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Morning all.
I caught three shiny ponyta yesterday.
Three!
All I wanted was a shiny charizard…
Surely you’re some sort of wizard/elite haxxor. To not only get a shiny but three of the same Pokemon sounds extremely unlikely.
Especially when 2 and 3 were in a row. Couldn’t believe it.
The game is trolling me because it’s not the one I want.
I just wish I could see a wild shiny (not including Red Gyarados) in my game one time.
I’ve only seen one shiny ever. It was a shiny Voltorb in Silph Co in FireRed. And it used self-destruct before I could catch it.
D: D: D: D:
Ouch, that’s the worst.
A mate got a shiny starter once then the uncatchable poocheyena in ruby was shiny for him too. Such luck
Was it @blaghman that also just had the shiny uncatchable poocheyena?
It was me D: (possibly Blaghs too?)
I can sort you out with a full pokedex and a shiny charm at PAX – that might help.
I’ve seen shiny Pokemon outside of the Red Gyrados!
…I had to use cheats.
Good morning everybody! I didn’t sleep well last night, so I’m extremely tired and will likely be spending time out of mind for the rest of the day. So, in lieu, a weekend update. How was yours?
Mine was pretty good all things considered. Played Fiasco on Friday night which turned out to be all kinds of hilarious. Who knew that being a scheming, new-tits-having, possibly-addicted-to-sex-being, absolute horrible wretch of a human being could be so much fun? Perhaps most enjoyable though was creating a Twitter account for Becky Hardcastle. Who says Fiasco characters disappear when the game is over? 😛 Also joining the TS3 server and being greeted “Hi, Becky!” was awesome and made my day.
Lots of Star Citizen ranting goes here. Spoilered because it was too much.
Then Saturday morning Star Citizen 0.9 dropped, which meant it’s time for some racing, as well as my first experience using a joystick in something like 15 years. Now, I spent a few hours playing Murray Cup racing over both Saturday and Sunday, so let me sum up my experience.Load. Smash. Respawn. Zoooom. Smash. Respawn. Zoooooooom. Smash. Respawn. Practice practice practice. Smash slightly less. Do a complete lap. Smash. Respawn.
The game really highlights for me that skill trumps ships every time. But it also shows how practice has real, tangible benefits. After a few hours practice I could consistently get 1:30 lap times, and even came 2nd a couple times against actual human beings. Progress! Then, I got a new profile for my joystick which turned down the sensitivity and within 3 races I was down to sub 1:20 times, and a few races later a new personal best of 1:11. The fastest I’d personally raced against online was 1:08, so I’m happy with that progress.
Also, for anybody considering either an M50 or a 350R, here are my thoughts on both.
M50: Holy crap. Handles like a dream. Takes corners tight and it’s so small that you have a lot of room for error. Doesn’t handle high-G changes as well though and maybe I just need more practice rolling to minimise G-forces but I found myself slowing down a lot in some maneuvers.
350R: In theory has the same top speed as the M50 (300m/s) but accelerates LOTS faster. Seriously, hit the afterburner and you’ll be at top speed in a few seconds. Unfortunately this also means that you can REALLY feel the effects of mass. I found myself having to turn early because inertia played so strong a part, and with the larger body size I found myself crashing a LOT more. Now, granted, most of my practice was in the M50 but I did notice one weird thing. At high speed I found myself fighting to keep the 350R going in a straight line. It felt like the ship was shaking apart around me (and the audio seemed to reinforce that) and it was like there was a beast contained in the engine struggling to get out. I have a feeling that somebody who takes the time to master piloting a 350R will have a good time. I don’t know if that’ll be me.
Saturday was also football watching day. Much yelling at the TV. Positively in the first half. Negatively in the second. Bring on 2015.
Then finally Sunday was fortnightly games night. 3 games of 7 Wonders, followed by dinner and then watching MXC. Was going to play Catan but called the night early due to tiredness. After which I was then unable to sleep. Dammit!
Finally, I’ll leave this picture here for @edenist who wants proof people have played Gitaroo Man. http://imgur.com/elfjGrD
Hi Becky.
YOU SHUT UP AND STAY IN ALASKA. I HATE YOU.
I mean, heeeeeeey there. 😉
Being a blustering asshole that everyone conspires against really is a little too easy to roleplay.
Being a little too easy is a little too easy to roleplay.
Gitaroo Man is so good.
I know, right? Picked it up randomly in 2002, it was sitting on a shelf at EB and I thought “well, maybe that might be fun” and just loved it. Also have the soundtrack CD sitting around somewhere, still break it out for a listen every now and then. Fun memories.
I could never find it to buy but my local Blockbuster had it.
I contemplated stealing it but my conscience got the better of me.
Gitaroo Man was rad.
I could never find a copy though. My friend had it, but by the time I got a PS2 (I started into that gen with a Dreamcast and then an Xbox because I like to pick winners) it was out of print and extremely rare. 🙁
Does Star Citizen 0.9 let you remap stick buttons yet? As in properly not with some stupid XML workaround
Not quite yet. Personally I’d prefer to have roll mapped to the twist portion of my joystick, and strafe to the hat, but I can wait for proper remapping. No biggie for me personally.
Nothing is ever set up properly for me so I really need to remap everything. No idea what it is, maybe my giant monster hands, maybe it’s being mental, maybe it’s a left handed thing even though I’m effectively self-taught ambidextrous thanks to there effectively being no such thing as left handed peripherals most of my life (and the few that did exist were utter shit). Whatever it is. everything default is always off.
Yeah, it’s not ideal. Hopefully won’t be too much longer as it’s one of the most requested features.
That plus TrackIR support are my 2 big wants
Well, looks like I’ve been put the hell in my place :p
Good job, I’m impressed!
Also, how do the latest builds of Arena Commander play? I’ve not played since they first released the first DFM part, which was pretty clunky. I want to be wowed by the game, so I’d rather wait until it felt much more playable until I picked it up again.
Chalk and cheese. I’ve had more fun with AC in the last 2 days than I have since it first came out. Maybe that’s because I’m finally using a joystick, maybe that’s because they’ve made substantial improvements, maybe it’s because racing is far more appealing to me than dogfighting.
Whatever it is, the new build is great stuff.
If you follow me on twitter or fb, you’ve probably seen this, but figured I’d post here too!
I’m making a hat for Worms Clan Wars atm!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxhqM95CMAAB4Qx.jpg:large
The things boredom does to me!
OH NO BOREDOM MAKES YOU CREATIVE.
boredom makes me spin a pen badly and hit myself in the eye 😛
classic rocket! you so funny! 🙂
Oh that’s really cool! Are you any closer on 3D rendering a kickass mech-like character? 😉
hahaahh funnily enough, I started looking at schematics for it the other day.. then I got sidetracked
So in under 2 hours on Saturday, I spent all my $700 worth of gift cards, so I had a pretty fun weekend getting it all set up, putting all the 40k pdfs that I have onto the tablet and getting my Vita sync’d with my PSN ID. Sunday was a great day to wash the car as well. More eventful than most weekends I have. Though now I’m going to be sad because recall starts today for me :(.
Hope you’ve all had an enjoyable weekend.
VITA BUDDIES
check out persona 4 golden buddy its like $30 in JB and its the best game for the vita 😛
Couldn’t see that game, the JB I went to had less than 1m width games section and over half of them were shitty games I didn’t want. EB almost had the same problem yet they had a better selection of games, especially with their starter packs (Which EB are still the best at).
Yeah you will find most stores have very limited vita section. Despite that, the downloadable titles more than make up for it.
Well downside to that is that 1: the pack only came with a 4GB storage card so I might need to upgrade before I go into that, and 2: PSN still uses only credit cards to purchase doesn’t it?
debit cards too.
Ah I could just buy PSN cards instead, I’m really personally wary about ordering online with anything that’s not Paypal supported. Part of my paranoid and pessimistic nature 😛
It also uses prepaid credit you can get from eb and jb
and paypal as well now. PSN hass had Paypal support for about 3 months…
Well that’s good! I haven’t been playing my PS3 much or keeping up with PSN so I had no idea 🙂
64gb card is an awesome investment if you can go digital-only. 4gb is enough for like one game.
Don’t forget to also look into the PSP lineup, there’s some fantastic games in there too. Though the PAL selection is a bit more limited than the US one, there’s still some great stuff there.
I’m guessing getting PSP games for it is digital only?
Also where can you recommend getting a 64gb card from should I decide to go in that direction?
Digital only for PSP, yes. I could give you some recommendations for good PSP and PSV stuff if you’d like but for PSP I’m not sure what’s on the PAL store and what isn’t.
64gb cards at one point were Japan-only but I think they’re more widely available now? I got mine from nippon-yassan and it cost me about $100.
@negativezero
Only saw as high as 16GB in JB’s catalogue IIRC. The 4GB came with an indie starter pack from EB. If it’s one thing EB does well it’s their starter packs for consoles with a good selection of games to go with it. I’ll hold off for now until at least 32GB comes available somewhere I can actually go get then I’ll go nuts with PSP titles :). Thanks for the info!
Whoa, nice haul! How on earth did you get $700 worth of gift cards?
Work rewards that I tallied up over the last few years of great work 🙂
Nice! I spent the gift card I had from work like, almost immediately. You have excellent self-control! You mentioned recall? What’s that?
24/7 out of hours support for customers, which means I can’t play with friends in games that I cannot pause for a whole week. It’s not the customer calls that bug me, it’s the level 1 and 2 support guys that are bloody hopeless in telling me the issue and unable to fix simple issues themselves. Basically half an hour is spent at least figuring out what the actual problem is since it’s either not in clear english or the details are missing entirely
Hey Hey TAYbies (goofy laughing), how were your weekends?
I mostly played Destiny, a bit of Disney Infinity and drunk beers. All in all a pretty good weekend.
Anyone here tried Surgeon Simulator? Downloaded it last night, started it up, but it was too late so I didn’t really do much, looks like a bit of fun though.
Also, Hyperule Warriors and Disney Infinity 2.0 hype. Anyone else picking either of them up? You still getting Disney Infinity @pixel_the_ferret_viking?
Also also, @welbot posted this on the twitters, but I’ma steal it. What better way to start the week than 50 odd minutes of polkas 😛
Surgeon simulator is fantastic, my favourite pass time is pecking all the unnecessary organs out through the ambulance doors when they open!… Also yep still on for Disney Infinity, hoping to scrape money together for the Guardians of the galaxy playset as well!
Ordered Groot as my bonus figure from EB, hope I’ll have enough money for that playset too as well as Drax and Rocket.
Oooohhh jelly! I’ll have to wait on the next paycheck before increasing my collection 😛
Hyperule Warriors! Although I bought it delivered from EBGames so I probably wont get it until Monday next week.
I love surgeon simulator. Gifted a copy to a doctor mate of mine, he thinks it’s hilarious
I plauyed surgeon for a couple minutes while semi-tipsy. It was fucking awesome.
10/10, would rummage through (and drop hammer in) intestines again.
Sure seems quiet in here for this time of the week.
Pipe down you.
It’s morning you monster! It should be illegal
…also is it just me or did the site asplode?
didnt for me. EVERYONE JUST DDOS’D you.
Morning all! My entire work group has been shifted to another building, and now there are way too many people around me. I miss the old building – it was nice and quiet there. Surviving by erecting a shrine to my kids with photos and incense.
Are you sacrificing them???
Whatever it takes.
Ah the standard office worker set up. Excellent way to blend in to your new environment. 😛
People around me keep saying my desk is too clean because I don’t have anything on it. Compared to everyone else though, it looks much nicer.
I don’t have kids so I set up a shrine to Transformers instead.
I know I’d bow down in reverence at that shrine…
It’s currently only populated by a minor deity but it will be gaining its true lord and savior hopefully later this month when Masterpiece Wheeljack (aka the best transformers character) arrives.
Morning all..
hope everyone is well! as for me?
Shattered. Convinced my 3 mates to grab Destiny, strike teams limited to 3, not 4… WHO DOES THAT???? >.
Destiny does apparently
Yeah it’s a real pain. It’s a pain that you can’t do anything other than raids in more than 3…would love to go patrolling in a big team of 6.
I don’t mind the 3 man fireteams, but I don’t like how some of the crucible matches only take 1-3 man fireteams. I want the option to have 6 of my friends take on each other (or is there and option for that that I’m missing?)
Hopefully you can organise who gets to play (or split into two teams) without it causing trouble. Unlike with my old friends, where after I organised a LAN decided I wasn’t worthy of playing ODST with them.
Hey all hope you had nice weekends. Mine was pretty hectic, managed to hit level 20 on Destiny (loving every minute of it), played the new Fifa 15 demo (also enjoying that a lot), downloaded and played (for my iPad): Blek, Monument Valley, Hitman GO and Plague. Also had a pretty big night out on Saturday for a birthday, I wasn’t in a very good state :S and went go karting last night.
Finally, I’m hooked on the book ‘What If’ by Randall Munroe. I saw it mentioned on here I think by @beeawwb. It is absoultely fantastic.
I was gonna ask how FIFA 15 was! Is it much of an improvement from 14?
It took one game of getting used to, but now I really like it. There seems to be quite a lot of little things which make it a real improvement to Fifa 14. The actual gameplay feels a bit different to start with (I guess it could be described as more ‘real/life like’), but once you get used to it then it’s really fun. All in all, it’s made me even more excited for the full game so it must be somewhat decent!
Hitman Go is really neat. Monument Valley is good, too.
Yeah Monument Valley is so nice. Only got it late last night, put my headphones on in bed and got so immersed in it that I’m paying for it today with tiredness.
Morning taydudes/dudettes!! How was everyones weekend?
I had a blast on Friday night playing Nintendoland, MK8 and Mario 3D World with a couple of friends, mostly lazed on Saturday playing Destiny and watching season 2 of FRIENDS, that was really fun. Hot breakfast on Sunday and then more Destiny and played a bit of Halo Reach for comparisons sake. It definitely hold up nearly 5 years after release, although i’m so glad that Destiny doesn’t have the framerate issues that Reach did at times.
Planning on buying some thermal paste this afternoon and pulling ye ol Phat PS3 apart and replacing the paste and cleaning as much dust out as possible. Any of you guys done this before? My background is IT, so i’m not too worried about the process. Just wondering if anyone has any specific tips.
@benny has done it I think.
Indeed I have done. A couple of tips:
– There’s no guarantee you will bring the thing back to life (if it is dead, that is)
– After you pull apart the unit using the correct guides, clean off all old thermal paste thoroughly with a bit of methylated spirits. Don’t forget to clean the heatsinks also!
– Only use Arctic Thermal 5! I opened one unit that and found that someone had previously tried to repair it but used some white pastey shit that was everywhere. Only use Arctic Thermal 5!
I regards to application:
– Only use a small amount like this and spread evenly to the edges of the CPU/GPU
Reassemble and power on! 😀
Only use a small amount and spread evenly to the edges of the CPU/GPU with a credit/plastic card or the like. It makes it easier.
If there’s a Korean takeaway near you, get some of their chopsticks – thin and flat. Perfect for spreading thermal paste.
I used to do this for hours on end, ughhh.
Thanks,
Yeah it isn’t dead. It just gets warm and the fan winds up like a leaf blower when playing very intensive games like Uncharted etc. I’d also like it to be a bit quieter for watching blurays etc. Awesome, was planning to use arctic silver 5 as i have used it on my PC build and it worked a treat.
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All done and dusted!! (Literally)
The fan and headsinks weren’t too dusty, but there was an incredible amount of dust spread throughout the console, the power supply had stacks of dust in it. The old thermal paste was so dead that it had turned into some kind of evil super-super-glue.
The GPU and CPU were stuck to the heatsinks so damn hard, and there isn’t really any room to wiggle the motherboard to break them free. So pulling the mainboard off actually bent fins on one of the heatsinks. (Which i straightened up afterwards). It literally felt like there was a screw holding the middle of the GPU to the heatsink. Lol
The console runs much cooler/quieter now, even playing Uncharted 3 for 30 mins didn’t cause the fan to reach hair dryer mode. Destiny hardly pushed the fan speed/noise at all.
Could any android users help me out?
Trying to use the play store but it just says “Authentication required. Sign into your google account” but does not give me anywhere to sign in.
Check your main settings menu – there should be an accounts section with Google listed.
Go back to the desktop & open settings, scroll through and find the accounts section and there should be a google option in there, it’ll be a master login for everything google related on the device
No one ever finds $10 any more. I blame the economy.
I dropped $10 without realizing it at woolworths the other day, and found it on the baggage counter before I left. Does that count? Sure felt like a win to me!
I tried to correct for inflation, but failed to find the $10.32 that I needed in order to make the story work.
Do people still use cash to drop it?
Ugh, my girlfriend gives me unbelievable amounts of strife over never having enough cash in my wallet… The most recent moment was yesterday when we went to Ichiban Boshi for lunch (the upstairs one) and had about 3 bucks in my wallet, yet had plenty of money in my account…
Only then did I realise that it’s cash only 🙁
So then I missed out on Ichiban Boshi and had subway instead 🙁
People who don’t take eftpos don’t want money!
Or they are philistines… Or are laundering drugs… One or the other.
Better than using a credit card.
I totally found $10 the other week!
Who on TAY is playing Destiny on PS3? (My fellow last gen peasants) Hehe
Me and faction and mcgarnical are on PS3. I’m not sure if Masha has started playing yet too.
Sweet, i’ll add you guys maybe tonight.
We should all be on TAYNAMES
Destiny!
I was thinking that TAY is actually a good space to try and organise things.
Vault of Glass opens on the 16th; which means possibly tonight, but that might be a bit late to start for most people. So I want to organise at least 1 fire team for Tuesday night. That also gives people some time to do some least minute farming of they are trying to get crucible or vanguard gear.
We probably want an even spread on classes, but post interest here and we’ll see what we have.
Edit: Level requirement is 25.
This is partly why I’m just looking for interest right now and partly why I think having at least 1 extra day is a good idea.
The weekly limit on vanguard/crucible marks is 100 each. And the factions sell chest/arm/leg legendaries at 65 marks a piece. This requires Rank 2 with a faction, so perhaps some grinding is in order. We could run the Strike playlists tonight for rep + vanguard marks to help get people geared.
Edit2: The fastest way to grind rep is to do patrol missions. These will grant either 10 or 25 rep. Currently I haven’t noticed any rhyme or reason for difference in reward value. Advantage of Patrol missions is occasionally group events will start. These grant good XP, and there’s a daily bonus for getting a gold rating.
PvP grants 10 rep & 2 crucible marks for a loss, 25 & 3 for a win. Crucible Marks are required for buying from Dead Orbit, Future War Cult or New Monarchy.
Heroic Strike Playlist can be used to earn Vanguard Marks. This uses a sliding scale, I believe it’s 2 marks for each 2 levels greater than 20 (so level 22 strike grants 2 vanguard marks). Additionally the daily heroic mission and weekly heroic strike grant bonus marks/rep.
Separate thread for PS4 interest.
Hunter, currently lvl 23.
Lightspeed is keen too but we were thinking Wednesday.
Ima try and get some Crucible armour to go up a few levels after the shit fight we had with that heroic strike the other night.
EDIT: Lightspeed is lvl 24 Warlock.
I may aswell put my name down (only level 24)
Titan
I’d love to; level 23 warlock, but need another 1k vanguard rep to buy legendaries. I think I’ll be grinding for a while yet.
Separate thread for XB1 interest.
I’m keen to do this, at the moment am only level 20 but will grind to play!
Edit: I’m a Hunter, Gunslinger Subclass
I’d definitely love to join in for raid on Tuesday and dungeon farming for raid prep. Level 24 Hunter Almost 25 feel free to add me on xbox live if that’s your platform. GT Train Monkey
Interested in xbox one raid/heroics or just anything destiny related GT Train Monkey
What level is it for? Isn’t it like 26 or something?
What is the level requirement?
26
I wish the game made it easier to gather strike groups with friends / clan members. I want to do some strikes (level 14 Titan, still dicking around in the story on Venus and haven’t done the Moon or Venus strikes yet) but I don’t want to play with randoms. 🙁
The fact that clan recruitment and management is handled via the website is a bit weird in and of itself. We’ve got heaps of people in the KAU group, but maybe only 50% of them appear as being in the clan (some are in other clans, that’s fine, but some still appear clanless in game).
It would be nice if there was a kind of clan “chat channel” for organising groups and what not.
Also, Moon strike is stupid hard. Just in terms of the types of adds the fight throws at you.
Venus strikes are relatively easy by comparison.
Yeah, the fact that the clan is utterly irrelevant to your actual gameplay as far as I can see (there doesn’t even seem to be a list of people in your clan that you can see) let alone that there’s no simple “looking for group” system for it is a huge oversight and makes you wonder how they could have not noticed the problem, have they ever played an MMO?
I’ve always found it pretty easy with friends. You hit the triangle in orbit and see your friend list with currently playing Destiny at the top of the list. Inviting to your fireteam sends a PSN request, which is naff, but if they’ve set their fireteam to public join or friends-only join, you can just jump in and join them through that menu, if they’re not full, thanks to being in a strike or something. I’ve been teeing up most of my groupings that way, crashing and being crashed by friends. That’s one of the better parts of the game.
That’s fine for grouping but I don’t feel comfortable just dropping into people’s games if *I* want to run a specific thing. I want to be able to set up something that tells my friends ‘NegativeZero wants to do this strike with you’ or something. Or a way of marking yourself that you want to run it.
Yeah, I think the ‘invite’ thing would be your best bet. I think a lot of us are pretty much game to do whateverk I don’t think anyone would be put out much – or at all – if you indicate that you actually have a preference for doing something you want to do. 🙂
Even if that’s not everyone else, I put my hand up for that. Invite away.
In my experience, the 10 rep missions are the scavenge (triangle symbol) and kill-10-rats (cross-hair/reticle symbol) beacons. Possibly the scout-area and download-data missions (compass symbol and ghost-icon-kinda symbol respectively) give 15? But more likely 10. Which is frustrating when they send you ten minutes drive away through a bunch of enemy-infested buildings to get there. The 25 rep’ers are the mini-boss kill icons. They look like a star-in-a-circle symbol.
Generally if you clear an area’s scavenge and kill missions, you’ll be left with compass/download missions, and after moving to one of those new areas, you’ll find an assassinate mission.
Also, anyone who equips a PVP faction rep-gaining class item (see the vendors, they sell them for glim, no rank required) can have their patrol-mission rep added to that PVP faction.
Morning errbody hows every little thing?
My weekend was good! Friday i had the day off so went into the city with Cathryn so she could pick up her diploma then spent the next few hours being badgered by all the girls at her school, then we got a boost it was delicious and then we went to her dads for the weekend and we had thai green curry for dinner.
Saturday we got up early and went to the 1000 steps, even at 8am the place was packed and it was a struggle to get a park. After the hell that was walking up and down the steps I went and got a slurpee (lemon lime and bitters) we then chilled around the house and i kicked the soccer ball around for a while. Then I came in and started Destiny, told cathryn I was only gonna play for a little bit to try it out and ended up playing for 8 hours, level 10 hunter, having fun with the game, had some awesome dance parties with @greenius and @AlexPants but then turned it off when our friend came over and i was being anti social, also because o wanted a mcflurry delicious mcflurry.
Sunday we slept the entire day not getting up till 1 and when we did get up we walked to the shops to get chips and gravy ate that for lunch i kicked the soccer ball round some more while cathryn watched lilo and stitch on the treadmill then we left to go to her mums for dinner.
A Monday question because of my new found looking into wasteland 2, what game series would you like to see in that genre ala fallout tactics
More of a genre than a game specifically, but would like to see a modern military shooter, something like Rainbow 6 or Full Spectrum Warrior.
Full Spectrum Warrior was a classic i wish they made more of them
I just wish it was still playable. @Longjocks and I wanted to play it in coop but it was a nightmare to get running, the audio was buzzing like crazy even after the audio mods specifically designed to stop the audio buzzing, the saves stopped working and now gamespy is dead there’s no multiplayer at all (pretty sure LAN wasn’t an option even if the other problems were conquered).
I’d just like to see some kind of information about the non-deathmatch portion of the new rainbow six, if indeed there actually is one
Have a look at Door Kickers on Steam, it’s not exactly turn based in the same way as Fallout, but it’s top down like the old school versions;
http://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/
I can definitely second the recommendation for Door Kickers, top little game.
http://youtu.be/KVM2AbHvaxs
That’s a playthrough of a level, or more accurately a replay. It plays somewhat similarly to Frozen Synapse with a pause & order style though works in real time rather than turns. The replay is fast but with planning the missions take a good 10-20 minutes to do cleanly
Based on that article the other day, I’d quite like to see gears of war done as a turn based tactics game
Oh. Other Pokémon progress:
– trained up the first two members of my PAX team, got some pretty good results in the battle maison.
– got ditto safari now. Anyone wants dittos with specific IVs, I can farm to help out.
@beavwa
yup, and my deets are there, not that it will let me see if they are correct.
Maybe remove and re-enter?
Morning TAY. I had a fairly decent weekend. Made a decision that I’m going to do a barista course at TAFE when I’ve saved up enough money. Also found a coffee machine that I want to buy from Kogan. I’ve also worked out that I’ll be looking for a job as a barista once I’ve completed the course.
Also slowly getting through Watch_Dogs. In act 3, and 50% of the way through the game. Really enjoying it and the soundtrack is great. So many bands I like. Is the season pass worth buying?
The only downer on the weekend was that Melbourne Storm lost and are out of the finals. At least the Hawks are playing in the preliminary finals next week. And that’s pretty much all I have to say.
So I fell off my no-fast-food diet wagon this morning and bought a hash brown. The decision was validated when I insta-won a prize in the McD’s Monopoly thingy.
But what is Zinio, and is a 3 month digital subscription a good thing? :\
According to my brief googling, Zinio is a digital magazine subscription thingy. Looks like you have a 3 month subscription to a digital magazine.
Work computers can’t access the Zinio store, so I have no idea about the subject matter of the magazine(s) on offer. Trying to decide whether Mrs Shane would like it or whether I should just give it away here.
Top sellers
Car and Driver
Consumer Reports
Cycle World
Dwell
Esquire
Family Handyman
Fast Company
InStyle
iPhone Life
MacLife
Macworld
Maxim
Maximum PC
Men’s Fitness
Men’s Health
Men’s Journal
Motor Trend
National Geographic Interactive
OK! Magazine
Outdoor Photographer
Outside
PC Magazine
PCWorld
Photography Week
Popular Mechanics
Popular Photography
Popular Science
Shape
Shutterbug
Sound & Vision
Star Magazine
Vol 6, No 5
WIRED
Thanks. There’s nothing in that list Mrs Shane would be interested in, and soft porn notwithstanding, nothing for me either.
There might be other less popular things is you search, but that was the most popular options
I didn’t get in as much Destiny as I would have liked over the weekend. My wife hurt her leg and can’t sit in the computer chair for long periods so I figured I might as well use the PC to play Minecraft instead of having her watch me play Destiny missions she already finished. I’ve been playing on Zetrox2k’s server and still haven’t replaced all the diamonds I lost when I fell into lava last week. I’ve tried to enchant a pickaxe with fortune but I keep generating efficiency/unbreakable. Don’t get me wrong, those are great enchants. But I want to generate mad diamonds yo, and grinding levels past 30 is a pain in the ass.
This morning following a discussion about how terrible pandas are at breeding I was thinking about how it’s been awhile since I’ve watched Fight Club and how I should get on that (since it’s a pretty good movie) then specifically I started thinking about the bits where there were inserted frames of Brad Pitt in the scenes where Edward Norton is having his breakdown etc. prior to the actual “Tyler Durden” introduction, which of course led me to think about how Tyler has a job at a cinema and inserts frames of penises into kids movies.
Specifically I dwelt on the phrase “they don’t know they saw it, but they did” and that prompted me to think about the scene in the 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie where Raphael meets Casey Jones and part of their fight banter is:
“A Jose Canseco bat. Tell me… you didn’t pay money for this.”
Now I’m vaguely aware of Jose Canseco’s existence as a baseball player (partially in part to that line from the movie) and presumably if he had his own range of sporting equipment he was a fairly successful one. The thing I never understood in the context was whether said equipment was nay good. From the age of 9 or 10 or whenever I saw the movie I’ve lived with two possibilities.
1) Jose Canseco baseball bats are extremely good quality and expensive, and Raphael has doubts that Casey Jones, a masked vigilante/thug would spend money on sporting goods with the intent of hitting people with them.
or
2) Jose Canseco bats are extremely poor quality and Raphael is expressing derision that anyone would use them, even in the context of a weapon for the purpose of masked vigilantism (especially since the turles are themselves masked vigilantes with good-quality ninja weapons and Raph is at that time frustrated over his missing sai).
I figure both possibilities are equally likely, so I’ve decided that I am happy living in a world where the explanation remains uncertain. Even if the writer of that line told me directly what they meant, I think my view would be unchanged.
I also played Desert Golfing this morning.
I need to get back on the Minecraft server and finish my XP farm. That could be useful?
I recently started farming since it offers XP and I wanted to stockpile some leather and wool and feathers. I’ve found several spawners (spiders and skeletons) but mining them destroys them doesn’t it? If I wanted to make an XP farm I’d have to make it around the spawner?
Yeah, you build your ‘farm’ in place around the spawners. Easiest way is a drop pit that almost kills them, and a set of lights on a circuit to turn the spawning on and off. Let pit fill, finish by hand.
I like it!
Destiny is consuming me in a very dangerous manner.
Just like my Kirby will consume all who oppose him come October.
#RideTheSwan
The return of the swan.
<3
Good morning pups. I hope everyone is well this lovely sunny day.
My weekend in a nutshell:
– Watched Chef; a decent movie. Kind of like a mashup Ratatouille and the food truck episode of Bob’s Burgers, haha.
– I pre-ordered Zac Gorman’s ‘Invasion of the Candy Snatchers’ comic book. It’s a gorgeous looking graphic novel set in-between Costume Quest 1 and 2! If you liked the game, you should check it out! http://www.fangamer.com/products/costume-quest-invasion-of-the-candy-snatchers
– I had serious grown up discussions about very exciting plans for the future, so that’s keeping me happy.
– Decided I don’t care for Destiny, but Minecraft is pretty neat (I like to get on the bandwagon reaaaal late).
If you are interested there’s a TAY minecraft server hosted by @zetrox2k
Also, we are pups now? I thought we were kittens? So confused!
All we know, Nob, is that you’re fuzzy, some people like it when you lick them and occasionally you poop in inappropriate places.
Pretty much this.
You’re whatever critter I last got to cuddle before leaving for work.
*insert shameless self-promotion here*
The perks of being a wall flower at the party of a generation.
http://yearofthehermit.tumblr.com/post/97517789706/15-september-2014
Hope you guys are well? I didn’t play any Destiny this weekend. I was busy on Saturday and I feared I had fallen behind my usual gaming pals levels on Sunday so didn’t bother. (Which was stupid, cause now I fear I’ve fallen even more behind. *flails arms around*) Been playing Mairo Kart online with a newbie though. It’s stressing me out a little. I don’t want to kick their ass every race but we’re clearly at different levels. Turned down AI though and now he can atleast kick the asses of the other characters. (EXCEPT HE DOESN’T YET. D:) He’s getting better though.
TL;DR
More short posts please.
For you, any thing! :’)
“Feelin’ fine.”
@dc
But I like playing with you! Was totes sad you were not on over the weekend. Tho blaghsy grudgingly kept me company.
I is 21 now but still keen to run around with you.
Maybe it’s time to get back on this horse! 😀
I like playing with you too, Jo. Makings of a beautiful friendship! Maybe! 😛
DIRTY.
I like your writing 🙂 Infamous Second Son is sooooo good.
Thanks for reading and the kind words, Jane. <3
“Pacific north west? More like pacific north best, am I right? *shoots self*” made me snort right as the whole office went very quiet.
You can’t climb the Space Needle? D:
I know, right? I hear that it’s the only way they could get it into the game. That there were all kinds of restrictions the company who runs the Space Needle gave them. What’s the point even being in Seattle then? *shakes fist like a crazy person*
Thanks for reading too, Strange. I never, ever take it for granted and appreciate you willingly spend some time doing it. 🙂
I skim a lot of it because spoilers though. So don’t thank me yet. 😛
I didn’t play much on the weekend either, I’m only lvl 15, maybe we can still team up.
Morning all, How was everyones weekends?
I’m still waiting on Destiny to download (3GB Left!) I think I’m almost through my first playthrough of Wolfenstein: New Order, and eager to see the differences in timeline 🙂
I had planned a super special surprise night for my boyfriend on saturday night to celebrate him getting permanent residency, and then he comes home on friday saying he wants to go out to dinner. Long story short, I consumed a lot of alcohol and food on the weekend. and laser tag too, I’m very sore because of that.
I’ve been progressively watching Season 3 of Legend of Korra over the past week and I finally finished it over the last week. My thoughts below (delicious, spoilery thoughts):
Called it on the “evil” application of Air bending. I figured that if Blood bending was a thing, sucking the air out of someone’s lungs would be shown eventually.I was surprised that they actually killed off characters in a way that was completely known to the whole cast. Season 1 and 2 didn’t really have any deaths per se, excluding the final scene of Season 1, whereas they went the whole hog in taking down the Red Lotus group.
