, but they might make exceptions for particularly frivolous lawsuits. It will probably be up to Sony to press for costs when they win, which would be terrible PR for them even though this fuckhat deserves it.
🙁
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/scots-college-parents-of-drowned-student-ordered-to-pay-77m-costs
Tragic story, but:
1) they offered to settle the matter for $9.8 million in 2010
2) the judgment was ultimately only around half a million, well below the offer the college made when they admitted liability
Presumably the offer they made was pursuant to the principles of Calderbank v. Calderbank (1975) specifically as a costs protection measure in the event that the ultimate judgment was closer to their own offer ($9.8m) rather than the $300m the parents were claiming for their personal loss as well as the alleged impact on their businesses. The $7.7 million awarded was likely just the legal costs incurred since 2010 and not the total costs since the claim was filed back in 2002.
Plus, the family seems to have money. Maybe not $7.7 million, but they have money.
Wasteland 2’s been pushed back to the first or second week of September D: I wouldn’t mind but it’s just for the physical copies to be sent out…all I ordered is a digital copy so why’m I being punished Fargo? 🙁
well shit. that sucks. I was hoping to go straight from D:OS to Wasteland 2.
I’LL JUST HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE HYPE FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/08/the-oculus-thrift-better-not-be-the-future-of-gaming/
Ghost article!
So there’s this high pitched whistle in our office, which I suspect is caused by a poorly sealed window somewhere channelling the outside wind (we’re 29 stories up) into the most irritating sound in the world.
I’m actually have difficulty getting any work done. I didn’t think I was so easily distracted, but here we are.
You’re on TAY.
You ARE easily distracted 😀
In fairness I only normally come on TAY in brief breaks in my work or if I’m not busy.
Right now I should be extremely busy but finding it hard to fcus.
AND NOW THERE IS A RANDOM ALARM GOING OFF IN THE LEVEL ABOVE US THAT I CAN HEAR THROUGH THE CEILING FFS.
Body clock can’t be that screwed up. Every day, pretty much bang on midday, tummy starts gurgling.
Settle down, fella. We’ll get you sorted.
Just your tummy reporting in
“IT’S 12 O’CLOCK AND ALL IS WEEEELL!”
Nutsy, how am I supposed to sleep with you yelling “all’s well” all the time?
Oh good, I’m glad I’m not the only one that gets that reference XD
Dude. I have the movie on bluray. Such an awesome movie. Might even go watch it again right now (probably not, but maybe! haha).
Lunch!©
…isn’t it perfectly normal to get hungry at lunch time? 😛
And when have I ever been anything even approaching “perfectly normal? 😛
Eheheh.
I’ve only ever heard of “hump day” …
Someone in the office had a birthday. I ate cake. Think I’ll skip dinner tonight.
THE WHOLE THING? D:
It feels like it. They cut a big slice and handed it to the guy next to me but he was all “I don’t really like cake” and handed it to me. I then exercised a complete lack of willpower.
On the brightside, you gave everyone else permission to eat without being self-conscious. 😀
The real monster here is the guy that said they “don’t really like cake”. Preposterous!
The cake is a lie.
Man, I think I’m completely over that joke. It just feels old and tired now.
But cake is rad, and anyone who doesn’t really like cake is figuratively worse than Hitler. Or perhaps even more eviler than Skeletor.
That was the dumbest joke in portal but the only one that wasn’t heavily contextual. No one thought the line was funny for this long, it was just the most convenient way to find other people who enjoyed that game and spend fifteen minutes giving each other a verbal dutch rudder.
Finally got my
next gen loading bar simulatorPS4. Now to rate Dicksmith online through eBay. I wonder if there’s a “would rather cause physical harm to self then shop at store again”?.Woooo! What you gonna play first, Nobs?
I had to fight the urge to purchase a PS4 console today from Target. It was quite easy in the end; I just asked myself, ‘hmm what games do I want to buy to go with?’
No games immediately came to mind so that was that! $499 saved!
Totally a cheap shot, but also some truth to it. Killzone and Last of Us were actually the two that came to mind.
Still umming and arring about spending that sort of cash for a console I’m not really sure I’ll get decent use out of.
Waiting for a cool bundle to come along, really. Maybe Christmas?
But.. but.. killzone only runs at 720p! You might wanna think about whether or not you can afford to sue sony over it first! 😉
Infamous: Second Sun!
Also, I set the free PS+ games to download.
Oooooh, that’s a good’n… be sure to use the screenshot mode and share button! 😀
Infamous is a very enjoyable game.
Gonna get Destiny?
… I have mad mega Destiny hype.
Yeah mannnnnn! It’s the main reason I got a PS4! \o/
What was the TAY destiny group? I should really join it
Kotaku AU
http://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Detail/100780
I sent a join request … i think?
(cc: @thecracks)
Accepted. Make sure to also join up to the clan part within the group.
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKS!
Let’s be Guardian bros! Deal?
Sure.
at least if you do leave a comment like that, make sure you check your grammar! Than, not then!
Bahahaha! Changes the context rather hilariously.
hehehe indeed!
Man, Dick Smith are really picky about who they let into their shops if you need to cut your wrists before you go in
HEY WE SHOULD PLAY THE DESTINY… beta..
….
Infamous? Last of Us? Wolfenstein? as markserrels would say “Tell us dammit!”
INFAMOUS! \o/
Play on the hardest difficulty… Makes combat a lot more fun =] and stop taking pictures while playing =P (I know you will)
Maaaaan. DSE are possibly my most loathed store. If they weren’t the only retailer still selling the Sony TV I wanted I would’ve gone somewhere else. Hell I would’ve bought from Geriatric Harvey over them 😐
I didn’t know, man, okay!
Most of these ‘iPhone 6 mockups’ are hilarious. They are completely wrong on the screen, and yet established sites talk about them like it’s actually gonna happen.
Basically every year this one source gets a lot of the shit right and everyone else is just full of shit, yet the blogs still listen to the always incorrect sources…
@rize YOU HAVE A DOPPLEGANGER! In the Remember This thread =O
*passes out*
Minus the blaster, but including a thumbs up!
Every time I see one of his comments I have a panic attack because I don’t remember saying these things.
Eventually I catch on.
All the best, Red. How’s things today? @redartifice
Working from home today.
Probably should give more detail for people here.
Was informed yesterday that I’m losing my job, so today I’m fixing up my CV. My current bosses are helping to find me something new, but it’s a shock.
It’s reasonably amicable, I don’t really want to go into details behind reasons, but in all honesty I’d mentally checked out months ago and should have started searching probably a year ago.
Shit.
I didn’t know, sorry to hear.
Ah, look, it’s upsetting, but for the best. I’ve no doubt I’m employable, and the job I was in is a little bit dead-end in terms of advancement. Just would have been nice to be on my terms, to jump before I was pushed.
Of course, the job market is a bitch at the moment, but I’ve got a few feelers out. Worse comes to worse I’ll go through a recruitment service or pick up some temp work. Main variable atm is things like PAX and my trip to Cambodia, but that’s what travel insurance is for.
Good luck Red, hope you find some exciting opportunities in the coming weeks of searching.
Thanks man
*Holiday in Cambodia
Where you’ll do as you’re toldKind of my pet song from GHIII, sorry 😛At least a push instead of a jump includes a severance package if some sort, right?
Regarding the job market for your specific set of skills, is moving to Canberra out of the question?
Not sure exactly what the details there are.
Canberra isn’t off the table- nothing’s off the table.
Good luck!
Best of luck finding something! I’m having that battle myself atm.
I have a second round interview next Tuesday though, so possibly not too far to go for me. Just have to wait and see. I didn’t actually think I would get asked back for a second round, as after I got home, I thought about how dumb some of the answers I gave them were! They must have been suitably impressed with the good answers I gave though, so we’ll see!
Good luck man, your search has been longer and more fraught that mine will be (I hope).
Heh maybe someone from the interview panel reads TAY, saw how much trouble you went through getting there and thought that if you went okay after that much stress you may well be a top guy on a good day
lol would be rather amusing if that were the case!
Sorry to hear that man =\ The most important thing is to make sure you keep moving forward, it’s good that you’re already on top of your CV red.
Thanks man.
You’re right, it’s very much that momentum thing. First instinct is to collapes in a heap, but I need to be really proactive. With any luck I’ll have some concrete leads soon- there’s one that looks promising already, and another that’s compelling but may be a little off-scope for me.
Yep! It’s too easy to let the situation wear you down and you’ve got to keep your head up when you’re interacting with job agencies and possible interviewers as well. Personally when I’m between jobs I set goals for myself in terms what I want to get done with my CV and how much networking I need to accomplish for the day i.e. how many solid contacts/leads to have made. Usually once you get a hold of the right people in an HR firm you can keep doing rounds with them every week to check in.
The biggest obstacle is not rejecting yourself for a job, always give it a shot even if it seems a little far fetched, you can always make up for lack of experience with a can do attitude and the right personality!
Absolutely.
I’ll be coming up with a plan over the next few days and scouting a bit, today is really about the first steps and emotionally decompressing a bit.
Dickballs.
What kind of field you in?
Industrial policy/defence/economic development/business strategy/research.
It’s a bit of a mixed bag.
I understood all those words but have no concept of what kind of work you’d be doing on a day to day basis or really even what kind of company you’d work for.
Yeah, it’s one of those skill areas that is hard to grok.
THat’s why my friends think I’m a spy and @dc thinks I work for skynet.
Joke’s on @dc, I’m the one working on Skynet (at least assuming you consider Terminator 3 to exist)
Shush, he’ll be on to our elaborate fakeout!
Damn that sucks dude, at least you’ve got a work history you can point to on a resume though. That’s going to make finding something new a lot easier since you won’t be seen as a risk
Yeah, I think on paper I look pretty good… in the right areas.
Buns, guns, pecs, nads…
I’m confident you’ll be fine in the long run, but hugs in the meantime.
Thanks pants
Damn dude, that sucks, hope you find something else quickly.
Fingers crossed for you.
*sings*
I’ve gotta know
Can we work it out?
If we scream and shout
Till we work it out
Can we, just work it out?
Scream and shout
Till we work it out?
I’ve been in a musical mood lately 😛
Thanks again DC :’)
A musical mood?
Why that’s the first big step on the road
To the depths of deg-ra-Day–
I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon,
Then beer from a bottle.
An’ the next thing ya know,
Your son is playin’ for money
In a pinch-back suit.
And list’nin to some big out-a-town Jasper
Hearin’ him tell about horse-race gamblin’.
Not a wholesome trottin’ race, no!
But a race where they set down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey’boy
Sittin’ on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil?
Well, I should say.
And the drums they swing low
And the trumpets dey go..
BWAH BWAH BWU-BWU-BWU BWAH BWAH BWU-BWU-BWU BWAH BWAH
😛
No, no, no, no, no. The Music Man is about trombones, not trumpets. You’re messing up my tromboner.
hehe tromboner
Go grab or [redacted] the Guardians of the Galaxy CD. Some classics, right there.
Hello, daddy. Hello, mom. I’m your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
So good. That soundtrack is all I’ve listened to since seeing the movie on Sunday. Come and Get Your Love is my jam.
Best OST I’ve listened to since Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and perhaps Garden State.
It appears great soundtracks only come round once every ten years.
Hooked on a Feeling has been mine!
Man they did wonders with that soundtrack ^^
Hello mother, hello father. Here I am at, Camp Grenada
Ooh, Crawl is out now.
http://www.powerhoof.com/crawl/
I absolutely love the shit out of these trailers.
Crawl Steam TAY session on weekend??!
Humble Bundle version \o/
Not that I’ll end up grabbing it. Or playing it. Not anytime soon anyway. Soon as I get home from Smash I’m going straight into space >.>
07 Aug 2014 08:44 Onboard with driver for delivery
Hurrry uuuupppppppppppp
11:30 Delivered and signed by
HURRRR WHERE IS ITTTT …. WHHEERE IS ITTTTTTTTTTTT
BEHIND YOU!
What is it?!
LG G3 phone. I’m a terrible spender. I still don’t know why I got it lol. Well, I do, but… I don’t.. but I do… D:
Sounds fancy \o/
Yah, pretty much best specc’ed phone at the moment! http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g3-6294.php
Amazes coming from LG since they can be quite hit & miss lol.
LAST PLAYED SONG GAME:
Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers
Escape – Rupert Holmes.
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
Robert Preston – Ya Got Trouble (The Music Man)
My wife talks at that speed.
Sounds like ya got trouble. Right here in River City. 😛
(Seriously though, people who talk that fast drive me batty)
Fireman Sam – theme song
🙁
Ha! Better you than me!
To be fair, I do know the lyrics to most of the Wiggles songs. So yeah. [awkward]
Do you mean the old, classic one, or the new one?
Sam is the hero next dooooooor!
Rather Be – Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne
Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
Chase Scene – Broken Social Scene
Forgot About Dre- I forget who sang this song.
lol it was Dr Dre ft Eminem
Oh, Welbot, no.
HAHAHAHAHA SOMEBODY HAS FALLEN FOR IT
I CAN FEEL THE POWER COURSING THROUGH ME
I AM LIKE AS UNTO A GOD
We Exist – Arcade Fire
Though I’m currently in my car listening to
Flashbulb Eyes – Arcade Fire
Are you driving..?
…not any more :3
Nah, I’m parked, just sitting in my car chilling out to their album.
Mondo Cane – Il Cielo In Una Stanza
Circle – Slipknot
Why Do You Love Me? by Garbage.
He ain’t heavy, He’s my brother by the hollies.
Funerals suck
Progress on the “lack of home internet cos the original contractors were lazy” front:
So, after an hour and a half of wandering up and down the block with the Telstra tech, checking in every pit, we finally found the connection to the building in the one pit that was hidden under six inches of soil and grass roots. Got everything connected there, on to the corner pit to connect the line there… the one we connected was the only line that is fubarred – one end was <1cm long, way too short to splice. Back to the hidden pit, swap to another line, all good. Get to checking the internal connections… something’s apparently wrong with the internal network cable that I’ve been using for the past 36 months. F**k. Might as well try the other port in my apartment, just in case… this one works! Yay! Finally, I have a phone line! Hey iiNet, I can haz internets now?
\o/ Thank god (or whoever) for the Telstra tech of 40+ years experience who connected me! That guy had inhuman levels of patience and optimism. He kept joking about how when one thing goes wrong, it usually keeps going wrong, but the smile never left his face. I really should have asked him his secret…
His secret: he murders babies at night.
I assumed he had a good dealer. No-one’s that optimistic in the face of endless crap unless they’re constantly high…
Good to hear you got almost-net now though. The network can be a bit of a bitch to get hooked onto for a lot of people, and it’s even messier with an apartment etc. Be thnakful you got a really good tech too, cos looks like you got a good result here.
Yea, I remember trying to do this when I first moved in, before the owner supplied the building with Optus ADSL. I wasn’t there at the time – my parents were down in Sydney and I’d popped out to do something, and apparently the tech they got (a young guy, from what I heard) arrived, had a look at the wiring, investigated the pits he could find, said “nothing I can do” and left. It really is hit and miss.
His secret is that he bills by the hour. 😛
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/shovel-knight-devs-went-five-months-without-pay-ga/1100-6421540/
So the small indie team agreed to long hours and crap pay, and once that funding dried up, they kept working without pay to get a good quality product finished.
Now it’s sold ~180K copies, at $15 a pop, that’s more than 2 million revenue.
Surely they’d swing something like a $100K bonus to each dev at this point for shouldering that amount of pain and risk.
*hard stare*
*throws Beavwa out the window*
Or they’d use it to pay off the debts they got into, give everyone a normal wage and then re-invest the remainder into their next IP.
The money hasn’t dried up, the ‘long tail’ will go a long way to supporting new IP.
What I take from that is that it was the devs, not the company, that ate the debt. Back pay of the difference to a normal wage plus interest would probably come close to the 100K mark.
Their hard work and personal gamble (that could have cost them dearly) has paid off, they shouldn’t be left high and dry.
Anyone see that interview with George Brandis about the data retention scheme? How that muppet is in charge of putting his pants on correctly let alone our entire legal system is beyond me. A few media outlets are already calling it the most painful interview in Australian politics ever.
I.. I… I.. it was.. it..it..it..it..it was…was… just fucking terrible!
Is there a link to it somewhere?
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/08/07/brandis-stumbles-through-excruciating-interview-data-retention-policy
Who doesn’t enjoy watching a good ol’ fashioned awkward interview? No one, that’s who.
It’s nice when the rest of world can agree on a viewpoint that most of us at TAY came to a few months ago =P
Abbot’s recent ABC interview made it onto theregister.co.uk “Australia’s metadata debate is an utter shambles”… International recognition!
Hehe… “Tony Dumdum”
I’m of the opinion that most people over the age of forty don’t really understand how the Internet or computers or any modern technology really works. Or indeed, any real world issues currently. It’s like that one senator who said that unemployed people should go and be fruit pickers because he did it when he was young.
Newsflash: It’s not the 1970s or 80s any more and a large percentage of seasonal workers are either backpackers or some other foreigner on a visa.
Back on topic though, the terrible analogy with the envelope was them trying to explain it to their age group because they already know they’ve lost the argument with anyone younger than them.