Lava bending seemed stupid until I realised that it made sense for Bolin as he was descended from both Fire and Earth parents. It does make it seem a little silly though as they’ll now have to come up with a brand new type of special bending for Air (aside from Zehir’s flying) to balance everything out.
Overall, I enjoyed it although the shorter seasons as opposed to the original Last Airbender are becoming incredibly formulaic. I was disappointed that the whole spirits living in the real world didn’t really change much on the whole.
TLDR: Quietly optimistic for Season 4 but hopefully they try a few new things that aren’t a bit generic.
I decree that Television page 2 is go.
Best page!
Season 3 was great. Better than the second by a mile. I really enjoy Korra, not as life changing as The original series but it brings a lot to the table and is genuinely fun to watch.
Out of all of Korra, I’m leaning towards season 2 more as my favourite. The story was more in my ballpark as my favourite part of Last Airbender was the finale of Season 1 with the attack on the Northern Water Tribe.
Season 3 was very good although (mild spoiler for those who haven’t finished it)
I’m getting a little sick of Nickelodeon ending seasons on cliffhangers for the world at large. If they had full 24 episode seasons I think it wouldn’t be so bad.For me s2 had 2 episodes that were animated flawlessly and were perfect, then the rest of the story was ridiculous and over the top. Seriously giant blue fighting korra was dumb and so out of line with what the show had been doing.just my opinion though
All of the episodes before those two were done by Studio Pierrot. Those two (and most of the remainder of the season) were handled by Studio Mir. Mir has done all of the rest of the show.
The difference in quality is ridiculous. Nickelodeon has really done as much as they can to screw with Korra, including rushing production and forcing them to use an inferior production studio.
The release schedule for season 3 followed by the switch to online only was nuts. On the plus side, there’s basically no wait for season 4. On the less plus side, that probably means season 4 is the end of Avatar.
Oh I agree. I liked everything up to that last point because it kinda felt more doom and gloom type of fate of the world story. S1 and S3 didn’t really get that for me.I’m also a sucker for Varrick antics so S2 was fine by me.
I read your spoiler because after watching season 1 of Korra I decided I wasn’t really into it because it felt all really humdrum mechanical compared to the excitement of discovery that Avatar possessed, but after reading your post (despite having stuff spoiled for me) I think I might give it another go.
Season 1 was a little bland and it didn’t help that the main villain was very, very generic (also voiced by Steve Blum so it took me out of it a litte). Season 2 was where it changed me back to liking the Avatar world again.
I don’t want to give away too much but there are two episodes of Season 2 that are stand-outs for me and I think you’ll really enjoy them.
Considering that there are really only two good episodes of Season 2, it doesn’t take much to guess which ones you’re talking about. :p
How brutal was the death of that fire bender (the one that can explode things with her mind. I forget her name). I honestly didn’t expect to ever see someones head explode in a Nickelodeon cartoonYeah no kidding. I saw the metal cover her head and my first thought was that is a terrifying way to go.The water bender getting electrocuted was pretty in your face as well which was surprising as you don’t expect Nickolodeon to do that at all.
That was fucking brutal. I was fairly shocked by that.And then her friend was fairly shocked by Mako. #everypageispage6I was kinda gla that mako used lighting bending, I mean its shown in like the second episode of the first season that he could do it on cue so why wouldnt he do it, maybe he didnt want to kill?He’s done it in combat only once or twice. I think it’s pretty much a last measure attack.Which does make sense i guess because you dont know the damage it can do.The fandom was speculating that Bolin would get lava bending for pretty much the whole season. Also, it’s closer to water bending than to fire bending (changing the heat/form of the thing they’re bending is bread and butter to water benders).They also really don’t have to balance out advanced techniques. Water bending started off with ice/steam bending, healing and then got blood bending added to it. Fire bending only has lightning bending. Earth bending has metal bending and now lava bending. Air bending has flight and possibly spirit projection. If anything, fire bending is the one that needs to catch up.As for the actual season, it’s the best one of Korra by a long shot. I really enjoyed it.They do have combustion bending (the sparky sparky boom thing) although that seems to be an ultra-rare genetic thing rather than just training. I do agree that Fire needs something to make it cool again and I’m betting the Zuko has a few new tricks now that he is a super-old badass.The spirit projection just seems to be connected to anyone with a strong tie to the spirit world. It doesn’t seem to be tied to a particular bending. On a side note, I love that they brought Iroh back for a little bit.
True, I hadn’t thought that about lava and water synergy. Makes me wonder if the next season will have some sort of quasi-Avatar person who can also combine elements in various ways.
I forgot combustion bending. That was silly of me.Only Jinora has shown off the spirit projection thing. Everyone else they’ve shown has only been able to meditate to get into the spirit world, they haven’t been able to astral project and see things in spirit form in the real world.They actually introduced the concept back in season 2 of TLA. When Iroh taught Zuko how to protect himself against lightning, he said that he developed it based on water bending techniques. They bring it up again in season 3 when Zuko teaches it to Aang.They hinted that Iroh may have had some sort of spirit ability as he could see spirits even when he was in the real world. Aside from that though, it’s really up in the air about what is possible and there could even be a lion-turtle that teaches spirit bending. Heck, removing someone’s bending was just an extremely advanced application of water/blood bending so anything could happen.Yeah I remember that episode with the lightning redirection. It’ll be interesting to see what else comes up with bending crossovers.
Zhao explicitly said that Iroh had been to the spirit world. Removing bending was using blood bending to make the chi-blocking tricks permanent. It just goes to show how clever you can be when you start working out how this stuff can be applied.I tried to get into it when it first started airing but I couldn’t make it through the first episode, something just seemed really off about it all. Felt very disconnected from the first one (which I really liked).
I guess I should give it another go at some point, since the first series was pretty rough at the outset as well IIRC.
The main thing that the Last Airbender has over Korra is that they have so much more time to develop the story. Korra feels rushed occasionaly but it has trimmed the fat a lot and there is barely any filler, unlike the Last Airbender which had more than a few “nothing happens” episodes.
Favourite shows on TV at the moment?
True Detective! Orange is the New Black! House of Cards! Mad Men! Game of Thrones!
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But the best of them all? The Leftovers. I’m in love. It feels like a more deftly written Lost. (Nothing about the premise is familiar, Lindelof has just learnt some things since then.)
Also, really love Josh Thomas’ Please Like Me. It’s brilliant. Which is a rare thing to say about Australian TV.
Please like me has converted me, its the exact tv show i would want to make. Its clever and so well written and acted. I mean josh and his mate in the house are besties in real life so thats why their chemistry is so good but all the other aussie actors are fantastic. Best show to come out of australia in a long long long time.
It blew my mind that his mother in the show is Pippa from Home & Away’s formative years.
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Not that I used to watch. *cough*
And their friend who is female and super tan played rachael on neighbours and also a girl in the sleepover club, also didnt watch those two shows.
Oh yeah, I love Caitlin Stasey! Though her twitter scares me slightly!
Shes the bees knees i had a crush on her for AGES
I like her accent and the way she speaks her mind. She’s coooool.
A friend of mine went to school with her
I want to like it, I really do.
I just can’t stand Josh Thomas >:(
Everything else about the show is fine, I just can’t watch Josh freaking Thomas without getting unreasonably annoyed >:(
Not your show then, friend. This is all Josh Thomas, all of the time. If it’s any thing solace, he’s supposed to be somewhat abrasive and self-obsessed.
I just hate (in the show) his stupid voice, stupid whispy hair, stupid face, stupid choice of clothing, stupid personality, stupid luck (I’m straight, yet I get this hell handsome boyfriend without trying), and basically everything about him >:(
He is just so unlikeable, which is a shame, cause I actually like the story of the show, and the other actors.
Were you a fan of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation at all?
Nothing but Shaun Micallef ragging on Josh, it was great 😛
True Detective! Sons of Anarchy! I’d also say Mad Men, but I’ve fallen a couple of seasons behind with that show.
Almost all of my favourite shows have endings.
Is TV really still being made?
Some might say we’ve entered a golden age! Would you like me to sing a song about it?
This golden age started in 1999 with The Sopranos.
But… yes. Sing your song.
I would go back to The X-Files!
…
Aaron Spelling pioneered the thing,
Now there’s TV’s praise to sing,
Lots of good stuff on the air,
You best believe I care.
That’s all I’ve got for now. Coming to Broadway in 2015.
Can’t stand that show. Sorry!
Edit: I tried to watch it for the first time recently. Maybe it just didn’t age well.
Don’t have to like it, just the way it was cast and shot that makes it the start of the golden age for me. 😀
I’ve been watching a lot of X-Files lately. So good!
Sons of Anarchy.. That’s like it that’s on TV atm that I watch.
Fast N’ Loud is too, but I don’t watch that for the enthralling in depth story that the show is very strong in, I just watch it for the pretty cars.
True Detective was so good. I reeeeally hope they have ladies in the next series.
So good right, i was talking about it on friday and the whole show just created a feeling of unease, but you couldnt turn away from it. The mix of amazing characters interacting and a great story to push it all forward was just sublime.
I’m ashamed to admit it, but Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23. I’m a little smitten with Dreama Walker! :0
Yay, another Don’t Trust the Bitch fan! 😀
Krysten Ritter is so good!
Such a funny show!
Mad Men fo sho’.
I’m up to episode 11 of Season 1, and I’m in love. I have been tried to combing my hair like Jon Hamm to try and gleam some of his coolness onto my own head.
Now to start the drinking problem!
Nothing! Shameless US doesn’t come back until January! D:
What were your thoughts on the ending of the last episode to air? (S04E12)Spoilers for S04E12 (final)
I can’t really remember much of it to be honest. That was where Frank gets better, right? I thought it was a bit of a cop-out, but ultimately I’m glad because he’s a pretty important character. A horrible person, but I like the character 😛Can’t remember anything else that happens! If you jog my memory I could comment more thoroughly.
Yeah, no, that’s what I was getting at. Total cop-out. I get that he’s central to the show it just felt cheap. And yeah, I love his “antics” but sooner or later he has to get his comeuppance. I mean, eventually we have to stop rooting for Walter White and start rooting for Skyler. 😛Supernatural! The story of two hunky men whose love knows no bounds and their emotional battles with a high….. I mean monsters and demons and slaying action…. *cough*
*ssssssh* you had me at cough!
Now turn your head and
The Strain is the only thing currently (as in new episodes, I’m a big fan of a lot of the shows mentioned) running that I’m digging.
I’m way behind with that. Only seen up to 1×03. D:
I love the Strain. Up to Episode 8. Abraham Setrakian is one of my favourite tv characters at the moment.
He is a very good adaptation of the prof van helsing character, definitely one of the best that try to emulate the Dracula mythos.
Ooh the first book was SO good. I never got around to reading the second, but I’m pretty keen to watch the show sometime.
I ended up really loving Leftovers. The last two episodes were near perfect. (spoilers for those two follow)
At first I was thinking the flashback episode was unneccessary as we already knew most of that stuff already from little flashes and conversations, but actually seeing the context of all the disappearances and realising the connection of them all being unwanted at the very second of the Departure was pretty powerful. The final episode was a good finale as well, in that it rounded up nicely in case there wasn’t going to be a second season, but still left questions. Smart.Loved how the mother screamed Jill. Felt so damn pained. She knew that the Guilty Remnant were as good as over. Loved the whole Nora Durst narration that seemed like a suicide note, only to reveal that it was Lori who was walking to the ocean. Great, great ending.I was just reading up a little on it, and apparently the first season covers the entirety of the book (which I guess is why it finishes nicely) and the second season will be completely uncharted territory. So now I’m scared the second season will suck.
Oh, that’s very, very cool. The co-creator of the show is the author of the book, so I think it will be in safe hands. And I’m happy I won’t have to avoid book spoilers every where now. Worst case scenario? It won’t be as good, atleast we have a near flawless first season. 🙂
Watching Eureka at the moment. I really like that show but last touch with it when I had way too many shows to watch. Mrs Tigs bought the rest of the season the other day so watching it all from the start.
Haven’t really had any show jump out recently as a must watch, schedule is all over so haven’t been watching much on a regular basis
Loved the first few seasons of Eureka. We bought the first season on DVD for my daughter for Christmas last year and she was an instant addict. 😀
Totally hardly watch anything any more. Mainly because the shows we *did* watch all got pushed around the place then went to other channels then they stopped marking the repeats as repeats and we just cbf trying any more 😛
Last Leg is pretty great. And I finally watched the first episode of this season of Dr Who on Saturday.
Also I like Suits, but we’ve fallen behind and need to track down what we were up to.
Cannot stop laughing at Greg Norman even though I shouldn’t be.
He put a picture on instagram of himself taking a chainsaw to some trees on one of his properties with the caption “Never let others do what you can do yourself.” Nice sentiment.
Next day another picture comes up of him in hospital after nearly cutting his arm off with the chainsaw.
he was mad at his arm for only winning one major
(golf jokes no one gets)
Can obviously tell he didn’t attend the 2 day safety course to obtain his chainsaw operators ticket. Pfft.
Morning Taybies, how are we all?
Saturday night i got to try a game of Star citizen co op Vanduul Swarm with @rize, got one game in before they turned off the private servers due to load issues (aaaahhh alpha) and holy Shish kebab was it amazing! Combat is soooo gooood in that game now… Sunday i didn’t get to do any gaming due to helping my sister in law with moving, which suuuucked but oh well… How was your weekend?
@negativezero and any other tech heads…
any suggestions on where to buy a cheap Microsoft Office 2013 professional licence from?
legit, no dodgy dreamspark copy…
Can’t you subscribe to office for $10 a month? Granted, that’s $10 a month on an ongoing basis and you have to use One Drive, but the software will always be up to date and it beats paying hundreds of dollars in a single hit.
PCCG have it for $425. RPP in Australia is $600. Legit retail copy.
I haven’t had to pay for Office in nearly five years (have a complete MSDN license for personal use) so I’m not sure where is a good spot to get it legit any more, haven’t had to do comparative shopping.
If I didn’t get stuff through MSDN I’d probably just go Office 365 personally. I don’t really use anything in the suite for personal stuff except occasionally Excel.
negs can you look at this?
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-Professional-1User-Download/dp/B00B1TGQCA
PC download comes up at $399
PC Key Card comes up at $299… whats the difference?
“PC Key Card” is from a third-party seller and it’s probably a diff region code, like one from India or something.
does it make any difference?
Dunno, maybe?
Can you get access via your work and the Microsoft Home Use Program?
Assuming you work for someone else…
Morning, TAY!
Over the weekend I played a lot of games \o/ Dishonored is still a pretty cool guy. I was basically forced to play it because my Internet got disconnected by a technician somehow /o\ No Minecraft.
Luckily I managed to download the Smash Bros 3DS demo before my internet died. It’s pretty fun! Villager is the best character. I really enjoy the little mini-game of planting a tree, watering it and then chopping it down to fall on top of someone. So rewarding when you get that big hit! Just the idea of fighting by growing a tree in the arena then chopping it down is great. (And of course, I set it up so that the demo shows up when I streetpass people today. Hope to make some people jealous :P)
Also, cooking dinner for my Mum tonight. Must not fail. Must impress. Must show her how to properly cook a damn steak 😛
If you fail she’ll make you move back home! D:
Dragged by the ear the whole way D:
Also, Hyperule Warriors comes out this week!? Hype! …rule. I forgot it was so close!
Oh, also also: I watched Cloud Atlas over the weekend. Pretty cool movie! I really liked how each actor had multiple roles. Some I didn’t even recognise until the end credits!
Then rewatched The Fifth Element because I was in a sci-fi mood and couldn’t watch Doctor Who due to no Internet D:
Loved Cloud Atlas so much. Love those anthology kind of dealies.
I really liked it. Every story was entertaining and it was cool how they connected. A task to keep up with everything going on though!
Pray tell, how does one do this? 😛
*prepares to judge you*
Haha I was going to ask the same thing.
*prepares to offer helpful tips if needed*
If it’s not brown all the way through it’s still raw…
And if it is, then it’s a ruined piece of meat and should get thrown in the bin 😛
Anything that doesn’t require a chainsaw to cut through is an improvement.
Forced to play one of the greatest games of (at least) the last few years? How horrible.
I envy people with real problems.
Last night I watched Chronicle. It’s actually kind of not terrible. Especially when you consider that it’s a found footage superhero movie.
I only ended up watching it because it was written by the guy that did this summary of Death and Return of Superman.
Annoyingly, Chronicle has a lot of elements from a story I tried to write once. So, at least I know that there’s no point working on that ever again. Also it’s confirmation that telekinesis is just a great blank slate superpower to work with.
Dane DeHaan is a great actor!
I really enjoyed it but I feel the ending was extremely rushed, I think they should of taken the Unbreakable approach and not tried to give such a definitive ending.
Unbreakable. <3
I hear that Unbreakable was just act one of a three act script. It’s the only part that Shyamalan liked so he cut the rest.
It’s probably for the best. If there’s one thing the world doesn’tneed it’s an excuse for Shyamalan to make more movies.
I want more Sixth Sense to The Village era Shyamalan movies, though. :'(
A film exec somewhere said that exact same thing right before we got The Happening, despite the fact they’d seen Lady in the Water.
Still waiting on someone to make that rumoured Last Airbender movie though.
yeah this is apparently what happened, and it worked really well, you dont need a 3 act super hero movie for it to work, an origin story can be amazing self contained.
Apparently a sequel is in the works for Chronicle with different writers. I thought it was pretty self-contained. Not sure how the hell they make a sequel to it.
I guess the origin of their powers wasn’t really explained past they went near a space rock, so there is that to work with, someone finds another rock like it and the survivor from the first film has to stop them, or you know completely balls it up and do whatever they want ha
I don’t the powers really needed explanation. The movie was about how the characters developed after they got their powers.
That’s why I don’t like the idea of a sequel. I just don’t see how to continue the story in a thematically similar way without retreading the same ground.
Oh yeah I agree, I’m just suggesting where they could go with a sequel.
Any one watching season five of Boardwalk Empire? Really feels like a reboot. Perfect time to jump on board if you’re not keen to watch the first four seasons.
The season 3 finale was a perfect end point to the show for me. I tried watching some of season 4 but it never really clicked the same way for me.
I liked how the show reinvented itself in season four, but can see why you opted out after that finale!
You said the same about season 2 😛
I may have meant season 2. I get confused.
It all tends to blur together. XD Couldn’t pin point exact events to exact seasons. :S
Shame it’s the final season. But it’s set in the great depression so it should be interesting.
Best thing about this season so far is Patricia Arcquette with such a prominent role. I love her. 😀
Morning TAY.
So Saturday I caved and bought a Destiny PS4 bundle, really enjoying it so far just got to level 8 on a hunter last night. I’m very impressed with the skies and visuals in general, however I need to get used to playing shooters on a controller : /
Former PC master race, now I’m a filthy console peasant with no friends on PSN 🙁 plz send hugs.
I too am a master race fps guy but am enjoying Destiny a lot, except for breaking my controller’s trigger the other day. Piat420 if you want to add me, also check out the Kotaku AU clan for Destiny, lots of activity there.
You can add me, I s’pose… 🙂
PSN = liondrive
I’m a level 15 Hunter, though I’m starting my subclass, so don’t have any abilities at the moment (it’s making everything super hard).
Oh god, I felt the same way. No grenade? NO DOUBLE-JUMP?!
On the plus side, any alts you create will be able to choose your preferred subclass right off the bat. Unlocking Defender on my Titan meant that when I had a level 2 Hunter, I was levelling him as Bladedancer straight away.
We send no hugs to race traitors, only derision
I deserve this.
One thing that really annoyed me about Alan wake was that the DLC levels were absolutely amazing and took the game to an interesting level. It’s a disappointment that more of the game wasn’t like the DLC
I loved Alan Wake but thought the DLC was a little hit and miss. Didn’t mind American Nightmare but it had the same problem as the DLC, felt like more stalling instead of moving plot forward. Great games though.
Oh the plot was terrible, but the gameplay… I loved picking words to bring into reality.
I only just learned that apparently TPG is doing a fibre rollout of their own.
There goes my hopes of them just disappearing from Australia.
And everyone will keep saying how amazing they are.
Sweet, I’ll be able to constantly drop out at lightning speeds!
As soon as they purchased Pipe Networks they weren’t going anywhere for a long long time.
Wasteland 2 this week! *flails arms around* I suspect this game will get me all the way through to Alien: Isolation.
I’m hoping for it to get me through until Dragon Age: Inquisition, personally.
I will be all RPG overloaded, and that’s okay with me.
Weekend wound up pretty packed, which I wasn’t expecting. Saturday had everyone all frothing at the mouth over the Smash demo, my friend invited me round to his place so we could play it together. Ended up doing that for maybe three hours or so, it was pretty good. The default controls they’ve given it are retarded though, will definitely be changing those in the full release.
His girlfriend’s dad bought him a pair of tickets to this Sci-Fi Classics concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, just out of the blue because he thought it’d be something he’d enjoy. His girlfriend ended up sick though and made him take me instead. It was really good, the conductor was entertaining as always and live music is always good. Really enjoyed Blue Danube, Thunderbirds, Batman (Keaton one), and it was great to hear Star Wars done live. Fearing I’m getting too well practised at being a stand-in boyfriend/girlfriend though 😛
Talking with friends after getting home, one of them was talking about some metal bands that he saw that night. For some reason it occurred to me that he might know of this band I saw in Brisbane back in 09 who I hadn’t been able to find trace of since. So I told him what I could remember of it – where and when I saw them, that they were called something like Voltare or Voltaire and that they were a three-piece band from Melbourne with a bald guy on guitar and a girl on vocals who was pretty amazing, she sung really well as it was but then would jump into (some really good) growling and back again like it was nothing, and in general was just a really good performer. I’d done a couple of searches on them from time to time but had never really been able to come up with anything. In all of a minute or two, another friend jumped in with a facebook link to the band’s page (actually called Voltera. FIVE FREAKIN YEARS LATER AND SHE MANAGES TO JUST JUMP OUT OF NOWHERE WITH THAT. A little later, the guy I’d directed the question at realised he’d actually seen them before, and enjoyed their show. I made a comment saying I’d happily see them again, then he pastes this thing they’d put up just last month saying that this is their final year as a music group, and they’re going to become some kind of charity/humanitarian organisation or something instead. I always seem to have the best timing with these things 😛
I hadn’t been able to find much about the other band I saw that night either – The Kidney Thieves. It was hard to find stuff on them because there was another bigger band called just Kidneythieves, though even excluding that specific term I’d never been able to find much. So I figured hey why not see if she can find anything on them? Same. God. Damn. Thing. All of two minutes and she’s telling me that they’re still around but now known as Osaka Punch. Cannot believe it, I kept my searches simple and yet ended up with mostly irrelevant results really quickly, but somehow she throws in one or two extra terms and ends up with an answer right at the top. Totally out-googled. But hey, at least my five-year mysteries have been laid to rest.
Sunday, I heard a friend mention he found some cheap games at Big W. So went on one of my shopping treks, searching through five differnt stores around me. Of course, I get a call from Wingman right as I’m about to leave, trying to get me to come hang with them down in Campbelltown. Campbelltown? Who the hell goes to Campbelltown? I want my shop time though, so just tell her I’ll call up when I’m done 😛
Kinda went longer than I expected. Ended up with a whole bunch of curiosity pickups for $10 each – RE Revelations for Wii U (already played the hell out of the 3DS version, but I kinda want to see how this one turned out), Splinter Cell Blacklist since a friend keeps saying that it’s really good, Anarchy Reigns because Platinum, and Star Wars Kinect because OMG STAR WARS DANCING AND IT’S CHEAP! Then I also found a store with Rhythm Heaven Wii and Zack and Wiki, and felt that even though I already have both they were too good to leave behind 😛 Figure one of my friends will be interested, if not then they’ll make good prize fodder for our next meetup.
Called up to see what my friends were up to, turns out they’d just put Wollongong Guy on a bus and were pretty much done for the day. I was in Liverpool now, so kinda close by, figured we could still meet up and do something. But god damn did it take forever to sort something out. And then to actually meet up. I was ready to leave the shops at 4, but we didn’t end up meeting up til 6. Apparently there was a cheap cinema nearby and I was keen to check out TMNT, but they weren’t so much. And then it turned out the place was booked out anyway, but they were even less willing to go to Event. We ended up just having dinner there, then went to San Churros for dessert which was HUGE MISTAKE. Fondue for two, shared between three, and it was still way too much. So badly ready to explode afterwards. Was good though, churros are the best.
Then I ended up giving Wingman a lift back to her place while her boyfriend went in his car. So of course it turned into a race 😛 His car easily outperforms mine, and he was being a cheeky bugger the whole way. But in the end that was his downfall, he ended up getting to a set of lights first while my hanging back let me go through them at full speed, going straight past him and leaving him with no further opportunities to get ahead. Totally won 😎
I like to think I’m too mature to succumb to the idea of “racing” especially when I’m in a dinky 4-valve compact car and I’ve got wankers around me in sports cars breaking the speed limit to make a big show of how they can get around me if they want (in fairness the stretch of the Hume highway I live near SHOULD be an 80 zone and 70 is a pain to stick to so the cops love setting up speed traps there).
BUT I loved it last night when some douchebag in some sports car zips past me taking the curve at 90 when I’m deliberately sitting around 65-68, slams on the brakes when he sees the speed trap warning signs (hopefully too late), speeds up again after the trap zone just to get to a red light at the Meccano set, then still hasn’t taken his foot off the brake when I’m cruising through the now-green light.
That’s why I love my Ute. I’m generally what my wife calls a Grandpa driver but sometimes I like showing the tools in their tarted up little hatches just what difference a big powerful stock motor makes over a stressed and overworked little engine.
4/10 no woman were woo’ed in this story.
Glad you had a nice weekend buddy. 🙂
Well, one of the double-bass players in the orchestra was pretty cute…
****POPCORN FLIES AT ROCKETS FACE
Or it happens so regularly these days it’s just not worth mentioning anymore.
It is ALWAYS worth mentioning.
I have a reputation to uphold!
What did you think of RE: Revelations? I picked it up in the weekend Steam sale and I hope to enjoy it as I’m a pretty big RE fan. I’m also starting to get on the hype wagon for Revelations 2 however hearing the words Capcom and episodic content don’t fill me with confidence.
Huge fan. One of the best games on 3DS, top production values. And really felt like it was built for handheld, especially with the whole episodic format. It used the Circle Pad Pro really well too. Loads of content, actually it’s my most-played game on 3DS. Spent maybe 150 hours on it according to the game clock I think, with 60 of those on the campaign (still yet to do a run through on Hard mode) and the rest on Raid mode even though I never took it online at all.
I’m totally pissed that they’re not bringing Revelations 2 to either Nintendo platform. But then if they’re delivering it episodically then I probably wouldn’t want it anyway. At least not until the whole lot was bundled as a retail release.
Oh wow that is quite a bit. I hope it’s as good on PC although it can’t be any worse than RE 5 with GFWL *shudder*.
I’m going to remain cautious and probably wait and buy the bundle. Still excited for more Claire Redfield though. And Barry Burton’s daughter should be pretty cool (I hope she ends up with her dad’s magnum :P).
Have you played Mercenaries? That’s another 3DS favourite for me. Especially getting to play as Barry.
He has a melee attack called the Burton Boot!
I’ve only played the Mercenaries mode from 4 and 5. I loved playing as HUNK although my hopes of his story getting expanded on are slim to none.
~30 something thousand books, DVDs, CDs & stuff to pack up into boxes & stuff.
this week is gonna be shitty.
hows things with you lot?
THink of all the remembering you can do. I would come help you if i could. Have fun buddy and hugs to you.
Also to @cakesmith who is moving.
Started a Hardcore character on Diablo 3 last night and got to level 15. Decided on the Monk mainly because it was the only character I hadn’t started yet. Seemed like a decent choice for a hardcore run. He heals faster than he gets damaged and has some nice AoE attacks but struggles to hand out much damage to the bigger guys one on one making it a grind. The hardcore option really does add a tense feel to everythin making every elite mob a worry even though I’ve never really died to one before. I will panic when a Nemesis decides to visit. Everyone do me a favour and don’t die for a while okay?
I’m tempted to start one but then I remember my level 60 character with 10ish paragon levels on PC that died and just cry.
I just know he’s going to cark it in the high 60’s.
When I found out about the Nemesis I immediately began feeling bad about all the Nemeses I’ll be sending everyone’s way when I get the game, so I hope everyone’s already done with it before I start playing, too. 😛
Usually they’re a tonne of fun and a good challenge (except @ynefel’s one that took 3/4 of the multilayer party out in one shot) but I’m kind of terrified of them if I’m not allowed to die.
*waves*
I’m actually kinda looking forward to seeing more of those. I’ve only encountered one on my own and was able to kill it pretty easily and got mad lewts from it, so hopefully the others will be OK!
Hardcore can be pretty fun as long as you play it safe and don’t Leeroy Jenkins every single mob. 😛
Dem’nion became Leeroy Jenkins in a session 😛
“IT WAS ONE TIME GUYS!” 😛
I didn’t realise Outlander was pretty much just a romance with a touch of history and fantasy thrown in to dress it up until it was too late. I’ve kind of grown to like the show, in spite of myself. I blame the theme song for hooking me. I’ll always turn the volume up for the intro theme and won’t let Mr. Strange skip it. 😛
I feel the same way about GLEE!
I didnt really want to watch it but then i eventually caved and watched a few episodes with the missus and in spite of my hipster-esque like of pretty much just electro pop music and well written scfi or anime i really like it. The show makes fun of itself and i can sing along every 5-10 minutes.
What kind of monster skips opening credits! They set the tone! They’re sometimes the best part of the episode! They stay with you years after the show! REMEMBER THIS, CAUSE I DO?
Still planning on watching this. I’ve decided I’m at the age where I don’t give a damn if any one finds me less manly for watching romance stuff. XD
I always just sit and listen to the Uncharted menu music for a while before I start playing. So good 🙂
Haha! Me too! It’s always the worst when a game will go to a teaser trailer or something after a little inactivity. I’m here, I’m just listening to music damn it. 😀
Video game soundtracks I really have a love for. One that I’m listening to a lot is the One Finger Death Punch soundtrack, epic kung fu music! xD
I’ve been at the age where I don’t give a damn if anyone finds me less manly for anything for a while, now. 😀
Oblig “Strange is a girl?” reference.
Also, watching things with Mr. Strange kind of sucks sometimes because he’ll often skip opening credits that have awesome songs, and he’ll almost always ruin the end of movies or thought provoking shows by talking or making a stupid “joke” the very second it’s finished.
Edited because grammar typo. Don’t want the Grammar Nazis to get me! 😛
Listened to an interview with DIana Galbaldon a while back.
Apparently the Outlander fanbase is a split between soccer mums and soldiers.
Hmm, I wonder between Mr. Strange and I who is who? 😛
Ronald D. Moore/Bear McCreary fan! 😀
Like an Australian woman in 1894, I don’t seem to be allowed to vote.
I blame Tony Abbott.
Ex-con?
What?
Get back on your boat, alien man.
I would downvote this BUT I CAAAAAN’T.
just let it go man, he just wants to get a rize out of you. Just like your ex-wife.
There you are @rize, I downvoted for you.
Sorry @beeawwb.
(y)
So then I’d upvote this, buuuut… 😛
Pfft, even he knows aliens don’t exist, it’s just more of that anti-christian techno-babble crap. 😛
You know what’s a great palindrome?
Rise to vote, sir.
@rize to vote? Sorry.
Hola Tayberinos
Had a busy weekend. Friday we Fiascoed (will repost the writeup as a reply to this) which was good fun. Giving @beeawwb and myself a character connection through the object “new tits” gave him licence to be a scary, scary ambitious lady. Would be keen to run another fiasco later this week if anyone is interested.
Saturday went and gave blood, then in the afternoon went to a Steampunk thing at the railway museum (my costume: http://instagram.com/p/s46zX4Cb0H/?modal=true). I dunno, I’ve been going to these things on and off for five years now, and I find sometimes they just seem to be “we’re in costume lets take pictures” which can be a little dull. still, got to go look at all the old trains.
Last night, pub. Also lots of writing selection criteria and Destiny over the weekend.
A monday morning question: FIasco uses playsets, which have Relationships, Objects, Needs and Locations related to a setting. What would you put in a TAY playset? The Oar of thorns? Popcorn? The location being “where I found $10?”
THE CHANNEL SIX FIASCO
Characters:
@trjn as Jeff Herbert, local news anchor and serial sex addict trying to end his career in peace
@beeawwb as Becky Hardcastle, ruthless and ambitious reporter for channel eleven, previously fired thanks to Jeff
Myself as Horace Bergman, Journalism professor at a local university. My best days behind me, I’m having a torrid affair with Becky and paid for her breast implants. I’m also considering Jeff for a Peabody award which I’m on the committee for
and my mate Dan as Redmond Herring, Herbert’s protege and junior anchor who’s trying to take Herbert’s job…and his wife
Highlights:
Herbert convincing Rupert Murdoch to have Becky reposted to AlaskaBecky confronting Herbert about their fabricated lovechild…and being introduced to Jeff’s sex swing
Bergman confronting herbert in the make up chair only to be rebuffed, then trying again live on air to much better results, only to be screamed at in the parking lot by Becky
Redmond sweet talking Herbert’s wife Mitzi into leaving herbert for him and convincing Becky to back him for the anchor chair
Key plot points:
Becky’s new jacked up “plot points”Mitzi’s charity for overprivileged children in New York
The remarkable Ham sandwiches they serve near city hall
The Peabody awards and their use as a missile weapon
The football team’s Rohypnol party
and the result?
Herbert posted to Alaska community radio, slightly brain damaged and syphiliticBecky a rising star on the talk show circuit
Redmond got Herbert’s girl and his job
and Bergman? well, he stuck to his guns on integrity and had the schaudenfreude of watching Herbert’s downfall. He also kicked Becky out, but his wife Maude has questions, as do the tenure board at the university…
Karaoke with Charisma checks.
The Oar of Thorns would be like seeking the Holy Grail.
Popcorn is a replacement word for “Rations” whenever @mrtaco is in the party.
Bunny and Freya would be the adventuring couple that search long lost temples for artifacts called “Board games”.
I dunno, after Friday, letting Bun be a slimy sex addict is definitely worth it for the laughs.
An evening of people repeatedly saying “no, I don’t want to have sex with you”… ah, it’s high school all over again.
Location: Page 6.
I’d be keen for another round of Fiasco, for sure. Just got to keep in mind work nights, so may need to start a little earlier. Possibly.
Had heaps of fun though. It was really good for me to get my head around a new character on the fly and having to “be” her for a few hours. I can see regular games as being very helpful practice for other, more long term, RP sessions (e.g. Pathfinder).
I’ll probably have to sit the next one out, if only to make room for other people.
Working out who the character is -on the fly – is definitely the hardest part. Once you get rolling, well, it’s just rad.
Yeah, goes without saying (but saying it anyway) that people who haven’t yet had a turn get absolute priority. 🙂
A couple of nights ago someone retweeted a Herald Sun Halfwits tweet saying to arrest. Everyone leaving Australia for Syria or Iraq.
This morning Abbott announced he was doing just that. Parody is becoming prophecy.
Where else would he get his ideas?
Does that mean he’s arresting the soldiers being sent to fight ISIS? Seems awfully silly to arrest your own soldiers.
Its a secret strat. The enemy will never see it coming
Super secret squirrel strat.
Wha… that’s legal?
I’m sitting around doing nothing because
I’m waiting on an emailMonday. \o/So Freya has a work thingy down in Melbourne this weekend. We’re driving down on Friday and I have to find a way to occupy myself during the day on Saturday and Sunday.
BOARD GAMES?
I was just given some “Telephone Hygiene Wipes”. Why do these exist? If your phone is that dirty, I think it’s time to get a new phone.
Points you in the direction of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy…
From Wikipedia: The Golgafrinchan telephone sanitizer is in the novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. By tragic coincidence, after all the telephone sanitizers were sent away with the rest of the “useless” Golgafrinchans, the rest of the society died off from an infectious disease contracted from an “unexpectedly dirty” telephone.Ark B 4eva, man.
I’ve never read Hitchhikers Guide so that was quite informative. Thanks Quizmaster Stan.
Downvoted because of this, frankly, SHOCKING turn of events. And also because you’re not going out and getting a copy to read right now. You’re still here, aren’t you. STOP READING MY COMMENT. That’s time you could be reading Hitchhiker’s!
I always got told you shouldn’t pick up hitchhikers.
Unless they are Swedish women in their 20’s
Don’t Panic
*lurks in the heater vent breathing heavily and peering at everyone*
Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!
Muuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm!
Peering is better than leering, I guess.
I originally read @ynefel ‘s comment as “Peeing”.
Peeing is not better than leering.
Ooh, it’s a bit chilly today. Someone crank the heat!
What else do you think he’s doing in there?
There’s nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman!
You can come out when you’ve finished your fish heads.
*turns on laptop*
“Hmm, haven’t allowed Windows to update in a while…”
*runs updates*
…
*computer reboots*
*computer bluescreens*
*computer attempts to reboot*
*computer won’t start windows*
…
“Welp, that’s why I resisted updates for a while. I should know better by now…”
*force reboot*
*computer won’t start windows*
“Well, crap.”
Turn it off and of…. Oh wait.
What was the error on the bluescreen? Or indeed when trying to start windows?
Windows 8.1, bluescreen was dominated by a smiley face, and rebooting gets as far as a blinking cursor on a black screen. No Windows at all. Trying to find a recovery disk to put on USB to attempt a recovery… MS used to host them somewhere for free download… f’d if I can find ’em now, tho…
windows 8 is a very different beast. In one of the windows you get in the blue troubleshooting screen, there should be a refresh windows option. that wont trash your files, but will likely get you back in to windows. If it fails to refresh, then you’ll need a disk
Yep, that was the plan. I do love how much troubleshooting information is given to the user nowadays… said no IT guy, ever.
Aaaand, every official method I can find says I need windows to be able to make a recovery disk, or to download an ISO. As the only computer I have access to atm is an RHEL box, that is very helpful. This is getting ridiculous… maybe I can download it through their IE testing VMs…
I miss F8…
Troll sakurai strikes again, this time in the form of the fact that not even the masterball in smash 4 is safe from goldeen, possibly from watching twitch plays pokemon. Man, will we be safe from more trolling, oh wait no
Indeed.
Luuuuunchtime!
*puts sausage casserole leftovers in the microwave*
I’ve been waiting all day for permission. Thank you, Jane. Thank you. :’)
Im getting a sausage roll and going to watch community with the lady friend with the aircon on. I wish i didnt have to go back to work after.
Is… is this sausage page 3. (No innuendo allowed, @liondrive.)
I’m having pork…
No. Innuendo. Allowed.
I’m going to have a foot long hot dog. Any less doesn’t fill you enough and leaves you unsatisfied.
*scans for innuendo* You’re clear. Thanks for being one of the good ones, Freezey.
Pork. The one you love.
I am lacking in the sausage department.
*puts hands up*
I give up.
What’s your beef?
BANGERS!
(I’m not liondrive.)I have sausage rolls too! Think I may have to have some now you’ve mentioned it!
Lies! D:
Lunch! 😀
Page 3 repost.
I’m going to be in Melbourne this weekend with nothing to do. Freya is doing a work training thing on Saturday and Sunday. Board games should happen. Just need someone to volunteer a place for board gaming to happen.
I can bring pretty much anything in my collection that people want to play too.
EDIT: Worth mentioning that Saturday is better than Sunday because we’re going to have to head straight home as soon as her course finishes. You know, 10 hour drive and all that.
@greenius can host. He’ll be in Perth, so won’t mind you traipsing around his place.
Perfect. Front door key is under the pot plant, I assume?
A brick through the window will suffice.
No need to leave any evidence.
D: !!!!
@beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @f4ction @greenius @jordi @pixel_the_ferret_viking @scree @smurfydog @tech_knight @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k
I’ll be on recall this week so I won’t be able to make it, sorry all
So Melbourne peeps, I can host in North Melbourne, about a block from the North Melb train station.
I may possibly be able to attend this \o/
Even though you know this, others may not 😛 I could host but I’m 40 minutes from the CBD. SO WOO. I could host in North Melbourne but it would involve me borrowing someone else’s house while they’re on holidays 😉
Same issue here, we’re 45 away, and I’d have to check tonight if there’s anything on.
Depending on where I am this weekend im between 30 to 45 minutes away from the city on the eastern side, if there are no plans already premade for me I should be able to drive to someones so long as its not crazily outta the way
@f4ction I’m basically exactly this.
Me three!
Also Saturday is Hyrule Warriors day. Maybe Sunday? @trjn
The Dota subreddit had a survey about matchmaking rating. There was a question at the end if you think you should have the rating that you have.
Like everyone else, I said that I should have higher rating than I do.
You see, I have an MMR of 2936. That’s somewhere in the average range (I think it’s meant to be 2500-3000 is average). Considering I started with a rating in the 2600 range, that’s a pretty okay improvement.
Here’s the rub though. Your MMR only really ever goes up (or down) 25 points at a time. I’ve played on 29 ranked games with a winrate of 72%.
I don’t think that I’m that good but a winrate of 72% is just silly. Once I play more ranked games, I’m sure it will settle down.
The weird bit is that I play significantly better in solo ranked games than in random team games with TAYbies. I think there’s just some switch where I decide to take the game seriously that fails to turn on if CJ is in the game. It’s the only explanation for the difference in my performances.
Isn’t it pretty much how it goes for new ranked players, you start lowish and work your way up? It would make sense with the 72% win rate as you know what you’re doing (Based on what I hear anyway)
Low tier supporting is pretty simple: ward, stack, gank. It’s easy to make it seem like you know what you’re doing when there isn’t much to do.
I was going to say that I tend to fill in whatever gaps the team needs but my four most played heroes are all supports and nearly 10% of all my games are on Ancient Apparition (if you exclude Ability Draft and All Random Death Match, it’s probably more than 10%).
So far my LoL ranked style of play is pretty much the same as yours but with a large champion pool to compensate for all roles. I don’t ever call my lane until it’s my turn to actually pick in the order, and I can competently do every role now even jungling (My early game still needs work but I’ve gotten fairly better in jungle ganks). It’s been serving me well so far, I’m in Silver II and I’m at 1/2 wins needed out of 3 games to get to Silver I. In low elos however, Leona support is just too strong, good thing I can play as her very well 🙂
I can play quite a few heroes pretty well. It’s just that I pick based on my team composition:
We have a lot of early push/team fight? Shadow Shaman or Witch Doctor.
They have great initiate? Disruptor.
I have no idea what either team is trying to do? Fuck it, AA.
two whole pages of TAY to catch up on? AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FO’ THAT
*goes off to do canadian things such as freeze to death*
I assume you spend all day in Tim Horton’s swooning over the nearest mountie while reminiscing about Due South.
Shit. I actually do miss Due South.
I used to absolutely love that show as a kid. I have no idea why.
Diefenbaker!
Yes that is definitely a word of some description!
Wolf dog character!
I have no memory of this!
Isn’t it going from -15 to 28 overnight over there at the moment?
I’ve genuinely no clue. I believe it’s just been one part of Canada but spontaneously got hit with september snow, but fall/winter is normally just a roll of the dice.
Hi people. I bought a PS4. Friend me for Destiny and stuff.
‘shyaru’ be me!
Added you just now – atomiclemon
Wait, are you leaving me all alone on PS3?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE UNSTOPPABLE DANCE PARTY?
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11111/111114723/3849160-4369185785-original
Unstoppable was perhaps a hopeful stretch.
Add me as I wont be able to get to the PS4 till the weekend
ColdCamV
Added – omega_stealth
I just got swooped (twice) by a Mynah bird. It made a clicky/rattle noise at it flew past my head.
WHY? WHY YOU STUPID LITTLE PEST? DO YOU WISH TO REMIND ME OF LAST YEAR WHEN I STARTED FLINCHING AT THE SOUND OF BIRDS BECAUSE THERE WERE 3 AGGRO MAGGIES ON MY WALK TO WORK? GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH, EAT A DICK YOU AIRBORNE RODENT!
And that more or less sums up my day thus far. How are you all on this lovely spring day?
*grabs popcorn*
Not that sort of bird.
*throws popcorn on ground, storms out and abuses box office person for refund.*
*goes to lawyer office to sue on grounds of misinterpretation*
Shit, there’s always that one small animal that infuriates you to no end. I can confidently call a certain squirrel in my nearby park my goddamn nemesis, the way it chitters and THE FUCKSTICKS DID YOU THROW AN APPLE AT ME I WILL GODDAMN END YOU I WILL VIOLATE EVERY GODDAMN ARTICLE IN THE GENEVA CONVENTION SO YOU WILL DIE THE WORST DEATH
Fucking Plovers are my mortal enemies. They even sound angry. They used to nest on the roof of the factory I worked in years ago and we spent our lunch breaks being abused and taunted by them.
I have bunch of kookaburras nearby that routinely sit on my fence and laugh at me. 🙁
AT LEAST ALL THEY DO IS LAUGH. THIS THING WAS AFTER MY BLOOD!
“Hey, I’d never thought of that before. Let’s get him next time, fellas!”
I was swooped by one of them last summer and the blighter actually drew blood. Those things are vicious.
Cool story, but we can improve it quite easily without any falsehood involved:
“I just got attacked (twice) by a Dinosaur. It made a clicky/rattle noise as it went for my head.”
So, I went to OzComicCon yesterday and managed to rack up 29 streetpasses in one day… Now what do I do with them? 😛
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/ozcomiccon#2r6lumf
Which one is you?
Oh man, I’ve sullied TAY with a link to BuzzFeed. I miss @sughly.
That “article” hurt my brain…
That’s their tag line!
Trying not to burst out laughing.
Thinking I should organise another Freeze meat but got it into my head no one would want to come unless I wait another month or two.
Negative. You are a meat popsicle.
I’m no good for meats atm :\ Too poor again. Some day.. some day..!!!
Why not have a meat now and one in a month or two. Just to be safe.
Oktoberfest is only *trails off* sleeps away!
That’s what I was thinking.
Here’s hoping I can learn all the words to 99 Luftballons by then!
I got this.
Hot outside aside from me, singing and shine and late for this, von 99 said luft balloons; you would sing well who’da thunk. Then, super lies with curdle links, singing and shine and late for this. Von 99 said luft baloons, dust for us from who was c***.
That’s close enough, right?
Heiß draußen abgesehen von mir, Gesang und glänzen und zu spät für diese, von neunundneunzig die roten Luftballons; Sie würde gut singen wer hätte das gedacht. Dann, super liegt mit gerinnen Links, Gesang und Glanz und spät für diese. Von neunundneunzig Luftballons, sagte Rot, Staub für uns aus, die war fotze.
What kind of English is that? Go back to Commieland with your Commanian language. If you want to sing here learn English, is it so hard?
Fotze. Fotze bear? Wokka wokka wokka! 😛I didn’t think google would translate it but totally did.@freezespreston – Google Translate knows what it’s being used for and caters accordingly.
Worst.lyrics.ever!
Oh man only a month and a half til PAX!
It can’t come fast enough
North. It’s a thing.
Is not.
Your face is not! Take that, Gooky!
That’s why I try to tell them but they keep telling me otherwise ;_;
PAX North is a filthy lie. 🙁
Or is it your prejudice against it that’s the filthy truth?
It never happened despite his protestations to the contrary.
It happened. You guys saw a movie. You hated it. You won’t shut up about it. It left an impression.
You’re welcome.
*cries*
EXCITE
fuck i havent booked time off work or flights.
TO WEBJET!!!
I can’t book my flight til at least the 31st but I haven’t booked my accommodation yet either >_>
I tried approaching the other guys about it but the only response I got was one person who already booked theirs pointing out how he had already sorted himself out. Even though the comment wasn’t directed at him at all.
I’m already sorted out.
Ahhh! And I still haven’t washed my costume because I’ve been too scared!
Maybe I just shouldn’t 😛
The sooner you wash it the more time you have to fix it if something goes wrong!
Afternoon all, hope you’re all travelling swell like.
This time last week I was aboard a train of hype, laden with NOS and jet engines for Destiny. Now the train is chugging along steadily with a small coal supply, is this how I’m supposed to feel a week after a 10 year game?
Hey, it’s that guy from the blog! I’ve refreshed every ten minutes since you posted it and can’t find any updates. What you been doing? EXERCISING?
It looks like my plans to do a barista course will have to be shelved for a little while. I just got my power bill, so I’ll have to pay that first. 🙁
The path to Baristahood ain’t an easy one! If it was easy, we’d all be baristas! I believe in you, friend!
I finished my lunch but I’m still hungry. But I have (non-freezer :P) donuts I might heat up and I might also make up some custard in the microwave with custard powder. Dessert is a lunch thing, right?
Yes, it’s got the DC foundation stamp of approval!
My lawyers tell me I have to tell you I’m not affiliated with the heart foundation.
You should be…my diet is approved by you and I’ve outlived almost everyone in TAY already! 😛
Pretty sure you’ve outlived virtually everything in the universe by this point!
(I almost missed this one. Never could have forgiven myself if I’d squandered an opportunity to remind you of how pitifully quick the degradation of energy in the universe is compared to your near infinite lifespan.)
[I sometimes worry that this joke might be getting stale, but then I remember that your memory’s grown feeble by this point, so you hopefully can’t remember anytime I’ve made these “jokes” before.]
Wendy’s here have started serving fresh hot cinnamon donuts topped with soft serve and chocolate sauce…
THE CLOGGER™
Sweet mother of god
Can’t remember which franchise, but one of the doughnut places is selling “Bronuts”…
I walked past one yesterday and saw that out of the corner of my eye. Doesn’t at all sound tasty!
Frozen bronuts!
NO INNUENDO.
So, a bro in winter who incorrectly thought shorts would be fine?
That’d be Donut King.
…suddenly just got hungry again.
I love my new routine of my daughter bringing her brother home from school, while I take him to school(it used to be the other way around). It’s the exact time I used to have to leave right now but instead of walking up to the school, I’m sitting down eating donuts and custard. 😀
TAY RPG 40K Rogue Trader tomorrow night at 8pm AEST.
@freezespreston @rize @tech_knight @pupp3tmast3r @sernobulus @f4ction
Battered and bruised, you have recovered the energy source from the crashed Ork ship and you can head back to Hive Nadir.
Sorry I can’t hear you, I’m currently passed out from all the heavy fire damage I took 😛
Oh yeeeaaah…
HAHAHAHAHA!
Oh well, if this keeps up I’ll just roll another character… maybe a Mekboy! >:D
Weirdboy or bust!
*pop*
I would want to be an ork for a bit longer than that! 😛
A weirdboy approaches you and wishes to join your group.
Techie: Oi! … *head explodes*
Fate Points!
I didn’t need this flesh anyway, I’ll replace it next chance I get as it’s now cooked very well done. 🙂
Can we eat it?
What are you, a Tyranid?
@tech_knight I wanted to but @popdart5 wouldn’t let me because he didn’t know how to handle the awesome of the sitcom style shenanigans of human and tyranid roomies.
If by sitcom style shenanigans, more like “How long will it take for Freeze to flip out and eat everyone?”
I could have made you a Genestealer hybrid but that’s tricky enough as it is. Considering that there are no rules for playing as Tyranids whatsoever, I was more being lazy and disallowing it because it wouldn’t have fit in with what everyone else was doing.
So I just bought wild boar, goat and a crocodile leg from an amazing new butcher specialising in game. 😀 😀 😀
Crocodile tastes like a cross between chicken and duck. It is super tasty.
Now I want crocodile burgers dang it.
Goat curry is awesome, as is boar bacon. I’ve never tried crocodile before, though.
Goat curry is the only way i have seen people eat goats.
Ritual sacrifice? Sony product launch?
Because cooked any other way but slowly it’s not really the best meat. Amazing for slow cooked stews,curries or casseroles but terrible anything else.
Greek-style slow roasted goat is pretty good.
Goat curry is just the best.
Crocodile is a very mild favour that gets overtaken by whatever you serve it with. Only really good for skewers soaked in whatever sauce.
Yeah, I’m going to make a goat casserole tonight with half, and then a goat curry at the weekend with the rest.
Probably something fancier with the boar, maybe a ragu with chestnut polenta. I’ll just barbecue the crocodile leg with a little salt and eat it as is to get the flavour for the first time.
Thanks for the encouragement guys!
That boar thing you’re planning sounds drool-worthy!
Goat Souvlaki (oh alright, call it a kebab then).
No seriously, goat kebab with garlic sauce and fresh salad stuff in there. Absolutely…ugh.
Damn me living in a place with a severe lack of goats.
This sounds unbelievably good. @janexo you must do this so I can live vicariously through you guys!
Haha, I think skewers are on the menu too! I bought 500 grams, so I might do a few little meals, rather than one big dish.
Where is this butcher (you were brisbane right?). For science and totally not going to go spend a heap of money on meat that my wife won’t eat.
http://www.hillmans.com.au/
Awesome. I have a friend who lives out Sumner Park way so I can get there easily on the way home. Hooray!
They’ve got good prices, too! The croc leg was less than three dollars, and 500 grams of boar/goat was about eight dollars.
I know that the “Standard Market Co” I shop at (Gasworks Plaza, Newstead) has a fridge set aside for speciality games / meats. There’s a Standard Market Co in Southport if you happen to be in the area. They might be able to hook you up.
I can get to Gasworks quite easily so I should check this place out.
They’re a fantastic shop, excellent quality everything. Seriously get down there and try some of their award winning sausages. How does venison and dark chocolate sausage grab you? It grabbed me and it was delicious.
That’s a combination of words I was not expecting to see. I am intrigued by this culinary conjunction.
#sausagepage3
It’s a thing now, @dc.
#noinnuendo
Therefore #dadjokepage6 is double the sausage. It all makes sense now.
BANGERS
#innuendo
There used to be a bloke down here that specialised in similar, but by the looks of his website it’s more just premium beef, pork & lamb now. Shame.
Game as in, wild game?
Like, they were hunted?
Poor animals :'(
These animals were bred for purpose.
Sorry if you’re a vegetarian! I got some nice veggies too!
Don’t worry, @liondrive loves meat. Wait….
Eww, I hate veggies 😛
I just don’t like the idea of hunting :\
Poor little animals, running around all free and happy, then BLAM they’re dead.
It’s sad :'(
Protip: If a cow is running, it’s not happy. Same can probably be said of boars, pigs, sheep and etc.
You know what I meant.
I despise hunting.
Like, I hate it, I hate hunters, I want every poacher wiped off the face of the earth.
Violently.
So maybe don’t joke about that with me.
(I get that hunting isn’t the worst thing ever, but I don’t like the idea of killing wild animals)
Remember this guys last name. He’s a planeteer! You can be one too!
I literally just said don’t joke with me about it.
It’s not a joking matter to me.
It makes my blood boil.
I’ve been trembling with anger since this conversation started.
That’s how much I despise poachers, and how much I hate hunting.
It’s inhuman (to me) to hunt and kill a wild creature.
I get that farming animals is still inhumane, but the difference is that that is their purpose, and I like to (naively) imagine that the animals at least had a good life, or that being killed was the most humane thing for them.
I’d be a vegetarian, but I don’t like vegetables and I would starve without meat :\
It’s a necessary evil for me.
But I will never eat game.
But how am I supposed to alienate myself from my friends if I can’t make inappropriate jokes? YOU’RE MAKING THINGS DIFFICULT FOR ME >:(
I totally 100% agree with you. My mother went on a six-month tour through Africa last year, and she said one of the highlights was her little tour group stumbling upon a poacher’s camp, calling the police and having them arrested.
Prison is too good for them…
I guess their lives are much better than the ones bred just for eating, though….
I have no issue with hunting, if it’s for food purposes and done sustainably.
Trophy hunting or wanton killing, however, I find incredibly distasteful.
Unless it’s Monster Hunting.
Good job!
(@rize @greenius)
Willem Dafoe?
This. I’ll eat anything (not a huge fan of kidneys though and tripe can fuck right off) but killing something for the sake of it? I don’t get it*.
*Spiders I fully understand and condone.
Spiders aren’t alive, they move because they’re animated by dark, evil energies and hatred for the living.
CANETOADS. Ugh. Murder every last one of them. I don’t care how inhumane the murder is – just get rid of them ughhhhhh.
Yup.
Every time I come back to QLD I always make time to stomp the guts out of the nearest cane toad that I can find.
Oh god, yes, absolutely.
HHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
But seriously, I agree with you.What if it’s going hunting, but you’re not going to eat it yourself?
Still no issue?
So, the person doing the hunting is purely doing it because they enjoy it.
But hey, someone’s going to eat it still, so it’s fine, right?
So, there is nothing wrong with someone hunting and killing an animal, for the soul purpose of fun (for them), so long as someone else eats the meat, who didn’t have to get their hands dirty.
That’s what this is.
That’s what your fine with, right?
Just so I’m clear.
I don’t have an issue with people enjoying hunting. It’s sure not my thing, at all, and I have serious reservations about how it’s regulated, but: Humans have been hunting since the dawn of time.
I don’t mind people hunting as part of a wildlife control strategy, or hunting for food. Again, it’s not my cup of Earl Grey, but If people are going to hunt I’d infinitely prefer the animal to be used for a purpose. That includes meat, and I don’t particularly care if they eat it themselves or sell it.
What I object to is people hunting for sport, and people hunting in an unsustainable manner. You don’t think that’s reasonable?
No, I don’t think that’s reasonable.
Look at what’s being hunted in this situation.
Animals that have specific farms set up, for each, for the purpose of food.
So, why hunt them when they don’t need to be hunted?
It’s cruel, is what it is.
Feigned freedom for an animal only to be shot down, for fun, under the guise of hunting for food when it’s unnecessary.
And you don’t have a problem with that?
The “dawn of time” argument is, at best, piss-weak. I think we’ve evolved a bit since then Red, don’t you?
If you’re so desperate to eat a food that has to be hunted, at least have the guts to kill it yourself.
How else would you appreciate the gravity of the situation?
Anyway, I’m wiping my hands of this disgusting subject
Nope.
Here’s the truth. We eat animals. Do I think hunting is the best way to get meat? No. Do I begrudge others doing it? Not really.
To pick a specific example: I eat Kangaroo- lots of kangaroos are hunted. Sure, in an ideal world, we’d farm them, but we don’t. Most Kangaroo meat is from population control efforts. This does not particularly bother me.
As for the kill it yourself argument, that’s really ancillary to this discussion. I’ve already stated I personally don’t want to go hunting, but that’s a taste thing, not a moral thing. I just don’t see it as fundamentally wrong, as you appear to.
Game as in the things we love!
Delicious Yoshi meat.
Meat?
I breed Yoshis for the eggs. You can cook an entire fritatta from just one!
Could I interest you in some Slowpoke tail?
No Slowpoke tail, only khlav kalash!
Eww.
I’ll take the Krabby juice.
The only thing that ever comes out of my Yoshi eggs are mushrooms 🙁
The only thing stopping me from being a vegetarian is I currently don’t prepare my own food. When that day comes, I’ll be judging you meat eaters silently. Until then? Who wants burgers! 😀
What happened to DeeCee’s Cooking Adventures?!
*adds Strange’s name to the list*
You can’t silence me that easily.
WHAT HAPPENED TO DEECEE’S COOKING ADVENTURES?!
*cries embarrassingly*
There was a girl in my Honours year whose project was to raise a chicken and to see if she was able to kill it for meat. I really respected that project, and even just hearing about it opened my eyes a little to the idea of personal responsibility. I’m not sure I could kill my own meat.
I often wonder how much meat people would eat if it weren’t packaged up nicely in anonymous little portions that make it easy to disconnect yourself from its origins.
I wanted to make an off-color joke about choking the chicken here but I can’t tease one out.
But more to the point, there was an excellent anime earlier in the year / last year that tackled this too, and it was quite interesting. Silver Spoon. Kid moves from the city to an agriculture-focused high school and one of the subplots involves him rearing a pig from the point it’s born as a piglet, and struggling to figure out how he feels about the fact that it’ll end up as bacon.
Maybe because I grew up in a farming town right near an abattoir that I can handle it? It’s tricky though. You quickly grew to understand what’s a pet and what’s your livelihood.
I can absolutely tell you that cows are assholes (not dairy cows, but cattle). I have the bite marks to prove it!
Yep. I spent a lot of time being shipped out to my grandfathers farm and quickly learnt to leave the cows alone. Also that pigs are awesome. Loved spending time with them.
Pigs are cool animals, as farm animals go.
Pig pig pig!
My ex used to live on a farm. She happily told me about how they’d pick a cow to kill and then once that was done her dad used to take to it with a chainsaw to start dividing it up into more manageable bits. Painted quite the picture.
Never got to see it when I went there to visit though 😛
That sounds pretty amazing. The most exotic thing I’ve ever eaten is kangaroo.
That impresses Americans, but that’s about it.
Kanga Bangas are delish. They also make good steaks.
I’ve had Kangaroo, (like three times in my life SHUT UP) but the only time it’s been bad is when I had kangaroo sausages.
I like crocodile. Buffalo is also good, as is Venison. Also tried emu, ostrich, kangaroo, wallaby, rabbit and goat. Most unusual ‘meat’ (not sure if it counts) I’ve eaten is crickets. Had them in Thailand, deep fried. Kind of like chips with legs.
I ate guinea pig in Peru. Didn’t care for it much.
Finding out some people are crazy awesome makes meeting all the douchebags worthwhile. Met GF’s cousin yesterday for the first time and i was a little dubious because her other cousins who live here seem kind of vapid. Very attractive and vapid i might add.I get on okay with them because im also attractive but i digress.
Anyway her cousin is crazy awesome with loads of great stories and experiences and it was awesome listening to them. She told a stories about when she was backpacking through Serbia and Europe and how a Italian nun taught her how to pee standing up. It just made me go wide eyed at the possibllities around me and how I’m anxious to discover all this for myself.
You never worked out how to pee standing up? Huh!
Too messy.
Ah, you’re awesome, Rockets. I like you. 🙂
COME TO PAX AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE
You come to PAX North and I will get embarrassingly drunk again and probably hug you!
Will you vomit violently after 4 beers like i did in canberra.
Seriously i am such a lightweight now. Im a tall dude i should be able to hold my drank.
http://instagram.com/p/j3qtRRIQIQ
He did at my 30th….
I’ll have you know I vomited violently 8 times, Freeze. Take that.
haha awkward @dc is awkward!
If I wasn’t sure that @dc would actually feel like shit for it, I would organise with a bunch of other TAYbies to get him to PAX, mostly free of charge to him.
He’ll get over it.
Kind thought, but your instincts are right! 🙂
I actually thought about suggesting this too.
Hell I was gonna take it on myself.
At the moment I don’t even know if the guy I bought a ticket for along with mine is able to come any more, so it could very well need a person to go with it.
All right, I’ll chip in a few bucks. Where do I send them?
I tried last year and he didnt want any part, his guilt is strong.
I’m actually not good with crowds either. PAX would not be my idea of fun. And Rockets is right, my guilt would make for a not enjoyable time. You’re all kind though. 🙂
Remember what happened with Queen!
I thought you were gonna cry at Supanova. I would have given you a hug, but I think that might have tipped you over the edge. The ‘to-the-belltower-with-a-sniper-rifle’ edge.
YOu asshole. I get it though, i would feel the same.
@shane: You were my safety net, hence coming to your booth so much. I scared so many people away probably. Lean Christmas for the Shane family that year. 😛
That’s because crowds are shiiiiit. But we could just all group together and glare at them!
Also I know I’ve suggested it before, but I’ll say it again – a costume is an excellent way of hiding in plain sight, especially if masked.
http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/a-90-second-guide-to-determine-if-your-internet-cause-bs/
For a site that is predominately stupid jokes (and smug hipster rants about how much music they know *cough*todbrown*cough*) sometimes they just hot the nail right on the head while making the nail look like an idiot.
On the flipside of all the meat talk, I’m now eating an incredible orange at my desk. It tastes so good – I’m eating it whole (peeled, of course) and my co-worker said it sounded like I was making out with it, ahahah.
Isn’t eating an orange a lot like a good marriage anyway?
So many Simpsons quotes today.
I approve!
Well sadly there haven’t been any times I could use a TFS reference today 😛 had to compensate
Just eat the damn Orange!
I’m so glad you didn’t have a peach!
I keep flashing on that clip of Homer eating an orange when he’s supposed to be teaching a class. I can’t find it on Youtube, so you’ll just have to imagine it.
“And then you have the sweet, sweet innards… aragggghhlmmummmmgksdhgmmmmmm”
Oh, so I was bored, so I watched the Despecializ(s)ed Edition of Star Wars the other day.
It’s been a few years since I last watched the movie, so there were a coupla things that I didn’t remember, and a few things I knew were missing from the crappy updated versions (I’d never seen the original Solo shootout, only the two edits, so that was a little different).
There’s also some scenes where it’s glaringly obvious that they’ve been rescued from different sources, since the video quality can swing wildly. On top of that, as much as purists might like to disagree, a lot of the special effects have not aged well, particularly the fact that blaster shots really don’t sit very well in the 3D space, and there’s some obvious shortcuts with how some of the disparate elements were put together in post.
Add to that the fact that the plot is a clichéd mess, the main character an annoying jerk, and the fact that the single lightsaber battle looks like it was choreographed by strapping swords to a pair of drinking bird toys, and I really don’t know why anybody likes it.
I’m just fucking with you, it was still rad despite the fact that it’s pretty terrible, really (not its score though, I have no complaints with that).Yes, the models haven’t dated that well. But neither has the 1997 CG that replaced it. Additionally the practical effect stuff has a lot of charm to it IMO.
I don’t care what you say. On the big screen, the Death Star trench run is one of the most exciting things ever. Yes, yes, the music is a big part of it, but whatever. I <3 my Star Wars OT.
When I make labels for my quilts (you’re supposed to sew a label on saying what it’s called, who made it (including who designed it, and who quilted it, if it wasn’t you. Which is another reason why I like making it all up myself, less things to have to put onto the label! ), when it was made and where it was made. For posterity and such.
I always put my real name on the labels, not “Strange” (which actually feels more like my real name these days, but that’s not the point :P) and obviously I take pictures of my quilts so I was thinking it might be time to not be so secretive about my real name on my blog. Or maybe just start labeling the quilts with “Strange”. It is less letters, after all. 😛
Labels are harmful, Strange. WHEN WILL THE PREJUDICE END?