It’s his job to understand this. It’s part of what he’s being paid to do. If he doesn’t he should step down and let someone else in.
The reason he’s the AG is that he’s the only member of the cabinet with a background in law. He’s not an idiot, he’s just a fuckwit.
TAYlist for the 7th of August 2014
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by plane tickets to PAXSugar Ray – Every Morning
John Cougar Mellencamp – Small Town
Superjesus – Secret Agent Man
Basille – Bad Blood
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – Timber
Selwyn – Rich Girl (I’m not sure how I feel about this song)
John Farnham – Age Of Reason
Jimmy Barnes – Let’s Make It Last All Night
Rob Thomas – Ever The Same
Mondo Rock – Come Said The Boy
I can tell you how you feel about it.
It’s not Hall & Oates. You hate it.
I don’t like that we didn’t get to vote. =P
I was busy this morning and I forgot to make a request post, sorry.
Sugary Ray. Nice.
Walked into town this morning to have coffee with a mate, ended up having lunch with him and another bloke. Had a Pulled Pork burger with green bean ‘fries’ (basically just beans in tempura batter). It was really, really good. As we were leaving my mate paid for my lunch and coffee, which was awesome. It was nice just catching up, so having a free lunch was a bonus.
Nice stuffs. I just had a coffee with one of my friends where we caught up too! Yay for fr0ndz.
TAY goodness is spreading! Free lunch is always a winner! Sounds like you had a great day! Also… so jelly of pulled pork burger!!! *droool*
Yeah, it was amazing. Had pickles in it (which I don’t normally like) and coleslaw, but everything went well together. The coffee was good as well.
mmm pickles! stop making me more jelly!!! 😉
Hey guys! As part of a school assignment on video game journalism, i have decided to create a blog! The blog will inlcude news, stories and reviews, and i would be extremely grateful if you could swing by for a look at: theaveragegamer98.wordpress.com
Thanks dudes!
Oh man, my new phone arrived. 😀 LG G3.
2560×1440 MASTER RACE. None of this 1080p scrub talk.
😛
I love my HTC One M7 but those G3’s sure look sexay!
Can I touch it? (appropriately of course)
It looks so delicious. I need to control myself to avoid an ‘indecent exposure and inappropriate gestures at work’ complaint.
I like M7 over M8.
if I had your number, I’d totally send you pics of delicious things in the hope you’d start licking your screen in public! :p
As a tiny gif.
Twitter DM? lol
Looks sick.
Xbone Kinect… worth it? Does it do anything worthwhile?
I never got Kinect but I dunno, it just feels like I might as well get an Xbox One with a Kinect, compared to one without for the very small chance that there’ll be something worthwhile that uses it in the future.
It’ll be about $350 without a Kinect and Forza 5 which seems okay to me. No rush to buy one now though as the games I’m somewhat interested in release at the end of the year.
Do all Xbones come with the lil headset?
Cashius!
Kinectius!
You get to have conversations like this:
“Xbox play Titanfall
Xbox. Play Titanfall.
XBOX… fuck it. Xbox show my stuff.
Xbox. Show My Stuff.
XBOX! SHOW! MY! STUFF!
NO YOU FUCKING STUPID PIECE OF SHIT BRING UP MY GAMES”
(Actually the voice recognition works pretty well)
You forgot using xboxsignout as your gamer tag =P
Had my Xbone since launch, and haven’t used the Kinect once.
You don’t need a Kinect but I like having it. If you’re interested in saving money, don’t bother paying extra for it because you probably won’t miss it.
Main usage is as follows:
Xbox play
Xbox pause
Xbox record that
Kinect was mandatory. Now it isn’t. MS fucked it up yet again. Kinect is now relegated to the status of some-people-have-it-but-probably-not-a-lot-and-they-might-not-have-it-connected-so-why-bother-programming for it. This applies to Xbone exclusives now.
tl;dr Kinect is dead, don’t bother.
Wait, people are angry about the Mercedes cars in Mario Kart? I just don’t see how anyone could possibly be angry about it it’s just … why!?
Because it’s free and 100% optional.
Duh.
Maybe they’re a little blurrier than the rest of the Kart?It’s a bit stupid, but the only way I’d be actually annoyed is if they had sky-high stats or something that broke the game.
Like that free Electric Car DLC in Sim City that had no downsides for using 😛 Free environmental points for all!
Surely Nintendo aren’t that stupid. I mean, they do a lot of stupid things but they wouldn’t do anything that stupid.
They’re kind of ugly and out of place?
Yeah I thought the same thing but that doesn’t make me angry. It just makes think “oh look, those are pretty ugly”.
I think (of Nintendo) some people have this perception of purity or something, especially when it comes to first party franchises like Mario. A perception which is helped by the whimsy, innocent style of those games and the almost isolationist way they do business.
Shoehorning a tacky marketing gimmick for some car maker into one of their games utterly shatters that illusion, leading those people to feel betrayed or something.
From my perspective anyway, I could be over-thinking things.
And it just totally doesn’t fit. I mean I remember Wave Race being full of Kawasaki and I think even the McDonalds logo, and there was no problem with that. It was a real-world sport game, it made sense. And if anything was a little weird when the VC version got put out filled with Nintendo and Wii logos on their place.
This though is just dumb and jarringly awful. And the “it’s optional” thing doesn’t entirely ring true – if you play online with someone who has the DLC, then you’re still going to see it aren’t you? Gets forced down your throat in the end anyway.
I have the strangest urge to play Wildstar, even though I know I don’t have the money or even a credit card to pay for a subscription, and I didn’t like my time with RIFT, a game that is mechanically identical and was FREE.
aaaaand it’s gone.
Wildstar’s fun. Very WoW-like (being made by ex-WoW devs).
I’ve kinda lost interest in it, though.
I’m finding that with most MMOs these days – they just aren’t grippy in the way that WoW was, and they’re unable to keep me going back.
See I’m having the same issues with MMOs but I think it’s me that’s changed rather than the games. I got really really into FFXIV for a bit because I had the time at that stage, but generally I don’t have it so can’t get into them, rather than the games themselves not being as good as WoW.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-modern-countries-with-surprisingly-backward-technology_p2/
#2
I’m surprised it didn’t mention it ‘almost got fixed but then it didn’t.’
FInd: technology
Replace: pretty much everything
Man, I’ve gotten lazy. Haven’t done a proper shave in months. Managed to do it without any blood though! \o/
Also I just kind of accidentally eBay’d a thing on impulse that I don’t know much about and only kind of got goaded into getting. I am the fool with the money 😛
Impulse buys ftw!
I spent about $260 on cds and blurays that I originally had no intention of buying this afternoon. Thanks JB, you’ve done it again.
TAY is quiet.
Be less quiet!
I’m sorry?
You better be sorry after what you’ve done!
You haven’t done anything, don’t freak out 😛thank you for the clarification
Also -_-
-_-
No U!
Moar like No PS4
hurr hurr. (sorry :P)
I GOT MY PS4! JEEEEEZ GET WITH THE TIMES SLOWIUS!
Oooooooh 😀
TAY Tech advice please:
My ~2 year old desktop PC has 8GB RAM and an intel core i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40ghz which I think is fairly decent for it’s age (don’t laugh) but it chugs on a number of games and I’m convinced the bottleneck is the 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630. Given that I currently have a GT 630 I’m worried that if I go out and buy like a GTX 690 or something it won’t physically plug into my motherboard or my RAM/CPU simply won’t know how to talk to it or something.
Can anyone tell me what graphics card would be worth plugging into my PC, assuming I’m prepared to within a few months, drop up to $300 on it?
It would be the GPU for sure, the ram & cpu are more than capable, my i5 2500 with 8gb of ram is still going strong, my GTX 560 is starting to struggle with some games, but I don’t play enough PC games to justify the upgrade. The 630 is not a powerhouse, and is at the bottom end of that generation, so i’d be saying it’s your GPU holding you back for sure. If wanting to stick with Nvidia, for under 300 the 750 Ti or 760 would probably be best bang for the dollar.
The 750Ti is as cheap as 180 & the 760 is as cheap at 260.
Not really sure what the AMD equivalent is, but I assume something in the similar price range.
Thanks for the advice, I wasn’t sure if I had a 630 I had to stick to the 600 generation or what. I looked at the 690 and it looks like a huge bastard, so I gave up and asked TAY for advise. I’ll investigate the 760.
I’m running a GTX770 in a system 18 months older than yours and it hasn’t stuttered with anything I’ve thrown at it. It’s not the smallest card in the world though so it might be worth physically measuring the space inside your case to make sure it’ll fit. You can get those for around $370 on PCCasegear and while that’s a bit more than you planned it’s a hell of a good upgrade that’d last a long time.
The GTX760s are something that just looked a bit too cheap for me to take a punt on, they’re probably fine but I’ve had a few bad experiences with saving a few bucks over the years so tend to just save a bit longer and get the stuff I know will do what I need it to
I’m kind of tempted to simply taker my PC to a shop, tell them I want a 760 or 770 and let them tell me if it’ll fit or not. I’m worried even if I measure and check etc. I’m going to drop $300+ on a card, get it home, and find out the thing doesn’t fit.
you have no worries about the card physically plugging in to your motherboard. All pci-e slots are standard in size (based on their electrical status anyway – 16x slots are the longest, followed by 4x, then 1x being the shortest) GPU’s run in 16x slots, so any gpu you get, will run in the slot you have yours in now. Also, your ram etc should have no compatibility issues. Only thing you need to consider is whether the card you get will fit in your case. Some cases are just too short to fit a full length graphics card. As long as your case has plenty of room, you should be able to plug in any gpu and run it without trouble. I guess the only other thing you need to consider is, given you have a 630 atm, I’m guessing the GPU doesn’t require an external power plug.
If you go up to a higher end GPU, you will need to make sure you have 6-8 pin pci-e rails available on your PSU. Failing that, at least enough spare plugs to be able to convert some plugs to the correct type.
The pci-e plugs look like this http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/pcie6-2-jpg.57637/
If you don’t have one or two of those hanging off your PSU, you’ll need a converter to change 2 of the old 4 pin molex connectors in to one of those. Most high end GPU’s will come with a conversion cable in the box, but might be worth double checking at the shop where you do your purchase.
Cheers. I’ll crack my case and have a look over the weekend so I can try and plan ahead. This is the kind of issue I was worried about. Well, that and compatibility.
Compatibility is a non issue 🙂 Case size and power is the only concern! Do you know what model of case you have?
Not a clue. It’s probably on an invoice I threw away yesterday!
Yeah GPU isn’t made for gaming. What’s your PSU model? Tell us and your budget ($300?) and we can recommend a new GPU (it’ll most likely fit, case/PSU is the only possible problem). I’m sure PSU would be adequate as well.
I’ll find out and let you know, but I’m confident the PSU will be fine.
Alright. You’d want at least a 770 FYI.
Is the 760 really that poor value::money by comparison? I saw @aliasalpha’s comment above but thought that was purely a matter of preference.
The 760 is better value in an apples to apples kind of sense, but the 770 is probably worth the extra cash. The 770 on average, performs about 20% better than the 760.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/854?vs=829
obviously what’s in that link doesn’t talk about texture memory, so I don’t know if they compared a 2gb card to a 2gb card or not, but the gpu itself is a bit better. It all really depends on how much you want to spend.
Very well! I’ll set aside a few more pennies. As long as the October gaming flood doesn’t drain me maybe a new GPU can be a christmas present to myself.
Sounds good! (reply to make you aware of the link I popped in, as I don’t think it put it up in time for you to read prior to replying 😉
Cheers, thanks for the additional info.
A 760 will still bottleneck your system (your CPU is great, man. Just add more RAM as required) so I can’t recommend it for you. A 770 not so much. IMHO it’s better to get an equivalent AMD card as the cost will be less and you’ll have 3GB VRAM instead of 2GB.
I’ll look at AMD options, I’m not completely tethered to NVIDIA or anything, but I am more inclined to stick with GeForce since that’s what I’ve started with on this PC.
I’ll also investigate a RAM upgrade, I wouldn’t mind jumping to 16 if the rest of the components can make use of it.
I think you guys may enjoy this one
http://notalwaysright.com/of-all-the-moments-for-freud-to-slip/164
I chuckled.
Aw man, I feel bad for his wife.
Luckily, she wasn’t there. I think the kids may have been bewildered though
I mean in general.
Ew, Bridge to Terabithia.
Oh yeah, Handsome Guy ended up leaving at the same time as me and my friend today, so we got properly introduced and don’t have to awkwardly avoid crossing paths any more.
Crisis over 😛
HAHAHAHA OF COURSE
I don’t ever remember you saying he was handsome. ;o
Seems it was back on page 1 😛
I have now preordered
HyruleScarf Warriors. Always kinda wanted a Dynasty Warriors game but wasn’t sure about how much playtime I’d get out of one.I think the two screen co-op, off screen play and adventure mode shown on the Direct is what convinced me.
Where did you pre-order yours? I’m waiting for Gametraders to get back to me on it
EB. JB also has it listed for 94 instead of 99.95.
I’ll hassle GT because I would rather get it from them
I went EB because I could just walk in and say “shift some credit off the witcher preorder to cover this”. Paying for it has now become February Me’s problem.
I probably should leave a reminder for him to renew PS+ around then too.
GT will let me pay it off and stuff
One of your many Lay-bys? =P
I don’t have any at the moment!
Dynasty Warriors and playtime? BAHAHAHAH they never end! EVER! You could play for about 500 hours before you end up doing everything there is to do in a DW game.
I usually keep at least one Dynasty Warriors game on every generation of consoles whenever I want to engage in zen like mindless action combat =]
I played one years ago when I borrowed a friend’s PS2 for a few weeks. Seemed fun but I was never 100% sold to dive in on getting one once I had a system it was on. Too many other games.
This seems like the perfect opportunity to give it a proper go.
Hey @coldcamv how’s your partner? Hope everything gets sorted for you soon!
also good morning Tay! How’s things this fine Friday morning?
Hai. Pretty alright, but got up an hour early because of things which then got cancelled last minute. I’m not really bummed though, cos I dunno the sun is shining and it’s a beautiful day! Or something.
It’s a beautiful day cause it’s Friday! And i can sleep in tomorrow! \o/
Hey man, yeah she’s alright she’s at home now resting given her some new medicine which will hopefully help but otherwise she’s doing better which is good 🙂
Glad to hear it! Was getting nervous when you weren’t replying haha! Hopefully these new meds will help a lot!
Haha nah im at work and get blasted if im on the phone too much also my phone posting on TAY is a bitch as it keeps making mistakes if type too fast
Hey guys, I have a spare BioShock Steam key if anyone wants it!
~530 PPI screens with QHD content are pretty neat.
Hi folks
Has anyone played the DLC for Infamous Second Son? Curious how long it is and if it’s worth the price or if I should just wait for it to go on special.
Is it already out? First Light correct?
yeah First light thing with Fetch, maybe it isn’t, I noticed it in the store last night, I did not take note if it said pre order or if it was available,
August 27th, it was a stupid pre order thing, boo
I just bought a beekeeping suit. Someone restrain me.
Hahahaha I felt compelled to grab one myself when I saw that last night.
Man, that would’ve made a mighty fine Gym Leader costume for PAX.
Voltron the two!
I feel @shane should know about this. The puns are unbeelievable.
Thanks, man. 🙂
What a cold, wet and dreary morning.
DAMMIT PIXEL!
IT’S GONNA RAIN!!!
It’s so much warmer than the rest of the week though! And what perfect timing for rain, right on the weekend! I foresee hot chocolate, pizza and a movie in my near future…
Warm? You *are* Sydney, right?
Also, weekend rain is horrible. I’m supposed to be out in costume tomorrow, which is primarily made of cardboard!
“I’m melting! Meelllltiiiiiinnnnngggg!”
Soggy cardboard is a perfect excuse for a “wardrobe malfunction”… “hey ladies!” *winks”
Hahaha I have a very high cold tolerance. To date I haven’t needed a heater this winter and I’m still wearing thongs at home =P I usually only start rugging up when it goes to -10C?
I have contradictory cold tolerance. I hate the cold and think that anything less than 23 falls under that banner (with 18 and under being unreasonably so)… yet feel like I produce far too much body heat. Well, I guess as long as I’m doing anything. So have been constantly walking around the place in a tshirt, no jacket. Just a beanie to keep my head warm.
Still, cold for this weekend is great because last time I wore this outfit I was sweating like a hog. The wet can piss off though.
Man my body produces massive amounts of heat even if I’m just sitting still… It’s a pain in the ass during summer but it’s a godsend when we have cold years like this one =]
I did suggest going as a Cobra MkIII, you could have made it literally wireframe and then rust would have been your only worry
Time constraints got the better of me 😛
New trailer has been released for Dying Light. Man, this is gonna be awesome.
hell yes, can’t wait. Even with all its problems I loved Dead Island and this looks so much better.
*mouth waters*
You’re on PS4 aren’t you?
yep, everything Sony PS3, PSVita, PS4, (Also Wii U & 3DS) hopefully my tax return will kickstart my PC fund and I’ll have one of them in a couple months too.