I know what you mean about names though. I’ve got a friend who calls me Dan and I always look around for @dkzeitgeist. ALWAYS.
Man, I often ignore it when people use my super secret name, I don’t necessarily associate it with myself.
But that’s not thanks to here or anything, that’s just because there was another Sean in my year at high school, and odds were if somebody called out our name, it would be to him, since he was far far cooler than me, and that’s stuck with me for the five years since then.
The other Sean here is much cooler than you too.
I still love you though.He really is the coolest.
And you shouldn’t.That’s a good habit to get into.
Always be on the look out for me.
You never know when I might strike.
StrangestItches might not want to be the label you put up for posterity…. 😛
But if you wanted to keep your RL name off your blog, you could always hilariously pixelate all the photos. All of them.
You make quilts? That’s so cool. Do you hate quilt covers? Or do you know some sort of quilt-industry insider secret to getting the dang things to stay on?
Haha, I wish I knew how to keep quilts inside quilt covers! Mr. Strange always manages to get his side of the quilt lost. 😛
But no, the quilts I make are on the patchwork side of things. So a warm fluffy layer sandwiched between two layers of fabric and secured with stitching, then bound with more fabric on the edges to finish it off. Here’s a link to some of my quilts: http://strangestitches.blogspot.com.au/p/completed-quilts.html
*hovers hand over red ‘Real Name Alert’ button*
Once she reveals her real name you can all call her by the shortened version I use and it will be awesome. 😀
I said I’d be not so secretive on my blog, not that I’d have some big reveal of it on here. 😛
This is the most anticipated announcement in all of TAY history. A truly historic moment. Upon utterance of @strange’s real name, scientists expect many to fall to their knees. Others to openly weep with joy. All will gain pure enlightenment and ascend to heaven.
But no pressure.
However, a small faction believe it will usher in the end times, and have started a religious cult somewhere in the outback for whenever the inevitable happens.
Susan?
Perstephanie. 😛 Old injokes are the best injokes…
So the shortened version is “Pe”? Then the blog can be renamed
Pe StitchesPest Itches!I think Star Wars was perfect in it’s late 90s form: updated psecial effects, a couple of extra scenes that were still basically true to the original. I was even willing to forgive the song and dance routine in Jabba’s palace at the beginning of RotJ.
There are only two things I will not forgive:
1) the insertion of the Vader “NNNNNOOOOOO” when the Emperor is electrocuting Luke, a pointless throwback to Vader’s loss-fuelled “NNNNNOOOOOO” at the end of Episode 3, a throwback that didn’t need to occur because Episode 3 came after and seriously did Lucas think we needed an extra clue that Vader was upset in that scene? No dialogue could improve on what John Williams’ score accomplished in that moment.
2) the insertion of the Hayden force ghost at the very end of RotJ. It simply doesn’t make sense, and erases Anakin Skywalker’s redemption which – when you look at the series as a 6 epsiode arc instead of just the original trilogy – is the WHOLE FUCKING POINT. Instead of having a good man die in Luke’s arms on the floor of the Death Star, Luke has to live with the ghost of his whiny teenage father in his pre-Vader state. Obi-Wan told Luke in episode 4 that Vader killed Anakin and that was “true” because Obi-Wan and Yoda both believed Anakin beyond redemption, that only Vader lived inside that suit of armour. Luke rose above their fears and redeemed the Skywalker legacy.
*shakes fist*
*sighs*
You know. I honestly haven’t watched any of the Star Wars movies since episode III came out. Maybe I should just let this go and forget Star Wars ever mattered.
Reply fail to blaghs, and I can’t edit posts because IE at work is a piece of dogshit.
I like to think the post stands on its own. We all have deep Star Wars thoughts from time to time. I often wonder if the Cantina band ever got that record deal.
Yes, but they ended up spiralling into a pit of despair after nobody liked any of their other songs. They were known for decades as the biggest one hit wonders of the galaxy.
*Behind-the-music credits play*
I kind of agree, and if I had a chance, I’d watch an older version of Star Wars. I’d probably watch the original version, if I had unfettered choice. But I’ve stopped being mad at these changes.
They are almost all very silly and entirely nonsensical additions and alterations: Han shooting second, Sy Snootles dancing, Vader’s NOOOO and Hayden’s cameo… but ultimately, those moments comprise a few seconds of a six hour epic that is largely untouched and still a stirring epic story.
I’ll be getting tickets the next time they’re on the big screen, and it doesn’t matter what version they are; I’ll still enjoy the hell out of them.
I guess my issue is that the few seconds I personally object to disrupt the greater story. I object less to seeing them than I object to the fact that I embrace the entire saga as a coherent story, and the principles behind that story are undermined because the creator decided a few creative alterations were in order.
I’m trying to think of another saga I could ruin with a few pointless changes and honestly I can’t actively think of a way to ruin another franchise as comprehensively as George Lucas did by accident with Star Wars.
That point 2, it also felt like they kicked the original actor for ghost Anakin in the balls with that change, just drop him entirely and put the guy who did a worse job with more face time.
It’s also utterly unnecessary AND breaks canon even further in that Vader/Anakin never learned the trick to doing it from Yoda. Plus the fact that it ruins everything by making Anakin look as he did in Episode III and absolutely missed the point as a result: The whole idea was that you see Anakin – played by the same actor who was in the suit when Luke took his mask off – except this time he’s whole and complete, and not the scarred and ‘more machine than man’ force of evil that Darth Vader had been. That was the climax of the whole fucking story. The original trilogy was about the redemption of Anakin Skywalker, but Lucas took away the moment that you actually see that he was truly redeemed! You saw him joking and laughing with Obi-wan and stuff, that they were friends again and everything. Throwing Ep III-era Hayden Christensen in there with that evil fucking shit-eating grin instead was like shitting on the whole coda of the trilogy.
Those two things are bad, but I am also still upset about Han not shooting first, the shitty scene they added where Han steps on Jabba’s tail because when they filmed it Jabba was a fat man and not a slug and the fact they replaced the original ending theme from RotJ with a different piece of music. No more ewoks singing.
Some of the Special Edition changes are actually really good. The wampa in ESB is much improved. The fix-ups they made to the snowspeeder cockpits and stuff were pretty important too, no more randomly transparent bits. The changes they made to the set backdrops in Cloud City are great too, removing big areas of white panels and turning them into windows so you can see out into the city.
The bulk of the changes in special edition really are just clean-ups or visual enhancements. I don’t really mind those. The shit that annoys me is where Lucas decided to change or add things that weren’t originally meant to be there.
The *only* scene which they added that I thought was a good addition was the one toward the end of ANH, during the preparations for the battle of Yavin, where Luke has a chat with Biggs. That added a bit more to Biggs as a character, instead of having him come out of nowhere. I was always a bit bummed that they never added one of the other scenes that was shot and then cut from the film, which was right at the start, where Biggs and Luke are on Tatooine and Biggs tells Luke he’s off to join the Rebellion and that Luke should join him too. I feel like that would have provided extra context and made him a more important character, rather than the original cut which makes Biggs just seem like another wingman.
That extra scene with Biggs at the start of episode 4 would have also fixed the context for Luke’s whiny “power converters” line. In it’s current form you see that and you’re like “dude, calm the fuck down, go get your power converters another day, they don’t sound that exciting”. Owen calls him out on it saying “you can waste time with your friends later” which doesn’t really make any sense. you get from context Luke is lying but it’s just so random you get hung up on the whininess of Hamill’s delivery. In the original script it was “don’t like to me Luke… (&c)” because Owen assumed Luke was lollygagging but the whininess is explained because Luke really wanted to hang with Biggs who was about to leave possibly forever.
There’s also the fact that Luke wanted to join the Imperial Academy to become a pilot and was already experiencing some confusion about Biggs’ joining the rebellion. What Stormtroopers then later did to the homestead giving Luke a reason to go with Obi-Wan to Alderaan cements it, obviously, but that single missing Biggs scene really decomplixifies Luke as a character and makes him seem like a weak-minded flip-flopping fool who just does whatever he’s told. Which, granted, is about par for the course in the Skywalker blood when you look at his bonehead of a father.
Luke’s heroic genesis: Owen says stay here, I can’t go! Now Owen’s dead, I’ll follow this crazy old man my uncle has been warning me about my whole life!
Anakin’s villainous genesis: This old man says he’s totes the good guy even though he’s been keeping his power a secret and we know there’s a dark lord out there who’s a master at manipulating people. What’s that? Kill younglings? Yes, master.
To be fair, at that point Anakin knows that Palpatine is a Sith Lord, but he helps him anyway because of his misguided desire to prevent the future he saw happening. Also he was already shown to be a complete psychopath in Episode II.
I don’t know. The effects being occasionally naff just added to the charm for me. Star Wars was never particularly good. The script is decent, the acting passable, the score iconic and the effects clever but flawed. It didn’t need to be fixed. It didn’t need improvements. The rough edges added to the charm and if there’s some special charm to Star Wars that just cannot be replicated.
Also, Han shot first. That’s just basic characterisation.
Han shooting first was an important character moment in the terms of A New Hope because the protagonists had just made what seemed to be a too good to be true deal with a stranger who shortly thereafter gunned down a guy without a second thought. In context of A New Hope alone, that scene was supposed to make you wonder if they’d made a mistake trusting him. It’s basically impossible to view that way knowing Han becomes a hero of the rebellion and all but in context of Ep IV it’s really quite important, the edit to that effectively removed the possible tension for anyone seeing it for the first time
I own the new Blu-ray Complete Saga box and the 2008 DVD box of the original trilogy. My dad has some old VHS releases.
The 2008 release is the best but you have to watch the bonus discs not the feature film discs to see the saga in its unaltered glory.
Blergh. I fear I’ve posted way too much here today. My stupid gravatar is everywhere. And I’ve added nothing substantial. I’M SORRY GUYS! D:
I posted a lot too. I have had a really nice day on TAY. So dont be sorry.
No such thing.
Don’t be a doofus. Did anyone tell you you posted too much? Is there a whole page of you just talking to yourself? No? Then don’t worry.
You saying… I’m not posting enough? 😀
YES. POST MORE. KEEP ME ENTERTAINED!
Also, if you think your gravatar is stupid, maybe you should change it? 😛
It’s iconic, Strangey. Iconic.
^^ This girl! She gets it!
It’s like you’re right her with me.
What are you doing? You’re not authorised to be here!
One thing you need to consider is did you make someone’s day a bit brighter, either with a joke, or a nice comment or an interesting discussion. If the answer to any of those is yes, you’re not wasting anyone’s time. I for one appreciated the reply you made to my comment about having to wait to do the barista course. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Do you like Green Eggs and Spam?
I do not like them, Dan-I-am.
I do not like Green Eggs and Spam.
Would you like them while you play?
Would you like them in your TAY?
I do not like them while I play.
I do not like them in my TAY.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like Green Eggs and Spam.
I do not like them, Dan-I-am.
– Dedicated to @greenius.
No, it’s good! Today was a fun TAY day!
It really was.
More of this, people!
My laptop lives once more! Now to never let Windows Update within a mile of my system ever again.
Hope it wasn’t too much of a drama in the end!
Enough drama that I really don’t want to do it again. 😛 The time-consuming part was acquiring a Windows install USB drive, cos “you need windows to download windows” for some reason. In the end I could only make a 32-bit install drive, so couldn’t refresh/restore/recover with it, had to go CLI for diagnosis and fix. (As someone that works heavily with Linux, Windows’ CLI is just different enough to be disconcerting… it’s like a “command-line uncanny valley”)
All worked out, but I’ll be converting that flash drive to a x64 install disk asap, just in case.
What update caused the problem? Realistically speaking people blame windows & it’s updates all the time but decades of experience with it has taught me that it’s almost always hardware that’s the problem, usually RAM. It might be an idea to get memtest & run that overnight to see if it picks up any problems.
But having done the Windows to Linux CLI thing, I definitely know what you mean, really similar but just different enough and it’s worse if you’re a network engineer since it’s also really similar to the Cisco IOS but also just different enough again…
Still not sure – whatever it was it wiped the Boot Config Data.
A quick search shows there was a BSoD issue with a few of their updates around a month ago, which they had to pull back, one of which was KB2975719, which Windows Update is telling me is currently an “important” update that needs to be installed, but is also in the update history as “succeeded”. I suppose that’d be my first guess.
Would Top Gear without Clarkson be Top Gear any more? Hammond is dreadfully boring by himself and May while interesting isn’t exactly entertaining. It’s the three of them bouncing off each other that’s great. Sure he’s a tool but that’s the heart of the show. Otherwise you have an incredibly dull show purely about statistics and ride feel.
Yeah, basically Top Gear would just not work without that trio. The reason it’s so popular is because their antics and their trio of upper class twits approach to everything works so well. That’s what people are there to watch. The car stuff is secondary.
Firing Clarkson would kill the series. If they did it they might as well shitcan Top Gear entirely.
Being an offensive dickbag is basically his entire gimmick so I don’t think we’ll be seeing much Top Gear in the future 🙁
Why can’t people just take the position of “I don’t like this, I’m not watching it”? Go watch Fifth Gear* if you hate it that much.
*I’m sorry for even suggesting that.
*shudders*
hahaha that show… omg… just… eugh…
I wouldn’t watch it without Clarkson. I’m sure a lot of people wouldn’t either. They’d be better off cancelling it than replacing him.
Spot on! on a regular episode i always think the “news” section is the best due to the way they just bounce off each other, and same reason why the specials work so well as well…
But Clarkson is not going anywhere, he’s been with Top Gear for what? 20 – 30+ years?
Apparently he’s been given a final warning by the BBC.
Oooohh i just read that… I don’t think anyone could really replace him though… i just wouldn’t be the same… anyone remember when Top Gear (revamped) first started in 2002 without James May? but that other guy? yeeeeaaaah not great
Over that slur on the Burma special or something?
It’s kinda stupid – if it’s what I assume it was, the bit where he said it was a short shot, separate from pretty much everything else. There is no way whatsoever that it wasn’t deliberately left in.
The BBC are just using it as an excuse.
I do like James May in his other shows (like Man Lab) but I’m with you. Without Jeremy, it would be rather shite.
James May can easily carry a show on his own, as long as that show isn’t Top Gear.
Clarkson is an asshole. A complete tosser. The whole show only works because of the chemistry between the three personalities and without his Clarkson-ness, it just doesn’t work. Seriously, look at all regional variants of Top Gear. They all toned down the Clarkson and they all suffered for it.
I’ve always said that the show is the most expensive mid-life crisis in the world.
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I’ve nothing to contribute here, also! 😀 Common ground! Let’s stick around.
Aw, no! Just pitch in where you like. Tell us about yourself and what you like 🙂
I used to like games, until I got bored with them…
I used to like TV, until everything started sucking…
I’m still yet to meet Crazyguy1989 and Crazyguy1991, though.
I reckon they’ll know something.
I sold my PS3 and all of the games, I removed all of my Steam games from my PC…
I’m just kinda in a rut at the moment.
I try to start playing them, and I get distracted…
Then again, having ADD doesn’t exactly help, though neither does having been off medication for four and a half years…
*looks at own posts* I wouldn’t say I’m contributing anything useful except for the case against me if I ever end up in court accused of something.
You’re okay Crazydude.
The defence will not rest!
It is content with chilling, however…
😛
Just cause you don’t talk up a storm does not mean you are not welcome.
Plenty of quiet types around.
I used to start conversations amongst myself when TAY was practically barren.
Livin up to your name!
Didn’t see the original comment, but just know that you’re a cool dude!
You like cars! and simulators! so do i! 😛
I don’t talk a lot about them because they tend to bore people to death, and we never did get any of that racing done together, but hey, there’s some common ground 😛
It’s home time for me, sockpuppets. Have a lovely evening!
you too! enjoy your..sockpuppetS!
I’m not a sockpuppet, I’m a real boy!
Maaaaan, looks like i missed a good day on TAY 🙁
stoopid work and having to be on MobileTAY.
I miss being more regular
EDIT – page get? really? okay fine!
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME AND I LOVE YOU GUYS
#
TAY-APPRECIATIONTAYpreciation PAGE 4lol nice work sire 😉
It has been rather hectic in here today! Probably spurred on by my creative genius this morning! 😉
The worms Hat? looks amazing man, good work!
I saw you playing Worms reloaded either yesterday or the day before and thought “man, i should really play that again!”…
so many games to play, so little time 😛
haha yeah! that one! A mate of mine has always been obsessed with worms, and he gave me a copy of revolution a while ago so he could have some one to play against. He gave me clan wars this weekend, which is the newest one I think? When I found out it supports steam workshop, I figured I might as well do something! Been ages since I made game content 🙂
Your face scares small children and you talk funny.
And I appreciate that.
I was going to come up with a witty reply and attach a image of the Swedish chef for comic effect… i couldn’t come up with anything, but did manage to loose my shit a bit too much at this in the process…
So i’m just going to leave that there instead
TAYpreciation?
That…. sounds SO MUCH BETTER!
Funny how many people only access Tay while they’re meant to be working. I wonder how much Tay “costs the nation” as they like to put it.
Edit: Considering we have a few Public Servants here it literally is costing the nation. Stop wasting my tax dollars guys! *shakes fist*
My work charges my time at $360 per hour. On average I’m guessing I’ve spent at least half an hour a day here?
$46800 a year.
that’s… almost my entire yearly salary 😛
That’s more than my entire yearly salary 😛
If only I actually made this in my salary.
Senior associate?
Nah Treasury Team Leader in an accounting firm
http://xkcd.com/303/
I can go one better personally. I’m running cluster jobs that take upwards of half an hour to run completely.
I’m running 15 hour queries at the moment…
See those are the ones you set up and then do other work. 15-20 min jobs you can legitimately slack off, it’s not long enough to switch gears.
Yeah, it is an issue when they take that long.
That’s my ‘your answer is in there, please go away until tomorrow’
Okay, so if I’m honest with myself I probably spend 2 hours a day at work here (my job is incredibly boring). They charge $120 per hour for my work so each year that’s…
$62400
Wow. Between just myself and @phlaiman we’ve already topped 100k so it would be reasonable to assume a million plus per year is wasted on Tay.
\o/
You can add my $0 to the mix! I work hard for those dollars!
You guys and your billable hours.
no.
alright.
I only get $20 an hour so I’m not as costly as you guys 😛
…probably spend more time on here though >_>
Hey, any contribution to placing dollar values to our lack of productivity is more than welcome.
Due to TAYpreciation I have several games from humble bundle I dont want/dont care for/regifting like a poor santa. Anywho who wants some GAEMS!
heres the list
– Bioshock: The classic the original the almighty Bioshock
– Crysis 2 Maximum Edition: Its Crysis that game that kills computers (also have origin code)
– Mirror’s Edge: That game that gives you vertigo (Also have origin code)
– Civilization V: The Mac daddies of stratergy games more popular but less deep younger brother also comes with the gods and kings DLC
– The Darkness 2: The sequel to that game where you can summon tentacles from your spine
Ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiv.
Was that you asking for it or were you just saying Civ?
Just saying Ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiv, Because I love it so.
In that case I will take your copy of Civ V if you are willing to part with it @coldcamv
Done will gift it to you tomorrow
My throat is killing me, and my head feels like it’s starting to hurt…
🙁
Do self serve checkouts have a way of detecting what fruit/veg you have or is it basically just an honesty system? There doesn’t seem to be anything stopping me scanning the $6/kg (which is INSANE) golden delicious apples through as $2.78/kg pink lady apples!
nothing that I’m aware of. Unless they’re microchipping the fruit, but that’s doubtful.
having said that, there’s usually a staff member nearby, and they could be watching, so probably not worth it unless you’re really desperate.
Obviously I wouldn’t be scanning mushrooms in as carrots, but in the case of two kinds of apples that look exactly the same + being fairly busy I don’t think anybody’s going to think twice 😛
Cameras, scales in the bag section.
I imagine a fair amount of people would attempt that. I guess whatever the supermarkets are losing from that, they’re gaining more in not paying so many checkout operators.
Confession: I once bought fancy bread rolls and input them into the self-serve checkout as the cheap bread rolls.
I’m sorry D:
Can I get a price check on two grapes?
Yeah, you heard me. Two measly, stinkin’ grapes.
Both supermarkets have a flag set up if you to try to scan through too many cheap p/kg items (like onions, potatoes, carrots etc) particularly if the weight is higher than ‘normal’. Machine stops and calls operator over to override.
Read that on a news article somewhere a bit after they started becoming more common.
So… what you’re saying is, put them all through in separate transactions. NOTED.
Far as I’m concerned you should get it cheaper if you serve yourself anyway.
TAYKART?
I’m all alone in here (echo: hereherehere)
Ooooh, forgot it was Monday. Might skip it this week. Eating a late dinner and then Destiny!
BOOURNS.
I might join
Sorry I didn’t stay long
Thanks @scree, that was fun. You’re awesome!
I’m not very good and I couldn’t stay long as I have cosplay stuff to do
I think our skill levels are comparable! It was a good competition \o/
As long as you had fun. I know what it’s like to what for someone to come on and no one does
Next week I intend to play, I forget what my Nintendo I.D is but once I’ve worked it out, I’ll come and play lol
BRILLENT!
And now I’ve fallen down that rabbit hole.
On the plus side there’s not too much to get through… or is that a minus?
First one, then t’other.
But, but Freeze, I fell down the John Oliver rabbit hole a month ago. Please don’t make me go there again. No, Freeze, no! No! FREEEEEEEEZE!
Look what you’ve done to me, Freeze! LOOK AT ME! Look at me and say to my face that you haven’t made my day infinitely better by subjecting me to another John Oliver marathon!
I’m sorry. I can link some Bill O’Reilly if that would help?
Dinner for Mum? Aced. She took the leftovers home! (oi, that was my lunch!)
Powalen’s Trademark Super Wonderful Fried Happy Rice never fails. Except all those other times.
Do you have any special ingedients? Mine has to have chinese sausage and those baby prawns you get in a tin.
Not particularly! I usually just chuck in whatever I have 😛 As long as it’s got lots of oyster sauce!
Mixing ginger in with the eggs makes them pretty yum too.
MQFT!
SSBB, LOZSS, MH3,PKMN2.
Choose!
X
…enoblade which is back in stock!
http://www.ozgameshop.com/m/wii-games/xenoblade-chronicles-solus-game-wii
MYSTERY INDEED
Pikmin!
Skyward Sword!
Then Pikmin.
Don’t bother with the other two 😛
Just pre ordered Fantasy Life and Bayonetta 2 😀 So keen for Bayonetta, and I’ve thought that Fantasy Life looks pretty fun and interesting for a while now, so I though I’d give it a go!
This hotel room is pretty fancy 😀
Remember: If it’s not nailed down its yours.
And if it is nailed down, put a bucket on the nearest bystander’s head to stall for extra time.
Or do this at least.
First time ordering room service, I feel fancy!
pics pls
why no pics i said pls
I 4got
Just leave this here… http://youtu.be/-75cTvn8gXQ
Actually… just the whole album: http://open.spotify.com/album/5pXO4QznbiBRF6MB09iZjy
WELL LEFT! I’m running a bit of Rufus on the Gym Playlist at the moment, had a few people Shazam it while in here whilst listening to Sundream lol
Well, I just spent like four hours reading a new webcomic I only found out about today. I had plans for tonight, and now I’ve ruined them.
What, you don’t believe I had plans? I had a hot date tonight.
…Odd date.
…Dinner with friends.
…Dinner alone.
…Watching TV alone.
…Alright! I’m just going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria’s Secret catalog!.
…Sears catalog. Now, would you unhook this already, please?! I don’t deserve this kind of scrutiny!
Deja Vu.
Which comic?
I’ll never tell. >:D
Truth be told, I don’t think it even has an official name.
I thought regular Chaos Faction 2 was fun on it’s own. Then I tried multiplayer splitscreen with my friend today. Holy crap that was fun. As fun as Smash Bros.
So I now have 101 movies on blu-ray ugh, where does it stop?!
It stops at 256 899. Get buying.
Drats.
O_O
That’s twice as many as I have…
What can I say, I like JB’s stupidly cheap sales, 2 for 15, 2 for 20, buy 2 get 1 free.. It’s basically the only way I buy them too haha.
I have none.
I should really get a blu-ray player one of these days, huh?
Considering they’re about as cheap as 50 bucks and brand name ones as cheap as 70, yeah 😛
I have sooo many DVDs; I even bought one last night truth be told (Seven Samurai) and it’s not even the first copy of that film that I own.
Missed two and a half whole pages of TAY today, can’t be bothered reading it all, just skipped to the last page.
In other news, @greenius made me order Xenoblade Chronicles. Thanks man, now I ‘m gonna have to cancel my Hyperule Warriors pre-order, no scarf for me 🙁
Are you still buying Hyrule? It’s $59 at Target if you can live without the $40 scarf 😀
Don’t know, I’ll have to see how finances go, stupid rego’s due this week too.
$59 is pretty good, but I kinda wanted the scarf.
Just looked on OGS and they’ve got it for $55, less the 10% discount. That would make it $49.50. Hmmmmm.
http://www.ozgameshop.com/wii-u-games/hyrule-warriors-wii-u-game
Finally! Ozgameshop finally had both Catherine and Punch Out (Wii) in stock at the same time! And during a 10% off sale as well! Lucky!
And Xenoblade!
@fled @grandmasterb-funk @liondrive @phoenix @platinum-urchin @thecracks
I don’t think I can afford to come to the meat. It’s going to be pretty busy week, since I have a maths test tomorrow that I need to study for and a mock job interview on Wednesday I need to panic for. It seems foolish to socialise, considering how important this week is. Sorry.
You didn’t even tag me :'(
There’s no meat organised yet anyway
Oops, sorry. I knew I was forgetting something when I started tagging people.
Just got a PSN Friend Request from someone called Trikeabout, with the message “KotakuAU”. Anyone know who he/she is?
I’ve had a few of those, I assume it’s from the KotakuAU Destiny clan.
I know I bought a new camera in June, but I can justify a minor upgrade if it sounds like this, right?
Holy crap! Ozgameshop are asking $42 for the Captain America Disney Infinity figure. That’s more than double what EB are charging o.O
http://www.ozgameshop.com/wii-u-character-packs/disney-infinity-2-0-marvel-superheroes-captain-america-character-figure
*Yawn*
So tired. Good night.
Hit level 20 in Destiny, now I have to unravel the quagmire of light levels to go higher. \o/
Giggity.
On the weekend, I had to go to the 20th birthday party of some family friend. I don’t like parties. There was loud music I didn’t like and people I didn’t know walking around. So instead of interacting with anyone, I stayed in the furthest corner and listened to Zeitgeist. I think I made the right choice.
A stranger’s just a friend you haven’t met!
STREETCAR!
Thanks for the help with the weekly hard-mode strike mission @os42 cause that was bloody hard 🙂
Thanks for inviting me! 😀
Fuck, I’ve spent the last two hours watching Good Luck Girl! (Binbougami ga!)
Haven’t laughed this hard in ages.
ANI-TAY page 5!
What anime have you been watching lately?
I don’t watch anime anymore, really, kinda lost interest. I watched s2 of the Legend of Korra, if that counts?
Sword art online 2
Free! Eternal summer
Akame GA Kill
Those are the only ones i have been watching from the new season. Nothing else really has taken my fancy.
A lot, but I’ll just say the most recent
Mobile Suit Gundam Zeta
Barakamon
Space Dandy
Kyousougiga
Doctor Who (David Tennant era)
I’m trying to enjoy Attack on Titan (watched it in Japanese with subtitles, watched it in English), but I just don’t like it 🙁
Rewatched Samurai Champloo a couple weeks ago in a binge. So good.
Who is your favorite character in Samurai Champloo and why is it Mugen?
Haha, Mugen is pretty spunky, but I like Fuu – I like anyone who enjoys food the way she does.
Tokyo ghoul
Last I watched was Attack on Titan. If I get the time, I’ll check out Kill La Kill, the new Appleseed film and maybe Ghost in the Shell Arise.
Jormungand. Pretty cool guy.
“HER NAME IS KOKO SHE IS LOCO I SAID OH NO“
I generally follow 7-10 shows weekly and another 4-6 in 2-3 episode bursts each season. There’s often no real method to it, I will quite often watch shows that are complete shit on a regular basis because they’re dumb and I can switch my brain off while watching, and stuff that’s actually really good will often not get the regular viewing treatment.
My regulars at the moment:
– Fairy Tail
– Hunter X Hunter
– Akame ga Kill
– Barakamon
– Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
– Locodol
– Sailor Moon Crystal (though this is every 2 weeks)
– Tokyo ESP
– Prisma Ilya Zwei (just finished)
– Hanayamata
– Blade Dance (because I hate myself)
Stuff I’m watching in bursts:
– Aldnoah.Zero (it’s fantastic but often a bit heavy)
– Zankyou no Terror (same issue)
– Glasslip
– Re: Hamatora
– Rail Wars
– Argevollen
I was finding the pacing in SAO II just as slow and unengaging as the first series, so that’s going to get a marathon viewing at the end of the cour, and then maybe I’ll watch the second cour regularly next season if there’s less that holds my attention.
Periodically I go back and finish something I left half-done (due to various issues, a lot of last season’s stuff I didn’t finish for example) and I will sometimes stockpile some shows for a rainy day and blast through them in a week or so as well. Can’t tell you what the last one I pulled off the backlog and finished was. Often it’s “I should finish season 1 before season 2 starts” situations.
Just found out that the noisy neighbours next door moved out today. VICTORY!
I hope the next ones don’t suck.
“Have fun at Uni tomorrow. Don’t stay up too much later”
Am I the only one who thinks they act like a mum to their best friend sometimes? 😛 I say that but then I remember that I’m the one who on multiple occasions has had a plate of steamed green vegetables shoved in front of me and an “eat this, it’s good for ya”…
Sounds like the perfect married couple 😉
It’s been a good couple of weeks. Was retweeted by Tim Schafer last week, Ragnar Tornquist responded to my tweet this morning. (Designer of Dreamfall and The Longest Journey.)
I now designate this page:
PEER PRESSURE GOOKY TO GET ONTO TWITTER PAGE 5!
@mrtaco
DOOOOO EEEEET
#contributing
@mrtaco, you should hop on Twitter but only if you want to.
Yeah, you don’t have to hop. But you should definitely sign up and start posting on Twitter. You can be sitting, though – I repeat, you don’t have to hop.
You obviously don’t use Twitter much.
Ok but only if you come to PAX.
Check mate!
I mean it 😛
Come hang at PAX and gooky2000 will go live!
Imagen if old consuls wer still a thing? No to staem!
gooky2000? Oooh futuristic!
Red is a visionary.
Working from city today… Already thinking about what I should get for lunch.
Ideas?
If you’re working in a city that has Zambreros, the answer is always Zambreros
Oh man. Totally at Queanbeyan today. Totally having Zambreros.
Totally damn you!!!
Dance fever?
The correct answer is Guzman y Gomez.
WAAAAY BETTER THAN ZAMBREROS
mostly because they dont use lettuce on burritos
Your opinion is different to mine… I don’t like that
Yet somehow we are still friends, its almost like people can still be friends despite differences.
Who’d have thunk it?? Does this mean we’re outcasts, on the internet?
WHERE’S MY BURRITO!
“Wow, this burrito is delicious, but it is filling” *pecks burrito out the car window*
FTFY
Locked in.
I give thanks to the TAY hive mind.
Went there for dinner on Sunday.
Frozen sangria is pretty great.
If you want fast food, Oporto. Best chicken cheeseburgers, aw man.
Otherwise, maybe find a nice Vietnamese place and get some bánh mì or pho.
pho is like my fave food. Its a little more shitty than ramen because they braze the beef and the texture is strange but the actual pho soup is nicer than most ramen.
Properly made pho is awesome.
You have to watch out for the special pho. You never know what you’ll get!
Bánh mì are the finest lunch in the world. Esp with enough chilli to make your nose run.
Is Chef’s surprise pho a thing lol
I don’t know about Chef’s surprise, but generally special pho comes with the special ingredients – unless you’re keen on offal, it’s best avoided.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!
-dies-
I used to be all about Oporto’s strip subs. But then they went away and overall quality of the other stuff has kinda gone downhill too :/
Work computer upgraded to IE11.
Gonna listen to all the Zeitgeist. I FINALLY get to hear the Rocketman graveyard story. \o/
#welcometothefuture!
Zeitgeist is on the weekly rotation of podcasts for the daily drive, makes driving to and from work very entertainingfuck you man.
<3
Enjoy!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rocketman’s old neighborhood has the least-threatening mafia I’ve ever heard of.
How the heck does Microsoft expect to make 2.5 billion from Minecraft in half a year? Start charging a weekly sub? Force everyone to rebuy it? Just break into every owners home and steal all their stuff to pawn off? Every swing of the pickaxe now costs $0.01?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/09/why-microsoft-spent-25-billion-on-the-makers-of-minecraft/
TL;DR version:
* Getting their fingers into the market for in-game items currently operated by players
* Making Minecraft exclusively available on Windows phones, pushing hardware
* Movies, merchandising
* Ongoing sales
* Squeezing Sony versions of the game to encourage exclusivity or extort massive fees
(+ Presumably DLC)
Would that account for 2.5 billion plus more profit to make it worth it?
They clearly think so.
Also a Minecraft movie? The heck? Wouldn’t that just be Ryan Gosling shirtless, digging under the sun, sweat glistening on hi……
…..
Why won’t it come out already?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
Well minecraft has creepers,
creepers explode… *sigh* Michael Bay’s next project coming up
*Michael Bay frothing at the mouth* “MORE TNT BOXES! MOAR!”
Also also the question is $2.5 billion cash or a bunch of stock?
I think XBLA gift cards was the consensus.
Admittedly I only skimmed through the articles, but I didn’t see anywhere where they said that they expect to make their money back in six months.
But if that is the case, my guess is they’ll somehow make the Microsoft version far superior so it’s the only version any Minecraft fan wants, and we’ll see Xbone and Windows phone sales go through the roof this Christmas.
Merch. Merchant is the big profit item, which is why the deal is more about the IP than the creators.
They didn’t just get Minecraft. A lot of people will jump at new Mojang games without questioning it…but focusing purely on Minecraft, you have no idea how popular it is with school kids. I’m literally doing a budget right now to purchase several hundred licences and some educational crap for one of my schools, with roughly 9 more already saying they want it too.
This.
It could be a fairly decent long term strategy, getting your hands on the favourite game of almost an entire generation. Use it to guide them towards your hardware, software, concepts.
How it helps break even this fiscal year I don’t know.
It’s not the purchase I’m questioning but the amount of money they seem confident of making in such a short time.
It does seems far to high. That is a profit of $50 to be made from everybody who has purchased the game already. Minus whatever they do in new sales
I saw some crazy figure like Minecraft on PC currently pulling in about $300k/day with no indication of slowing down. It makes an estimated $26k a day on iOS. It remains a top seller on consoles (even factoring in people who already own it on 360/PS3 only pay an “upgrade” fee to get it on Xbone/PS4).
You’d think everyone in the world who wants to play Minecraft already has it, but apparently that’s not true.
Add in the opportunity to make official merch more readily available, reaping all the profits associated with texture pack and skin DLC etc. and there’s a goldmine there waiting to be tapped. They just need to be careful not to drive off the audience. Hopefully they don’t start charging for things like access to mods or force people to buy skins on PC instead of making their own but it’s not the end of the world if they do.
Case in point, my wife was saying last night “who’s even left that hasn’t bought Minecraft?” then in the next sentence, with no trace of irony, mentioned how she’s going to buy her own license so she can play Minecraft on her gaming laptop instead of piggybacking off my account. I did that palm-up sweeping hand movement which I believe is the universal gesture for “see?” and she still didn’t get it.
We’ve already bought Minecraft 3 times between us and will soon go for a fourth.
That figure would put Mojang at making more money annually than any bank, oil, or drug company.I’m dyslexic it appears.
$300,000/day is $109,000,000/year – apparently that’s about on par with what it made back in 2012 and I would suggest it has increased in popularity since then, not just seeing more PC licenses but also growing on consoles and iOS, alongside the inclusion of a subscription fee for Minecraft Realms.
In contrast, Westpac made around $6.8 billion in 2013.
Oops. Misread the zeros. Thought it said 109 billion. My bad.
@freezespreston I was trying last night to figure out, assuming the $300,000/day figure was accurate, how long it would take to earn back $2.5 billion and instead decided maths is hard.
Don’t forget, there’s a tonne of merchandise out there that would rake in money too. Foam pickaxes, creeper jumpers, etc. are still selling like crazy.
They said that it will ‘break even in FY15 on a GAAP basis’. That doesn’t mean what you think it means. I thought it sounded crazy as well.
What it means is that they will make as much or more money from investing the 2.5 billion into the acquisition than they would have made if they had the money sitting in the bank accruing interest.
The interest they would have made on it is apparently about 25 million, so they’re saying they will make at least 25 million from Minecraft in FY15. Which should be easy.
Good morning pumpkins!
Overnight I have developed a head cold and have a wanging headache. Eh. Did y’all see that shark game trailer that Luke Plunkett posted? I love sharks.
The idea of playing as a shark trying to eat humans intrigues me. I too am fascinated by sharks and I’m surprised they haven’t done something like this before.
What the hell is a wanging headache?
Did this happen?
Wanging [adjective] pertaining to Wang [verb]
To hit ones head (I wanged by head on the dang shelf!) and the resulting headache that ensues.
It sounds like it should be dirtier than that.
Personally, I’m going to choose to believe that it’s the headache you develop when you’re not really in the mood for loving. Or a dehydration headache after a marathon snuggle. One of those.
I also have an Alexander Wang t-shirt that has “WANG 84” on the back like a sports jersey. People give me funny looks for that, too. I’m trying to retake the word, dang it – keeping it clean.
#retakewang
#cleanwang
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangan_Midnight
Stayed up all night playing this instead of sleeping.
I could definitely see some great multay-player matches in that games… But did you see how fast the shark moves? I’d be crapping my pants the entire time as a diver XD
It’s kinda like the monsters in Evolve!
According to your previous explanation of puppies, this means you petted a pumpkin this morning.
Well, I gave the pumpkin in my fridge an affection pet as I was getting my breakfast out!
Thought about training a shiny Rapidash to go in the PAX team, just so I can call it Bad Horse.
Now the Bad Horse song plays in my head any time I think about catching more shinies.
I’m afraid there’s no hope left for me now. Save yourselves.
I bred 6 evvee’s last night and hatched them all trying to breed a all evveeloution team. I think it might suck. or be badass, i cant decide.
Bad Horse
Bad Horse
Bad Horse
He’s bad
Problem with an eeveelution team these days is that you have to choose – you can’t have all 8.
Also i wanna get a few of them to have wish, since wish is a egg move i have to find a smeargle and sketch wish. Which is probably gonna be a pain. I say that but i had only clocked 26 hours in pokemon when i finished it and this is giving me incentive to do all the things i want to do but seem to annoying. I love pokemon.
Anything I can do to help, give me a yell.
I can reach back to gen 3 to get something if necessary.
Right now I’m grinding shinies, not the most stimulating of activities. It’s quite funny to watch people near me on the train to see how long they watch, waiting for something interesting to happen, before giving up and going back to staring out the window.
Eevveelutions we don’t have yet:
– Ground
– Rock
– Bug
– Poison
– Dragon
– Steel
– Ghost
– Fighting
– Normal evolved form
I want a steel one.
I’ve got a million Wish Eevee from when I was breeding for a Vaporeon if you want one, Rockets!
OH POW THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE MY ENEMY, YOU ARE MY FRIEND.
Coming up!
(Won’t be able to trade with you until at least after the 24th though. I have no internet at home until then!)
Now to find out how to competitvely battle. I am in a whole new world since my old strat was to just mega evolve charizard until i had no moves left.
You son of a bitch.
*deletes pokemon team*
*tries to think of another team*
DUDE DO IT, i probably wont get enough levels on them 😛
Wait wait, my original post wasn’t dramatic enough.
You SON OF A BITCH!
*throws 3DS to the ground*
*storms off*
*slams door behind self*
Free 3DS!
Take it. It will be obsolete once the new “new 3DS” comes out. =P
“A murder would be nice of course… “
I imagine this is how it went down between Microsoft and Mojang.
Last week I tried to get my sister to play Minecraft she said things like “it looks boring and stupid”. Managed to get her to have a go at about 11pm on Saturday night, we played until 6am, another 6 or so hours on Sunday and half of yesterday. I think It won her over.
I tried to get my girlfriend to play with me last week, we kinda built a house with mixed up wood planks… she wasn’t enamoured which hurt 🙁
Maybe I need to play creative mode with her so she can enjoy it a bit more without her getting scared when it gets dark lol
aww, that’s a shame, my sister was totally hooked, we’ve played a lot more since then, last night we went to play for just an hour or so and it turned into 5.
Played a bunch of Warframe last night. I feel like I’m having more fun in that game than I should. That’s not to say it’s terrible, it’s a 6 or 7 out of 10. But I’m having a great time just playing it, and grinding for gear doesn’t yet feel like grinding.
Playing along with a bunch of friends does make it much more enjoyable. I did the Alerts solo and it was much less enjoyable.
I haven’t looked into that but I think the issue was either a) I’d already done them and you hadn’t, so it didn’t let you (which would be crap) or b) you needed to form the party to get them done. Happy to try with you leading the party if/when we end up in that situation again.
I think that was it, due to how the missions work in this game (The missions change to a higher level mission in that area after completing it the first time), it’s based on your version of that area, doesn’t matter if I got a quest on it or anything. It also works if I public join the mission too, but again, I went in alone ergo leader of my one person party.
Running solo can be fun if you are at a lower level that needed. Adds a challenge and more likely that you could die adds tension. I find running with much higher level players isn’t as much fun, you hardly get a chance to do anything as the rush ahead and just kill everything.
Didn’t help that I had just switched to a brand new primary weapon when I joined in with you guys so was doing very little damage.
Yeah we kept getting OP randoms joining our party and destroying everything and even going as far as blocking my firing line so I don’t get the XP for kills, really douchey move.
I generally set my matchmaking to friends only unless I just want to rush an alert or something. Although I have to say that transientBro has be really helpful with putting up with my stream of questions
Max leveled my bow last night so switch to a rifle which is an interesting change in play style. Although I have a crossbow under construction which might be an interesting mix.
It’s definitely a good-not-great game but there is simplistic joy in running around, shooting and slicing people. It also helps that there are very few weapons that feel the same and there are a few quirks that make things interesting.
The Volt’s
Chain LightningShock ability is so satisfying to land xDHi all.
I’m back from my 5-day relax-a-thon to Gold Coast. We arrived with no real plans, but did some of this:
– Dracula’s Cabaret show – pretty damn awesome, it’s been long time since I’ve seen a high-quality show like this. Got home at midnight and didn’t even realise.
– Various shopping and exploring of Pac Fair, Robina, Surfers esplanade etc.
– A friend visited from Byron, so we went to Mt Tambourine. Sunday markets were on, and a viking festival we didn’t know about! Bought some loot (friend has buffalo horn, gf has wool ‘burberry’ blanket thing), saw awesome skirmish, took nice pics.
– Drank 5 or so 1L bottles of Sol because YOLO.
– Gold Coast got a tram 6 weeks prior! $15 tram/bus day passes meant we had good travel options.
– Much funs, good relax.
What’d I miss? I see everyone is level eleventy billion on Destiny? 😛
@beavwa didnt pip used to work at the vampire cabaret? or did i make that up?
She sure did
I thought so, i remember her telling me about creepy dudes.
Yeah, Melbourne one.
That was when I used to spend a lot of time on TS – waiting up on a Friday and Saturday night to go pick her up around midnight – 1am.
Wait, wait, wait.
You were in town and DIDN’T let me know?
For shame.
🙁 I put up 2-3 TAY threads beforehand, and a couple of Twitter stuff. I have no idea who lives on Gold Coast (Bris is a decent trip away).
Look, I’m not saying you’re the worst person.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut…
Wait, there was a viking festival on?! Oh man, I was so bored this weekend. I could totally have persuaded Mr. Strange to go somewhere if he knew there was a viking festival on!
I know one “Viking” festival on the Gold coast got banned a couple of years back because it was a thinly disguised white power rally.
Welcome back! The Viking festival sounds pretty cool, I’d have to check it out next time I’m up there. The trams were good you think? Last time around when I was there they were about 6 months away from finishing off, and it looked like they were going everywhere which I think was a plus.
Such fun, many relax!
Thanks! Yeah viking festival was pretty rad, doont see that every day. Trams were very good – on-time, efficient. They go from Pac Fair up along the road, to pretty much every place we needed so it was handy. Definitely a nice relaxing break.
All this talk about Minecraft is making me want to play Minecraft again…
@zetrox2k I hear you have a TAY server going?
Also, who’s this guy, etc.
WHO’S-…aww.
^
Whos this???
hey man!
server address is 43.245.160.22
you should already be whitelisted! if not tweet me your MC username!
So my Internet was disconnected on Saturday (accident by a technician apparently). When I called support on Sunday they said I’d be back online by Tuesday. But nothing! Called them again this morning and they said the next available appointment for a technician to come look at it would be the 24th. Argh!
So yeah, my TAYing/Interneting will be work-hours-only for a while. I’ll just be sitting at home after work watching *gulp* TV… I hope Dishonored has enough content to last me over a week because I don’t have anything else installed to play!
Costing.
The.
Nation.
Web developers need precious slacking-off time! Even if the nation has to pay for it, it’s worth it to keep them happy!
Can you even imagine a world without web developers?
Your taxes pay for my TAY. 😛
hmmm… I think i’m doing too much. I did a 18.8km fun run on Sunday, just enrolled in dancing to get bronze level in Cha Cha and Rumba by December, playing Tennis tonight, training for half-marathon for the melbourne marathon in October and going to gym for weights twice a week. I now have a nasty cough and my body hurts 🙁
Must. Push. Through. *collapses*
18.8 km fun run? Surely that’s an oxymoron.
When you start running that distance it’s not fun but now that I’m used to it, it is fun 🙂 The run was also along the beach so that helped 😀
I WISH I COULD PLAY TENNIS
no clubs around me are in season, i have been itching to get back into it for ages.
Silly Rocket, you use rackets not clubs for tennis 😀
*runs off*
Table tennis mang – it’s table tennis season every season.
You like table tennis because you can play with a beer in your hand. 😛
You can level up in dancing?!
Sure can, they also have achievements 😀
Only 47 hours till I pick up my Disney Infinity 2.0 Collector’s Edition.
#excite
That’s weird, I’ve only played 47 hours of Destiny!
Which kinda sounds like Disney Infinity!
Right!?
-starts foaming at mouth-
RIGHT!?
-tears clothes off-
Disnity is what you’re thinking of.
Star citayzens! Is there anyone that would want to attend this?
http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cig-beer-garden-get-together-tickets-12989976369
should we try and get a group together?
Already got a ticket. See you there, I guess!?
Because I’m a loser i haven’t bought my ticket yet because i didn’t want to go alone :P, will purchase when i get home
Haha, yeah I can understand that. I’m flying in from Brisbane specifically for Star Citizen stuff (with the PAX AU “event” on Saturday 1st Nov) so I don’t particularly mind if I’m alone / losery. I’m used to it in any case. 😛
Craaaaaap, the SC stuff is not until Saturday? Maaaan, and i only have a Friday pass :P, oh well, live stream for me (if possible)
The backer event will be Saturday PM and won’t need a PAX pass to attend. Ticket information will go up on the RSI website this “Friday” (so Saturday our time?) according to the latest schedule. I’d say RSI / CIG will be on the showfloor of PAX for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Okay standing by for further information on that!!!
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Tickets are cheap as and I wanna go. Gunna grab one and then figure out if I’m free.
There’s beer, of course you are! 😛
Well that’s sort of tempting.
So sort of tempting that I just bought a ticket, apparently.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY THANKS TO @STEVOROONI FOR THE SMASH 3DS DEMO CODE. DO WE STILL DO NOMS? HE CAN HAVE ALL MY NOMS. CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
Thanks to Ben Skippers article on online multiplayer now im getting all jittery for Tom Clancy’s The Division 🙁
Also more destiny which is annoying me because i cant play it
How are people stacking up on Desert Golf? I’m on hole 261 with 665 shots in the bag, making my average shots per hole 2.56 (2 d.p). I love this game.
Hole 290 with 855 (2.94/hole). I don’t feel like I’m learning at all.
Heh it does feel a bit like that at times. I definitely think I’ve got better at not overhitting it when I’m right next to the hole.
i have hit 23 shots on two seperate holes and i get pissed because it makes my average go up so much 😛
I’ve done similar and it’s infuriating! But then I feel like I get rewarded with an easy hole in one for the next couple of holes…
Killed my very first patient in Surgeon Simulator \o/
Edit: Also earned the Vworrrp Vworrrp trophy (Create a Time Lord). Don’t even know how the hell I did it.
Two hearts at the same time?
Ah, that’d be it. Obviously a Doctor Who reference, but I didn’t know about the two hearts thing. Only ever watched one episode of Doctor Who and I didn’t like it (the one with Kylie Minogue and something about the Titanic).
Ok, judging Doctor Who by one episode? Specifically that episode? You really are an evil monkey aren’t you.
Lol, not saying that I’ll never watch Doctor Who ever again, but the one particular episode I decided to watch I didn’t like.
I have been told by a work colleague that that’s not a very good episode, so I may give it another chance one day, trouble is finding the time.
Get a TARDIS!
I watched three before I decided I hated it.
Ive watched all the episodes from the 2005 series multiple times, i cant decide if i like it or not. Might have to re-watch it for the 100th time to find out.
Did you go to gently pat him on the cheek but realised afterward you’re still holding the scalpel? Cause i definitely did NOT do that
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=141369375
It’s a pillow, it’s a pet
it’s a pillowpet!
Nah, hacked off the ribs, couldn’t get the heart out, so I just dumped the second heart in the cavity as well as everything else I could pick up.
Shhhhh, Bob, I doctor now…
What’s that Red? You want to play doctor? Well, ok, I guess….
Calm down Becky.
Well, grinding rep was not quite as bad as I thought – can get about 100 rep an hour via patrol missions, so only need another 250 rep to buy legendaries (probably only 125 now, thanks to that heroic strike), so 5 hours for the full 1k rep I needed (a far cry from the 15 hours I’d calculated).
Also, is everyone getting the same shaders, or am I just lucky to exclusively get ones that match my subclasses? Colour co-ordination ftw! 😀
What platform you playing on?
I just had a quick flick though the Quickflix content (see what I did there?) to determine if I could be persuaded to move over from Netflix.
A question to anyone with the Aussie company: is this really all the television content included in the $9.99 per month subscription package? I see maybe five or ten things that tickle my fancy but seriously? That’s it? My favourites list in Netflix is in the hundreds, literally.
I wasn’t including content labelled Premium in that list; that’s an extra charge.
No. Quickflix really is just dismal. I really wish all these companies would stop bleating about the law and ethics instead of actually doing something to offer what people want. If your product is shit and no one wants it you deserve to go bankrupt.
Cost saving is another big factor on why things seem so limited/broken as well especially with the larger companies, the product I’m supporting being a big example. Long story short, the portal for it’s been left broken in a very stupid way and they won’t bother fixing it because “There’s no funding”. Yeah cool, leave customers dead in the water without some very important functions because you’re not getting paid to fix something you didn’t bother to test properly to begin with.
They do have a point in regards to netflix though.
To try and get content they nede to by region specific access to the content which has a hefty price based on the stupid way we are setup over here.
Netflix hasn’t paid for that and quickflix can’t offer of the shows without paying. Does make it hard to compete.
Then that begs the question: if the industry is such a fustercluck and unprofitable over here why aren’t they trying to fix that instead of using it as an excuse?
They would be much better off trying to get better copyright laws enacted but the new players have no where near the sway of the established media companies.
All they can do is try and get a level playing field with the existing service. I don’t know what the solution is but I know trying to start a business where you need to pay for your product and your major competitor doesn’t makes it bloody hard to be viable
Don’t join quickflix. They’re awful.
Don’t even do one of their first month free trials.
I did that, and despite cancelling it (you can sign up online but to cancel you have to actually call them. Companies who do this are so dodgy) they took out the next payment anyway. So I ended up having to call them multiple times before they’d do anything about it. Their customer service is terrible, and their digital viewing options were also terrible.
Oh wow. That bad?
Unfortunately, jealousy affects businesses in the same way that it does individuals.
Yep, very anaemic. I cancelled a week into the free trial
I’ve decided that once I reach my goal of losing 30 kgs by the end of the year I’m going to buy myself a new coffee machine. The capsule machine I have is ok, but I’d like to get a proper machine.
YOO CAN DOO EET! 😀 Best of luck!
You sure can do it :D, I’ve lost 31 kg’s so far. Feels great doesn’t it?
It does. A few years ago, I lost 40+ kilos, but I put it all back on. So far I’ve lost 17 kilos, so my goal of losing 30 kilos by the end of the year is reachable.
Bill Gates said that he wanted a new version of Mahjong on Windows. Someone in accounts misheard him
Please be #pagesixFunny and topical. Much respect.
Destiny, a week later. DC explores the spirit of cooperation in gaming. http://yearofthehermit.tumblr.com/post/97613262971/16-september-2014
Today, in “When Australians and Canadians chat and misunderstand each others’ phrases”
Someone called out to me from their desk, and when I got to them, they started with “I threw a boner”.
Ah, but that’s exactly what he meant! For non-canadians, let me translate. Some canadian phrases and idioms are slightly more obtuse than others, but I’ve a lucky little translation guide here that’ll explain all.
“I threw a boner” actually means…
“I threw a boner.”
…..
Wut…
What does that even mean?
I threw a boner.
Weren’t you reading?
Don’t worry, I get it.
You got his boner?
Yes.
I’m scared.
3 DAYS UNTIL WASTELAND 2.
GET. FUCKING. HYPE.
if that’s your sorta thing, that is. I mean, if not, then fine. carry on. but I’m damn keen.
Is it that time already? But Destiny…but Wasteland 2…but Destiny…but Wasteland 2…but my new save of Skyrim that I’ve been wanting to play for ages…
Dammit video games industry for giving me no time to myself *grumps*
I cut my finger chopping cheese, but I think that I may have grater problems.
I knew a sesame seed once who was a compulsive gambler. He’d always think he was on a roll
#dadjokepagesix #hi@strangeOh look, I have a notification!
…
Wait a minute, we’re getting awfully close to Page Six aren’t we? Think I’ll just ignore it for now. 😛
A man walks into a bar and orders helicopter flavor chips. The barman replies “sorry mate we only do plain”
What do you call a quizmaster, with a quiz on tonight, who has all his questions in a file that Windows just made corrupt?
ME!
#dadjokeI’mgentlyweepingoverhere
Ouch. That’s not funny at all.
I can kind of remember them, but the problem is sneaking the writing of the quiz in while at work. But I think I can pull this off.
You could say the matter is just…trivial.
AHHAHAH! An old trick still works!
If you doc file is apparently corrupt, either a) try to get it open as plain text .txt (and cut out all the formatting crap) or b) use an online converter to pdf (don’t ask me why it won’t do it as a local pdf conversion, it doesn’t, but for some reason online pdf conversion works).
*Whew*.
Lousy Millennium Edition.
Three fonts walk into a bar. The bartender says “We don’t serve your type here.”
What do you do when a blonde throws a grenade at you? Pull the pin and throw it back.
Page 6 life advice –
If life gives you melons, you’ve got dyslexia.
Or you’re being roleplayed by @beeawwb.
So does that mean you can make demon ale?
VB?
yeah ok, its a larger, but its shit. & reality shouldn’t get in the way of a bad jokeyo, @DC whats with the downvote, man? don’t you like melons?
If life gives you melons… you honk ’em XD
A guy falls into a ditch and gets all muddy. He then goes to a bar and there bartender tells him “You can’t come in here. You’re all dirty.”
#pagesix?
I’m reading a book on the history of glue – can’t put it down.
My kid Joshy is now 18 months of age. He enjoys jumping.
Lately, he has started jumping on couches and my oh my you should see the smile on his face whilst doing so. I wish I pulled a smile that great for anything really, these days.
So he jumps up and down on our couch and if I’m sitting around on our nearby armchair, I glare at him and tell him to sit down, menacingly. With eyes as large and creepy as Mr Bean’s. Of course, being the obediently good boy that he is, he continues to jump and smile.
It’s when I start to get up and move toward him that he ever-so-quickly plops himself down on his bum, looks at me and shouts, ‘Sit down! Sit down!’ That smile is still there, though and the scene repeats as soon as I sit back down, myself.
Page Six; fun times.
I have no idea how you put up with that happening, not sure I’d be able to without losing my temper pretty quickly :/
#OldManTechie
Edited to include the word ‘armchair’. Anyone that saw the text before the edit, would have noticed *** in its place. It’s my weird method of highlighting a spot in a piece that I write where I cannot think of an appropriate word, so that I know where to come back to.
I’m glad you clarified that because originally I thought you were sitting on your nearby ass.
Gold. Guess what? I’ve got that huge smile my kid had. 😀
So a drunk man brings a giraffe to a bar. He and the giraffe proceed to down many drinks in raculous but relatively peaceful fashion, and the two stumble out into the street; however, the giraffe falls down, unable to get back up. The bartender says to the man, “Hey, you left your friend lyin’ down there!” The man responds, “He’s not a lion, he’s a giraffe!”
Conjunctivitis.com – now that’s a site for sore eyes.
@freezespreston @rize @tech_knight @pupp3tmast3r @sernobulus @f4ction
Haven’t heard otherwise yet so it looks like we’ll have a full group for Rogue Trader tonight.
That’s good. You’ll need it. >:D
What the hell do you mean by that? ;_;
Looking forward to seeing what happens next!
It’s a secret. I could be planning something quite devious or I could just be trolling you all.
I’m getting all Alpha Legion up in here.
Note to self: next important story character Pop introduces don’t hesitate to shoot in the face with full salvo of missles.
Note to self: arbitrary killing of characters for no discernible reason is looked on favourably by Khorne.
Make of that what you will. >:D
Oooooh shit.
Amarach is gunna get aaaangryyyyyy…
Do you know what Khorne hates? Psykers. 😛
That’s ok, I’m willing to offer blood to make up for it.
It’ll be the blood of his followers, but still.
Well if the last 2 sessions are anything to go by I will need to reroll a character.
Fate point!
I’ve got none left!
You can still burn them to stay alive, in a manner of speaking. It just reduces your total available pool from that point onward.
I don’t know if I’m going to stick with Rogue Trader, tbh. 😡Is timing an issue or just not feeling it?Just not feeling it, I thinkMy bad. I know it’s tricky trying to run a bunch of shorter sessions rather than big, long ones but that doesn’t excuse me for doing something that you’re not enjoying. I’m sorry that it’s not quite what you’re used to but I won’t begrudge you if you want to pull out.Nah man, it’s nothing you’re doing. I think I just prefer RPG sessions in real life.I’m not going to lie because I agree with you 100%. Nothing quite compares to getting people together and rolling physical dice and roleplaying through ridiculous escapades.I hope you manage to get your real life RPG group going again soon. And thanks for being a great member of our few sessions.
Page 6! Why did it have to be page 6!
What has 6 wheels and flies? A garbage truck.
Just the worst sorts here. :'(
A sausage speaks to another about parenting. “My kids are horrible,” one states. The other scoffs in disbelief. “You’re kidding me? My brats are the wurst!”
Well we’ve had TV page 2, sausage page 3, and anime page 5. It all ends eventually.
Deep stuff. D:
Is this pool safe for diving?
It deep ends.
Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.
Haha I tried this one a few weeks ago, it’s a classic 😛
Slept like a log last night … woke up in the fireplace.
What cheese can never be yours? Nacho cheese.
A man walked in to a bar with some asphalt on his arm. He said “Two beers please, one for me and one for the road.”
Why does Michael J Fox make the best milkshakes?
Because he only uses the finest quality ingredients.
What does a banana and an oil rig have in common?
Neither are a spaceship.
What do you call a black man who flies a plane?
A pilot.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
You clearly haven’t played enough EVE Online.
This joke wins
First day of calculus summer session today…
(Right before I leave)
Mom:Be safe driving over there
Me: Ok, Mom
Dad: Be safe deriving over there
Me: Goddamnit
@aliasalpha: This might interesting you, pal? http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/09/15/divinity-original-sin-gets-free-dlc.aspx
Still say we should coop…
@dc your downvotes shall not stop me. Page 6 forever!
That was unfortunate timing.
I just upvoted you downvoting me. I confuse myself sometimes.
Aw, that was over too soon. I hereby dub Page 7 to be the Page 6 SPILLOVER page.
Edited away threats of violence. Seems that’s frowned upon?
dude. thats a tad full on.
*clenches fist* Page six just makes me so damn mad.
I’m sort of impressed, actually.
it really takes quite a bit for something to make me think ‘wow. that was a bit wrong’
good work.
Parliament shenanigans, obviously, but I cannot remember a single other incident where you spoke up like this. Not a single one. What @dc said must have been pretty extreme.
*cancels planned trip to Qld*
Aw, it was an intentionally over the top escalation on the punching right in the face joke, but admittedly crossed a line. I apologize. I’m not a violent guy. I just like inappropriate jokes, is all. 🙂
35 being the one to speak up surprised me too and now I feel like a monster. D:
oh, I think some of the funniest stuff is things that cross the line twice. DCs thing was just so unexpected. perfect example of black comedy right there.
but yeah… personally, I don’t feel overly comfortable directing anything too horrible at actual people. faceless groups, imaginary & hypothetical people, or politicians (who aren’t real people, they’re parodies of people) are acceptable targets. I’m happy to swear at & call people out on their bullshit, but I draw the line at being aggressive / threatening toward individuals. that shit aint cool.
You should go back and read my page six contribution; it’s a father-son feel good story at its very core.
Your son’s name humanized it. You were spared a downvote.
How do you fix a broken pizza?
With Tomato paste.
#PageSixIsntAPageItsAStateOfMind
Don’t mind grumpy DC. I apologize for bringing TAY mood down.
Out of curiosity, why?
I was wronged by a pun in the past!
Like, were you tortured by one? What a weird pun-ishment.Hi DC!
What’s red and smells like blue paint?
Red paint.
How do you organize a space party? You planet.
You, sir, are a star.
Sun, I am proud.
I saw the original message, and I just wanted to say:
Friend, I will help you hide the body.No…! No, please don’t put your hand in my pocket! NOOOOOOOOOOO GOD WHYYYYYYY
Oh man, everyone is such high level on Destiny. 🙁 Those 5 days have put me behind..
Looking forward to home time and getting one more level to change my subclass – and then starting again pretty much! Sure, I gotta get food for dinner and make and eat it… but… gaems…
Don’t worry man, you’re still higher level than me.
Which console are you on? We can haz play together if you want. I like the whole scaling thing so level 20’s can play with their just-starting pals, it’s pretty neat.
I’m level-don’t-have-a-console-not-playing. 😛
Me too! We should team up!
We’ll be the best team ever! With blackjack… and strippers! In fact, forget the blackjack.
Does it also scale you if you go back to a low level area solo, like Guild Wars 2? Cause I reckon that’s brilliant.
Not only that, you still get drops for your level when running low-level areas. It’s pretty great.
That said, I don’t think it scales down your damage as well, just your defences… it’s pretty easy to get swarmed if you wade in, but it’s also very easy to take heads off left, right and centre and completely decimate groups in a few seconds.
It seems like it might scale up the health of the enemies though. Case in point: I was in the middle of doing a story mission on the moon and someone joined me for it and immediately I went from needing one headshot to kill acolytes to needing two.
Maybe for story instance areas, where the fireteam are the only players in the area. Doing patrol missions and strikes, I’ve noticed no scaling when two or three people enter or leave the area. Only story mission I’ve repeated was the Black Garden, but both times I was in a 2-man fireteam, so the two difficulties would have been the same regardless. Given the area population in story instances is far more stable than patrol areas, I wouldn’t be surprised if they scaled enemy health in those areas only.
Finished the game last night after taking a few days off. So many high level people running through the tower now. D:
Dude, I’m only on 7, myself. Haven’t even hit halfway of the story yet, either.
I’ll help you level if I’m on. Just invite me to a chat party first & I’ll let you know if I’m free.
Gotta level for that Raid, yo.
Yo. Yo.
Dieting.
Just ate a massive Banh Mi.
Feel good/bad.
Like when I play Destiny.
Video geams.
P.S.
As in Play Station.
Not Post Script.
That’s not how this works.
Come on, guy.
Alrighty, cool.
I’m level 25 light and missed the first two days, so don’t worry you can easily get 20 in 2 days, strikes gear you up pretty fast as well, or you could go hardcore PvP after level 7 however I don’t think you get marks until 18.
I’m still only level 14, barely played recently.
Yah 14 here too. Maybe tonight? I’ll only join people if I know I have a good hour or more available.
If it helps, most high level folks probably won’t mind hopping down to do your stuff. And it’s not like you beceome super-powered death-gods like in WoW. Just… they’ll probably steal most of your kills due to excessive headshot practice. I recommend soloing the story (and completing the bounties whenever they’re up) for the atmosphere. After that, playing with friends puts a new spin on old missions.
That page six had me grinning and giggling like an idiot in a busy city food court.
Certainly got a few strange looks.
Oh, burrito was amazing. Thanks again to TAY hive mind, call outs to @pixel_the_ferret_viking for planting the idea!! =D
I did good things! \o/
Lucky I was dressed today. I just had a call and a visit from the school to let me know that my 13yo daughter and two of her friends haven’t been there all morning.
The school called around all the parents (one of whom was apparently driving to a funeral and had to stop until they knew what was going on) to see if any of us knew, and left a message on my answering machine (because I never answer the home phone) to say to the girls that if they were hiding there, they needed to get back to school because they were in big trouble. My daughter doesn’t have a mobile but one of her friends does, and I have her phone number so I texted them to get back to school, and I got a sheepish call back from my daughter.
Just as I got off the phone, one of the teachers and the sister of one of the girls pulled up at my house looking for them, so I was able to let them know they were all okay and rushing back to school. The poor sister and the other parents were frantic. I also would have appeared way less credible if I was still in my PJs!
Adventure!
Fun! @strange days indeed.
Seriously, though, that’s scary stuff. I’m not looking forward to my kids’ teenagerdoms.
I have a feeling it’s my fault for not being scary enough as a parent. So be a scary parent and your kids will be fine! 😛
My girls are terrified of me being angry at them. All that’s achieved is made them more inventive at trying to hide what they’re doing.