XBone?
you of all people know very well I have a totally irrational dislike of them X things
XXX? 😛
XXX you say, I wonder what that could be, is that like a limited edition Xbone. I might just Google XXX and XBoner ……………………….. oh dear god what have I done…….
Terrible moofie
SNES!
I’ve been playing a bit of Infamous: Second Sun. It’s pretty fantastic, I really enjoyed the Infamous games and this one is better then the others. Was never a fan of ol’ gravely voice Cole.
I loved Second Son. I was never much a fan of the first two games, but I had a great time with this one. I’m not usually one for DLC after I’ve finished a game, but I’ll definitely be picking up First Light.
How many powers have you unlocked? Take your time with the game because I sorely regretted finishing mine in 2 days >.I’ve stopped and taking screenshots so I’m not rushing it.
yeah it’s awesome, I was a huge fan of the original 2, especially the first one, the twist at the end was fantastic.
Edit: Like Pupp3tmast3r says though take your time, it’s much shorter than the first 2.
So, so pretty too. The game just feels fun to control as well. Intuitive. I loved it. (Like the others say though, it’s pretty short. Pace yourself and do all the side things.)
Also, I sat on the Forbidden Seat on the train this morning. The one up the front of the carriage, which faces back at everyone. Nobody sat on the seat in front of my until near the very end of the trip when the rest of the carriage was full and they had nowhere else to go.
I sat next to a guy holding a katana this morning…
Was he a ninja?
Probably just a nerd.
Maybe he was a nerd ninja.
Nerdja
New pokemon Mega Evolution – Grenerdja
*takes a bow*
Nerdjask
Katana, or one of those umbrellas that look like katanas?
You can get umbrellas that look like katanas? You know… it actually could have been. It is raining today.
That’s even nerdier!
That’s even COOLER!
There, fixed.
So who else is hanging out for Project CARS? If you are, what platform are you getting it on? I was gonna get it on Xbone, but then I thought that it’d be cool on PS4, because Project Morpheus, I’d also like having improved visuals on PC (when I get around to building my gaming rig), who am I kidding, I’ll probably end up getting it on all 3 platforms. I reckon it’s gonna blow Gran Turismo and Forza out of the water, apparently it supports up to 12K (if your rig can handle it).
PC because my SteamBox is awesome. Also I can choose my controller/wheel of choice.
Is that the one the Burnout guys are doing? I can’t remember what thing belongs to what name, just that there was some kind of racing game from guys who worked on [something] and oh actually I think that one had vehicles other than cars as well, like jetskis and stuff. And it had something to do with VR as well.
I am good at knowing things.
It’s being made by Slightly Mad Studios (the guys who made Need For Speed: Shift, and Shift 2).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CARS
Ahk, looks like it was the Criterion game I was thinking of.
Yeah, minimal interest in this one. I don’t really do car games 😛
Wow!
My bicycle locker booking at the train station was about to expire and a guy at my local station just renewed it, what a champ!
Disney Infinity is $43 at Target atm. Is it worth it, or better to wait for the marvel one now?
I would say grab it, but collecting the figures is very addictive, I’ve got it on PS3 and 360, I’m finding that the 360 version freezes on me though.
Hanging for 2.0, it’s gonna be awesome.
do the figures work for both consoles or do you have to get one for each? That could get very expensive.
The figures work on both consoles, but if you “take ownership” of a figure on one console you can only play with it as a “guest” on the other (I don’t think they level up when you’re playing with it as a guest though), and if you “take ownership” of the figure on the other console the level resets to 0.
Interesting, I think If I got it I’d just stick to one system.
I was thinking of getting the wiiu version.
Righto, haven’t played that version, but it’s still a fun game. I do know that the 3DS version is a completely different game though.
On a side note, I can’t wait for Nintendo to release the Amiibo’s.
Before Chistmas alongside Smash Bros!
I’m going to wait until they announce more games that actually use them before I dive in though.
…Okay, maybe I might just get a Pit one to start 😛
I guess the figures and stuff that’s available now will work with the new 2.0 stuff right? That’s my biggest worry. If I spend $43 now, and find out that I have to buy a new base/starter kit for 2.0, I’ll be pretty pissed.
Yes you DO have to buy a new starter kit for 2.0, the game is NOT available for sale without the base. That said, ALL the figures from the first game are compatible with the new game, I can only assume that the playset pieces are too.
mmm think I might wait then. No way I’m gonna fork out for a new kit when the time comes. As long as the figures are compatible, new base sounds like the way to go for me!
So what are you guys up to this weekend?
I’ve got today and Monday off, but I have to work Saturday and Sunday 🙁
I’ll be starting with a bit of Forza 5, then probably alternate between Hearthstone, Skylanders: Swap Force, Disney Infinity and maybe some Trials: Fusion. Want to start reading Metro 7 at some point too, and start back up with Wolfenstein on Monday and some TAYKart on Monday night.
What about you guys?
Saturday: Movie filming in the morning, Guardians of the Galaxy in the evening.
Sunday: attempting to make dairy-free cookies and putting the finishing touches on my PAX costume (it’s looking good, you guys! Embarrassingly proud of myself :P)
Will also fit in as much Far Cry 3 playing as possible. There’s not enough time!
I’ll be going to a friends place tomorrow. Probably will play some split screen Mario Kart.
Possibly might see Guardians of the Galaxy.
Disgrace to hermits everywhere!
😛I think you’ll find I never once called myself a hermit.
Except your Twitter handle is @hermitdc.
That’s her mit dc from that time he was keeping a lady’s hands warm
Indeed. Never once. Just lots of times. 😛
DC! Don’t tell me you’re coming over by announcing it on TAY first! At least check in with me before hand man! =P
Noodle around with a cup of coffee in my hand, achieving as little as possible Saturday, Guardians of the Galaxy Sunday \o/
Prepare to be awestruck on Sunday.
I’ve heard so many good things, and I’m super pumped to go see it! Is gonna be good!!!!
Just don’t wear any robotic prosthetics to the movie ok?! =P You’ll get it after watching the movie!Reading the Warlords of Draenor article has tickled my nostalgia again so I’ll probably put in some time in WoW levelling my pally.. Maybe a raid or two on my warlock. And I’m absolutely determined to climb the ladder in Hearthstone :@
Guardians of the Galaxy at some point followed up by gaming in general. Haven’t really decided what I want to try and bowl over. Maybe start taking down some of the Homicide cases in LA Noire.
My wife will probably be playing around with her new laptop, possibly tying up my steam library since she’s yet to establish her own, so I imagine I will be collectible hunting in ACIII if I get around to gaming at all. Other than that, housework.
Mmmm housework =P The bane of any gamer’s spare time!
I have no idea. A bike ride is highly likely. D&D on Sunday night I think. Maybe a nice day trip to local mountain or something. Some gaming.
Board and/or Video games, dinner and then Guardians of the Galaxy on Sunday. No plans for tomorrow but I’ve got some card translation pasteups I’m working on for a board game expansion that I need to finish off and print up, and also print out some revised translations for a few of my earlier set (I fixed a bunch of stuff a while back but my actual cards still have my initial playtest versions)
DON’T YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES! HOLD YOUR BREATH IT GETS BETTER!
Aladdin is a freaking creep! 😛
Riff raff, street rat. I don’t buy that.
Just a little snack guys?….
(dammit I’m breaking into song at work >.<)
You ain’t never had a friend like me.
AHNDAH DAH SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHAHAHA!!!
Darling it’s better,
Down where it’s wetter!
…
Where the hell was Sebastian going with this??
Oh man, that reminds me, last night we were checking out what was on Broadway when we’re there, and I watched this video of the stage version of Friend Like Me.
It’s so good.
Ooooh, when you going to New York? You should see Matilda!
We’ll be in New York in the first week of January. I thought about seeing Matilda, but it’s here next year isn’t it?
It is. Good point.
I saw Lion King and Phantom of the Opera. Both were good.
I think we’ve decided on Aladdin, partly because it’s on when we need it to be and partly because that video I posted is fantastic.
*nods approvingly*
That is one movie I just can’t bring myself to watch, I can’t stand Mara Wilson, she’s the female version of Owen Wilson. She just pisses me off, just by looking at her, let alone hearing her speak.
I like Mara Wilson and I like that movie. 😀
We can no longer be friends >:(
Man, Book of Mormon.
Book. Of. Mormon.
But you’ll need to book tickets now.
It is so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, sooooooooo good.
Sold.
Aladdin’s pretty good assuming you like the movie. The new songs aren’t fantastic, and its choreography and stuff lacks the punch of The Lion King or Wicked, but it still looks like fun.
As Dan said, Book of Mormon is pretty amazing.
Despite being the resident stupid musical fan, I’m not really sure what else is on, and what’s worth seeing.
What do we even pay you for?!
My good looks?
Which explains why I’m paid nothing at all.
I know I’m asking for rejection here, but WA TAYbies should actually do something, sometime. Like, together.
Just gonna put that one out there…
Tag ’em and plan something!
I’ll tag the two I know, but I ain’t planning anything 😛
I’m not an ideas man 😛
(plus I don’t want to get blamed for the worst meat evah)
@phlanispo @thecracks
They’re probably thinking the same thing! Which results in no meats ever. It’s the vicious cycle of hermitude.
Plan something for us to do, Pow! 😀
Problem solved! 😀
Go shopping! =P
Go watch Guardians of the Galaxy this weekend. Everybody else seems to be!
That actually seems like a good idea.
Confirmed:
Phlanispo wants a meat! 😀
@liondrive Watching films together includes minimal social interaction! \o/
Depends on how it is going to be arranged, though. Transport is always an issue for me, and the theatre will need to be decided upon. Just don’t have it in the city! Have it at Carousel or Southlands or Garden City or something. So many details! This is why hermithood is the best hood!
Come on @powalen, help us out.
Come to Canberra at the end of august! Its kinda near WA right?
Tempting. Very tempting…
Nah 😛
If it was cheaper I’d fly over to celebrate your citizenship, but it’s way too expensive 😛
Haha fair enough, i appreciate the thought though, i shall raise a glass (or 2…. Or several) in your honour!
B-But-But socialising! D:
Three weeks with out soft drink. It hasn’t been easy, but I’ve made it this far. I was craving soft drink on Wednesday, but instead of yielding, I got a bottle of apple juice. That seemed to fix my craving as I haven’t felt the need for soft drink since.
If you can find it, try this stuff, easily the best juice I’ve had in years
Yeah, that stuff is great, but it’s not cheap. I just had a bottle of Coles Cloudy Apple juice which is still pretty nice.
Have a hot chocolate protein shake! Or even better some water =P
Jokes aside good work giving up soft drinks man! Makes a huge difference to a diet.
Just rejected a bugfix.
*stomps around like he owns the joint*
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
You would say that.
If there’s one thing Pow knows, it’s bugs.
From my career in web development, of course. No other reason.
Undocumented feature.
I have another interview on Monday! This time with a design mob called Mode! Good location too! (Dutton Park) Fingers crossed all goes well!
Dammit! Now I’ve got You Ain’t Never Had A Friend Like Me stuck in my head, now I’m gonna have to go out and buy it.
Confession:
I don’t think I’ve watched Aladdin all the way through before :3
If I have, I can’t remember it very well :3
Last time I watched it was probably when it first came out at the cinema.
…
FIRST NOT LIKING THE BEATLES AND NOW THIS!
YOU’VE CHANGED!
WHAT! He doesn’t like The Beatles, for shame @liondrive.
I bad mouth the Beatles ONE TIME then all of a sudden I’m the leper of TAY :'(
If it’s any consolation, I think they’re vasty overrated myself. Musically important for sure but nothing special
Words were exchanged on this topic.
i quote: “how does it feel to be so, so utterly fucking wrong?”
From what I recall, I like what I saw, but I can’t remember it.
That’s a good thing anyway, it means when I rewatch it it’ll be like watching it for the first time 😛
Well, D.C. hasn’t watched Beauty and the Beast, so you get to join him in the Monster column.
Oh yeah!
DC trying to call me a monster when he hasn’t watched the best, yeah, I said it, THE BEST Disney movie.
Shame on you, DC! >:(
I haven’t watched Beauty and the Beast ONE TIME then all of a sudden I’m the leper of TAY :'(
You guys are all bloody lepers.
I watched it yesterday! My kids love it!
I’ve only seen Aladdin probably twice in my life, and the most recent viewing was probably when I was 7. I don’t have very many memories of it. I remember there was a guy at the beginning that broke the fourth wall I think maybe.
I’ve got street rat stuck in my head >.<
Suppose its better than humming “all about that bass” all day….
BE A MAN!
we must be swift as the coursing river!#helping
Never seen Mulan. Just never got around to getting it. Want to eventually grab this version though.
You watch thai food but haven’t watched Mulan?!?!
Zuhhh!?!?!?
Monty Python =P
Mulan is really good. Probably a controversial opinion, but it was the first truly good film Disney animated after The Lion King’s runaway success.
Damn you Pixel! My mind is besieged by that song! Besieged, I say!
My job here,
*dramatic pose*
is done!
*disappears in a puff of smoke*
Aha, Pixel! You have failed. Within mere minutes of posting that comment, I got Blumenkranz stuck in my head instead!
Ja, ich bin viel starker,. als ich je gedacht hab.
Wieso siehst du traurig aus?
(Is it sad that I know more about the lyrics to a German song from an anime than I do about a classic Disney movie?)
If I was to go out and purchase a new GPU, would anyone be interested in buying my GTX580?
Kermitron has $300 to spend!
Not for a few months I don’t! I got a collector’s edition of Destiny to budget for!
If you price it right, I’m sure. 580 = 670 = 760. Then less for 2nd hand.
That means the 570GTX I paid $350 for is now equivalent to $135 750GTX cards, now.
Pretty much. I have a GTX295 I paid $650+ for. I’d have to sell under $100 now, heh.
Well I was thinking $80? It’s still working great. Doesn’t struggle much in terms of gameplay. I just want to be able to do fancy things that I can’t with mine 🙂
Sounds good to me. I don’t need it though sorry 😛
I got 85 plus postage for my 480 on ebay, just for reference
wow! nice! what did you start it at?
$60 I think it was, I set it with a buy price of $100 just in case but no one decided to go for that.
cool! might give it a try perhaps!
@powalen http://www.katanaumbrella.com/
My Boss says he wants one.
but what if it was really this one…. http://truswords.com/sword-cane-samurai-katana-umbrella-hidden-blade-p-5595.html
Good way to find yourself in prison, that.
False advertising. That, good sir, is a small wakizashi, with an overly large hilt. It irritates me far more than it should that such a small sword could be called a “katana” unironically.
I’ll take ten.
…the hell is a naumbrella?
Naum-Brella, a euphemism for the sancuatary offered to political refugees at the Monastery of St. Naum in Macedonia.
The Naum-Brella Kata, aka Kata Naum-Brella, is the savate-based martial art the monks practice in defence of this sacred pact.
Ella ella ella ella ella ella
hey hey hey
under ma naumbrella
Great now the disney songs in my head have been replaced with rihanna =_=
Umbrella -> Shut Up and Drive -> Blue Monday
Now you’ve escaped into the 1980s! You have four years to find and seduce Rihanna’s mother.
Wait it comes with the sling to carry on your back as well?!
THAT I DIDN’T KNOW! I want one too now, I’ve only seen the umbrella itself, @beavwa has one in his garage 🙂
For anyone interested, here’s the terribly vague worklog of my Nurgle Space Marine helmet. It’s done and for sale, not touching it anymore (except to move it out of the way).
http://imgur.com/a/k28xV
The helmet is a thing of beauty, my friend. (Though the gore makes me want to throw up, so I guess that’s successful gore right there. I can’t look at it for more than five seconds though. XD)
You should buy it and wear it. Then you won’t have to see it again!
Woah!
Looks terrific.
Any idea on how much you’re looking for for it?
Probably ~$160 plus whatever shipping (unless I can give it to someone at Blaghman’s etc), don’t even know if it covers expenses 😛 But I need to buy stuff!
Grandfather would be proud.
The Emperor would be proud, too.
…totally can’t tell if I was going to say “that is a thing of beauty” because it’s what I thought or because I subconsciously saw @dc say it already. I’m just gonna go with him doing a mindhack.
Wait, for sale? I totally thought you were making this for you, to wear for a thing.
How do you even price something like that?
I was making it for me but I don’t really fancy making a full suit anymore (GW make me sad!). I’ve been approached to make a Noise Marine helmet by my local GW so that will tie me over as far as 40K stuff goes.
And you’re not a prop designer because? 😛
I am doing props on commission (post PAX rush) ask me how… TODAY!
OOOOOOOOO =O NICE! That looks amazing man! That’s got a better paint job than all my miniatures put together =P
The joys of painting something that is 1 scale instead of 1/35 scale \o/
Hmmm… If I get this job…
Why is the air conditioning making it colder in here not warmer IT IS A COLD DAY YOU MANIACS
Research indicates people work 48% harder when they’re not comfortable.
I am 98% confident that the opposite is true.
For me at least.
Alright everyone, I have a confession to make.
I know, you all thought you knew me, you thought you knew who I am, but I must stop living this lie.
London, England. January, 2007.
I chose to sit in my hotel room, watching a few episodes of Angel, rather than going and seeing Cabaret on West End with my family.