Out of sight out of mind. Everyone wins! \o/
Imagine the coming of age adventures they could have been getting up to!
Eating fish and chips around the corner! Helping elderly ladies across the road! At church!
I know you’re joking around but this is exactly why I wasn’t super worried, and not all that angry. I didn’t go to school a lot in year 10 (she’s in Year 9 so she’s starting early, eek! :P) so I can’t really judge her for something most people I know have done at one point or another.
It’s sometimes difficult as a parent to remember you did the exact same thing to your parents when you were your kids’ ages but I do believe it’s an important thing to keep in mind.
I never wagged school and I regret it. I think I missed a fundamental part of growing up.
Well I didn’t do it the fun way with friends, I just snuck back into my house after everyone left and stayed there all day by myself, completely freaked out and paranoid my Dad would find me when he came back home for lunch. 😛
This one fact fills me with dread when even contemplating parenthood. If they were to inherit my traits… oh god.
Hey gang,
Big game sale at Big W right now.
The following 360 games are all $10:
* RDR Undead Nightmare
* Rayman Origins
* Bioshock Infinite
* Worms collection
* The Darkness 2
* FF XIII-2
* Dead Space 2
* Dead Island Riptide
(and more)
I picked up Bioshock Infinite because there was only one copy left, and I haven’t played that game yet (and the price!); and also decided to give Rayman one more chance. Almost picked up Dead Island and RDR too, but then remembered that I hate almost all zombie stuff.
BioShock Infinite has two of my favourite moments in games of last year. That opening. You’ve done good.
I’ve been tempted a few times to get it while it was in the realm of $20-25. This was a no-brainer. I’ve been so patient, man. PATIENT.
It’s sort of getting a reputation that it’s not a good game, but it totally is… just didn’t live up to its promise… and the hype… still very good.
Like Arkham Origins! \o/
Exactly! 😀
There’s something to be said for being late to the party.
<3
Game play isn’t why you play games is it?
Not this one. This was all location and walking simulator fun. 😀
RDR technically doesn’t have Zombies, only the DLC (Which i paid for but yet to actually play :/)… If you haven’t played RDR at all and like the wild west…. DOOOOO EEEEEEEET!
I’ve played RDR. It was meh.
Sorry.
DEAD.TO.ME!
ilyUndead Nightmare’s pretty decent too. It’s an alternate timeline that runs parallel with the core game, featuring familiar characters and places. It’s funny. And over-the-top. And cool.
Up there with Lair of the Shadow Broker and The Last of Us: Left Behind as best DLC ever.
Though this is more like an expansion pack.
I miss expansion packs. DLC almost killed them off.
Yeah, I think the last good one I played was Dragon Age: Awakening. Better than DA2!
I’m still annoyed at how much they fucked over Anders going from Awakening to DA2. 🙁
I really liked how the gameplay even changed dramatically, even if it was by accident. During RDR I crept from cover to cover, planning every move but in undead nightmare it was mostly RUUUUUUN! turn around shoot, RUUUUUN! or shooting while running backwards, that got so hectic in the Survival mode.
Yeah, Rockstar don’t really do DLC, they do proper old school expansions. The Lost & Damned & Ballad Of Gay Tony for GTA4 were big enough to be small games in their own right, same with Undead Nightmare for RDR
wait, you hate most Zombie stuff? But… but…. Undad?
Here’s a quote from my upcoming Kickstarter that will show just how much of a fussy and elitist prick I am:
It might just be the impression I’ve got, but somehow I don’t think Dead Island exactly aspires to this kind of storytelling. Zombies in games tend to mean infinite fodder for gratuitous gore rather than thought-provoking storytelling. And I’m not really interesting in grinding meat like that.
I think every writer has their own take on over done genres, too. A good writer will see potential even in something over done and Shane’s a damn good one. 😀
Nah.
well in that case Dead Island is not the best choice for you I don’t think, terrible story, not thought provoking, it’s just a mindless meat mashing gore fest, especially Riptide (I still like them though), . RDR Undead nightmare has some cool bits to do with the way people “adapt” in a world full of zombies.
Stupid $10 games, making me dig through shelves.
Disappointed there was no Metal Gear Rising or Catherine though, those would’ve been nice for $10.
ALSO YOU SHOULD GET ZOMBIU! Best zombie game.
And I suck at putting all thoughts into a post before hitting submit. And also actually hitting submit when I’m done.
Speaking of BioShock Infinite and Buried at Sea DLC:
I love this so damn much. *swoon*Browsing a poster website, I click on their big Sale banner which takes me to the “College” section.
The Most Popular categories section made me laugh. http://i.imgur.com/DBptehj.png
Margaret and David are leaving At the Movies and it’s not being renewed.
Man, I feel old for remembering that show on SBS.
I haven’t watched it in ages, but that show was like a nice old pair of slippers, y’know – not perfect, and not worn much, but nice that it was still around.
Change?! I hate change! Fetch me my pitchfork and saddle up Patsy for we ride!
To: All Staff
From: Boss Man
“My treat – do y’all want pizza or cake?”
I really, really like my job.
Can I have your job?
Alternately, is there someone at your work who I could feasibly wear the skin of while impersonating them?
I fail to see why you can’t have both!
From: All Staff
To: Boss Man
“Por que no los dos?!”
Making you choose? WHAT A MONSTER!
The factions will begin, the cakers vs the pizzas!
Brothers and Sisters, we fight! Not for freedom! Not for duty! FOR CAKE!
Hello
HEY!
The last time someone said “let them eat cake”, heads ended up rolling.
That was his plan all along. Divide and conquer the staff! D:
Then there’s that lone guy who is all “Well I think we should have salad because salad is healthy!”
(Hint: he’s the first to be found bound and gagged in the disabled toilet on the third floor where nobody ever goes)
You don’t make friends with salad.
It’s not necessarily the ‘mutual exclusivity’ use of the word ‘or’. He might plan to get them both.
So naive in the ways of the world. 😛
Easy. Cake is horrible so pizza it is.
Unless it’s a Croquembouche or donut cake. They’re pretty great.
But pizza great? No dice!
A Croquembouche made from pizza Hot Pockets and melted cheese?
Now we’re talking!
I have a new mission in life I think…
Once you’re done, tell us how the triple bypass went.
Dughnut… cake?
OMGGUYSGUYSGUYSWTFTHISCAN’TBEREAL
What you got against @cakesmith?
@pizzasmith is just way better.
If this was a few years ago, someone called “pizzasmith” would now start hanging out in TAY for a while….
Alt accounts were fun but now they’re just too much work.
I tried to make one for a quick joke a little while ago but I got as far as needing to create a new email address for it so that our gravatars wouldn’t be the same and I just gave up.
I’ve got one I used once for a joke and I’ve forgotten the password.
Agreed! I set one up to gift Dark Souls to @dc, and it took ages. Had to set up a new email address and everything. Way too much hassle.
That ended well.
THANKS THOUGH.
@dc What a complete shemozzle that was.
@shane Enough time has passed that I find it hilarious. 😀
I hope I didn’t come across as ungrateful. It meant a whole lot to me.
It also included the hassle of contacting me for the sole purpose of lying to me. I’ll never trust you again! 😛
I know, such a thing would be truly ridiculous.
What have you?
Anyone on TAY up for the Destiny weekly heroic strike on Xbox One before the week resets? otherwise I might be in for a lengthy solo :S I need dem exotic coins.
Just add DistantDrop if interested.
Will do! I’ll try and level up by Sunday, I need dem coins auch.
Unfortunately as of yesterday I switched to PS4 to play with another friend :S so I’ll no longer be playing my XB1 account on destiny.
If you still need help just msg me here or on ps3/4 on ‘redrathi’ I’d be more than happy to help.
@mawt @popdart5 @blaghman @tech_knight @novacascade
NUMENERA: TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
A new adventure begins! Will you pursue the gharolan or the impossible blade?
WED 7:30 SA TIME
NUMENERA! \o/
Oh did I miss the finale?
I actually think I want to take a break for a while. Maybe let Ranger wander off into the sunset for a bit.
No problem. Ranger can head off in search of phetys, who has gone AWOL
@beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @greenius @jordi @negativezero @pixel_the_ferret_viking @scree @smurfydog @tech_knight @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k @trjnSo board game meat this weekend because Bunny and Freya are down for something.
11am Saturday until whenever, I don’t know. I’ll be there as long as needed.
22 Laurens Street North Melbourne (front door looks like warehouse backdoor… because it was).
Google Maps link at the bottom. Totally easy to just get the train to North Melbourne station, about a minute from there!
Call me on 0421 596 three double four if you need.
We will play games! Like… Smash Up, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Adventure Time Card Wars (and Munchkin, if my delivery comes in) and whatever Bunny brings.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/22+Laurens+St,+West+Melbourne+VIC+3003/@-37.8080217,144.9455377,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x6ad65d3f85659215:0x189fd80ff4ff487cWhat’s parking like around there? I’d probably have to drive over.
The street is mostly industrial (warehouses being converted to apartments over time) so parking is plentiful at present.
Bunny arrives with his board games. http://www.i.imgur.com/CvC77BN
Oh god, he creates imgur 404s?! NOOOO!
So fixing the URL…. haha, yep, pretty much what I imagined.
Me an ol url link don’t get along too well these days.
I too may drive in ill let you guys know closer to the date
Games I’ll definitely be bringing:
– RAMPAGE!
– Qwirkle
– The Resistance
– Coup
I can bring in pretty much anything from my collection. So if people are interested in trying something out, say 7 Wonders with expansions, just ask and I’ll shove them in the boot.
A random assortment of games I own:
Hanabi,Ticket to Ride+1910 expansion/TTR: Europe+1912 expansion/TTR: Marklin,
Dominion+Prosperity & Intrigue expansions,
K2,
7 Wonders+Expansions,
Village,
Agricola,
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small,
Tzol’kin,
Shadows over Camelot,
Battlestar Galactica,
Bang!,
Arkham Horror,
Seasons,
Power Grid,
Escape: Curse of the Temple,
P.I.,
Discworld: Ankh Morpork,
Discworld: The Witches,
King of Tokyo + expansions,
Ghost Stories,
Tokaido,
Takenoko,
Space Cadets,
Formula D,
King’s Vineyard,
Pandemic + On the Brink & In the Lab expansions,
Forbidden Desert,
Forbidden Island,
Hive,
Ladies and Gentleman,
Settlers of Catan,
Smallword,
Last Night on Earth,
Alhambra (Big Box version),
Carcassonne (Big Box version),
Galaxy Trucker (Big Box version),
Quarantine.
There are some other random smaller games too but that’s most of the collection.
I could bring by one of my werido Japanese dominion-likes if you want. Assuming I can go. Have to check. Technically supposed to be hunting for a new place to move to.
Board games are more important than having a place to live.
I have a place to live but it’s a single bedroom in my mum’s place that is miles away from anywhere and does not have room for shelves for my board games. So this is pretty important.
Being able to store your board games is definitely important.
Move in with @f4ction?
*sings* one of them is (x)
and the other is (y rhyming with x)
Sometimes they get into a fight
Other times they stay up all night
Odd couple but best of friends
Together they’re….
Uh
Trends? No….. Bends? Stupid stupid stupid.
….
THE NON RHYMING COUPLE!
Nailed it.
Godsends?
I wont lie outside of playing the usual boardgames ei scrabble and monopoly and one game of munchkin ive played no board games so im open to whatever
Also guys, that place is stunning, literally the prettiest house i have been inside. I want a house exactly like that.
It may be for rent in the future, maybe 😛
WOT???
Brad has been talking about renting it out for a while. Just depends on what his next construction project is.
Sorry, Mum and I already decided to go to the Show that day
Downvotes, boooo!
We’re in. What shall we bring?
Yourselves and… whatever? Should be good 😀
Well, for some backstory, we had like, six people with birthdays last week, so on Monday they bought eight different Cheesecake Factory cakes, and we only just finished those yesterday, so everyone is a little bit burnt out on cake.
I asked for a plain cheese pizza, just for me…
CHEESECAKE! THE BEST CAKE!
Not such a fan, eh? Something about the tanginess. I can make a mean cheesecake though. I don’t eat cake a lot (I had maybe two slices of all the cakes last week), but when I do, I want like, rich mud cake. Chocolate forever.
You misunderstand. Cheesecakes are my life! 😀
A whiles back I used to eat an entire one by myself and chronicle it on TAY.
And that was when I decided to pretend that you were my friend.
Mud cake is one of the few cakes I like. Wanted a white chocolate mudcake for my wedding but got into a big fight with my mother in law over it. She insisted it had to be a fruit cake but who the hell eats fruit cake? So I overruled her and ordered the white chocolate mud. Then she waited a bit and called them to change it behind our backs to a fruit cake and we didn’t find out until we cut into the damn thing. Left a sour note on the day.
She had a mother in law stereotype to live up to. Sounds like she overshot on that front. D:
God @freezespreston you’re wedding day isn’t about you or your wife. It’s all about your mother in law. Gosh, some people are so selfish.
blergh, traditional wedding cakes are just the worst, they should be called something other than cake so they don’t sully cake’s name. That is an incredibly crap thing to do to you guys, I would have made her eat the whole thing.
I really hate tradition for traditions sake. Grrrrr.
I’m glad that didn’t happen to me, because I don’t think I would have responded very well. Namely, I’d smack her with the cake and then go back to having a good time.
Absolutely hate fruit cake, we had a chocolate mud cake for our wedding. Would’ve been so pissed off if my mother in-law had done what yours did.
So many downvotes needed, must not downvote
Fruit cake is awesome
Fruit Cake is balls. Sorry, but it had to be said.
Fruit cake is pretty good at times. Other times its not.
*goes to add exclamation point next to @dc’s name*
*sees that page is already full of exclamation points*
*turns page*
*page is also full of exclamation points*
*writes on hand “buy new blank book”*
Hey now, you’re at work, not home alone.
Thank you.
The other day I finished another run-through of Judas Priest, first full go since the new album landed. Decided to give them a bit of a break and went and put on some VGM stuff.
I think I drive like more of an idiot when de Blob is playing. Jazz is far worse an influence than heavy metal could ever hope to be? 😛
Haha. Someone did it.
@pizzasmith
Edit your comment and it will get out of moderation.
Is this your next yellowius?
Thanks Freeze that makes you my third favourite thing, right after More Pizza, and Pizza!
Now if only Gravatar would work, so that you could bask in the glory of my cheesy creations!
So, there are some really talented folks out there. Collecting EOIs for artists to work on Undad.
I’M PRETTY EXCITED YOU GUYS.
Can I do one?
Feel free to apply!
*taps nose*
Wooooo…
….hoooooo!
I’m glad I had an unrefreshed Kotaku window open so I could gawk. Gawk, I tells ya.
I don’t know why I bother editing. Nothing ever stays secret.
Especially when you hide it in plain sight by posting it on Kotaku. 😛
Yes, well, I do these things when I GET EXCITED. :\
All over the rug too. Bad Shane! *bops with newspaper*
NEVER CHANGE! 😀 I liked them though. Cool choices.
I can just go back through my browser history and see them again any time I want! 😀
Rodrigo wins because Hellboy.
I like his work, too.
god booking airfares is expensive when you have to do it for 2 people. WHY AM I SO FUCKING NICE TO MY FRIEND. i mean i could just ask him for some money for the flight but i would much prefer to hold it over his head that im nicer than he is 😛
Yeah, it’s like, twice as expensive for two people.
That’s my default price calculation these days.
With this Japan trip everyone has to come up with about 5500 to get themselves over but it’s cost me 11000 due to paying for 2 from one source.
Praise jebus for bonuses and tax returns.
And bank robberies!
Payday and Payday 2 are based on a true story.
Massive body-count shoot-out after a string of bank robberies is probably somewhere in my top ten ways to die.
Cavalry charge!
also @f4ction
Is it still okay if me and my friend david stay with you in geelong?? if not thats cool, ill just have to organize some alternative arrangements
When you coming down dude?
30 of october to 3 of november for PAX. its soo expensive to find somewhere to stay
As it would be haha least you got somewhere to stay i think I’ll have to drive in every day which will suck
Thats what we get since the organisers, in their infinite wisdom, decided to schedule it for the weekend marking the start of the Melbourne Cup Festival. Who honestly thought that was a good idea? Even a week either side would have been so much easier
I reckon there was alot of bookings for the Melbourne expo centre because thanks to PAX Sexpo got canned this year as PAX secured the date they wanted before them and the week before PAX is the timber and working with wood show..not the same thing..but the week after PAX has apparently no bookings for that weekend but they also arent accepting bookings for that weekend either
The 4th is Melbourne Cup day, which wouldn’t be helping availability and prices. How about a YHA?
hmmmm that is probably a good option
At the moment, sure. Depends on when I’m doing shopfitting though, I may have to rescind that offer 😡 I’ll let you know as soon as I can
thank you sire
We can probably find room if you find yourself short of plans.
I should message my sister and see if she was still serious about coming over from Sydney – could free up a room.
shopfitting you say, I work in a shopfitting company, we send our poor dudes all over the place. You never know where you’ll end up.
First place might be Rosebud. Ferry across from Geelong then put up in what I presume will be a crummy hotel 😛
yeah i book the accommodation for our guys but am given a pathetic budget so it’s hard to get a decent place, I try though.
I personally don’t mind. I mean, free accommodation is free! As long as it meets basic needs why complain?
Any PS4 Destiny peeps up for doing the Weekly Strike before it resets?
I could give it a try. @Transientmind and I tried last week and both agreed it was impossible. =P
I could go again. At the time we did it, we were, what… 24, 22, and 20 respectively? I think you need everyone to be well over 22.
Well I am 22, worth trying at least,
Saturday, Jo and I gave it a try, and we nearly made it through the wave bit, would have if I hadn’t been an idiot.
Nah man, you were doing the bulk of the work.
Saturday and I were just too low level.
Yeah, me, @jocon and @ynefel just successfully completed it tonight. It was a lot easier with everyone being 22+.
Apologies for dropping after too, my internet was being dicky. Need to do some more of that – worked quite well with the three of us.
That’s what we figured. All good. 🙂
DID SOMEBODY SAY DIE HORRIBLY REPEATEDLY?
I’m level 11 and I can’t play 10 mins without dropping out.
Count me in!
I’m still level 18 and might have Mario Kart plans tonight instead, alas. *shakes fist at any one who’ll watch*
@transientmind @sernobulus
Well let me know when you are online and good to go. Send me an invite and I’ll jump out of whatever I am doing.
Where even is the selection for this?
@stickman
It shows up on the left hand side of the planet select screen. Need to be a certain level first, 18 or 20 I think.
Hm okay, I saw something appear when I hit 15/16 yesterday.
Oh yeah, Beer and Pixels tonight.
Friend would have murdered me if I forgot (again) >_>
@pixel_the_ferret_viking would murder someone? Makes sense if beer is involved
Foreigners, am I right?
What is the malted liquor.(beer)
What gets you drunker quicker?
What comes in bottles or in cans?(beer)
Can’t get enough of it,(beer)
How we really love it,(beer)
Makes me think I’m a man,(beer)
I can kiss and hug it,(beer)
But I’d rather chug it,(beer)
Fill my belly up to here,(beer)
I could not refuse a,(beer)
I could really use a,(beer)
Beer, beer, beer.
NegativeZero’s State of the Fleet Update, 16th September
I’ve been trucking away at the game fairly consistently. Despite Destiny happening, I’ve still managed to make sure I get time to do at least all my daily PVP matches as they’re a great source of XP when you can clear them all. And generally I do.The last update I made was late last week, just after I finally achieved the dual milestones of getting Haguro to her Kai-2 remodel at 65, and finally causing the game to relent on its constant campaign of hate and misery for long enough to drop I-8, a sub I hunted relentlessly during the December events and then after she was made a drop from the World 1 bonus map.
This weekend I was kind of bored with Destiny so I sat infront of netflix on Sunday night for a few hours, grinding subs on the laptop. Hachi has made it all the way to level 22 already. Which is nice. Also, fresh from my final victory in clearing World 3, I decided that 4-3 would be my next major target. Technically World 3-4 is harder to clear than World 4-3 and 4-4, but it was much easier for me since it simply needed a heavy fleet of four Battleships and two Carriers. 4-3 required some luck and a fleet of two heavy cruisers, one battleship, one destroyer, one heavy carrier and one light carrier. My lack of a high-level light carrier or any heavy cruisers a few months ago had stymied me, but I had been working on Haguro and Tone, and had also leveled up several light cruisers.
In the end I sortied seven times with a fleet of Tone, Haguro, Haruna, Yuudachi, Soryuu and Hiyou. Six times redirected to non-boss nodes. The northern non-boss node was fairly nasty as it usually has some enemy battleships that can be difficult to sink. But eventually got directed to the boss node. Beat it the first time I got there. Sigh of relief.
Friday’s server updates introduced a new map into the game. Like the bonus maps for World 1, 2 and 5, it’s a bonus map, unlocking when you’ve completed World 3. It’s an interesting map really. You need to sink the boss four times, but the boss itself is super weak so the trick is actually getting to the boss node. There’s two routes through – the Northern route for a heavy fleet, and the Southern route for a fleet comprised of a cruiser and five destroyers. I currently only have a pair of high-level destroyers plus a few mid-levels, and my light cruisers are very low (I’m working on getting Sendai to her Kai-2 at 60 at the moment) so the Southern Route was right out. That means taking the Northern Route. This one requires the interesting combo of 1 heavy cruiser or aviation cruiser, 1 battleship, 2 torpedo cruisers and 2 carriers. I’ve got all this roughly under control, but it’s a very tricky map regardless. The opening node isn’t so bad but the second and third battles involve fighting the so-called Black Wock Shooter, which is a Wo-class carrier with a blue burning eye in the style of Black Rock Shooter. Not that much stronger than a normal Wo-class, but fields blue aircraft that seem to be insanely strong. My first encounter with these particular Wo configurations and it went okay, but pretty tricky.
The node before the boss node is the trickiest bit. You’re thrown against an installation-type demon princess who I think was the main boss in an older event. She’s not that hard to beat, but her fight badly damaged several of my ships both times. I was able to easily clear her by going to night battle, but not continue through to the boss. More time needed. Probably need some sparkled ships. I also didn’t equip anyone with the right ammunition types. Anyway, this fight apparently seems to drop a few ships I’m missing, at the very least I might be able to get Akashi, the fleet repair ship that’s very useful.
Monday morning, after completing my PVP rounds, I realized that my Tone had finally reached level 70, which is her Kai-2 level. I had a blueprint sitting there, hoping that before Tone hit 70 I would have gotten my white whale, Taigei, to drop, but no such luck. So the blueprint went to upgrade Tone to her current ultimate form. Not bad, since I started with her at level 1 when I went back to the game in August. Her artwork, much like with Haguro (same artist) is an amazing step upward from the way it used to look. Much more dynamic. This change also changes Tone to be an Aviation Cruiser (which is weird since technically historically-speaking she already was) which means I’ve got my high-level aviation cruiser ready for clearing 4-4. In the mean time, I rotated Myoukou in to replace Haguro for PVP works and have nearly gotten her to 40, and now I have rotated Tone out for her sister Chikuma. Both of them are going to be a long ways off though, as they need to get to 70.
This morning, things got awesome. I’d managed to get enough ammo together recently that I could just barely afford a tilt at another Large Ship Construction go. Last weekend I managed to obtain German destroyer Z3, and when she’s flagship, LSC has a small chance of building Bismark on certain recipes. Last time I tried this, it got me another Haruna, so wasn’t expecting much. It was also going to wipe out my ammo reserves. But I decided “fuck it, why not?”. Standard build recipe used for Yamato & Musashi, 20 dev materials. 5 hour timer. Dammit. 5 hours is the timer for Nagato & Mutsu, and I have both and never use them because the Kongou FBBs are more versatile and cheaper to run, and Yamato hits harder. Auto-completed the build and… this popped out. Yes! Months of work paid off.
This means my current list of missing ships is getting fairly small:
Obtainable via standard crafting:
Obtrainable via large ship crafting:
– Musashi, Noshiro, Taihou, Mikuma, Maruyu
Obrainable via drops:
– Akigumo, Hatsukaze, Taigei, Akashi
My next big milestone in the game I think is going to be obtaining Souryuu Kai-2. She requires level 78 to upgrade, currently at 74. That’s probably a week or so away. After that it’ll probably be Sendai upgrading to Ninja mode. I had been starting to work on getting Kirishima into the 70s so I’d have the full set of Kongou sisters at Kai-2, and because she has much nicer artwork, but now that I have Bismark, that might not happen for a bit.
The more I read about this the more it makes me want to reinstall Navy Field..simply because of boats
World of Warships doesn’t seem like it’s that far off as well.
Navy Field 2 got shut down not that long ago 🙁
Also, they are ships, not boats. >:( My granddad would have yelled at me if I dared call them a boat.
They had ships then..big fuck off ships with cannons the size of a minivan
I’m looking forward to getting a go at World of Warships because the idea of being on the firing end of a gun that fires 46cm-diameter shells is pretty exciting.
EDIT: Also the fun times that result when you realize that every Navy except the British had stupid names for their warships. You’ve got a giant fucking floating death fortress with massive cannons all over it and you call it something wimpy like Ohio? Even the Brits got it wrong a lot, but at least they made up for it with names like Warspite and Thunderer and Revenge.
*returns from extended abscence* Oh, hai guys.
Hi Batgirl
I’m assuming you went on field trip to some ruins and were swept away by a dashing archaeologist and have spent the absence in a torrid affair traveling the ancient cities of Europe
More Fiasco should probably happen this week. When are other RPG things going on so that there’s no double-dipping?
40K tonight and numenera tomorrow.
Pathfinder every other Monday.
Thursday/Friday is available this week however don’t feel obligated to avoid us just because we’re also going to play tonight and tomorrow.
I cant do thursday unless its after 7:30 but I could possibly do fridays
The people of my community celebrating after the mosque got refused.
https://twitter.com/GCS_Pottsy/status/511715831386873856
I really really wish that was a parody photo. Oh god do I wish it was.
The ’70s called. They want their bogans back!
That shirt… it actually says ‘Straya’. But… they’re not actually being ironic. They’re proudly wearing a label that was invented to lampoon the lazy bogan drawl for ‘Australia’. And there are mullets. One of them is in a neck-brace, presumably as part of his work-cover racket. How can that NOT be a parody photo?
Sometimes punishing your kids is fun. I just posted on my daughter’s Facebook wall (under her name because I have her password) that she’s banned indefinitely due to using it to help plan her little truancy event with her friends. Felt good. 😛
Monster! 😀
Monster!Mother!
FTFY.
Different words for the same thing, friend. 😛
hahahaha
don’t let my wife read me laughing at that commentAlready forwarded it on. SHE HAS EYES EVERYWHERE!
Now send messages to all the boys she fancies.
Just variations of OoooOOoooOooo?
Needs some xoxo’s. Get with the times DEECEE.
I’m sorry. It’s been a long time since I was a teenage girl. 😛
I missed this comment yesterday, but I’d just like to draw attention to the late upvote that I’m giving it now.
Mum powah!
that’s some new-school parenting right there. Kudos.
Did you also make a status saying “I love @strange very much she is the bestest in the whole wide world!” ?
YES!
Freeze the king of last posts.
The people of my community celebrating after the mosque got refused.
https://twitter.com/GCS_Pottsy/status/511715831386873856
I really really wish that was a parody photo. Oh god do I wish it was.
Bunch of dickheads.
I had a nice barely comprehensible reply written full of fkn’s and straya’s but I think I’ll just leave it as follows…
Good fkn lord…
Heard about that on the radio this arvo. A real dick move by a bunch of redneck jerks.
They got big traction when it appeared on ACA.
Yeah, that’d be right…
So uh, why was the mosque refused? It’s due to an unrelated lack of parking facilities or something, right? Please don’t tell me these people don’t have any power. Please!
breeding pokemon for movesets, IV’s and natures is a lot of work. BUT I AM UP TO THE CHALLENGE. probably
Fully motivated, until the grind sets in…
Locking all those “reject” Pokemon in a box never to see the light of day again.
MONSTER!
All this Pokemon talk is making want to delve back into Y..
FIASCO
THE ONE SESSION RPG ABOUT POWERFUL AMBITION AND POOR IMPULSE CONTROL
@trjn I am able to Fiasco Thurs or Friday again, so I’ll open this up to everyone!
Taking sign-ups now!
It’s like playing through a Coen brothers movie, or Lock Stock. About a 2-3 hour commitment, and no prep needed, suitable if you’ve never roleplayed before!
Okay.
Consider me available if you absolutely need a 4th, otherwise others should take priority.
I can’t do Thursday or Friday. Driving down to Melbourne first thing on Friday morning, so I can’t really book myself in for anything on Thursday evening. You kids have fun.
As I said on the last page I can probably do thursday if its after 7:30 otherwise I can probably do friday if Cathryn hasnt booked anything
Has anyone here had much experience with making stuff for steam workshop?
I’m making my worms hat for steam workshop now!
I’m making skins for Melody’s escape. Is it easy enough to do? I haven’t extracted the XML yet, just working on the art side of it
Given that it’s in early access, I can’t even see it in the workshop, so I can’t really tell you what’s required, but usually for a skin it’s pretty easy. Just get the UV layout, paint, and depending on the code, either name your file something in particular, or change a script or something.
It’s the dimensions that may need editing.
It does have it’s own workshop, something I wrongly assumed it was too early for.
They need editing and I suck at it.
can you paste the instructions in here at all? I think you can only get to the workshop if you pay for early access atm.
Yeah, seems to be the case
1) Create a copy of one of the sample mods folder and rename it (remove the leading “_” character for the mod to become visible in game)
2) Edit the content. You can have multiple types of mods in a single mod folder (for instance a skin and a hairstyle), but only one of each type per mod folder.
3) Edit the thumbnail image (Recommended size: 360×360 pixels)
4) Open the game and go to “CUSTOMIZE APPEARANCE”, then click the link in the upper right: “[Workshop Upload]”
5) Select your mod and choose “UPLOAD” (You can update your mod and preview image afterwards by selecting your mod again and choosing “UPDATE”)
6) Once your mod is uploaded, a Steam page of your item will appear. By default the mod is set to “Hidden”, don’t forget to change it to “Public” once it is ready to go live. You will also need to accept the Steam Workshop Agreement if you haven’t done so already.
so have you actually painted the skin yet?
Yes, yes I have
well the rest of the stuff seems fairly straight forward. You have to take the _ out of the name, pop your skin in to whatever folder they told you to put it in, then make a thumbnail image of what the skin looks like at 360×360 pixels. (you could possibly just use a 360×360 version of the skin, or if you have a way you can show it on the model, capture that perhaps. That’s about all I can offer without being able to see actual files. happy to take a look if you still need help, but we might be better to chat on steam or skype at that point
My eldest sat me down to show me her favourite YouTube channel, Nerdy Nummies.
It’s all videogame, comic and movie themed food. She showed me Sonic Chilli Dogs with Gold Onion Rings.
Well I guess I’m going to have to cook some of them now. Oh no, the horror. *puts on apron*
This is how you can tell a child is being raised right.
*salutes*
Heres the 5 Seconds of Summer cocktail..perfect for those long summers you only want to remember 5 seconds of..
So, any Perth dudes free tomorrow?
I hate how everything closes so early! Nrgh
And it looks like I might be back >_>
Maybe its time to start looking for rentals over there
Nooooooo! D:
I told you this would happen!
It’s no use fighting it, Mr Greenius. You are one of us now.
*multiple hands off-screen start pulling Greenius towards them*
Oh. My. God.
Rumble with a Blink Warlock using a Shotgun?
So damn fun.
Woo!!! So excited. The final piece of my PAX Cosplay arrived today!! I’m so happy with how its turned out. Can’t wait to trot it out when we finally get to Melbourne 😀
https://twitter.com/NovaCascade/status/511829894448173056
It looks fabulous! I’m getting so excited about seeing all the cosplays – need to keep cracking on with my own!
I wanted to go as Oberyn Martell, but every time I sit down to organise it I just feel overwhelmed and play games instead.
Do it! I figure with these things, walking around and standing in queues is more fun if you’re dressed up – it’s a great conversation starter.
Briefly: Destiny tidbit.
At levels 20+, hover your cursor over the level number on your inventory screen. It’ll give you a tool-tip which explains that exp you earn is now converted into progress toward motes of light, and tell you how close you are to your next mote.
Nifty.
Shame it doesn’t tell you what good motes of light are other than buying pointless cosmetic junk from the speaker. Actually, does the tentacle faced bloke who sells stuff out of the back of his van at the sunday markets take motes of light or is it just strange coins?
He does take motes of light for some items. Don’t buy the cosmetic crap, wait for the weekend guy.
TAY RPG 40K Rogue Trader completed for another night.
Watch it here.
@freezespreston @tech_knight @rize @sernobulus @pupp3tmast3r
GM Summary: Freeze and Rize are the best/worst information gatherers ever.
My character was asleep the entire session.
Although I did insult the doctors trying to heal me so I am probably dead.
My work project is finally done…. I’M BACK TAY!! MISS ME?!
That Desert Golf’s kinda fun and addictive, had to stop myself at hole 31 because I wanted to get some Destiny in before bed, and my battery was at like 3%.
Started playing tonight and already cleared the first 200 holes in exactly 500 shots. Waaay too addictive.
So close to getting the Lucky 7’s trophy, got a Grimoire score of 755 at the moment.
What’s that? Kill 7 with one super? 😀
Nah grimoire score of all 7s, you really only have to get beyond it rather than exactly on it
I just realised I’m 820.. how the .. @evilmonkey have you redeemed all the free grimoire cards?
Yeah, I think so.
I managed to get out to see a late-night session of What We Do In the Shadows – it was so good! I highly recommend catching it at the movies or putting at the top of your Things To Watch on Saturday Night list. Vampires in Wellington bro!
Oh man!
I’ve gotta try and see this before it leaves the cinema.
Love Taika Waititi movies.
I haven’t seen much of Taika Waititi’s work, but I’m a big fan of Flight of the Conchords, and Jemaine Clement and Rhys Darby are both in this one.
Getting on the train home, I sat next to the door where it was easiest to rest my head. A girl got in and sat across from me, there was no one else in that part of the carriage.
At the next stop, a guy in Adventure Time beanie and scarf hops on and sits down right next to her. I just think “ugh” and try to get on with attempting to nap. But then his friend comes in from the next carriage down and sits on the far end of their bench. The guy starts making comments to his friend saying things like “she’s cute”, and “should get a photo” and something about a wife or something. “Think she’s got a boyfriend?” It looks like he could be looking out the window next to me to the platform, but I’m fairly sure he’s talking about the girl he sat next to and was just looking at the reflection. Then, while turning to his left to face his friend while talking to him, he also leans back to his right, edging closer to the girl. She’s been punching messages on her phone, but now she’s started talking to someone on there. All throughout it the guy’s just getting closer and pretty much leaning right over onto her, to the point where she starts becoming visibly uncomfortable and shuffling over.
At this point I’m really wanting to say something, but while pretty scrawny he’s still a fair bit taller than me plus has his friend there, so I’m wary of it ending up in a fight. He starts talking with his friend about where they’re getting off, seeming to be unsure about whether to do Marrickville or not. I think she must have been listening to them because after the train stopped there, she got up and walked to the door, followed by the guy saying that yeah he’ll go here. She just stops at the door though, and the two of them thankfully get out while she comes back and sits down.
Once she was done on the phone, I asked if she was ok after that guy was practically sitting on her. She just kind of (meekly?) laughed/shrugged it off, saying something about how she’s a fairly passive person and just got on the phone to her friend to escape the situation. Said she was thankful someone saw what was going on though?
I don’t know, I feel crappy about it. Part angry that this guy was so openly being such a piece of human filth, part guilty that I didn’t do anything about it. People suck.
Also (totally not) sorry for the bait-and-switch there, couldn’t resist 😛
Beer and Pixels was good. Got to see a whole bunch of familiar faces I haven’t seen in ages, everyone seemed to be far to enthused over my employment status for my liking 😛 Also surprisingly enough my “crazy not-really-an-ex” ended up showing up contrary to the recentish claim that I’d never see her ever again. Somehow came out of it alive, so that’s good I guess 😛
Wow, Gooky, you sure are a hit with the ladies!
Goddamn do people suck.I can use misleading spoiler headers too! Am I popular now?
How chivalrous yet oddly cowardly of you, looking out for that girls well-being. Not enough of that nowadays. I had to stop a guy trying to beat on his girlfriend during one of my graveyard shifts once (long time ago in a different job). Those kind of people are just cowards, it’s amazing how quickly they back down to someone that even has the remotest chance of being able to defend themselves. That said, I wouldn’t really want to step to two of them at once, they’re more cocky because the numbers are in their favour.
@mrtaco TAY’s resident knight in shining armour.
I don’t know if the cowardice is that odd – I wouldn’t consider a 5’6″ guy in a purple shirt with imitation space invaders on it to be all that intimidating to anyone, even if I do have a shaved head 😛
On the one hand I guess I’ve been lucky that I’ve never really had to stand up to anyone like that before. On the other though, it’s probably bad for me in that now I’m without any practise for any situation where I might need to.
Probably mentioned it once, but I saw something similar happen on a bus, though the three guys were being significantly more aggressive in their harassment. I didn’t say anything either, until one of them actually touched the girl. Then I stood up. (In a very menacing way.) And after I stood up, so did a couple guys behind me, further down the bus. Didn’t have to say a word, the guys just shut up and left quickly and quietly.
The other guys hadn’t stood up until I did… I wouldn’t be surprised if you’d ended up with some support, if you decided to say or do something.
You did good, man. From your description of the situation, you had no need to interfere yet.
Destiny Question: All the materials you collect i.e. Plasteel Plating, Helium Filaments, Spirit Blooms etc, is there actually any use for these at all, or am I wasting my time hanging on to them?
You need some for upgrading and can turn in lots of 50 for Vanguard or crucible marks.
Ah, cheers for the info.
I recommend hanging on to most of them. Weapon parts you’ll always need. Plasteel you’ll probably have a lot more of than you need, but it doesn’t seem to waste much inventory. Legendary weapons usually take around 15-16 bits of a particular planet’s resources for each of their high-end damage upgrades, and they have 3-4 of those. If you have like… a HUNDRED of each planetary resource, you should probably turn in a batch, but I’d try to sit on around 50 or so just in case of legendaries.
They’re easy enough to farm and there’s plenty of easy farming routes to amass a bunch of them in a hurry if you need them to upgrade a legendary weapon. It’s far better to turn them in to the crucible or vanguard quartermaster for the 250 glimmer, 25 rep and unknown but fairly generous amount of XP.
As a bonus if you’re level 20 and have decided to go for one of the 3 crucible factions, you get new monarchy/dead orbit/future war cult rep when you turn the resources in as well so it’s a good way to boost your crucible rep without playing pvp if you want to get the god gear they offer.
The plating stuff is just for upgrading titan armour (same for sapphire wire for hunters and hadronic essence for warlocks) and you can’t sell that anywhere that I know of so you might as well just keep it in your vault if you’re not immediately using it and don’t want to cart it around rather than chuck it out. It’s also handy if you want to run another character since the vault is account-wide, whatever you don’t use for your current one might be handy for a future one. If you have a few hundred unis of spinmetal and for some reason don’t want to turn it in with your current character, you could start a new one and turn it in as soon as you hit the tower and jump a few levels right away. You could be playing coop with friends new to the game and try and fool them into thinking you know a secret level up cheat or something.
One other kind of stupid thing, glimmer is account wide and capped at 25000 (Why not 99999 if they needed a cap at all? Who knows?) so don’t be shy about spending it on shiny things.
So I have a mock job interview tomorrow I forgot to stress about. I’ve got some catching up to do. In somewhat related news, my mum just announced that I’ve got my Practical Driving Assessment next Tuesday, and just didn’t tell me until now, even though she probably booked this back in June. More things I have to needlessly stress about.
The key to a driving test – confidence.
You are in control, don’t be afraid to argue. If they ask ‘Why did you do (x)’ – it’s not saying it was wrong, it’s a chance to find out what you’re thinking.
Just drive super-safe. 10km/h under speed limit, take time at every stop, triple check mirrors etc. No need to stress because you’re driving safe and following the rules. Screw everyone else on the road, too, don’t worry about them.
Possibly the most important thing about driving tests that no one ever mentioned to me is what I like to call observation theatre. You can glance down a side street with a flick of your eye and get all the information you need to drive safely but if the assessor doesn’t see you do it, they’ll assume you didn’t and mark you down for it. Make sure you move your head even if you don’t need to because you’re really not driving for you, you’re driving for them.
Everything you do is being assessed (no pressure) and unfortunately they can’t get telemetry from inside your head to see what you see so the only way they can judge is from body movements so if you need to look in the rear mirror, angle your head up a little rather than flick your eyes, same for every other mirror and sight line. If the assessor didn’t see you do something, it didn’t happen. Although, if the assessor is looking the other way and a person you don’t like is crossing the street…
Oliver won a double pass to see what we do in the shadows, so we went and saw that tonight. At 9:30. We were the only two people in the entire cinema besides the manager. They’d turned most of the lights off by the time we got out. It was really weird 😛
Movie was alright. It’s really friggen dumb and stupid but in a good way. Pretty much nothing happened in it… So yeah. Alright movie!
So I may have got some job offers and now I’m debating where to make Bun and I move our lives to now. Suffice to say, we could move interstate, or a rural place closer to Sydney, Northern Sydney or Wollongong. I am not sure which direction to take here.
AS FAR FROM CANBERRA AS POSSIBLE!
Not because I don’t want your board games here, but because, let’s be honest, why would anybody want to live here?
I like canberra! I’d live there!
The best thing here is that you have offers and options. Well done, most would love that opportunity, myself included.
AH YEAH DESTINY RAID, GONNA STEAMROLL MY WAY THROUGH THAT-
“Must be level 26 and have 6 people altogether on a team not made through matchmaking”
well, cock.
I watched a stream of it for an hour or so yesterday and it looks like it requires a lot of communication and planning. Would be terrible to try and PUG.
Yeah, mad keen to try that but gonna be a little while till I’m up for it.
If any PS4 peeps ever want company I am always up for it, just let me know and I’ll join you asap.
Mad keen to get to 26. (24 atm) Just need to decide on some direction on how to get there. Just started doing lvl24 Vanguard Strike Playlists – not sure what else I can do. Still haven’t seen anything more than the level 20 blues I’m wearing as yet though.
@ynefel
Yeah, also 23 and doing the same.
I figure smashing out enough marks for legendary gear and hoping for drops is the only real bet.
Might have to prioritise armour over weapons from the vendors, but alas.
Kicking myself for not getting 50 crucible marks last “week” – gonna have to wait till next Tuesday to get the pistol I want.
Marks seem really slow – both Crucible and Vanguard, so it’s a fair grind. That being said, I’ve only just started doing 24 Vanguard Strikes, so should improve. At least with Crucible you don’t need to win to get anything.
They’re also capped at 100 per week. So you’ll take at least two weeks for a weapon. Perhaps better to try for exotic weapons from the weekend vendor and stockpile marks until you see what he has in stock, then buy whatever he doesn’t have.
To get geared fastest the game basically forces you to do PVP. Sure you can not do it but you only get 1/2 the weekly marks which is just goddamn stupid.
…
The more I’m playing endgame Destiny the more I am not liking it. =/
I’m hoping they make some tweaks – Vanguard marks just seem unreasonably slow to get.
Couple Tiger Strike playslists with the daily Vanguard Bounties and you can get some marks quick smart.
Don’t forget material exchange too.
Also, if you go for one of the factions Crucible & Vanguard marks count toward the same I’m pretty sure.
Wait, that might be Crucible & Vanguard exp.
-shrugs-
Need to focus on picking up Spinmetal/Helium etc more when I see it – or keep an eye out when I don’t. I grab it on occasion, but honestly only have 30-40 of each so far.
Random chests are great.
I found one tucked up inside the rafters of the shed in front of where you spawn in Patrol in Russia that had a bunch of Spin metal & blue engrams.
Also there’s sometimes a good one above the hallowed knight/troll under the cliffs near the helicopters at Skywatch? I think?
@nyefel I also recommend some random chest runs whenever you’re doing a patrol for bounty or whatever. I’ve actually had legendaries drop out of some of the chests.
I guess I’m struggling to choose what to do. I mean there’s:
-Daily/weekly strikes/bounties, etc
-Crucible for crucible marks
-Doing strikes of various types for drops/marks/rep, etc.
-General chest runs
I still don;t even have all the gold chests yet. Got 5 from Earth, I think 4 from the moon, and not a lot else. Just hard to pick a direction, you know?
Which still makes me wonder how people are ‘I got to level 20 and quit because there was nothing to do.’ Dude, there’s SO much to do.
@nyefel I think the ‘nothing to do’ comes from the fact that all those things you mentioned are things you’ve already done. There’s nothing to do… except repeat what you’ve done.
I get bored pretty fast now when not playing with others, so I put it down pretty easily. I want to come back to it because the mechanics are a joy, but there’s no motivation. It’s just shooting paper targets almost.
I’m 24 too and have only got about 20 marks & 1000 Vanguard exp until I can get a legendary chest piece which should push me up.
Also, don’t forget Strange Coins for old smoke face on weekends.
I think it was 13 for a pretty dope exotic helm.
Oh yeah, that’s a point. Think I have 3 or 4 of them in my inventory.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-i-learned-as-internets-most-hated-person/
Written by Zoe Quinn.
Guess if there’s ever a time to ignore morbid curiosity and actually stay the hell away from the comments now would be the time.
I think at this stage I’m willing to ignore curiosity enough to avoid reading the article all together.
It feels strangely pointless. It main point is getting thousands of death threats from random strangers is horrible which…. Duh? Anyone sane would know that as common freaking sense and I doubt anyone doing it is going to have a sudden epiphany that they are doing the wrong thing.
The mouse just keeps running in the wheel until it dies of exhaustion and gets replaced I guess.
What’s the bet that Cracked gets taken down by Anonymous or someone else?
I actually went to the comments.
I’m not even sad anymore, I’m impressed. These people are seriously damaged. Like not even humorously deluded – just fucking off the reservation. And remember that all those sad, vitriol and bile spewing hatemongers are just validating the cases for misogyny and general fuckery in gaming/journalism/online all over.
Just sad it has to come at people like Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkessian’s expense.
I’m the last from my uni friends group still in Brisbane. They’re all gone. All of them. :'(
I have no friends in uni, does that make you feel better? :'(
… No?
*hugs*
I never went to uni so i too have no friends from uni
You should take a trip away from Brisbane too! ;D
You killed them all??
Mighty impressive, @dc !
I’m the only one of my friends that moved to Brisbane… and didn’t finish uni in Sydney.
Same same but different? ヽ(‘ ∇‘ )ノ
Out of interest, is anyone pre ordering Shadow of Mordor and Alien Isolation?
Hopefully be picking up both, if funds permit.
Pc or console?
PS4
I’ll be getting Isolation day one. In space no one can hear you pre-order, so I won’t bother.
but pre orders get the Nostromo stuff that’ll probably be paid dlc in a week.
I think I read they got rid of exclusive stuff and it all comes free now. MAYBE?
Media blackouts are tough.
I hope so, so stupid that you have to shop around to get extras.
but…but… bonus content… and i’ll be getting it for pc 25% off 😛
me, already ordered Shadow of Mordor but forgot all about Alien *facepalm*
Thanks for reminding me 😀
The gaming floodgates are about to open. Too many games coming out and not enough time or money :'(
yep, I’m gonna need to quit my job so I can play them all.
Got my orders for both down with GMG a while back.
Meeeeeeee. I pre-ordered Shadow of Mordor.
…For PS4.
I am prepared for my rightfully-earned scorn and judgement.
You are officially exiled from the master race! Begone
Just in case anyone doesn’t know about it yet, apparently they’re sending out invites for the Bloodborne Alpha, (sorry @shane) to anyone that’s got a platinum trophy in any of the Souls games.
I am hearing rumblings though that some people that don’t have a platinum are getting an invite. So you might wanna check your email.
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/news/news-14340-Bloodborne-Alpha-Invites-Going-Out-to-Platinum-Souls-Holders—Report.html
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That’s pretty cool, actually.
Ohhhh, that’s a nifty way to decide that.
I don’t have a platinum. I have put a crapton of hours into all three Souls games but never finished any of them. Maybe they’re going on hours played?
Ah snap, I haven’t got a mail for my platinum… boo. 🙁
Start BioShock Infinite yet, @Shane?
YES.
I got baptised, and then I got sleepy and turned it off.How damn beautiful was that lighthouse/Columbia shuttle/first room. Will the Circle be Unbroken. Did you recognize it from Treme?I have to play with minimal sound. I can barely hear the music. Ah well.
PS: Your latest post has no today-picture, and now I can’t focus. Thanks a lot.
Lighting is too bad outside and I just wanted to get it posted. Will add one later. 😀
PLAY WITH HEADPHONES. D:
Omfg I just heard the first drill into concrete for the renovations below. D: Save me.
Blergh. Worst summer vacation ever was when neighbors decided to renovate. Constant drill sounds for three months. D:
3rd Pokémon team member for PAX caught!
4th is decided and the hunt continues.
5th could prove a little more tricky, and I’m starting to get some horrible team weaknesses at this point. My ‘pick my favourites’ (lack of) strategy is starting to have some drawbacks.
Best thing about shiny hunting – hours and hours of boring grind, then at random, BOOM adrenaline rush.
I probably need to get out more.
Trubbish.
Well, interestingly enough, my first four picks are one from each of the first four generations. I could continue this theme, and I do think gen 5 is pretty rubbish, so there is a logical progression here…
This is why I’ll never be good at Pokemon competitively. I just want a team of all my favourites, strategy and weaknesses be damned.
So, six Raichus?
I need to make this a thing. Raichu first, then probably Cofagrigus, Haunter, Tyrunt, Wartortle… aaaaand Snorlax.
(You remembered my favourite!)
Course I remembered. You has a shiny.
I do indeed. =D =D About the only shiny I possess, and the only one I’ll ever need. Need to evolve it into a shiny ‘chu! =D
Starting from now I’m going to make a concerted effort to stop letting the fact that the stupider you are the more influence you have affecting me. I’ve been dwelling on it far too much lately and it’s a frustration that I don’t need.
You know what’s cool at its core? Games. The mere fact that they exist, people devoting thousands of hours so people can be entertained is pretty rad. Going to start enjoying them and ignore the ridiculous outside happenings.
My family is also decidedly awesome. What happens to them is the most important issue. The best thing I can do is to make sure my girls are raised right in a loving home.
You guys are mega rad. Always make me laugh and are the best friends I’ve ever had. My life is fuller for being part of this community.
My life is pretty good when I step back and look at it and I need to focus on that. If I start being negative or morose again someone slap me.
Nah.
Come on mate.
POSITIVE PAGE NINE!
You’re awesome, Freezey.
Nice post, sometimes looking at things from a different perspective can help. I need to take a page from your book, I’m a negative jerk lately.
*readies slapping hand just in case*
I had the games realisation awhile back. I’m pretty sure if Destony had launched this time last year with people trashing it on Twitter (as in constantly, people who haven’t even played it going on about the apparently bad story, touting the 74 on metacritic as evidence that everything Bungie have ever done is shit, Halo was shit, etc.) I’d want to have an argument with them.
But you know… I just don’t have time for that. I’m too busy playing Destiny.
DUDE. YOU DO THE SAME THING I DO.
Somehow, every 2nd time I type ‘Destiny’ I type ‘Deston…’ and have to fix it. It is the weirdest thing.
And because i’m posting from work with this dogshit outdated IE I can’t access the edit functions for some reason. 🙁
Nooooooooo! All my influence over you gone. ='(
Ok, but remember, you asked for it 😛
Also, you’re pretty awesome yourself Freeze.
I agree with you for the most part but there is also danger in games. I relied on them way too much to get me through depression to the point where I wasn’t actually dealing with it, I was using them to escape. This is not the way out of negativity and depression. They can be great for if you’re just having a bad day but if you’re going through something worse, they can be a detriment.
Having about 15 years worth of experience with depression and negativity, I can only offer this advice. See a counselor if you are seriously effected by depression/negativity to a crippling degree. They are lifesavers and will help to get life back on track. Also socialising, exercise and keeping busy are all important factors that help.
Once this is dealt with and mental stability is obtained then bring on ze games 😀
My girl once described to me the difference between good escapism and bad is: are you running to… or from?
Great post. I had the revelation about stupid/negative people a year or two ago, but still haven’t mastered not letting it get to me. Some days it’s easy for me to just shrug and laugh, other days the tiniest thing makes my blood boil. I know I’m still rubbish at my idiot filter, but I realise that, and I’m trying.
Stupid people have always been present, just the internet gives us unfiltered access to previously unimagined quantities of them, right at our fingertips, 24/7.
The realisation is the first step – fighting to not let them get to you is the hardest. But family, friends and general happiness are far more important and infinitely more gratifying than dwelling on or trying to fix morons in real life and on the internet.
I’m not married, nor do I have kids – but that’s a pretty big positive influence in your life. Embrace it.
In other news, you’re a cool guy and you’re on my alright list.
/brofist
Ill make you give @Liondrive a piggy back after hes had an all you can eat combo of max brenners and Krispy kream donuts paid by you if you start being all negative or morose
Simply because you deserve to be happy dude and let nothing get in the way of your happiness
I cannot promise to slap, though I may be caught offering a hug in such circumstances.
There was a bit of talk about it on twitter yesterday, but nothing was really organised – PAX accommodation. Who is yet to book and would be interested in sharing accommodation? If there were several of us, I was thinking it would be good to share a 3 bedroom apartment or something like that. Somewhere reasonably close to the convention center, for the 3 nights that PAX is on (Oct 31st to Nov 2nd). Any Suggestions? Interest?
I literally just made my booking yesterday, but I’ve got free cancellation. Ended up going with the Ibis Little Bourke, for proximity and convenience. My preferred (Atlantis Best Western) was booked up when I went to grab them.
I’m only staying 2 nights though – 31st and 1st, fly back 2nd.
I am interested for sharing accommodation. Don’t really have any suggestions though.
Might put my self down as a tentative maybe. I’ve been trying to organise similar with my friends, but they keep throwing up uncertainties so I have no idea what’s happening there.
Looks like Freya and I need a place to stay. Two people occupying one room will bring the cost down, right?
I have booked mine, got in at a backpackers about two mins walk from the convention centre $50 a night. Gotta go cheap!
Anyone want to team up for Space Wizards tonight? New daily/weekly up.
Also does anyone know of a good way to get the public events to spawn? Could do with dem coins.
For Public events, I’ve heard everything from it’s completely random to it’s based on slices of “minute of hour” (so event spawns between X:30 and X:50). I had two pop within about 15 minutes of each other last night when I was doing moon patrol, but also never encountered a single one at all while levelling to 20.
Happy to jump in on weekly strikes/bounty runs/etc.
I’ve been getting a tonne of them. Even attempted one solo which didn’t end well.
Think I’m down for tonight if there’s space on a team. Internet (or Destiny servers) was being shit last night and I was tired anyway.
I’m up for that. Just hit 25 on my warlock, and could also do with “dem coins”.
Public events are on a timer. Check the list here:
http://www.destinypedia.com/Public_Event
Sweet, thanks.
My colleague’s pronunciation of “cement” is very similar to “semen”, so when I overhear him saying stuff like “they can cover the floor with cement and polish it” I have a chuckle to myself.
I just thought you guys should know.
I would have thought you’d polish it to cover the floor with cement.
Diablo 3 people.
Is anyone playing on Torment level 6 yet? Curious how much harder each level of torment is. I’m about to move on to torment 3, shit really does get crazy in the harder levels, familiar fights become totally different with increased mob size and ludicrous health bars on some normal enemies as well as some crazy control effects and area damage moves, pretty darn fun though, every time I get comfortable i bump the difficulty up another notch. Been playing it with my sister, my Crusader is level 70 with level 60 paragon and my sister has a level 70 with level 60 paragon monk.
I’m kinda holding out for the console release of the 2.1 patch. My monk is a tanky beast but just cannot dish out enough damage for higher levels.
The patch should fix that.
Barbs are also getting a nice buff in the next patch.
do you know if they’re nerfing anything?
I don’t think so, I think it was just a major buff to the melee classes.
Monks are getting a few defensive nerfs tho, removing the One With Everything passive in particular is gonna hurt.
my sister’s monk does pretty huge damage but has fairly low defence, she uses 2 daggers usually so her attack speed is insane, my Crusader is the tankiest tank though, I don’t even understand my defense stat anymore it say 12.8 million K so I think it means 12.8 million thousand? I generally tank everything and just stand there bashing away while she does fancy things and dodges death.
I’m playing Demon hunter on Xbone (or at least I was for about three to five hours right before Destiny came out) and it’s been a cakewalk – but a strangely satisfying one. I’ve considered bumping it up to hard for the XP/loot bonuses but at the same time I’ve felt no pressing need. I’m not playing this game competitively, just for something to do.
So with that in mind, am I going to be in for a nasty shock later on or is Demon hunter pretty cruisey? I’m just wondering if I should bump it to hard so I can enjoy the bonuses while the last and have somewhere to back off to later.
I had my Monk rocking something like 19mil toughness a while, but was doing almost no damage – that being said, he just wouldn’t die, it was amazing. Was mostly just being a tank for Wizard friends to blow stuff up.
Did some rejigging, and now I’m about 12mil toughness and about 600k damage – can solo T4 quite comfortably, except for particularly nasty Elites.
Wow, we seem to be having trouble finding good gear lately, since we bumped it up to torment we’ve been getting much less good items. Where do you recommend finding good stuff? We’re just running through all the bounties in adventure mode and doing a couple of rifts as we go too.
I pretty much just run regular rifts on whatever Torment is reasonable for me or my group, and maybe mix it up with a set of 5 bounties here and there. Good to change it up, and top up on rift keystones too.
For me I seem to get most of my legendaries on plain old nephalem rifts. Not saying I get a bunch or anything, just that seems to be where I get the most.
just started a darkness zone and my controller goes flat, shit where’s the cable, shit shit shit, plug in cable, come on you piece of shit.
Dead
FUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!
That’s why you buy a second controller and always have one on charge. Quick and easy rotation.
The battery life on the DS4 is pretty abysmal.
this is what I usually do, been playing heaps of local co op though so it makes things difficult, I end up looking like a little kid sitting on the floor right in front of the telly because the charging cable is so short, I wish they used DS3 cables too, I’ve got an 8 foot one of them.
It’s true. I swear I only get a few hours out of a full charge at most. Yet somehow, my 5 year old DS3 sits unused and not recharged for 3 months, still turns on and works for 5 hours.
it’s that beacon of light, they really should make it only turn on if motion tracking is need.
TIL that there’s an app that can send TV off signals via IR blaster. My phone has IR blaster. I’m gonna wreak havoc on my next shopping trip. >:)
Thanks for the assistance last night in Destiny! The game trots along more frenetically in coop, and tbh feels a bit more fun than solo runs. Thank you!
Np, and thank you! 😀 I like co-op so much more too, it’s more lively with people chatting too.
Yaaaaaay! I have a 3 day PAX pass! I won it on the twitters.
*happy dance*
Phew, good thing I didn’t retweet that retweet when I saw you retweet it or you might not have something to be happy about. Retweet. 😛
So amazing. Congrats!
Yay, does that mean you are in the mad rush to organise accommodation and the like now
Wait, I should be in a rush to do this? 🙁 Got flights only, nothing planned for the whole week yet. #YOLO
Melbourne cup weekend, friend. You’d want to get on it ASAP.
As DC said it is cup weekend as well. Around 100,000 people heading to the course so depending on how many are interstate that can block up a chunk of the hotels
Nope. Already have flights and accom all booked. @Batguy has a mate with exhibitor passes, so I was just planning to snag a spare one for the Saturday. Now I can go all three days as much as I like. We figured it’d make a fun little family weekend away. Mr 3 and I also have a pass for the melbourne zoo and the aquarium.
Sounds like a wonderful family trip
Awesome!
Turns out some pugs have already beaten the Vault of Glass raid in Destiny I think this is evidence that having a matchmaking system with vote/kick, voice functionality and requeue isn’t fruitless for raiding.
Unsure why Bungie are so adamant on the selected group dynamic.
Maybe it’s self-fulfilling? ie. Those actively looking for groups via alternative methods are more likely to be team-focused, ergo more likely to succeed? Or something.
Pugs are pretty smart dogs. Shame on Bungie for underestimating them.
Also, apparently: it’s fucking amazing. 6 players all working co-operatively is required. Puzzles, tough bosses (not tanks, but tactics), grand scale, etc etc. 10yr WoW vets are complimenting it.
Apparently.
It seems like every MMO developer that was primarily influenced by Vanilla or 2.0 WoW has been the same. I remember it being one of the really limiting elements of SWTOR as well.
Welp, that’s officially it. Just gave notice on my apartment, so I’m definitely moving in 3 months time now.
Anybody interested in a great apartment in Bowen Hills that’ll be up for rent in December? 😛
Are you breaking lease early?
Nope, I wouldn’t do that. This is just confirming to the agents that I won’t be renewing my lease in December when it expires, which I’d already discussed with them as a likely possibility.
Ah. I’ve dealt with too many crap agents to extend them that level of courtesy any more.
The air conditioning is turned up absurdly high today. As in there is far too strong a gust being sent down my way, even my cardboard hidey hole isn’t doing much to help.
Why.
Just get up on a chair (when no one looking) and cover the actual vents.
I think even if there was a chance for me to do that, I wouldn’t be able to reach 😛
Also I got no idea how I’d actually cover them up. Best I can think of would be getting a couple of bath towels and stuffing them in there, but even then I’m not sure.
Yay! Finally hit level 25, thanks to my legendary pants. 😀
I have no context for this post, and that makes it awesome.
Are you getting Assassins Creed: Unity pre-ordered for the awesome pants of speed? I personally love me some pants. Pants!
I did preorder, but because GMG’s prices are awesome, not because pants – my assassin shall not require pants to be awesome. 😛
GET OUT. We don’t like your sort round these parts
hahaha, I’m not one of those that preordered but not because I didn’t want the pants, who doesn’t want pants that make you…. faster…. ahem, but because money.
Less pants, more of the time. Keep TAY a pants free zone
Poor old @alexpants.
Only a week and a half until I can get Diablo III!
#hype
#latetotheparty
#whyamIusinghashtagsonTAYhowannoying
#toooldforhashtags (yes this applies to me too! – not merely calling you old I promise!)
#gitoffmelawn
You probably just miss @harli
#hashtagsforharli
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What console? You can play with me!!!
PS4. And I’m scared of playing with other people!
Hooray! We are on PS4 too. It’s much more fun playing co-op than single, esp if you have complementary characters. It’s just all smash smash loot loot. It’s the first game in ages that I’ve actually enjoyed so much that I’ve been playing it on my own.
Hmm I have yet to try it with other people. Is there much of a change when playing co-op to playing single player?
It’s easier if you’re a low level spell caster or ranged class and have a buddy who can bash things for you.
Ahh bashing things is always fun. Might do some more on my crusader tonight.
I have a crusader and a demon hunter. I like the crusader better. SMITE ALL THE THINGS
Sad, personal news.
Nowhere near as sad / bad as some stuff that others are personally going through. Contextually / rationally I know that in the grand scheme of things this is pretty small, but that won’t stop the tears. The only thing keeping me from weeping right now is that I’m at work and have stuff to finish.I just received word from my ex, who I’m still close friends with, that one of her pugs passed away. His name was Toshi, he was 12 and in poor health, and I loved him. I was lucky enough to get to see him when I was in Perth at the end of June. Even then I knew the end couldn’t be far off, he’s got a genetic issue (from dodgy backyard breeding, part of why I’m so passionate about responsible pet breeding and population control) and could barely walk without assistance.
It’s funny, in a way. I rarely get broken up about anything, but a dog that I came to via a relationship has me fighting strongly to keep it together. I’ll never forget the love he gave when his friend Reggie passed away a couple years ago. I was a mess then, and my partner and I set up a mattress in the living room since neither of us could really function properly. He mourned with us, and also healed with us when Donna entered our lives and gave us spark and energy.
I’ll always remember how happy he was. He wasn’t aware that anything was wrong with him medically speaking. Half of the time he’d be running around and then his back legs would collapse and he’d look around confused. “What just happened? I fell over! Oh well, time to play again!” Even after he needed his special wheelchair the joy on his face running around was priceless. One of the funniest photos I’ve seen of him was him in his little wheelchair staring at an old man in a wheelchair, as if to say “he’s just like me!”
In the end, this is the price we pay for the unconditional love and affection we receive from our pets. They live short lives, and bring us so much joy. The pain that we feel is a reminder of the responsibility we have towards them, to do the right thing, and to cherish every moment and memory we make with them.
Rest in peace, Toshi. All your friends miss you terribly. There’ll be a lot of sad people around Australia today, you touched a lot of hearts.
*hugs x10*
I concur. I been there before. Hugs are good. Also, cute name! Toshi! So close to the name of my old cat! Hoshi!
Definitely understand why you’re upset. Never easy losing a pet, even if it didn’t actually belong to you.
Dogs are amazing. I get hella attached to other dogs. You don’t need to be their owner for them to feel affection toward you either. Loads of dogs at the dog park get so excited to see me, even though I don’t really do anything special. That’s just the kind of animals they are.
What I’m trying to say is, even if he wasn’t yours, you have no less reason to grieve then the owner does.
Ah, sorry to hear, man. 🙁
Thanks all (ping @dc @welbot @ontargett @scree @transientmind) – Toshi was a big part of my life for 4 years, and even the last 18 months living in Brisbane I’ve been in regular “update” so he’s still been there. I’ll be sad for a while, but I’ll always have the smiles and memories he gave.
Cheers again.
$1000 for 4 nights at the ibis on little bourke is the best hotel price i can find. Eugh. I also dont know what transports like. its a half hour walk which might be a bit far if im feeling lazy.
Melbourne? Check out Tune.
Man, a half hour walk will be easy in the morning but after a full day at PAX?
Could be pretty brutal.
There’s no trams or buses etc?
ill have to check it out you are right a full day at pax and your legs are dead as fuck.