I’m a monster for lying to you about my love of musicals for so long. Maybe one day I’ll tell you of the events in 2006 relating to Les Miserables (I was a little shit who wanted to sit around playing WoW rather than going to see it, so I sulked and whinged and was a little bitch), but that is a tale for another day.
Now I can happily go back to watching performances from the Tony Awards.
I don’t even know who you are any more. :'(
If it helps, I made the decision based off the fact that I don’t like Cabaret all that much.
I need my sister around right now so that she can call me a monster.
I mean, Emmy Rossum at the start, and One Day More? Be still my beating heart.
OMG I am in love with her.
Emmy Rossum? In Grade 12 my Gothic Lit. oral was on the Phantom of the Opera movie, partially thanks to my love of musicals, and also because I had a star-crush on her.
Plenty of nudes in Shameless, if you’re creepy enough to watch a good show just for the nudity!
YOU KNOW THAT I AM!
I saw a very good amateur version of Les Mis, my HS drama teacher was Valjean.
My brother fell asleep
Mum took me and my sisters to see mumma mia when i was younger. I said it was unfair and sulked the whole time.
We were different people back then.
I saw that.
I hated that.
Here’s the thing, by that point I had seen Little Shop of Horrors (One of my earliest memories), Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Oh What a Night, Mamma Mia, and probably a whole bunch more that I can’t remember. I really don’t understand grade 9 me. He was a fucking idiot.
Edit: Also, while in London I saw Wicked, We Will Rock You, Spammalot, and Phantom of the Opera. So maybe for Cabaret I was just burnt out.
Oh god, 2007 would have been the Sam Mendes version, right?
Of Cabaret? More than likely.
Haha, I saw Little Shop of Horrors too. That was great.
Pretty sure that would have been after Beauty and the Beast though. Can’t remember which would have come first between that (B&B) and Phantom of the Opera.
While I love to make claims of seeing Beauty and the Beast, with Hugh Jackman as Gaston, I was only four, and I don’t actually remember it at all (I do remember seeing Aladdin on Ice though, which I think was ’96).
The only part I specifically remember about it was a part where he made a comment about his thighs. Mainly because that was when I learnt the word thighs, having to ask mum what it meant.
“We shall be the perfect pair, rather like my tttthhhiiigggghhhhsssss”
From the song “Me”. Good song, that one. So beautifully misogynistic.
So wait, all that talk about going to see Wicked was just a scam wasn’t it!
And I already paid as well.
Jeez, next you’ll be saying you aren’t really a Nigerian Prince 🙁
*cancels flight booking*
Cabaret is rad. I can’t believe you missed out on it.
Hey, I just want to thank you all for all of your well wishes yesterday- it’s a great feeling to have all of your support, especially because I’ve not had an opportunity to talk to my local friends yet.
Quick update: Back at work today, still fiddling with CV to make it industry spec (Oh how ironic this post was)
A Friday morning question: No limitation, no salary consideration, if you could do ONE THING for a living, what would it be?
Write, direct and star in a broadway musical with @blaghman
I Believe in this plan.
Write books.
I’ve started one, done about 3,000 or so words but don’t really know where I’m going with it. I find it difficult to get motivated whilst doing a 40 hour work week at the same time and as such it’s in limbo.
Nanowrimo! @ontargett is looking at it too?
I’ll be signing up too! May not get anywhere, but I’ll be lurking and friendable!
Oh dang, I completely forgot that was coming up. Thanks Red. \o/
Imagine writing a book as going to the gym. You have a target to reach and the only way you get there is with consistent sessions.
Set yourself a goal of X many words per week and see if you can stick to it. If not, dial back the pace a bit and set yourself measured goals like “In one month, I will have completed X many chapters” or “By this date, this specific plot point will have been introduced to the story.”
While this sounds like a bunch of project management blargle wargle, that’s because it kinda is unfortunately. For every spontaneous writer who writes for the joy of it, there are many, many more people who do it as a job and treat it as such.
Psh, if I wanted a job I’d go and get one 😛
Writer on a television show.
ME TOO!
Some kind of a costume-and-prop crafting, game-making musician.
So… I’d be me? 😛 But presumably with some kind of magical source of income.
…so I’d be me >_>
Honestly I would play the shit out of games, and spend tonnes of time with my family.
I was trying to think of jobs, but I think I’d rather do the stay-at-home dad/gamer thing too.
That’s two things. Time to pick; games or family? 😀
Why not both? In ten years time he will reveal his children as a super-team of gaming minions, dominating Esports as we know it.
Por que no los dos.
I’d love to stream games, preferably speed runs. I just need to find the right game to speed run though.
Artwork for games…. =]
Make quilts.
Sing in a rock band. No question.
I’d like to write for multiple media. I’d like to spend a few years in the writer’s room for some really brilliant and amazing TV show, and after that, maybe pen a screenplay or a musical. Turn out a few novels, and be seen as the guy who redefined…something. That’s a career.
Well you’ve got a bunch of books, and there was that Dark Souls musical that happened. And everyone sees Shane as the guy who redefined shameless self-promotion.
You’re nearly there! \o/
As odd as it sounds something with data analysis and reporting
Searching for odd patterns in data, having huge data sets to manipulate and extra info from.
Not a requirement to focus on financial reporting or anything useful just finding odd patterns and tracking themes and groups that are not normally analysed
Data warehousing! Wooooo!
http://www.d2dcrc.com.au/downloads/D2D-CRC_Business_Analyst-Project_Lead.pdf
Assassin
But only people who actually need to die to make the world better, not just killing people for rich arseholes
Reminds me of one of my favourite manga series; Strain. And also; 100 Bullets.
Eat.
1940s noir detective.
The Maltese Pantaloons
There are a million stories in the naked city, and this is one of them…
Play in a band, obviously.
That, or make movies. That’d be the tits.
Photography.
What’s stopping me now? Cost of equipment / difficulty of breaking in to the established industry. E.g. sports you need to develop a portfolio but to do that properly you already need the correct equipment and blah blah blah. A few years ago I was gearing up and preparing to make a break in, getting my portfolio up to spec and then I moved and lost my drive.
Alternate answer: Winemaker.
Game development.
I did Computer Science because that was what I really wanted to do, but the reality is that there’s hardly any jobs in the industry and they’re all pretty low-paid, massive hours and huge amounts of uncertainty. But it was something I wanted to do from around about the first time my Dad brought home his Mac Plus from work and let me play Dark Castle on it.
Now I ended up with completely unrelated skills in an unrelated field and it’s probably too late to try and break into that industry, especially given that I kind of like working reasonable hours in a fairly stable job that pays pretty good.
Ditto on all points except Dark Castle on a Mac.
I keep toying with the possibility of doing some stuff on the side to make my own, and I did do a bit of it, but all the projects I’m interested in (mainly as a result of the sort of games I like) are way too ambitious for one person to do. And also, I’m not very practiced at the sort of art I’d need to do.
I was toying with an idea recently: roguelike JRPG. Builds a randomized plot, locations, sets of characters, plot twists and everything and then gives you a 20-30 hour 16-bit style JRPG to play through. Just don’t know whether it’d actually produce something fun or interesting.
And here I’ve just been toying with the idea of coding up something involving a fish flopping around out of water.
Now that Unity properly integrates with Visual Studio I’m kind of tempted by that too. I actually have a proper Unity license, albeit for Unity 3. They had it on a really low price at one point and I grabbed it and have done sweet F all with it since then 🙁
Never too late to give it a shot, it is so easy these days especially if you already have the comp sci skills. Hell I studied it for 3 years and it hasn’t amounted to much and I’m still trying. Studied Game design specifically, which was sorely lacking in any comp sci, which left me pretty high and dry when I came out of college just after the massive crash in the Aus game scene.
…probably still be a doctor 😛
That’s cool, you’re actually doing what you want to do unlike the rest of us
I should have been a doctor, clearly.
Still holding out for the dream of quantum programmer. They’ve got 5 more years to come up with the hardware for my
evilplans to line up.Running Sony.
I like managing.
I’m addicted to stress.
I’ve got business smarts.
I could do that job.
I could do that job well.
Apart from that, my dream is still a desk job (not fussed doing what) where I earn a reasonable amount 🙂
I would make props. Best prop making requires a better shed with desktop space and materials for castings etc.
Travel writer/photographer. That way I get to actually do the travel, rather than just organise it for everyone else
Professional supervillainWarlockProfession kazoo-playerSupreme dictatorGame development.Something to do with games – stream them, review them, etc.
That or what I’m currently studying to do – be a primary school teacher.
Pro League of Legends player. If I had that much focus on the game without worrying about whether or not I can still pay the bills/feed myself I might actually get really good at that game. 😛
Edit: Argh reply fail to Red, TAY YOU LIED TO ME!
I’d rather be a streamer – I don’t know if the game would be enjoyable if you were just focused on performance.
I too would want to stream but, you know, Australian internet.
Cmon we are getting an upgrade soon…. oh wait…
You could be the other kind of streamer, all pretty ribbons…
I am getting NBN in 20 days \o/
I won’t have game time in about 13 days /o\
I am getting a babby in about 13 days \o/
BABBY!!!! \o/
My little girl is 2 weeks old now and I think I managed to squeeze in around 2 hours of gaming in that time
My main issue why I don’t stream, otherwise I would do it. I play many champions that aren’t considered Flavour of the month that often (Or at all), hell I’d make it interactive with anyone who watched as well eventually.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3675770011.png ? Slow today 🙁
Jealous.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3675915266.png – on a good day 🙁
🙁
Streaming you have to put up with Solo Queue at all times, I would love to be in a pro team, travel round the world to compete against the best in the world
Tech carry me to Diamond plz
Haha I’m only Silver 2 currently, got a ways to go xD
I’d like to get back into the LoL ranked bandwagon. I wish there was a way to turn off the gold border though – I haven’t played in that long I’m about cardboard 5 right now.
IMHO, just don’t give a shit about it, play your placements and see where you end up. I’m always interested in duo partners as I find at least one person I know in voice chat makes it a lot less painful to play in Ranked. There will always be annoying games where they all feed while we did well or whatever, but the chance of that happening I think are much less when duo’d up.
Silver scrub…. jokes. I’m around that level too I think XD
Is LoL more worth my time than Dota?
Well the downside with this game genre is that you need a lot of time and commitment to become knowledgeable at the game (There’s 100+ different characters to play as, each having their own abilities and ways to build them as well, but I’m pretty sure dota2 is the same or similar). I personally believe that LoL is the game for starters to the genre as a whole as you don’t lose gold if you get killed (dota does this… main reason why I never enjoy dota2 and uninstalled it months ago) and your enemy can’t deny the units/towers which is your main source of income (dota does this too). LoL has a steep learning curve as well, but not as steep as dota has IMO, so for beginners, I’d pick LoL over dota if you’re thinking about giving it a go and seeing if it is worth your time as a whole.
The common element with either game, its much less stressful with a full team of 5 friends, and you can face off against bots first just so you can get a grasp on the game itself then when you get confident enough you can take on players. Also I’m always happy to coach as well.
Edit: Another thing to note, I’ve been playing LoL half casually for 3 years or so 😛
@redartifice and if you’re feeling depressed or down about yourself or your life, you probably shouldn’t play any MOBA with other people unless you know them well, because you will get the worst and most disheartening types of verbal abuse spat at you from all angles even once you know how to play.
DONT PLAY A SUPPORT CHAMP AS A CARRY YOU NOOB
DONT TELL ME HOW TO PLAY *proceeds to skilfully take all adc’s farm without any dmg item*
Janna ADC 4 lyf
Yeah… hence the whole playing as a team of 5 friends being much better, and you can mute all chat (Which is muted by default anyway) so you never hear anything abusive from the other side unless you specifically has it enabled, and if your friends are all understanding you won’t have an issue. That’s how I’ve gone with my games, solo queue is just asking to be depressed, cuz it is rarely a pleasant experience.
And yet, oddly enough, some of my best online gaming experiences have been with a group of complete randoms playing ranked Dota 2.
Honestly I have seen so very little of this in DOTA, you will get the odd idiot, but that is maybe one in 10 matches. If you’re honest about being new most people will accept it and just play around you or even help you out.
The match making in DOTA also seems pretty good so most likely you will put into games where your skill level fits in.
Come play dota 2 with me! I promise it’ll be entertaining!
I make it a personal mission of mine to abuse any people in chat who are being dickheads to new players. I actually park my hero somewhere in the forest so that I can rage at people in peace… It’s oddly de stressing to know you’re screaming at dickheads =D
You should come and play dota with us! We haven’t played for a while, but we had a group playing on teamspeak every so often.
Does this mean I get to sit with the cool kids now?!
…Maybe.
I’d say you’re always welcome on TS man.
Also with the cool kids probably.
Add me on steam (Piat) if you wanna play some time. My DOTA buddy is away for a week, and I don;t handle solo Q with much dignity.
Add me on steam (cant find you) pupp3tmast3r007
lol cant find you either, wth try this link http://steamcommunity.com/id/piat
LoL is probably easier to get into but grinding to level 30 as well as unlocking champions and runes is kind of a huge burden. If you invest the time, you’re kind of locked in because you’ve got all this stuff that you’ve earned.
Dota has everything accessible from the start.
At your level, they’re basically the same and you should just go with the one that you enjoy playing more.
Once you start playing, you get the knowledge. Some of it is easily found out by reading wikis and watching games. Other bits you have to get by playing.
Get into Dota. LoL is a grind (as Bunny said) and so much simpler, you’re better of doing the more difficult one from the start 😛
I would personally say DOTA. I played LoL a while ago and hated it, the community is troubling, the smurfing is rampant, the grind is tedious and frustrating. When I got into DOTA recently I expected more of the same, but the community seems better (although not completely dickhead free), there is no grind and smurfing is definitely a lot less of an issue.
Whatever your friends are playing, basically.
Same, but DOTA 😉
Oh yeah don’t think I asked – so is anyone here going to Smash on Saturday? You should keep an eye out for Shredder if you do, and maybe come say hi 😛
Turns out that despite flying up for it nearly every year, one of my friends from Melbourne *isn’t* coming this time. The one time I actually end up heading along.
OROKU SAKI!!!
Man, I think that @alexpants, P.I. should now be a TAY thing. Carry on the story:
I was sitting in my office, drinking some rye and reflecting on the state of pants and the darkness in man’s souls, when she walked in…
She saw me with no pants and took off her dress.
I offered her some rye, she just wanted the D
***SEX SCENE
Then blah blah blah, stalker, mystery, those meddling kids.
END
Join us next time, on radio K-TAY, for more adventures of Alex Pants, P.I.!
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That is so out of character for me though. Why would I not be wearing pants? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE P IN P.I. STANDS FOR?! THIS SCRIPT IS G-
*fired*
But it’s the naked city! NAKED!
Drinking rye? I suppose you could put bread in a blender if you really wanted to…
So what’s with all the people getting sick recently? Now it’s my partner’s turn.
She had stomach pains develop on Wednesday and wasn’t feeling the greatest / not sleeping well so I suggested she see ‘my’ doctor on Thursday morning. They sent her off for blood work and ultrasounds, didn’t hear anything back. I got home from work on Thursday evening and she was napping so I just played video games til she woke up and then we watched a little TV and eventually around 8:30 decided to put some dinner on. She wasn’t hungry but figured we should both probably eat.Anyway stuff is cooking in the oven so we put on an episode of Orange is the New Black (2 episodes left in Season 1 for anybody keeping score) and just as I hit play, her phone starts ringing. Blocked number, 8:30pm, fuck em. We’re watching TV. Rings again… hmm…… Rings a third time, so I say “Should you see what they want?”
It’s the doctor. “Go to hospital, NOW.” Pancreas lipase is off the charts. Lucky I live 3 blocks from the hospital, so I drive her to emergency, drive back home, park, walk down. She’s already been admitted, and we spend the next 5 hours having more tests and drugging her up.
So, she’ll be in hospital for at least the next 3 days. They know the what (pancreatitis) but not the why. It’s not gallstones, it’s likely not alcohol (hadn’t drank since Saturday) so a bit of a mystery. And at the very least she’s going to have to change her diet for at least 6 months to give her time to heal. Going to really put a dampener on Thailand in November. But, rather that than the alternatives.
But I guess at least I’ll have some free time to finish off The Last of Us. Stay positive! 😛
Oh geez, man. Sending good thoughts your way. Scary stuff.
Geez. My sister’s boyfriend landed himself some pancreatitis not too long ago. Ended up at the hospital for it, but they were absolute dicks to him about it, basically acting like he was some idiot kid who had been drinking too much etc. Even though he does nothing of the sort.
Can’t remember much else of that story but yeah. Something something alcohol :p
Holy crap =\ It’s a good thing you took her to the docs so they could start treatment asap. Hope she gets better soon!!
Sorry to hear that man, glad you got her to the hospital before it became more serious. Hope she has a speedy recovery.
Sorry I’ve been absent from TAY for so long!
Our router died, so I had to get a new one.
But now I’m back! \o/
Who’s this guy?
Grab the oar of thorns?
The guy with no moar games. He deleted them.
And with that, his router’s will to live. :'(
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
No, wait, the exact opposite of that
ONE OF THEM! ONE OF THEM!
ONE OF A THIRD GROUP! ONE OF A THIRD GROUP!
IMPARTIAL INDEPENDENT OBSERVER! IMPARTIAL INDEPENDENT OBSERVER!
SOMEONE NOT EVEN CONCERNED OR IMPACTING ON THIS MATTER! SOMEONE NOT EVEN CONCERNED OR IMPACTING ON THIS MATTER!
WHERE’S MY BURRITO!
WHERE’S MY BURRITO!
Good to see you man, how’s every little thing?
So I’m going to Brisbane Oz Comic Con in September and I’ve agreed to run some 5th edition D&D as part of one of the booths there. It’s not a Wizards booth but apparently Wizards will be there to so hopefully I might be able to get some swag/geek cred and meet some people in the industry. T’would be nice.
Seriously considering signing up to GM at a con here in Adelaide
Want some chills?
Friday afternoon question.
What are your top three Disney films (doesn’t have to be animated)?
Mine are:
1) Beauty and the Beast
2) Anastasia, and
3) Toy Story
Hate to break it to you, but Anastasia’s a Fox animation film (And a Don Bluth production!).
Ah whaaaaa?!
My bad :'( haven’t watched it in ages is all 😛
Move Toy Story up and put Bambi in at number 3 then 🙂
1) The Fox & The Hound
2) Hercules
3) The Rescuers Down Under
1.) The Lion King
2.) Aladdin
3.) Pocahontas
In no particular order because I am really indecisive and the fact that I cut the list down to 3 is a miracle in itself:
– Lion King
– Mulan (Best music imo)
– Toy Story
Mulan’s got a crazy good score even when not including the awesome singing. So iconic. I miss Jerry Goldsmith. :’ (
Tarzan is up there with amazing score imho… Like me some Phil Collins 😛
Tron
Tron: Legacy
Robin Hood
I concur with all of these..
but this has been stuck for freaking DAYS!
My hairdresser friend used to have that as her ringtone. Set off all the nostalgia whenever I was over.
If I learnt anything from attempting to answer Mark’s question about favourite Disney song, it’s that I just shouldn’t try when it comes to Disney, because I’m too indecisive.
1) emperor’s new groove
and that is about it, Patrick Warburton makes that movie
In no particular order
-Monster’s Inc.
-Toy Story
-The Avengers
1. Robin Hood
2. Toy Story
3. Wall-E
The Mighty Ducks, Aladdin, and A Goofy Movie.
Edit: Straight up childhood favourites. I would also add The Lion King, Robin Hood, Toy Story, etc… the list goes on. See here for a list of Disney films.
I can’t choose, there’s just too damn many.
That said, I really have to get around to watching Popeye and Ducktales The Movie again, haven’t seen either of them since they originally came out at the cinema. Got Popeye on DVD (still in the plastic), just have to track down Ducktales.
Beauty and the Beast
Lion King
Pocahontas/Mulan
Clearly, I was a 90s kid. 😀 Honourable mention to Tron Legacy; as I love sci-fi. Okay, so there’s five for you; I clearly can’t count. Sooo.. have another one: Toy Story.
@dc @dc @dc @dc @dc @dc @dc
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
*Runs around, arms flailing remembering da gud ol’ days*
OH WOW, NOSTALGIA.
I miss the music though. 😀
I was thinking more this:
Oh that’s it, I’ve been googling trying to find the right intro music. That’s the one. That’s the sound of sitting next to my father trying to work our way through the Quest series(es).
I totally don’t remember any of the videos in this thread.
Although, struggling to think why I’d even know Sierra at all.
OH WAIT OF COURSE
The Incredible Machine!
The Incredible Machine!
Aka: How to make a bowling ball run into a cat. Repeatedly.
Good to know I wasn’t the only one that did that.
And smash a million fishbowls.
Oh boy, Softporn Adventure sequel!
Aside from Quest for Glory I never really liked the bulk of Sierra’s adventure games. Too much trial and error stuff. Lucasarts were vastly better IMO. Though I did kind of like Leisure Suit Larry, I suspect that the fact I was about 11 when I played it helped with that though.
Baw, the lady whose desk this is is supposed to be back on Monday. So I’m getting moved across the floor out of my little hidey hole cubicle and stuck over in the corner on the other side of the room.
On the plus side, it means I won’t be staring into the sunlight any more. On the other, I’ll probably have to try and rein in my TAY habits >_>
Just be thankful you don’t work in the newsroom and have your monitor facing the cameras during the news cast 😛
Can someone link me to TAY tags?
That’d be greeeeaaat 🙂
As in TAY names? http://tinyurl.com/taynames
Did somebody clean that up recently? It looks far more user friendly then when I added my stuff in.
EDIT: Also, watch out peoples. I’mma gonna add you all tonight.
I was like, “does he mean the tags, or the names? Maybe I should grab both, who knows?”
Good to see you’ve got my back, HeebeeJeebees.
Nah, not that one 😛
The one which has who lives where (that Blaghs linked to).
I might attempt the impossible and try to plan a WA meat, or something 😛
Just yell at Cracklelackins. He’s the best WA TAYbie, so you should all look up to him as your god.
*Chuckles evilly*
:'(
😀
Yay WA!
Wait, are you WA?!?!
Yep! 🙂
Another WA TAYbie! 😀
Our numbers are growing >:)
He likes Survivor too!
BEST GUY!
@greenius *blushes*
New season starts soon!
Not soon enough 🙁
The tags? Easy, yo. http://powalen.com/tags/
@Powalen – There is no Mackay section! How could you overlook us!
😛
ADD ME!
I don’t think I have US Jimu. Is US Jimu the main account? US Jimu should add me.
Kinda, may need to switch back, Neg was saying some DLC doesn’t share across accounts and PS4 Remote Play is account specific (duuuuuuuuuuuumb)
This is why I abandoned my AU PSN account when I got a Vita, haven’t looked back
I still buy the odd Au game.
Keep it for DLC etc.
Wha?
Add you where, haha?!
I dunno, what consoles are you on?
I have LIVE, 3DS & PSNx2
PSN! 😀
You add me though, since I only have 1 😛
PSN = liondrive
😀
K
What would I do if money wasn’t a concern? Have enough time in my life to actually develop any passions or talents. That would be nice.
Ah shit, I don’t wanna think about it too much because when I do I get depressed. So much to do so little time.
I’d drive around the coast of Australia, buying all unknown music to listen to along the way, stopping at all the nice beaches, sleeping under the stars.
Then I’d check into the fanciest hotels when I stop at cities. Try food from every little backwater restaurant. Stay out to 3am every night exploring cities. Going to pubs, meeting new people.
Find love (hopefully), and invite them on my trip with me.
Take pictures of everything.
Cherish every memory.
Live.
I’d make it a long trip 🙂
What happened to manager of Sony?
(also that. Exactly that. With exception I already have a damn amazing partner to do it with)
Managing Sony is my money making dream 😛
This is what I’d do if I had money, and didn’t need to work.
Realistically I need to work though 😛
When I save up enough, I might take a year off and actually do this trip 🙂
Conquer the world.
Rule with an iron fist.
Crush any oppressors.
Cocaine, hookers & gambling problem.Start and maintain a successful music festival of some sort, or just move to Europe or the UK and do the festival season there every year and properly look into being an Audio Engineer/Producer.
I just coughed to the tune of Final Fantasy VI’s battle theme. Haven’t we all?
Wouldn’t know!
I’ve done it for VII. And VIII.
This is why I love Android. You download an app which’ll root your phone. Good Guy Google has your back and detects that it can mess shit up, so it prompts you with a warning. Good Guy Google also allows you to press “YES PLEASE” and continue on your merry way to rooting. And then you can install an app which lets you change anything and everything! 😀
tl;dr my warranty is now pretty much void on my <24hr phone.
Why would an app help with rooting your phone? Thought cooking oil would be better.
Nah, fertiliser.
Might be an instructional app.
For a while, I thought you said that you had bricked your new phone.
Hah, hopefully not. 😛 I’ve done this stuff for a while now and it’s even more silly-proof than ever!
Patrousers
Aight.
f’sho
So Dragon Age II restart going well (lost save not long after upgrading to mansion back when it came out).
I am now The Champion.
stomach flu is gone (I think) \o/ if not I’ll probably die a few hours because I had too much food (it’s not my fault we had a birthday in the office!). A plate of diabetes (chocolate mudcake with m&m and kitkat toppings) to top it off probably wasn’t the best idea…
Woo, shiny new computer! Keyboard is less crap, mouse is usable, screens are large and the secondary doesn’t show oranges as pink. And I have a window seat that actually looks at greenery!
Movin’ up in the world 😎
You probably don’t want to move up to world 8. I’t really hard and there is a lot of fire.
Eight’s a cakewalk, I got dis.
If you jump up on to the ceiling you’ll find the warp pipes to world 9 and 10
NO SUCH THING
It’s there, did you try using HM Strength of the truck first?
No I was too busy trying to get Stop N Swop working.
You need to make sure Aeris doesn’t die for that
Alright WA TAYbies, even though I only really interact with two of you occasionally, and even though I’m pretty sure atleast one of you in the list of names isn’t in WA any more, we should totally do something, or something, sometime.
I mean, C’mon, Canberra has less people than us, but they’re always having meats!
We’re better than those arseholes, right?!
(jks Canberra, ily…)
So we should go to the movies, or something.
I’m free next Saturday arvo, or all next Sunday, and that’s near my birthday, so you all owe me this at least.
I don’t know people’s areas, so I won’t suggest a place, but I’m around Dianella, and don’t mind travelling. Can give people lifts if need be, but you can’t scream at my driving, change my music, interrupt any dancing, or mock my singing.
@grandmasterb-funk @hindenlagen @phlanispo @thecracks @vonsack
I can testify that Liondrive is a nice fellow too. Not a single murder and I hung out with him on five separate days! He might take you shopping though! *shudders* 😛
No one was murdered, but by the same time no one was preventing him from obtaining donuts either.
If you’ve seen him you’d understand he needs some fattening up 😛
If any TAYbies get between me and my doughnuts, I’ll cut a TAYbie 🙂
I’ll cut a TAYbie real good 🙂
Edit: Probably not the best thing to say while trying to organise a meat :S
Oh-well! 😀
You’re like a human version of Roberto from Futurama!
Oh, shuddup DC, you loved the shopping! 😛
Just read the tags, has anyone heard anything from @vonsack, haven’t seen hide nor hair of him for ages.
I’m aliiiiiiive! 🙂
Since leaving my job I’ve been suuuper busy so I’ve sort’ve retreated back to a part time observer. I was going to say hello the other day but thought I’d be forgotten by now 😛
Sorry for disappearing!
Great idea but I’ve moved back to Sydney mate!
I didn’t even want you there…
It was just a formality…
You mean nothing to me…
I miss you :'(Garden City’s movie theatre, maybe? Using Google Maps, it seems to be the best trade-off of distance and not-in-the-city. Depends on where everyone else lives.
Garden City is fine by me 🙂
I just figured if we all lived relatively close then there might be closer alternatives was all.
If you’re close to me (Dianella), I don’t mind picking you up / dropping you off by the way 🙂
Yeah, we live a fair ways away. I live in the Canning area (I think my mum would kill me if I named my suburb)
Also, obligatory insult for living North of the river and not in the glorious South of the river.
*fixed.
Everybody knows that South of the river has the dodgiest places in Perth, little Phlanis-buddy.
Jus’ sayin’.
South Perth is one of the richest suburbs in the state.
When I google North Perth, one of the results is ‘North Perth opium den.”
I rest my case.
South bro!
Oh, you’re invited to this too @phoenix 😀
I just didn’t know you were a WA TAYbie was all :3
so here’s a trade secret, i actually work at the cinemas in warwick, so i could get some of us in for cheap.
the only problem is that i’m not free this weekend, so i’d be pretty happy to do it another time when it suits yall
I’m not free this weekend either, but I am next weekend (16th/17th).
Gives plenty of time to organise stuff too 🙂
Oh, you meant next week? That makes much more sense than announcing it a day before.
That’s why I said next Saturday / Sunday, not this Saturday / Sunday :’O
I wouldn’t try to plan something in a day, hahaha!
I mean, I plan my outfits out a week in advance! 😛
All right, time for some concrete plans! Guardians of the Galaxy is probably the movie we will be watching. Garden City might be the theatre choice, but it depends on how far everyone lives from it. Times have not been decided, but they must be between Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
I don’t have a clue how we are going to identify each other. Maybe we can staple pictures of our gravatars to our faces. Seems a bit painful though, and the lack of sight will impair the movie-watching experience.
Maybe when I meet TAYbies in real life, I will finally be able to tell people how to pronounce my username.
Guardians of the Galaxy is good 🙂
We’ll have to see who’s coming and what times suit everyone before committing to a particular location (most likely either Garden City or Warwick at this point).
I’ll be the really tall guy in the white shirt, blue button-up over shirt , long dark blue (almost purple-y) jeans, with the unionjack converse on.
And I pronounce your name Flan-is-poh.
The intention was for everyone to pronounce it Fla-nispo I intended for my username to be pronounced with an Italian-esque flair. I can’t explain it.
I should resign myself to the fact I have a terrible username.
I’ll…uh, be the one in a T-shirt. A clean one probably. That’s all I’ve planned for. I’m also probably wear pants…. Just look for the guy with the sideburns.
Guardians sounds good. Won’t be able to confirm until a little closer to the weekend, though.
Also, Garden City would be preferable for me (South of the river).
@platinum-urchin also.
Also @fled
Gah, someone needs to add them to the TAY Tags page! (cc @powalen)
Sorry @fled and @platinum-urchin!
Of course you guys are invited! 😀
I have some plans this weekend… might be able to shuffle stuff depending on what final time/place is decided, but it’s not super likely I’ll be able to put in an appearance.
hashtag-NotR4lyf
I need to pick a new game to finish. And I need to pick it quick because the release rush is coming, starting with Akiba’s Trip on the 12th which I’ll probably grab just for Vita now that XSeed’s confirmed the PS4 version for later in the year. Sword Art Online is on the 19th and Xillia 2 hits on the 22nd but I have my copy ordered with OzGameShop so that’ll probably arrive around about the start of September. Danganronpa 2 is on the 2nd of September and Destiny is on the 9th. Theatrhythm on the 18th will probably be something I will grab a bit later in the year, because on the 16th Fairy Fencer F releases, and then on the 23rd is Ar noSurge. Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus on the 30th, then Shadow of Mordor at the start of October and there is a merciful 2-3 week lull before Civilization: Beyond Earth on October 24, AC Unity on the 28th (probably will wait for Christmas for it), Tales of Hearts R on 11 November, then Dragon Age in the middle of the month and Persona Q toward the end of November to round it all out. D: Also somewhere in there there will be some more vita stuff, as Sony had announced Freedom Wars and Oreshika for Q4 2014. Also there’s the Infamous DLC.
So anyway, in terms of getting ready for the stuff that’s coming up, I’m leaning toward trying to get Danganronpa done, force myself to finish at least one path of Ar Tonelico III and try and knock out InFamous Second Son before the DLC for that releases.
But I also think I’m going to need to further prioritize this list because fuck me that’s a lot of big RPGs.
I’ve become such a shit new release gamer, my horizon is like Destiny…… And…. More DOTA? I guess
Finally started playing Thomas Was Alone last night. Loving the music, really sets the atmosphere. The gameplay got a little tedious after an hour or so, but I put it down and had dinner and when I came back to it it was pretty damn awesome again. Really enjoying it so far.
Question: Are there any games that you guys are playing that came out ages ago that you are only just discovering now?
Playing Limbo! It’s pretty great! Atmospheric and cool.
I only played through Limbo June last year – 18 months after buying it. Was very cool.
Also, just finished Thomas Was Alone. Not entirely sure I “got” it… But it was fun.
I’m about to start playing Supreme Commander once it’s finished downloading. 😀
Beware, the campaign missions are very, very long. Or maybe I’m just bad.
For the Aeon Illuminate!
So what faction did you pick?
How Man of Steel should have ended
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/390860655330?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Hnnnnggg….
I need stuff like this to decorate my desk at work 😛
@negativezero is that Link Nendoroid figure thingy still on sale? (I assume no :()
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-005546
I am thinking of opening up one the Michaelangelo I got the other month and putting him on my desk. Especially now that I have a shiny new barren desk of my own 😛
Oooh they have the Solid Snake one up as well.
*pained groan*
It’s a slippery slope ;_;
If you want to be cool like me, get some dinosaurs.
Reservations closed with HobbySearch. He releases this month. Got to get in fairly early. HLJ or AmiAmi might have him though.
How much was it? Is Pokedude and Luigi still for sale? Seems like they’ll be about $40 each delivered, which would’ve been out of my price range anyway. Still awesome looking though!
Pokemon Trainer was exclusive to the Pokemon Center and Amazon JP’s Pokemon Store so you had to either buy him in person or order and ship through a proxy, meaning probably $80-90 all up.
Luigi was a while ago, might find him in stock in places?
Luigi:
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10256376
AmiAmi have him in stock too.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-007106
There’s also this Luigi up on preorder at the moment, to come out later in the year.
OH GOD WHAT DID YOU MAKE ME DO?!
I just wanted to get a shipping estimate on AmiAmi but the order just placed by itself and apparently they don’t do cancellations? They don’t have a payment method of mine either…
I BLAME YOU FOR EVERYTHING
YOU’RE WELCOME
No, this isn’t a “Oh, you! You made me buy things I didn’t want to!” it’s a “I don’t want any of these and I’m not paying for them, why did this site do this to me! WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!?”
🙁
I should totally get that and pre-order Hyrule Warriors so I can sit him on my computer desk with the scarf around him.
Hooray, Dad went out and picked up more velcro spots for me today. Shredder saved! \o/
This would be perfect as a tweet, you know ;D
You totally missed a photo-off last night. A war between the black and the green hoodies…
Twitter would be perfect as a TAY 😛
Can’t pose with Ni no Kuni on impulse on TAY!
EDIT: IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/CanSoToo.jpg
Ugh, clicking on a link to see an image? What is this, not-Twitter?
What is this Japanese DS Wizard Companion bullshit?!
😛
It’s god damn pretty is what it is.
Even moreso for only ten bucks.
It basically is 😛 With bonus #ifyouaretheone
No it wouldn’t, for one reason, 140 character post limit.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USED-Wii-U-Basic-Pack-8GB-WHITE-Wii-Controller-GREAT-CONDITION/221516669022?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140106155344%26meid%3D8884917085268261955%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D20140106155344%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D161386675813&rt=nc
😀
EVERYONE OUTBID CRAZYGUY!
$168 and one cent!
The bid has to be $170.50 or more.
Someone already has.
Half a buck!
So I was supposed to be working on cosplays, instead I am working on the plumbing and unclogging the sink
“It’s-a me! Scree!”
I always fix the plumbing that I can.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, I failed.
Whats wrong with it drainage issue?
Block in an awkward area. Can’t reach it from outside with a coat hanger, can’t reach it from the u-bend
Oh geez well if you havent fixed it go to bunnings and buy this
http://www.bunnings.com.au/kinetic-6mm-x-4m-gun-type-drain-cleaning-tool_p4900026
we use it all the time on blocked drains and it works well
I fixed the blocked drain, but now the screw for the u_bend won’t stop leaking. I tried plumbers tape to no avail. It’s pretty old and damaged so it probably needs replacing completely
A question to anyone with a PS4:
If I go out and purchase a PS4 console without any games, is it possible for me to log in the PSN and redownload any of the previous purchases I made and play those, at all? PS3, PSone etc.
PS3, PS2, and PS1 games of any kind whether digital or physical will not work on PS4.
FFS
The more I read to answer my questions about the system, the more I don’t want to buy one. Social features? No thanks. PS+ needed for online mulitplayer? Dual Shock 3s not supported?
Hopefully that GaiKai game streaming things bombs and they bring back the old ways.
Rememebr, Vita didn’t have PSone classic for months after launch.
Yeah, and if a fucking PSP can play PS1 games emulated perfectly there’s no way in hell a PS4 couldn’t. Probably PS2 as well, they’d probably make a killing selling PS2 games to PS4 owners. But instead their investing in that insanely priced Playstation Now bullshit that doesn’t even work in places that have good internet access, let alone backwater shitpiles like Australia
It’s just money making, marketing balls.
They need to pretend like it’ll fix everything.
Hopefully later they come to their senses after it bombs.
It was really annoying me that people were all saying that it provides “backwards compatibility”. No it doesn’t, it lets you rent and stream a few old games.
Exactly, just like how the “free” PS+ games are really just rentals.
@jimu: they’re not really what I’d describe as rentals, they’re a subscription-based service benefit. A library that grows the longer you’re a member. Rental kind of suggests different thing, that you have a fixed period where you can use something.
The Software world is largely transitioning to the idea of ‘software as a service’ where you pay a monthly/yearly fee and get the latest versions of a bunch of stuff. Really, PS+ is a perfect example of that in action. Even more insidious than that, actually: that the more you access the game benefits the harder it becomes to lose them!
Sure, I wasn’t getting overly specific.
I’d just hate to get trapped into subscribing because I wanted to play some games I never got around to buying.
I’d say this all stems from the fact I had to sell games as a kid to get new ones and found myself rebuying from eBay or wherever years later.
I’d really like to see PS2 games come to PS4 so I can Remote Play them. There’s 2 I bought and never played and Atlus keep releasing more that I missed the first time on PS2.
Less bothered about PSX cos they work on Vita already (For Remote Play I mean)
PS2 titles on PS4 is a great idea. I’d jump at that. It’s something, at least.
Yes, but only for a small amount of games.
Some games were updated to be cross-buy across all current platforms (PS3, PS4, Vita). I don’t know the list of all of them but I was able to get stuff like Sound Shapes and Flower on PS4 because I had purchased them on PS3/Vita.
The better way is to get PS+ and build up your PS4 library through there. There hasn’t been any significant or worthwhile titles though but it won’t be too long before we get some proper PS4 games (I’m assuming Knack or Killzone first)
Fez!
Spotted this gem behind Centrelink today.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=371116713999&&maxbid=137.51&autorefresh=true#shpCntId
Found one for a better price. 🙂
EVERYONE OUTBID CRAZYGUY PART 2!
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I mean it in the most loving way possible. 😛
God dammit I have no idea where I left my templates.
In your tem-cupboard.
😛
It was actually in a pile, hidden under another pile of Virtual Boy stuff.
CRISIS AVERTED
Darn Virtual Boy, always ruining things….
It never ruined anything it was just unfairly judged 🙁
HOLY FUCK I ONLY JUST GOT THIS I AM SO SLOW HERE HAVE AN UPVOTE
Arrrrrrrggghhh holy fucking shit!! One of my work friends tried to hook up with me and I’m really freaked out by the whole thing!! How do i handle this??!
Hook up with them.
Probably best not to take my terrible advice.
Grab popcorn.
Wait, no. That’s what I’m supposed to do.
*grabs popcorn*
Build up a tolerance to alligator clips.
Not that I’m judging any fetishes….
Do you like tassles? Who doesnt like tassles
Follow your heart, Puppet :’)
She / He could be your future Wife / Husband.
Laugh about it. Chances are, if you said no, they’re more embarrassed than you. Put them at ease!
Or not. You could totally torture them. Depends.
If The Last of Us has taught me anything if an apocalypse of any sort happens there will be lots of convenient placed; ladders, wooden pallets, cloth, duct tape, alcohol, sugar and half pairs of scissors about.
If it taught me anything, it’s that I am royally screwed cause I’ll be too busy taking pictures of everything :3
That, and sticky-taping scissors to an axe makes an axe all the more deadly! 😀
Let’s not forget that all the survivors will be idiots.
“Hey, do we need gloves while climbing around buildings?”
“Haha, nah. Tetanus Shmetanus.”
“Should we have brought a rope, given the whole “climbing” thing?”
“Haha, nah. Climbing rope, Shmiming rope.”
And so forth.
Yeeeep. They ain’t smart.
I cracked and got the plush Link.
D:
Oh! I finished the Last of Us last night!
Overall I thought it was a really strong game, only let down slightly by semi-bulky feeling gameplay mechanics (although I feel that that may have been slightly intentional, to add to the survival feeling), and a bit of pacing issues (mainly being the game making me go fast when I just want to explore).
I’m not a huge fan of the ending though, to be honest…
(spoilers to follow)
It kind of just seemed to, cut off, I guess. I liked how Joel saved Ellie. I thought that was a really strong way to end, and was quite emotional, though the brief moments after that kind of undermined all the emotion in that final hospital section. It should have ended with the two of them leaving the hospital, Ellie in Joels arms, uncertain of what to do next, or what happened next.I still don’t feel like a direct sequel would be best. Maybe a continuation from the main story, set a couple years ahead, but I feel like the Joel / Ellie story should stay finished where it did. Left a bit, ambiguous, as to what happened to them.
The inevitable sequel will be about them though, I reckon, just set maybe around 5 years after.
Oh, and on my first play-through, where I was trying to avoid taking photos, I took around 130 photos :3
Play-through number two is going to be filled with photos! 😀
I reckon they should do another game set in the same universe but not a direct sequel. New characters facing similar challenges, maybe with references to stuff that happened in the first game. Far better way to continue it than try and extend a story that feels concluded
Exactly.
It feels like it’s finished.
Not neatly tied up, but that suits the game I feel.
A sequel with new locations, new characters, and a new story would be better I reckon.
There’s plenty of things they could do with it.
I’d like to see NaughtyDog think a bit more outside the box next time.
20 years later you play as a man trying to rebuild after hearing of a woman who has the cure, you set out travelling the countryside looking for the lady while facing hunters, clickers and dreaded giraffes! Join us on this epic adventure in The Last Of Us: Homecoming
No way, having Joel lie to Ellie is a critical part of the arc. As you run through the last level, you’re supposed to be like “I am the bad guy here. I am running through the base, killing all these dudes who just want a cure. But it doesn’t matter, because I’m doing it for Ellie.” Then she has those lines as the end, and you’re like, “shit, I really did the wrong thing.” And Joel lies to her, and you’re like “that’s right, I’m not the monster here, Joel is.” The last level should draw you in, make your goals align with those of Joel’s (something that only vidja games can really do as a medium), and then give you the shocking reminder that he’s his own, very flawed character.I get the ending, but I still feel it was a little flat.
After such an intense section in the hospital, I feel they could’ve ended on a stronger note. At least with a bit more of an emotional kick. For such an emotional game, I didn’t feel anything during that ending part. I was expecting something to happen, that never happened. That might’ve just been me though, it seems.Though for the record, I don’t think that Joel is the / a bad guy, at all.
He’s a broken, damaged guy, sure, but not bad.
In his situation I would’ve saved Ellie too.
Hell, in my situation I still wouldn’t be part of killing a girl for the cure.
They cant do a direct sequel, anything they do will ruin that ending.Needs to be a new place, even a new country with all new characters.
I loved that ending, so, so good!
Just needed about 50% less shooting doods
Sounds like I’m in the minority for not liking the ending that much :\
Oh well! 😀
Can’t appeal to everyone, though if more people like it than not, then I guess it’s considered a good ending 😛
It just didn’t do anything for me was all :S
I nduno, I’ve seen more than a few comments on sites wishing they had some kind of Bioware style choice at the end. I think they completely missed the point.
You seem to be a middle ground.
Trying to get that one last achievement in Braid… *browses the internet for 3 hours*
Aww man, I can’t alt-tab out. The game pauses. Actually need to leave it open and walk away…
Is that the 9 hour star thingy?
It was. Until I realised that actually isn’t the last achievement I need. I actually need the speed run achieve.
AANND I just realised I was doing the wrong thing… fail. Ignore these posts.
Finally got around to watching Expendables 2. Now I’m ready for 3. 😀
I almost bought that today, but then I didn’t. I bought Despicable Me 1 & 2 along with 21 Jump Street instead 😛
It was so much fun, and exactly what I needed after an exhausting day.
I enjoyed the second over the first.
closest I’ve come to seeing the sequel, is playing Expendabro’s! (Decent game btw!)
Goodnighht, TAY!
This is going way slower than any of the nights this week when I didn’t have time.
@rocketman I feel your pain. ‘I’m all about dat bass dat bass dat bass no treble’ is a bloody horrible song. Holy shit it’s bad. How do people listen to that kind of music without feeling physically ill?
Link it for me! 😀
You’re on the road to to recovery. Would I give a recovering alcoholic a shot of brandy?
Plus it interferes with my voodoo curses.
Just give me my goddamn fix you little punk!
>:(
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I’m sorry, we cool, we cool 🙂
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Now that we cool, you wanna link me to that song?
It’s not that baddd
This needs to be here.
Wait, the Left Behind DLC wants me to log into Facebook?!
This is a new one for me…
Eh? Is that required???
Nah, optional, but I’ve never seen that in a game before :S
I connected, just to see what it’ll do.
Wonder if it’s like the inFamous Paper Trail addon where you get more stuff out of it, I’ll be annoyed if it is since I do actually want to play the DLC one day and would prefer to not miss stuff
I’m just guessing, but I think they might upload a photo, cause it said it posts to your wall once, and asks for access to you photos :S
Oh well if that’s all then it’s no drama and can just get fucked along with the rest of the facebook shite. Sounds safely ignorable.
I’ve played the first two hours of Unchartered 2 and I’m hooked! Thanks, @shane
Unchartered or Uncharted?
I have the first one here and couldnt get past a shooting bit :-/
Such an amazing game! I finished it 3 and a half times in a row, I never do that!
Just beat Dragon Age II, really good ending almost made all that repetition worth it.
There were more than a few suprises I didn’t predict which is great.
Really enjoyed my time the second shot.
Semed like only a minor change, but Bioware making it so you didnt have to spam attack really made it play smoother and much more enjoyable play.
Spam attack was the dumbest idea ever!
The only thing I wished they had was a world map button, like in Persona 4 Golden. Was sick of having to run about looking for an exit. And a few places needed their own spot on the map. Leaving a guy after a quest, loading, then loading the next area, then map, then loading the house reading a letter and then doing all that in reverse to go see the same guy for the next mission is shit.
Yeah, definitely had issues but the story and world building made it worth it. Especially with Inquisition coming up.
That’s what’s pushed me to go back. I picked up what had gone on at the end of DA2 but didn’t know how it all fit together. Really glad I went back, had a great time.
2am and still got a ways to go. So slow tonight.
Got my hand blade replacements done though. But suddenly wondering about transport. I mean normally I’d just suit up then hop in the car, but with those shoulder pads… I dunno if they’ll be ok with the car seat and seatbelt and stuff. Especially since I can’t even seem to walk around a corner or through a door without hitting them on it.
Wh…
I…
…Why?
Gettin tired…
Haha silly Gook, acting like he don’t need sleep.
WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!
A LIAR AND A CHEAT
GO TO SLEEP, OMG
LATER, I’M BUSY
Man I hope that’s fog outside and not rain…
Whoa what happened to the last hour?
YOU AND SOME SITE FORCED ME TO BUY THINGS!
AIN’T HAPPENING, BUSTER.
I’m pretty sure since it’s a preorder it won’t go to take any money until the order’s ready to be fulfilled, that’s when they’ll send an invoice with the shipping attached and I’m *fairly* sure that you can cancel it then. Maybe. I’ll look at what the e-mails said later when I have time.
So, Sleeping Dogs is getting a HD re-release. So many re-releases makes me worry that developers are working on nothing and have nothing to show so they keep shoveling out HD-remakes. Still, I might get Sleeping Dogs because while I do own the base game on PC I have never played it and don’t like playing 3rd person open world games on PC. Still, game needs to be around $40 for me to even consider purchasing it. More then that and I am no interested.
EDIT: Plus, it comes with a new hat!
What’s more annoying is they’re HD releases of recent games that were already “HD”. But now they’re even HDier. Because it’s easier to just up the resolution a bit and press a new disk than actually rework any if the game like, I can’t believe I’m actually saying they’re the good guys this time, Square do with their myriad rereleases.
I wouldn’t exactly say “good guys”. They still re-release old games but most of there stuff is released on iphone and android for like $20. Maybe, “slightly less shit” is a better term.
I’ll take a $20 rerelease with new art and assets completely reworked over a $60 rerelease with a different resolution selected in the menu.
I wouldn’t take any re-release on an iphone or android device. I would prefer them to just release it on consoles/pc.
FFX/X2 and Kingdom Hearts 1.5?
I don’t really game on the phone very much.
Deus-Ex director’s cut and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. Square Enix is hardly the “poster boy” for re-releases.
EDIT: Not to mention that Sleeping Dogs is also a Squre Enix game.
True. Didn’t think of that.
Hey now, the HR Director’s cut wasn’t really an HDer re-release, it was still running on essentially the same hardware (And at least on PC it was only like $15 if you owned the original).
Amen.
You seem to buy them though. 🙂
Already taken Last of Us back.
Wow, quick turn around.
I haven’t even finished it yet 😛
I only played about an hour of it.
Not sure why you bought it then, cause didn’t you play it on PS3? 😛
I thought it was all just a stopgap while they get their heads around the new tech.
Once things get going it’ll be fine.
Personally, dat Remote Play makes it all justifiable, if they suddenly released beyond Two Souls for PS4, I would snap it up in a second.
Heavy Rain & Beyond Two Souls i’d love as a HD re-release even if it was digital only.
HD Re-releases are a fantastic way for the developer to spend the time and money to port their engine & tech to a new platform and gain experience with it prior to doing a new game, and not have that cost them insane amounts of money in the process because they can potentially turn a profit on that re-release and that means that the budget for their sequel doesn’t have to take into account the cost of porting to the new platform, because they’ll already have done it.
In a year or two all the big companies will have their AAA stuff in development for the new platforms only and the ‘remaster’ stuff will go away.
As mentioned below it is a funding scheme. They would be working on something new but either a portion of the team isn’t needed currently that have the skills to do these HD versions, or perhaps the funding for the new game is almost completely spent, so the best way to pump funds is make an older project make more money.
Meh, I found Sleeping Dogs to be massively over hyped and let me down cause of that. I feel ripped off buying it on Steam for 15 bucks whenever I did…
But saying that honestly I’m all for re-releases on the new consoles of console exclusives like The Last of Us, i’ve basically stopped caring for my PS3 apart from it being a blu-ray player, cause Sony are dicks and won’t let me use the BD remote with the PS4.
Fuck yeah redid the Shredder mask and got it nearly perfect first go!
I CAN MAYBE STILL BE SLIGHTLY ALMOST STILL ON TIME not really
I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for normality, I can tell you I don’t have sense. But what I do have are a very particular set of comments; comments I have acquired over a very short career. Comments that make me a pleasure for people like you. If you let my joke go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not post for you, I will not humour you. But if you don’t, I will post for you, I will humour you, and I will make my 2000th comment.
This was a much classier way of making #2000 than most of my milestones.
I stopped by EB while I was at the shop this morning, tempted to get them to price match Target’s $43 for Infinity.. Didn’t go so well as they only had one copy, and it was pre-owned… EB Price.. $58!! LOLOLOLOL
You ask and they make it so fucking hard these days.
Used to be we had a guy kept catalogues behind the counter and would help you out.
Also, when I asked about price matching to The Last of Us remaster, the guy implied they wouldn’t do it because they had the day one version and Smith’s Dick prolly didn’t. Which I understand, but get fucked.
Now they just lose sales to Target & Ozgameshop.
The only thing I buy from EB are really good specials or when I need to trade toward, which isn’t often.
Most managers are dicks like that. Gotta find a store with a manager who wants your business and cares about the customers. Not one that only cares about making budget or screwing you out of your money as much as possible with as many up sells as possible.
There used to be much better customer service 10 years ago.
I think individual sales guys had more power than what they do now. I used to get discounts and all sorts of shit.
Just all depends how much they want to listen to the area manager I think. My boss she does whatever she likes, it’s her store what she says goes basically lol.
heh yeah. I rarely buy from EB at all. I got Rayman Legends a few weeks back from them cos they had it pre-owned for $23 on wiiu, which was reasonable. I actually got club nintendo points from it too, which really surprised me! They did match JB’s price for Mario Kart 8 which was good though. The guy asked where I saw it, and when I said JB, he said “No doubt they’ll have plenty of stock, so no problems.”
I was just shocked at how overprices the pre-owned Infinity was! Given you can get it brand new from Target for over $10 less, I had to have a laugh. Didn’t bother asking if he would match it though, as if I was gonna get it, I’d rather have it new. Just means driving an extra km or 2 to Target. Still somewhat undecided as to whether I should just wait for the Marvel one though. I have a feeling I’d play it a lot more than I would a straight up Disney one.
But Target, Big W, Kmart & DSE all sell their games at a pretty high loss, which they make up for in every other department. EB kind of can’t, since it’s their only business, they can’t fall back on clothing or cheap shitty furniture or other housewares etc. But they’re 99% more than happy to always match JB cause they price reasonably, and it’s a big part that make up their sales, but saying that JB always have loss leaders when they have sales. Saying that, they all pay the same price for the game which comes from the same supplier unless they go for grey imports.
Actually you probably would’ve gotten it matched since there’s an incredible markup on pre ownered which is where EB gets a lot of its cash flow apparently, but still it never hurts to ask, cause if you don’t ask you’ll never know and may miss out.
They cant have it both ways, you either price match or you don’t.
Well I think it’s only fair, cause if they did it then everyone who knew about it would abuse the system and they would then be losing money. I’m not sure but a businesses main purpose is to make money, selling your product at either a less than cost price or at cost price is not going to make you money to pay any bills and then you do not exist. So why should EB price match say Kmart who sell a game 20 dollars below cost? Especially when EB themselves are making between 10-20 dollars on a new release.
Honestly if you’re not a fan of it, don’t shop there, vote with your wallet, and reward the others for being jerks to the specialty stores, which won’t exist when Coles & Woolworths finally get the strangle hold on retail like they’re gunning for.
After working at Dan Murphy’s i’ve come to really dislike price match/beating anyway, the people that would use it only every abused it and defeated the purpose of us offering it. Cause the prices they wanted ‘beaten’ were available for members only at the local bowls club or other establishments that had a bottle-o attached to a pub that was the source of all the income so they sold booze cheaper a lot cheaper. But nope so many people would argue that they deserved the cheaper price cause we would price beat according to our sign, which might I add said on advertised items so we also needed proof it was cheaper anyway. It got to the point where I had said to several people “The manager has said no to matching the price from x because it is only available to members of the establishment, if you want you can talk to him about it” usually then they shut up and agree to pay the few dollars more.
You’ve been fully indoctrinated, my friend 🙂
If you say so. But i’d rather not encourage the bullshit scummy tactics Coles & Woolworths use to crush other retailers, so they then can own the market in every possible way. But hey, if you’re cool with that then whatever.
Saying that for me, between EB & JB there is no need to even look at DSE, Kmart or Big W, not that any of them sell the games they ever advertise, so it’d be a pointless venture anyway 🙂
What? When did I say I was pro-Coles?
I’m anti-corporate everything.
I try and support little businesses but there are so few because it’s cheaper and easier for everyone to buy from the big guys.
@Virus__
Up vote for ‘which I understand but get farked.’ 😀
My daughter was playing Little Big Planet 2 versus levels with her friend this morning and winning all the time so I told them to play a fighting game so they could be on a more level playing field. They chose Soul Calibur IV and her friend liked it so much she didn’t want to stop playing. They had a great deal of fun making fun of the outfits, too. 😛
I was messing around with a new shaver I bought and accidentally shaved a chunk of my beard off! Tragedy of the year! D=
Nothing left to do but go bald all over.
And I mean ALL over.
There are no words…
(except those 4)
/o\
Aaaaand I have a 2nd interview for next week now. This time with Telstra, heh.
Is that just to book an appointment to get your phone line serviced sometime between the hours of 8am tomorrow and 6pm February 13th next year though?
No it’s for a job 😛
Well, the job interview yesterday went fairly well even though as soon as I got home I thought of one mistake I made which was not verifying that the images I made in the test actually worked and looked right and just sending it on as if it was completed which was a pretty dumb thing to do really. Realistically it’d probably not be an issue but it’s the kind of thing I feel like I should have done, especially since I’ve not really used indesign before. In fact, if I was designing a way of weeding out candidates, I’d have had a hidden layer in a template I gave candidates that printed the words “didn’t check the output file” over the finished product for exactly that purpose.
If nothing else it’s a pretty impressive operation out there, they photograph more than a million students a year and are successful enough to have had the rather sizeable building purpose built for them, surprising to see a nationally significant business based out of wagga. Also they’re pretty nice people and even laughed at my cannibalism jokes so they’re at least a bit weird as well. It was some odd group problem solving thing, presumably just a way to gauge personalities, the 8 people were split up into 2 teams, half doing the indesign thing and half doing this problem solving task involving 4 of us being stranded with a lifeboat and a list of stuff and having to decide what to take but only a few things would fit. It was clearly designed by someone who thinks in grid based RPG inventories since 20L of fresh water took up the same room as a reel of fishing line and a hook or a compass or a 5 square metre tarp, I kept making inferences to cannibalism as a way of making more room in the boat to get a laugh and it kept working so they’re clearly the right kind of odd.
I still suspect I won’t get the job but it went well enough that I’ll be a bit disappointed if I don’t get called back for the second round of interviews.
I just realised something.
@thecracks is a teacher right, and @phlanispo is a student.
They both live South of the river too (hahaha, losers!).
Please God make it that Cracks is Phlans teacher 😀
That’ll be the most delightfully awkward thing to see if we have a meat 😀
That would be rather weird.
Cracks: “Oh, hello Phlanispo…”
Phlanispo: “Umm, hey Mr.Cracks…”
Cracks: “Have you done all your homework?”
Phlanispo: “Umm, not yet Mr.Cracks…”
Cracks: “Why are you at the movies then?”
Phlanispo: “I, umm… Sorry Mr.Cracks…”
Cracks: “You don’t want your grades slipping, Phlanispo”
Phlanispo: “No Mr.Cracks…”
Liondrive: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD, I’M DYING, OH MY GOD! WAIT WAIT WAIT, I NEED A PICTURE OF THIS! HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Funny, but unlikely. I teach about 50km south of where I live, and if Phlanispo said he lives near Cannington, then it’s a nope.
Having said that, the manager at the EB store that I frequent turned out to be the aunty of one of my students last year.
Cracks is a teacher? I’m studying education! \o/
I’m in my second year out, teaching secondary mathematics and science. Enjoying it immensely.
Where you studying? Primary/secondary?
Awesome. I’m doing primary, studying at ECU. Going on a 5 week prac in a few weeks.
WHICH ECU?!??
Mt Lawley, you there too?!?
YES! 😀
I’m only there twice a week though (Tues/Weds), usually chilling in building 13 on the computers! 😀
OMG POTENTIALLY FREQUENT PERTH MEET UPS?
SAY WAHHHHHHHT
DON’T JINX IT @greenius! >:(
@liondrive – Aww man, I’m there Monday-Friday.
@greenius – WAHHHHHHHT!
Dark Souls 2
playersmasochists – I’m tempted to pick it up and slowly work my way through it but can someone tell me if the framerate drops on PS3 were resolved in DS2?Always frustrated me through DS1 when you got random frame lag spikes.
Did not notice any myself.
I didn’t have framerate drops in the PS3 version of Dark Souls 2 but the loading times were excruciating. Apparently PS3 is the worst version for that. PC is obviously the best (assuming you aren’t using an abacus to try and play games) and the 360 users didn’t report anything particularly out of the ordinary.
It still drops frames a lot on both last gen platforms (also doesn’t have a framerate cap, so performance can go between 20 and 40 odd fps in a couple of seconds at times), but they’re never anywhere near as bad as Blighttown. You’ll likely notice it in Majula, but since combat there is kept to a minimum, it’s not really an issue, and on the 360 version (which is generally more solid) I didn’t find it to ever be a problem,.
I made it!
Shredder v1.1 was a resounding success!
And now I am about to pass out.
Pics pls
EDIT: of the passing out if I wasn’t clear enough*
I thought it was from NatGeo…
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=124197455&postcount=1
Just for you Zelda fans out there
HANABI!
http://www.ekka.com.au/showbags/showbag-details/3012/Aussie%20Bogan.aspx
Faaaark mate! I’ll take ten mate! Can ya get em for me on tic though? Dole week’s not til next week!
I feel i should get this just to celebrate the citizenship XD
I can see it now. Three years from now, Pixel cracks open a beer, a geyser of foam shoots forth. He wipes his dirtied hand on his stained wife-beater.
“Strewth Karleen,” he shouts, occa accent piercing the previously quiet air, “I heard more of them damn boat people are turning up. Taking our jobs, ruining our women. Next the bloody drongos will be hip hup hoolidaysing by the lippy dip daaroo. Bloody foreigners ruin everything.”
I understood about half of what you said there.
No @dc on a TAY page?
MADNESS!
Don’t you read his blog?
He’s socialising today 😛
Our little hermits coming out of his cave :’)
Evidently not 😛
I thought we were his only ones.
I … I need to be alone. ='(
So I went to my cousins engagement party today. It was kinda fun catching up with the family. Although basically all my relatives are either engaged or in a fairly solid relationship aaaaaaaand then there’s me, lonely ol’ nob (heh) … It’s okay though because I’m a little drunk.
Eek! I tweeted a picture of my son playing Thomas Was Alone and a couple of people including Mike Bithell retweeted it so now there’s a bunch of people I don’t know favouriting a picture of my son.
It’s not too late to delete it 🙂
That’s a bit like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. 😛 It currently has 4 retweets and 26 favourites….
Well if you delete it, it vanishes all together so yeah 😛
Finished the main story of The Last of Us. Was good.
Ah, found out what the Facebook connection to the Left Behind DLC of The Last of Us does.
It uploads the photos that Ellie and Riley take together in the photo-booth to your Facebook wall.It’s kind of cute, actually 🙂
Ahahaha the band girls suggested adding them on facebook to keep in touch… this is going to be awkward 😛
Katawa Shoujo thought!
Minor spoiler for Lilly route.
Thank god Lilly, Hanako and Hisao didn’t decide it would be a good idea to go and drink those two bottles of wine on the roof.Well, to be fair, Kenji and Hisao were drinking straight whisky. And pretzels.Hey @mrtaco @negativezero @nightflarer and anyone else that orders figurines from Japan…
How do those sites work? I tried getting a shipping estimate from amiami yesterday but it automatically placed an order without showing me an estimate. I also noticed a bunch of different options for shipping too, including shipping type like EMS? and whether they’d be shipped monthly or something… What does that mean and what’s the best option? I assume most of these sites are similar since the figures are high in demand and they’ll probably only order enough to fulfil their preorder, but I want stuff for the cheapest.
Is EMS the fastest and most expensive shipping? Is it generally better to order in bulk (more than one figure)? Generally how much is the shipping cost? How does shipping for a big order with different release dates work? With the stuff I was testing out something released in August and something in December. Would I have to wait for both of them to be released before they’re shipped? (December)
Most of these questions apply directly to amiami since that’s the only site I’ve tried so far. What other sites see good for this type of stuff? I think Neg uses
HobbyLink?HobbySearch? If my questions aren’t directly related to your site of choice can you please tell me more about yours? Like if they let you easily cancel orders and when payment is taken :P, and how the shipping works.Thanks! Sorry for all the questions but it’s weird having money! And I also feel a bit bad for making them cancel my preorders 🙁
EMS is simply a carrier (like DHL). They are quite quick in my experience. I’ve ordered stuff from Hong Kong and had it at my door 3 days later. As for price, it really depends on what you’re ordering. I find when ordering from overseas, you’ll usually find shipping starts at around the $10-$14 mark, but for larger/heavier items you’d most likely be looking between $20-$40.
As for your question about ordering stuff with different release dates, I’d say it’d be up to them to decide when they ship. I guess they might factor in like how far apart they are due. Like if something’s available now, and something will be available in a week, they may hold it til they get it all, or if there’s a month to wait, they may ship the available one now and then the other when it arrives. You’d be best to email the shop and ask the question of them though, as there’s no real standard when it comes to that stuff.
I use Hobby Link Japan personally. EMS (which I think is Express Mail Service, I could be wrong) is the equivalent to express shipping, it is faster and more expensive and comes with tracking. HLJ always provide good estimates and $US conversions before confirmation, which makes it a lot easier to predict cost and bulk is definitely better but once you reach a certain size limit it will have to be EMS.
HLJ have what they call your personal warehouse, this is where you can store purchases until you want them shipped, handy if you’re waiting on something to be released, but there is a time limit on this. I can’t remember exactly off the top of my head, but it’s a couple of months. Be aware that their expected release dates are not always 100% accurate also, this isn’t always their fault but can be a real pain when it comes to using the warehouse.
I’m currently waiting on the Guyver Figma release personally, hope they continue the line and not just release Guyver 1.
Yay buying! How excite 😀
The best shipping choices are: SAL or EMS.
SAL – Cheap, takes around 2 weeks to arrive. Only good for small to medium items, you can’t ship large items with it.
EMS – A little bit more expensive, but super quick! Around 3 to 4 business days. Great for large and bulk orders.
As for why you didn’t get a shipping cost, was it a preorder? They wouldn’t let you pay anyway without shipping being added. If you have lots of preorders that are released in the same month you can combine them and it will ship when everything is in stock. You can’t combine an August order with a December order though (with HLJ you can).
Amiami, HobbySearch and Hobbylink are pretty much the big 3 sites to order Japanese figures & merch and they are pretty much the same process when ordering stuff. I prefer to buy things from Amiami since they are usually cheaper, but they hate it when you cancel preorders. Do it enough times and they will block you D:
There is also Mandarake for secondhand/hard-to-find figures.
I was curious and ordered the Nendoroid Link, some Figma Skyward Sword Link and some Luigi one (not the Nendoroid). I was kinda only interested in the Toon Link one but wanted to get an estimate on shipping, I didn’t realise they were all pre-orders as well >_>. I don’t mind waiting a bit longer but what would the difference be in cost between SAL and EMS anyway?
I assume those 3 would be considered medium sized?
I’d be happy for the $20-30 range but $40 seems a bit out of my range 😛
I think SAL should fit those 3 together.
SAL would cost around 1500 yen and EMS would be around 2800. A rough estimate would be $15 vs $30.
@greenius: for reference, they ship by weight, not by size, so the deciding factor is actually how much stuff they packed into the Nendoroid. I order though HobbySearch rather than AmiAmi personally because they’re were I ended up ages ago and it’s easier to have everything in one place. Periodically order through AmiAmi but only for stuff I missed out on with HS.
The ‘monthly shipment’ thing basically is if you’re ordering a bunch of stuff, they’ll consolodate it together and ship what they have at the end of the month. I generally prefer to manage this myself than have the stores manage for me, HLJ used to be really frustrating about this and it’s why I moved my business away from them (aside from higher price) – they would sometimes take ages to ship stuff, and then a new thing would arrive and they would ship it separately and charge shipping twice 🙁 (Also their customer service was really rude to me several times, I would spend hundreds every month and never got a single promo code or anything from them, they often would take 1+ weeks to list stuff for preorder and then sell out because they’d ordered too low a volume, and their prices were more expensive. I think they’re supposed to be better now but it’s hard to swap when you’ve got preorders lined up all the way into January like I do)
For reference, the last time I got a single Nendoroid shipped from HobbySearch, it was Shimakaze who is a bigger than normal box due to being packed with extra stuff (second body, 2 spare faces, some arms and legs, the little cannon dudes with stands…) and she was 2040 yen via EMS. I expect Link to be less than that, probably around 1800. EMS is what I use because it takes on average about 4 working days to Melbourne, is tracked and is insured. SAL is neither tracked nor insured. When I used it I would get stuff generally in around 9-12 days, but it’s about 2/3 the price. There’s a tipping point for weight though where EMS is cheaper, and also I don’t like having stuff worth more than $70-80 shipped uninsured, though that’s a holdover from back when I imported big expensive statues and not cheapie stuff like Figma and Nendoroid.
BTW: EMS is not couriered. It is express airmail internationally, then handled inside Australia by AusPost as if it were Express Mail.
(@nightflarer as well)
I was reading some sites’ FAQs and the non-insured stuff is a bit scary. It seems like it’s definitely better to buy in bulk using EMS, except there’s not much stuff I’m after :(.
Out of curiosity, how do you two find out about all the new figures about to be released? I guess you often buy stuff from them in bulk so it’s probably a lot easier to fulfil orders with new releases each month. At the moment I’ve just got my eye on the Nendoroid Link but some of the other ones look pretty cool too (Nendoroid Snake, Figma Link and Samus, S.H. Mario and Luigi), but the staggered releases isn’t convenient for me :(.
Any possibility of me being able to throw in a figure or two with orders you make in the future? (I guess this is more a question for Neg since I’ve met him :P)
EDIT: and of course thanks for all the replies!
I can probably do that if you want, but be aware I tend to order the instant stuff is available.
In terms of seeing what’s coming out, for Nendoroid it’s easy. Kahotan took over Mikatan’s blog when she left Goodsmile a year or so ago, and they’ve been translating all the blog entries into English. There’s usually a new entry every day so I have it in my RSS – whenever there’s a painted prototype that’s coming up for preorder or whatever she’ll do a writeup with a bunch of photos. Pretty much all of GSC’s stuff gets covered, and they’ll often also cover Nendoroid stuff being handled by their partner companies like Phat. They also sometimes look at Figma stuff when its’ previewed by Max Factory.
Max Factory run a blog, but only in Japanese, mainly covering their Figma stuff. But I’m not into Figma that much so don’t pay a lot of attention. http://ameblo.jp/figma/
I also have HobbySearch’s new figure RSS in my reader, though there’s a lot of noise in that. You get everything that comes into stock or is restocked as well, plus it’ll give you info on porno figures for complete creepers (as opposed to just sad lonely nerds like myself). Back when I had the space and spare cash to blow on big figures I paid a lot of attention to Alter who are IMO still the best out there for making scale figures (they made several of my absolute favourites in my collection). But now I just see what gets listed on HobbySearch from them and consider it periodically. Alter also have a separate imprint, Altair, which is figures aimed at a female audience i.e. male characters, so if you really wanted to have a figure of Luke fon Fabre from Tales of the Abyss and gaze at his lovingly-sculpted abs, there’s that.
I’ll just wait for you or someone else to post random links on TAY :P. I just ordered some stuff from amiami.
Looks like my next order will be at the end of the year based on what’s releasing then.
@greenius: I can keep you appraised of what I see easy enough, but most of the stuff esp. Figma and Nendoroid is anime-related and IIRC you’re not really into anime much?
Also when it’s game or mixed-media stuff it’s very heavily slanted toward stuff they think is going to sell well in Japan. So right now for example, Kantai Collection is huge and there’s heaps of stuff being made for it. Love Live is very popular and GSC are doing full-size Nendoroids of all nine girls from that. On the other hand, sometimes they’re annoying and don’t fill out all the characters from stuff.
Game-related Nendoroids happen maybe 15-20% of the time at the most, and half of those are Miku Hatsune & friends.
Also bear in mind the stuff I tend to buy is relative to what I’m interested in. There’s over 400 Nendoroids (#400 is Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura and I am so excited for that as she was the #1 most asked for in a poll they did back in 2012, and was my #1 pick on that poll too) but I own less than half because I only buy characters I like or from series I like.
For reference, and you can look these up on GSC’s site if you want, my preorder list for the next few months is:
– Nendoroid Link (Wind Waker, Aug)
– Nendoroid Kongou (Kantai Collection, Aug)
– Nendoroid Asuna Titania ver. (Sword Art Online, Aug)
– Figma Akagi (Kantai Collection, Aug)
– Nendoroid Kaga (Kantai Collection, Sep)
– Nendoroid Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura, Sep)
– Nendoroid Koyomi Araragi (-monogatari, Sep)
– Nendoroid Kaname Madoka Yukata ver. (Madoka Magica, Oct)
– Nendoroid Ooi (Kantai Collection, Oct)
– Nendoroid Kitakami (Kantai Collection, Oct)
– Medicchu Wo-class Aircraft Carrier (Kantai Collection, Nov)
– Nendoroid Wo-class Aircraft Carrier (Kantai Collection, Nov)
– Nendoroid Petit Kantai Collection Set (Kantai Collection, Nov)
– Nendoroid Suigintou (Rozen Maiden, Nov)
– Nendoroid Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid, Nov)
– Nendoroid Nico Yazawa (Love Live, Nov)
– Nendoroid Shinobu (-monogatari, Nov)
– Figma Kaga (Kantai Collection, Nov)
– Nendoroid Honoka Kousaka (Love Live, Dec)
– Figma Nagato (Kantai Collection, Jan)
See a trend? 😛 This is at least partially a reflection of the sort of stuff they’re releasing in bulk right now.
@greenius: FWIW, Nendoroid stuff that’s announced but not available for preorder yet that’s not anime that I know of:
– Batman
– Darth Vader
– Stormtrooper
– Mario
– Beatrice (Freedom Wars)
– Venom Snake (MGS V)
– Elsa (Frozen)
Technically Erica Fontaine (Sakura Taisen III and IV) and Miku Hatsune Senbonzakura ver. are ‘game’ as well but I suspect they’re not on your radar.
At the moment I’m interested in a few end of year releases like Nendoroid Snake, Figma Skyward Sword Link and S.H.F Luigi. Are you going to order them from Hobby Search? Any idea how much additional shipping costs those 3 would likely add to your order?
Obviously if I’m chucking things into your order I’ll be happy to cover some shipping costs, but I just need a rough estimate so I can work out the prices I’d be paying :P.
@greenius: probably 600-800 yen per extra, depends on the weight and a bit on the size.
@greenius: FYI snake and luigi are still preorderable but HobbySearch already sold out their allocation of Figma Link, you’d probably need to order him separately (try AmiAmi).
Is it possible to add stuff to an existing order?
Oh man, $15 ain’t too bad! Do you usually order in bulk (based on what’s available mixed with pre-orders) or individual?
Hmm tempting…
Just finished Infamous: Second Sun (Heroic Route). It was pretty great game, really enjoyed my time playing it (then again I enjoyed every Infamous game). I wouldn’t be surprised if I go for an Infamous route sometime in the near future.
Gonna DLC it up?
I’m sick of these Coke ads that say ‘just add zero.’ No Coca-cola, 10 + 0 does not equal 100.
The ad should say ‘just x10’
Blatant false advertising. Someone should sue them.
Ill do this for every action now..speed limits 60 just add zero..600 is the new speed limit!
“Just add A zero” and then the wording would be fine
Ugh, my bike has died. It’s probably fixable, but I can’t ride it and the nearest bike repair place is too far for me to get to.
Could you not ring up and ask for one of those taxi van things and explain that you need to take a bike to a repair shop? As long as it’s clean and would fit I imagine they’d not mind
They’re pretty strict on what can go in there. Decided to get a new bike and donate the old one to the Salvos
Just as a heads up that I’ll probably repost tomorrow, Greenmangaming are having a new sale, “50 games you have to play before you die” and adding 10 each day. Pretty good discounts so far, most things in the 75% off bracket and most of the games are pretty big ones so it’ll be worth checking out. I mean you can get XCom for $10, if you ignore that you’re a filthy alien sympathiser or being mind controlled by a sectoid.
Empire: Total War is on there? Okay then.
Why is there no #42? What’s so special about it that I’m not allowed to know what it is?
My guess is its restriced from aus sale
Wait nevermind I just found out its Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
I’ve turned my attentions to UNDAD, the project that saw its genesis when I was attempting to amuse a bored @rocketman. Pages 1-8 are finally complete, and can be previewed here!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.752766318095972.1073741831.246284628744146&type=1
Screw it, I’m gonna play Homeworld 2! \o/
I found some fixes in WSGF, so hopefully it won’t look like arse.
This has turned into an exercise with screwing around with the resolution. 🙁
This Paper Trail Side mission for Infamous Second Sun is a cool idea in theory but adobe flash never plays nice with my computer so some things just wont work. I’ve had to look up a walkthrough at one bit because my computer would freeze whenever I tried to look at a certain piece of evidence.
TAY is pretty quiet so I’ll just give you all an update on something so small and meaningless which none of you will care about 😀
I wanted to buy a cheap sweat wicking running shirt and noticed Kmart had some for $6. But then I found that certain ones in another colour were randomly $3 so I bought one of those too.
YEAH! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Now it’s your turn to tell a pointless story!
*crickets*
Pointless story: I spent the weekend playing coop Rayman Legends with a friend!
I been playing Rayman a bit too. Haven’t got really far yet, but got gold award and all teenies on each level so far!
I decided to try playing Jedi Academy. After going through all the requisite tweaks to get it looking like a polished turd, rather than the low-res, heaped on the footpath turd it looked like by default.
After starting the game, the NPC guy who follows you around in the first mission has dedicated his life to suiciding by jumping in a place where he’s supposed to jump. Damn NPCs.
Pointless Story: I’m sick again! \o/
Oh wait… /o\
Pointless story:
I noticed my underarm hair was getting particularly long, and thought it might look kinda gross at the gym, so I decided to shave it all off.
Oh! Another pointless story:
I bought chocolate chip waffles for lunch today because I like pushing my body to the brink of diabetes :3
That’s a weird thing to like!
Today I went to the work, and then on my way home I stopped in at the shops to pick up some groceries. I am now at home.
Went to see Guardians of the Galaxy today. Twice. It is an incredible film made exceptional by an amazing soundtrack – 10 out of 10.
Oh, and I also bought a PS4 console.
What happened to “this makes me want to buy a PS4 less!” Benny? 😀
Oh, that guy is still around.
Today I bought a Lakon 9. Then worked up the credit for an Anaconda.
While fun to blast out the hangar door and just destroy anything in your way, they’re kinda hard to use so I’ll probably be dropping back to a Cobra. Still gotta try an Eagle and Viper though.
Mexican Wave!
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Io/
Lo/
You ruined it! D:<
I’m sorry… ]:
There’s too much blue in this comment chain.
@greenius What, are you racist against blue gravatars? Blue racist. Bluecist.
It’s not easy being blue.
Has anyone here played the “Cole’s Legacy” DLC for Infamous: Second Sun? Is it worth picking up?
I’ve played it.
It’s not worth it.
It was just like one of those short generic “pre-order missions” types where there’s basically nothing new and there’s no real substance. I can’t even remember what happens in it but I knew I wouldn’t pay money for it (I think they’re asking for like $5+?)
You can find plenty of complete playthrough vids of it on YouTube if you’re interested in hearing the story part of it.
It’s $7.55
SEVEN. FIFTY. FIVE! So expensive for DLC!
It’s like 20 minutes as well >_>
Billionaire Sues Google For Defamatory Autocomplete Suggestions
uuuuuuuuuuurgh
Remember, not defamatory if they’re true.
Well, actually, yes it still is.
Liberace successfully sued The Daily Mirror and Confidential for articles relating to his homosexuality. While he was gay – and everyone knew that he was – he always denied his sexuality publicly, and so statements calling him out on it were defamatory to his image. And in this case, regardless of whether or not Yeung does have a connection with the Triads, and with the knowledge that auto-complete results are not actively managed by Google, it is still defamation.
Actually:
1:
Prior to the enactment of the uniform law (see “What is defamation?”, above), it was also necessary for a defendant in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and the ACT to prove that the publication related to a matter of public interest or public benefit. Under the uniform defamation laws, truth alone is a defence.
http://www.lawhandbook.org.au/handbook/ch24s02s03.php
“When are words defamatory?”
2:
A publication (whether it comprises written or spoken words or other matter, such as an illustration) is defamatory if it conveys an imputation about a person that lowers the person’s reputation in the eyes of reasonable members of the community or causes them to ridicule, avoid or despise the person.
A defamatory imputation may be the natural and ordinary meaning of the publication, or a special meaning understood only by some people to whom the matter is published by reason of some extrinsic fact known to them. For example, the statement “Mr X got married last Sunday”, made to someone who knows nothing about Mr X’s personal life, is not defamatory. However, if the listener knew Mr X was already married, the statement would have a defamatory meaning, because it would imply that he had committed bigamy.
Sources:
1: “http://www.lawhandbook.org.au/handbook/ch24s02s03.php” The Law Handbook – Defenses
2: “http://www.lawhandbook.org.au/handbook/ch24s02s02.php” The Law Handbook – When are words Defamatory?
Under a dictionary definition, a defamatory statement is any that impugns someone’s reputation. As such, claiming that someone who is generally well respected is associated with Triad people is, by definition, defamation.
Furthermore, as your statements show, it is entirely possible to write perfectly true statements that are defamatory. I once had a nap in a bed which contained four other people. If The Daily Mail were to publish something saying “Public shocked to hear of Blaghman sleeping with two men and women, AT THE SAME TIME” then while their statement would be entirely factually accurate, the implications therein would make it defamatory.
Reply flail:
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I miss Brisbane again :'(
First time those words were said by any one!
Especially where Summer is concerned!
Visit Perth for a day and you’ll be missing Brisbane too :’P
But what if I visit Perth for a day and I’ve never been to Brisbane?
Then you’d say “I’d rather be in Brisbane”
Melbourne is pretty rad!
I have a job interview tomorrow, and the following day!!! The time to freak the fuck out is upon me!!!
You’ll do fine. You got this!
Fingers crossed! I really like the sound of the one for tomorrow! Sounds like almost my ideal job!
I got at least one job interview tomorrow I know how you feel dude. All the best!
You too man! We can do eeeeeeeeeeet!
Well shit. I think my CPU is trying to pack it in all of a sudden. Speed Fan is reading temps of 98 degrees (I don’t think this is true) and now the CPU usage shoots up to 90%+ when I do things, run WoW etc, thought it was the 64 bit client but does the same with the 32 bit. It’s weird. I just cleaned the heatsink & fan out, noticed it could do with a new coat of thermal paste, of which I have none of so that’s also an issue, but really the CPU is all of 2 years old (core i5 2500) makes zero sense bleh.
Fixed the problem. Turns out the little clasps intel use are not secured when they say they are.. herp derp.
When you have a high heat reading, the high CPU usage you see is most likely a safety feature (that I’ve seen on my core2duo) – it’s severely underclocked itself to be able to keep operating at that temp.
I went through this about 4 years after the default fan and thermal compound install – it had all evaporated / burned away and there was no CPU-fan contact. One nice big aftermarket fan and some new thermal paste later, over clocked it from 2.4 to 2.7, and it’s been merrily running that way for the last 3+ years.
Yeah heatsink was only attached properly on 2 points, giving enough contact to remove heat but not enough to allow it to run efficiently heh 😛
Saying that I should replace the thermal compound anyway!
Pointless story: I looked at some Dragonball Z figurines and decided not to buy any then changed my mind later and bought some along with a Dragonball.
Pointless: Posting on Tay late Sunday night.
:'(
Hooray! I’m not all alone! \o/
*awkward silence*
So, uh…. Wanna make out?
….
No?
……….
I’ll show myself out…
Also I assumed you were no longer a late night Suntayer because Workius.
I’ve changed my mind so many times recently when it comes to spending money. Given up now!
Going through old TAY comments / discussions.
Good memories, good memories 🙂
Edit: Way to waste your 2000th comment Liondrive, you moron >:(
Buried in the dredges on Sunday TAY, never to see the light of day :'(
Oh well, bring on 3000! 😀
Bring on 30,000!
Ugh, Encouraging Spammius.
Huh.
Apparently Jocon is a municipality of Honduras.
Good to know?
It’s also a tasty chicken dish.
Is the User Profile page loading pretty slowly for anyone else?
Seems slow for me, but then, my net’s being crap, so everything seems slow. #Helping #HashtagsForHarli
Whoa I haven’t seen #HashtagsforHarli in agessss!
Yes indeedy.
I decided to give Road Not Taken a go seeing as it was free on PS+. It’s actually surprisingly good! I met the love of my life, got married and then died 1 day away from retirement trying to save a kid from a blizzard. It’s basically a real life simulator.
Hi everyone.
Arkham Origins is a pretty cool guy. Just saying.
*disappears in sudden puff of smoke*