Tram down Bourke street will drop you at the door of PAX and run every 10 or so minutes
Will need to grab a myki card for about 10 bucks and the daily ticket for as much travel as you want is around $7
I love you
<3
Man, I’m starting to wonder if I can even afford to go. Might have to sell my ticket.
I’m not sure if they have any availabilities, not even sure how convenient the location is to PAX, and they’re basically upscale-ish hostel-style but Mr. Strange recently stayed at a place on Russell St. called the Space Hotel that was pretty damn cheap and he said it was unexpectedly nice there.
That’s where I stayed last year with my friends (and was hoping to this year…)
Though we stayed in an 8-person dorm which was pretty decent (apart from the growing stench of male over the course of the weekend), but another friend stayed in a two-person room a couple of floors down and things weren’t quite so nice down there.
Wife and kids are coming down as well so a hostel style probably wouldn’t suit too well.
You can get ‘private’ rooms there. Kids still might see/hear hostel stuff though. Not sure how much you’d want to shield them from that.
Have you checked out Airbnb? Or even Stayz? Maybe able to get a house/apartment somewhere close.
May not be as good with transport though.
Like @shane said – I got a private room in a hostel and it was actually much nicer and significantly larger than many of the cheaper hotel rooms I’ve stayed in. No bathroom, though – only the shared one with the rest of the hostel. It was dirt cheap and available on short notice, which worked pretty well for me.
We managed to get a king-size room at the Holiday Inn on Flinders for the three of us. Thankfully Mr 3 is still small enough to get away with not needing the extra bed.
Is there anything going at the Punhill Flinders Lane apartments? I’ve stayed there before and the self-contained units were both comfy, and right next to the main train station.
I’ve stayed there. It’s right near where Oz Comic-Con Melbourne was. It wasn’t too bad there.
Rockets. I don’t want to alarm you, but we are totally going to be hotel buddies.
party time pow
Hotel 3-way. That’s where I’m booked in too. Bow chicka bow wow.
at least we can all go together too 🙂
I’m game, but keep in mind I’ve only got a single day pass (Saturday) and I think that’ll be enough for me. Also trying to decide if I want to Cosplay at the moment.
Ibis on Little Bourke to Jeff’s Shed is more like 20 mins walk than 30.
@beavwa @rocketman
Some boring stats: I’ve completed the main story of Pokemon Y, with approx. 333 seen and total caught;
Central 53
Coastal 37
Mountain 48
National 142
If I were to continue on and try to ‘catch ’em all’ as they say, what are my options? What should be my first step? First priority? Any tips you could share that I won’t find on Google, that you may have experienced yourselves?
I’m assuming that I shall just traverse the game map again, every patch of grass, but will I actually complete the Pokedex that way?
The pokedex will show you where they are on the map if they can be caught.
Battle maison is best grinding for levels to evolve that way, probably also a fair amount of trading involved to get what you need.
Easy GTS trade is with a bunch of vivillon, the Australian pattern ones get snapped up pretty fast for most regular trades.
Edit: dittos can be a reasonable trade as well. X/Y exclusive stuff, trading one for the other will often happen within seconds.
Any of the rarer national stuff I can probably help with, but I don’t keep spares once there’s evolution items involved generally.
Gah, misleading info there sorry.
XP grinding is the chateau just near the day care.
Maison in post-E4 town gives no XP.
Complaining about minor things in the office! *jingle*
“Smells good!” says someone as my lunch comes out of the microwave. What? No, don’t do that. Don’t say that and then just look at me expecting some kind of response. What am I supposed to say to that? “Yes. Yes it does.”?
STOP FORCING ME TO BE AWKWARD, YOU JERKS
Two for me, none for you.
“Y-you too.”
Female coworker then notices his lunch.
“That smells quite nice as well” they exclaim before walking off making call me motions
Wink at them then fart as loud as you can.
Sound advice for any situation, really.
You should have said, “Not as good as you smell” in a suggestive voice and gave them a wink. They will either be impressed by you or will take you to HR.
I had one of these earlier but didn’t know how to whine about it without seeming petty, so thank you for breaking the ice.
If you are filling a water bottle at the arduously slow filter that also dispenses boiling water it is not proper to stand and continue to block the sink to chug your bottle of water so you can immediately fill it up again before moving on. Your time is NOT that precious. Move aside to drink so that people can fill their coffee cups, and return after they are out of the way. I KNOW YOU KNOW I AM STANDING HERE BECAUSE I QUIETLY CLEARED MY THROAT AND DISCREETLY TAPPED MY NAILS ON MY MUG IN A POLITE DISPLAY OF IMPATIENCE. INTERNALLY I AM A RAGING VOLCANO OF HATE FOR YOU. YOU ARE THE OFFICE HITLER.
No matter is too petty when someone is being a dick.
Ahh my brain is a funny old place.
On the drive back from the gym, for some reason my brain decides it’s going to go into a depression spiral without any notable catalyst, fucking stupid mental illness… Then as I turn into my street I’m driving slowly along (it’s a narrow one so you kind of have to go slow), I see something moving just off the side of the road. I glance over and it’s a magpie gleefully running along with a twistie held aloft in it’s beak like it just found treasure.
Bam, depression spiral broken.
I get home and find that mum has wheeled my rosella’s cage out into the back room and let him out for a bit of a fly around before I put him outside for the afternoon, she’s also given him a strawberry which he’s fallen upon with great gusto. It looks like a blood bag has exploded. There’s bits of strawberry everywhere, all over the floor, up the glass door, over his cage and on the wall and he’s sitting there in the middle of the devastation with a bright red beak and an innocent expression as if to say “Err… it wasn’t me, it was some other parrot, honest!”
Now I’m completely back to normal again.
Moral of the story: Birds cure depression.
I have a cockatiel and he rarely fails to put a smile on my face. I could have had the worst day at work ever, but the moment I arrive at home and get out of my car I immediately hear him literally squealing at the top of his lungs from his cage with excitement that I’m home. I can’t help but smile.
Some days I might already be home, and a bit meh, and all I have to do is watch the bird either go about his daily happenings, investigating the floor, preening himself, etc. or decide to land on me and start nuzzling my face and begging for a neck scratch. Bam, smiles.
Pets are just fucking ace all around, regardless of your taste.
Incorrect.
Birds are ruining gaming.
And my country club.
Had to laugh this morning. Castel Electronics (Warranty people for Whirlpool & Daewoo here in Australia) sent us a replacement part for our washing machine, which mum ordered under warranty. It was a simple bit, the drain plug since the seal had distorted on it.. Courier turns up as i’m walking in the drive way and he hands me this massive bloody package, turns out they sent us not only the replacement part, but the entire drain assembly AND pumps that go with it.
I mean I get why they did it, because the part is not a separate model number and goes with the entire unit they sent. But still amusing none the less.
Massive package.
That’s what she said!
IF YOU LIKE GOOD STUFF, SHADOWRUN RETURNS IS ON SALE ON STEAM FOR $3.74.
THATS A RAD GAME & I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A GO.
Wiz!
I’m currently looking at a 3 bedroom apartment 24 minutes walk away from the convention center (according to google). I’m planning to stay there the 3 nights of PAX (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). For seven people to stay at the apartment for those 3 nights it is $2450 total or $350 per person. Just an idea at the moment to gauge interest.
@sernobulus @mrtaco @blaghman @whoever-was-interested
I’ll do it. Doesn’t require thought on my part!
Being unemployed and hanging around at home, I’ve reverted to one of my uni habits, ham cheese and tomato toasted sandwiches.
This is fine, but if I start eating Mee Goreng instant noodles again one of you needs to come here and end me.
Next thing you know, Kettle Chips for dinner will seem okay. That’s around the two year mark.
Wait what…. Your saying that kettle chips are not okay for dinner??
Hey, those are great with a little egg and bacon!
After uni I swore never again.
I still eat Mi Goreng on a semi regular basis and I’m a doctor.
I eat the hot and spicy every 2nd day on bread with cheese cause it is tasty
So I have to write up my resume and Cover letter so I can start applying for jobs in real estate however I have been quickly reminded how much I suck and hate writing resumes..im just dreadful at it
Well, last time I gave resume advice on TAY, it turned out like this:
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.
PAX ACCOMMODATION PEOPLE
I’m staying with friends at Arrow on Swanston: http://www.arrowonswanston.com.au/short-term/apartments/ Pretty good daily rates esp when split x ways.
I miss
Stephen Amell’s absArrow!I can’t fathom there’s folks who find that level of buff good looking. It creeps me out. 😀 Don’t mind me, I’m just trying to make the scrawny thing a social norm. The dungeon tan too.
I’m a straight male, but Stephen Amell is a very, very good looking man.
I don’t at all find Arnie/Stallone levels of muscles attractive, but Mr. Amell’s face is very handsome so I can overlook the overmuscledness. 😛
I can’t even imagine how bad it must be to be in a relationship with someone who has to keep up those levels of muscledness, either. You’d never be able to eat anything fun together, and they’d be spending so much time maintaining muscles they’d have no time for you.
You mean that show where the guy does the Salmon ladder and occasionally fights crime?
There’s crime? All I got from the ads was the salmon ladder.
Edit: damn autocorrect
Why have a 6 pack when you can have a keg.
Sounds like a suspiciously appropriate correlation between TAY and PAX. D:
PAX North is still not a thing.
Why you gotta be like that, Red? WHY YOU GOTTA BE LIKE THAT?
I’m even more scared of PAX North now. I’m afraid it’s where all the ones who had a different reaction to the PAX ended up. D:
But that would mean we have nearly 30 million people lurking! D:
And I’m pretty sure we’re living here, not dying.
I’m dying from friendship overload! It’s real thing! Just like PAX North!
Oh man, I’ve become of of those people. I’m wearing my finest clothes around my house because I have no where else to be. 😀 🙂 😐 🙁 :'( 😀
I just wear whatever is clean whether it be my finest clothes or some dingy hobo rags, I’m very fashionable you see.
My finest clothes is only a moderate step up from my dingy hobo rags. 😛
What about all that stuff you bought with @liondrive?
I’m trying to be self-deprecating here. GEEEEEEEZ.
If I am down to my nicest t-shirt and jeans combo with nowhere to be then I will remain in my towel until the dryer is finished.
Wearing a towel is unacceptable. I might see a reflection of myself in the mirror and who needs that?
So what you’re saying is you don’t want to have a towel obscuring the view.
I’M EVEN WEARING MY GOOD PEOPLE-MAY-SEE-ME-IN-THESE UNDERWEAR! D:
I fear this is too much information. XD
Whatever happened to that person you were “snuggling” with
Turns out it was a psychotic break conjured from crushing loneliness! 😀 🙂 😐 🙁 :'( 😀
I… don’t know whether I should upvote this.
Dan, I know I say this all the time, but goddam you’re great.
That’s what the psychotic manifestations used to say too!
Thanks buddddddy. Appreciate that.PAX PLANNING PAGE 10!
I’ll be hosting a panel at PAX this year. It’s called Board Games with Bun and will run over the full three days. The aim of the panel is to discuss and demonstrate a wide range of board games with a panel consisting of literally anyone who wants to join in.
The highlight of the panel will be a game of Two Rooms and a Boom involving every single person we can get to join in.
Oh sod it, who am I kidding? There will be multiple games of 2R1B. But when’s the best time to get everyone together for it? Saturday morning perhaps?
Wow, nice job scoring a panel at PAX! Who’d you have to pay/sweet talk to get it?
It’s not an officially sanctioned panel. It’s more of a desperate cry for attention.
Sounds like an official panel.
EHHHHHHHHHHHHHWAKKAWAKKWAKKAWAKKAWAKKAWAKKAWAKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-line goes dead-
God you are so whiny sometimes.
That sounds like a kinky hotel thing that you’re organising outside the normal convention hours.
Your panel ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Will you be playing any games that won’t take too long to play (or are drop-in/out)?
EDIT: Assuming this is played at actual PAX and not before/after 😛
Almost definitely. Things like Hanabi, Love Letter, Coup and The Resistance are all fairly short and 2 Rooms and a Boom has an explicit timer.
PAX PLANNING PAGE 10!
I’ll be there! 😀
*nods, walks off*
PAX planning?
Wondering which would be
easierless hard between finding yellow boots and just attempting to make them myself.PAX NORTH PLANNING
OCT 31: The opening pool party kicks off at 1pm, then our key note speaker Amy Hennig will address the crowd (still at the pool)… then we will have a gourmet dinner at Hungry Jacks.
NOV 1: Avoid eye contact with everyone.
NOV 2: Avoid eye contact with everyone.
Cool. Oct 31 at DC’s place. I’ll act as a bus driver and pick everyone up. Who is in?
You don’t know where I live.
Did I ever tell you guys about the time Freeze sent me a text message with a picture of my house and no text?
FREAKED ME THE FUCK OUT.
Spose I shouldn’t tell you about that shrine with all the pictures he has then..?
Next to the @shane effigy?
The true PAX North.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
NOV 3: Apologise to Mr. Neighbourson for using his pool while he was on holiday.
PAX planning?
I’ll be living about an hour away, in a house, or a townhouse, not entirely sure which one yet…
The only thing really in my control at this point is a Pokémon team. So yeah, I’ll probably keep spamming you lot with updates about that.
I spend 2 hours hooking a evee up with wish. without natures or IV’s done yet. I also have to get 48 BP to get volt switch for my jolteon. Lots of work. Fun wor though i just like having goals in the game again. 🙂
Tip: once you’ve got two semi battle worthy mons, do the multi battle at the maison, choose no for someone local joining, then pick an AI partner with latios. Sit back and let them wreck face, collect your 48 points.
Oh you already got one? Well done!
You can get a lot of good-IV Ditto for breeding from the GTS if you filter by level. The Friend Safari Ditto are always Level 30 and they’re guaranteed to have a couple of maxed-out IVs.
… I have access to a ditto safari now too. That helps.
Oh yeah! Even better.
Although, I’m not a different region, so no masuda method for you from my dittos.
I’ve got a bounty to complete in Destiny to earn 9000 XP without dying. I keep getting to 8000+ and dying. The game gets kind of stupid hard to solo at the higher level story missions.
I don’t even read the bounties. I accept them all and if I accidentally complete one, so be it!
I’ve got that one too. If you haven’t got it when I’m on tonight wanna party up & then, presumably, party down?
At uni tonight.
Well then.
I just do patrols for that one. Usually have a bunch of other things to get out of the way at the same time, like headshots or double-tag fusion-rifle kills and sometimes even patrol missions.
The double fusion kills one is an utter pain for me. I tend to be shooting from long enough range that the fusion gun isn’t useful, and when I use it it’s to close in and take out something big.
That farming exploit article today? That would work for the fusion kills too.
Oooh. You’re right, it would. Probably the two-mobs-with-a-super thing as well. I almost never use my super.
I did it that way today, seemed to work out OK.
That said, I was fairly horrified to look at my PVE k:d ratio afterwards.
The fusion rifle kills are easy as hell to do in the cosmodrome with fallen shanks, in the Divide in particular you get 2 pairs of them in relatively close proximity that cluster neatly together, die with one shot and respawn rapidly
PAX Plodding!
Should I Cosplay? If I do it’ll be Harvest Moon. Because… I like Harvest Moon a lot and it’s easy.
Pro: I’m participating!
Con: It’s not Star Citizen related and that’s the impetus for my trip.
Pro: ???
Con: ???
What does the costume look like?
This guy: http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Harvest-Moon.jpg
With this hat: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzkyWDU4OQ==/z/rfgAAOxy~g5RptV6/$(KGrHqRHJEMFGTSHZ!HcBRptV6D8-g~~60_1.JPG
And maybe this scarf: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RED-100-COTTON-PAISLEY-BANDANA-BANDANNA-/231319454753?pt=AU_Men_Accessories&hash=item35dbb6c421
So all I’d need is to find some overalls. I have the shirt and shoes already.
Do eeeeeeet
We are going to have to do a CosTAY group shot (cc @scree @novacascade @otherpeoplewhoareincostume.
If I ever get them all finished D=
I miss Harvest Moon on the Gamecube. I had a cow called Moopy. I miss Moopy
Here’s a moopy cow for you then. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdp.moopycow&hl=en
lol flappy cow? Think I’ll pass 😉
Don’t know what you’re talking about. It clearly says Moopy. 😛
Yes, always.
Hey @dc , you have no interest in Hyrule Warriors do you?
Jimu is coming over to my place on Saturday to have a go, you’re welcome to attend if you like, you don’t even have to play Hyrule Warriors we can just like hang out and such.Hey @gutsoup! I hope life is treating you good and proper?
Not a fan of Zelda or Dynasty Warrior, alas. Thanks for the offer. In a shocking twist I have weekend plans already, too. It’s rare and weird, I know. Friends birthday thing, alas. You so kind though. 🙂oh well, thought I’d offer. Glad you have plans, hopefully you have some good fun.PAX is two months away?
I’d better get to work on my costume…
More like 43 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes away…
*sigh*
I feel like I should sell my ticket…
🙁
Why?
Slowest day ever.
I so badly need to sleep.
so Saturday night at PAX is SCree’s karaoke and bowling thing
anybody doing anything on Thursday, Friday or Sunday nights. Because i suggest drinking at a pub and colourful stories.Any ideas?
I thought meeting with randoms and going to the pubs and restaurants while still in costume was what happens.
I’m free Friday night at this stage, up for drinks. 🙂
puuuuuuub.
Friday would be a good pub day in costume- Halloween.
Oh wow, I hadn’t even realized it was Halloween on the Friday.
At this point I’ve only taken the Friday and Monday off (+Tuesday is a public holiday in Melbourne) but was tossing up also taking Thursday.
Last year a bunch of us went to Bar Robot on the Thursday night (I think it was the Thursday?) and ate edamame and drank sake and yelled at each other over the way-too-loud music. Can’t remember if you were with us for that or not.
I’m just hoping I have time to find a new place to live and move in pre-PAX so I can take the train in and not have to worry about not drinking too much or staying out past my old man bedtime.
ok
mmm looks like I’ll be in Perth for at least another two weeks :/. To stay or not to stay over a weekend? I need some serious handheld games though (Theatrhythm soon OMFG!)
Oh shiiiet, I might have to watch Survivor in Perth on TV… WITH ADS!
AND LATE
Get Fantasy Life! That’ll keep you going for a while.
No spoilies plz
I dunno… two hours is a long time…
3 soon 🙁
gonna be in the city late-ish tomorrow (like last time)
I fly out Thurs evening. Will be back next week though and it seems like I’ll stay over the weekend. Keen to do touristy stuff?
I see… you could’ve just said you were not up for, you didn’t need to leave the state.
Maybe up for next weekend? Too far away to know what I’ve got on.
Destiny tidbit:
Strange coins and motes of light (spent on ultra-powerful gear from the weekend vendor – NOT THE COSMETIC STUFF OMG I WASTED SO MANY) are awarded for your first gold-rating on a public event, per day.
You can predict where events are going to kick off by following this schedule: http://www.destinypedia.com/Public_Event
You’ll only get one reward per day, but if you have alts, you can earn that reward on each of them and put the reward in the bank, to be retrieved by your main who is desperate for dem epix.
How do I spend dem coins to get epix?
There’s a mysterious shady vendor who turns up in the Tower on weekends. Well. Saturday, anyway. Friday and Sunday are a bit iffy. His name is ‘Xur’ or something, and he’s very reminiscent of the hooded salesman from Resident Evil 4. Strange Coins and Motes of Light can be traded in for legendaries and exotics. Armor and weapons. I have a suspicion that his stock will vary, week by week.
Now, I have heard this but looked around for him in the Tower last weekend and couldn’t find him. The guy sounds like a shady drug dealer who only wants Bitcoins lol. I’ll find that man and get my legendary, exotic Diamond Hand Cannon,
So PAX plans just to repeat my post from last page, I’m staying at the Urban Central Backpackers with some friends about 2 mins walk from the con centre $50 a night because im cheap!
Pox plans: I’m going to infect all of youPAX planning, hey? …crap, I still need to figure out how I’m getting down to Melbourne. At least I have accommodation!
…I should double check where I’m actually staying. I’ve totally forgotten.
I’d suggest you probably should take a bus. If you take a plane how would it land if it always has a rize?
Boooooo *tomatoes*
Wocka wocka wocka!
You should drive me down!
Last time I looked it was a comparable cost between driving and flying, with the obvious bonuses of flying being faster, more comfortable, and I don’t have to do stupid-arse hook turns.
Yeah, it usually depends on numbers. For one person, flying is definitely the way to go, two goes either way, and three and up is better in a car (assuming you have an even vaguely decent… mileage? kilometreage?).
Want to carpool??
I’m running the default position that I shouldn’t share travel or accommodation with people because screaming baby (at least for the trip back) 😛
I swear last time I looked Hyrule Warriors was getting released on Friday…this one extra day of waiting displeases me slightly.
Since I’ve now dedicated this page to asking stupid favours from you, can you buy me a copy and drop it off? Plox & thx.
Yeah, but, nah.
Damn, my plan was flawless!
wait, it’s released Saturday? Shit, we’re going to the show that day
I’m getting it delivered so it wont arrive until Monday for me /o\
I’ve gone with Scarf Edition, pickup from EB cause I have most of the weekend alone so I’ll be playing the hell out of it.
I miss games launching on Thursdays.
Curse you, eShop. But especially digital copies of retail games.
2 Rooms and a Boom!
Okay, so I should probably explain what this game is if I’m planning to rope every single person I know into playing it.
It’s a social deduction game (like The Resistance or Werewolf) where 6-30 players are randomly dealt role cards to determine if they are in the red or blue team. Players are then split into two rooms, nominate a leader for each room, bicker amongst themselves for a bit and then the leader decides on several hostages to be sent to the other room. Rinse and repeat several times and then there’s an explosion.
You see, one player on the red team will be the Bomber. The red team wins the game if the Bomber ends up in the same room as the President (one of the members of the blue team). The entire point of the previous rounds is to plot and scheme so that what your side wants to happen, happens.
You’re allowed to show your card to whoever you want and say whatever you want to do this. You can mutually agree with someone to show each other’s card (or just part of it).
Wild accusations and arguments are encouraged.
On top of the President and Bomber, there are literally dozens of special roles that can be added into the mix. There can be neutral, grey, players that might have to publicly declare who they think will win before the bomber explodes, a player that forces everyone they show their card to to swap cards with them, players that try and be the leaders in their room every round, players that have to show their card to anyone that asks and players that can’t show their cards to anyone under any circumstances.
Oh, and each round is done on a timer. The first round is 5 minutes then 4, 3, 2, 1 … BOOM!
I’m trying to work out the best way to get this to work with a bunch of people who have never played it before (including myself). So get excited.
Edit: So them games are pretty good eh? I like the ones where things ‘splode
TAY’s continued usage of ‘dickman’ pleases me immeasurably.
EDIT: Now your edit makes me look like a crazy(er) person.
I’m sorry, I thought I snapped up my comment fast enough, sorry. But yes I do like using the word Dickman 😀
Someone will always see a comment before it’s edited. Always.
yeah, I should just stick to my usual method of writing enormous posts then deleting them before I post them. I swear I’d be on like 50,000 comments if I didn’t self moderate.
Hi Gang, Dan here.
If there’s two things I hate in this world it’s children and cancer.
Thing is, if you leave a kid be and let it grow up it becomes an adult. And sometimes, if you deprive them of sunlight, friends & interaction with the opposite sex, they can turn out to be radical grown-ups like me, Dan.
But if you leave cancer alone, oh man, that shit just gets worse, spreading it’s insidious self until all the good things are replaced by an incurable, dark disease. Kinda like me, Dan.
That’s why in October, I’m doing the Great Cycle Challenge to raise money to fight kid’s cancer.
Look, it’s no secret that you all want a personalized picture of me in Lycra and that’s why I’m offering all donations a picture of me, Dan, sporting my skin tight & bulge (I guess?) accentuating cycle suit. Please see example “The Scar Jo” for the bounty that awaits those who donate.
BUT WAIT JUST A GODDAM SECOND! If you donate over $100 you can dictate the pose of your personalised Dan in Lycra photo. HOLY MACKEREL WHAT A DEAL!!!
So head here and donate so that we can increase the chances of a bunch of socially awkward kids making it to adulthood to become more like their, and your, hero, me, Dan.
Oh, and Fuck Cancer
I was just about to hit peak first world problems here, guys. I came *this* close to complaining about the fact that chrome on my phone has changed, so it now takes two presses to refresh, and that it took me 2 minutes to find it.
Thankfully I didn’t because I would have looked like a right arse.
I KNOW RIGHT
Totally a first world problem, but I was internally complaining about the exact same thing. Also the fact that it takes an extra click to get to my bookmarks now (they used to just come up on a new tab!)
I’ve gone back to Dolphin Browser 😛
The dropdown menu acts on first press (ie. you can swipe from the dropdown button to the option you want), and the refresh button ends up over the top of the tab-count. So you can swipe from the dropdown button to the tab-count button and it will refresh, cos the dropdown will overlay the refresh button before you take your finger off the screen.
More fiddly than just hitting the old refresh button, but (subjectively) easier than two separate presses.
huh. I just read a big ass post from Dan about Cycling, now it’s gone, he’s a wizard, possibly from the moon.
Right? I was worried that listening to a dozen episodes of Zeitgeist today had made me mad!
I KNOW RIGHT!?
It’s gone into moderation for some whacky raisin.
I also cannot confirm nor deny that I am a Wizard.
I am, however, NOT from the Moon and am 100% Australian.
Doesn’t matter if you came from the moon, as long as you didn’t travel here in a boat.
and you gotta be white!
Imagining Tony Abbott’s great great great great great grandkid with a “Stop the Spaceships!” World Government election promise.
Ships aren’t technically boats, right?
http://images-2.drive.com.au/2013/05/15/4273883/1_spabbottam15-20130515113702632878-620×349.jpg
PAX friends, just a minor word of advice: when planning your accommodation, remember PAX is at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Center in South Wharf, about 5 mins walk from Spencer St / Southern Cross station in the CBD. It is not at the Melbourne Exhibition Center which is in Ascot Vale and is a fair distance away from the CBD.
It’s also not at the ‘Melbourne Center for Exhibitions’ OR at the ‘Convention & Exhibition Center of Melbourne’!
Checking google maps to double ccheck, yeah we have it right.
Where the shit is the tram stop for expo centre, though?!? Also public transport directions not working ffs.
There’s a tram stop right out front, between it and crown.
What POS public transport is this, that it’s not working on google’s services. :\ This is so frustrating, because their website blows too. Ugh, I’ll work it out closer to the date – looks like we gotta swap trams only once and roughly 20m ..
Where are you staying?
Tune Melbourne. There’s a station right around the corner. Looks like I gotta head south, swap lines, then head west until convention centre.
The tram stop marked Casino/MCEC/Clarendon St is right outside the entrance. Also the trams and trains are integrated into Google Maps and normally they work correctly.
Thanks. Weird about Gmaps, it hasn’t been working for many months now.
When I first listened to Mission Statement by Weird Al, my first thought was that it summed up my business analysis class to a tee. I’m pretty sure I’ve encountered every buzzword in that song at least once this semester. God knows how many times I’ve heard the word synergy.
Anyways, I was looking through the last few weeks of content, and in the last week (summary and exam prep) there’s nothing in there, except for the video for Mission Statement 😛 The unit coordinator for that class is pretty great
The buzzword du jour for where I work is “holistic”. It sounds so bad because it makes us sound like some sort of religious group due to not many people actually understanding what the word means.
Do you work at a detective agency?
No… This is a reference to something isn’t it? I am not good at these sort of things.
Not at all…
Holistic?
Isn’t that what the nuns used to beat you with?
It took me a while to understand why that word is used as a business term
Infamous Second Son on PS4, $27, JB Hi-Fi. BUY NOW BUY NOW! 😀
I hear it’s good!
http://yearofthehermit.tumblr.com/post/97517789706/15-september-2014
No thanks, I already have a son. I don’t need an infamous second one.
Will do, will you buy me a PS4 then? 😛
Good for you.
That’s cheap. I don’t even have a PS4 (yet) and I’m tempted!
So, it’s official…. As of 07/10 this year i will be an Australian \o/
got the letter today! Wooooo!
Celebratory meat?
Kangaroo.
YUUUUUUUUUM!
Better add some Emu just to complete the coat of arms!
I definitely wouldn’t be opposed to the idea but I’m bad at planning things 😛
Got your stubbie of VB, meat pie with sauce & cork hat & your favourite AFL teams scarf ready for the initiation ceremony?
Bloody Oath mate! 😛
Good, good! Saying that half of that was basically just aimed at being in Victoria 😛 Though a good meat pie with sauce is common at the AFL.. HMM.
One of us! One of us!
Congrats!
I’m glad that you told us that on this day, the Australian Citizenship Day.
YESSSSSSS. 😀
JB has an alright deal for a PS4 bundle atm; Console + Destiny, Knack, Infamous Second Son & Assassin’s Creed IV for $599
There’s a sorta similar one for Xbone priced at $498, but not as good value imo. KInectless Xbox One + Destiny & Assassin’s Creed IV. Throw in 2 platform exclusives and make it the same price or a little cheaper than the PS4 bundle and i’d actually consider it.
Edit: there is! You get Forza 5 & some other Forza game with Destiny & Assassin’s Creed IV for $548 & there’s also a PS4 bundle with just Assassin’s Creed IV & The Last of Us Remastered for $499 not bad.
It’s nice to see there’s some good deals popping up.
Or just wait and get the white Xbone bundle with Sunset Overdive for $500.
I’ve been coming close to getting an Xbone for a while now, but there’s nothing that’s really pulled me over the edge. Not sure what will.
I was more tempted by he CoD one cause of the larger HDD, but the deal with 4 games for $550 seems good, be better if it came with a year worth of XBL though lol.
IIRC you can replace the hard drive in the Xbone yourself, same as with the PS4.
Oh wow that’s a step forward if it’s ANY suitable size hdd!
Turns out you can’t. 🙁
But it supports plugging in an external HDD now so you could just chuck a 1tb external at it if you actually run out of space.
Oh poo. Damn it Microsoft.
So I guess the Cabal are “inspired by” huh?
Inspired by the Byzantines?
img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130421211745/aliens/images/2/26/PDVD_004.jpg
What is that? It looks vaguely familiar.
Mondoshawan from the Fifth Element.
Oh, of course.
Fifth Element! 😀
Cool, any Soundwave fan can apparently pick up Slash’s new CD for 10 bucks at JB for only 10 bucks tomorrow or Friday.. Wish I had known that before I bought it online for almost 2x as much heh.
If I hadn’t bought it on iTunes, and had a JB Hi-Fi near me, I would definitely buy it for that price. Great album though.
Okay everyone.
Kingpin, the venue for the karaoke, contacted me today.
A company has decided to book out the entire venue for a private function. However, because we booked earlier then them, we are now getting an upgrade to a private room with it’s own bar upstairs at no extra charge!
So we won’t have to see the public, let alone interact with them =D
Also, bowling finishes at 8pm, which is when we have to move upstairs
That sounds radder than it was previously going to be \o/
How long have they given the room for?
No idea? We have ours until 10pm
We’ve arranged to check it out not this weekend but the next just to ensure it’ll be able to accomodate everyone comfortably.
Oh man, you’ll be just like those people in Sleeping Dogs. Someone sing Take On Me… for DC, okay?
YES. GOOD. IT SHALL BE DONE, ALONG WITH MY CRACKALACKIN’ DUET!
I’m in!
😀
Never.
You can come and sing it yourself!
Are people still able to join into this thing? It continues to slip my mind…
Yes, you have until October 31st
I’m in for this as well… Mrs Pixel is otherwise engaged that weekend 🙁
What are the details? Day, cost etc?
Saturday from 7pm to 10pm. Food is included and 1 free drink. Also a game of bowling. It’s $48 pp.
I’m 90% sure I’ll be there.
Would we have to pay beforehand or can we rock up and pay on the night?
Beforehand would be preferable, but if you can only pay on the night, I’m sure we can work it out.
Cool beans. Will get back to you in the next week or so. Thank you!
Let others who may not have heard know too please
Wow my Facebook feed atm.. All the racist, hatred & bigoted opinions involving a non-western religion on one particular status posted by someone I know, then all the people I know from school posting very similar “opinions” oh boy.. I thought these people I know were better than this.
Banhammer time. Once I purged the racist from my feed it improved considerably.
Agreed. I’m honestly quite appalled at the stuff some of them have said. Thankfully I don’t have any of them added, just the person who made the status. But he seemed to side with both sides for some weird reason.
I have (it would seem) an awful amount of awful people on my Facebook; bigoted, racist, homophobic, etc.
There are plenty of times that I bring out the Banhammer to exact swift justice, however I find that what stops me is that I need reminders that there are some truly despicable people on this earth and I need to stop myself from becoming one of them. They are a constant reminder of why I shouldn’t watch Big Brother, read the news or The Kardashians.
My rule is: “If you’re being an ignorant idiot, you’re no friend of mine, unfriended!”
Cant be me..I dont post on facebook all that much
And I don’t have you added 😛
Well I assume I don’t.
I have you on instagram though
That’s different 😛
@freezespreston @coldcamv @beeawwb or @jocon or @anyone
Fiasco tomorrow night?
Yes.
Sweet. What time is best for you? takes 2.5 hours or so
8 usually gives me enough time to get kids and everything in order.
Nah, sorry.
I should be able to do after 8 if thats well and dandy with everyone else
@freezespreston @coldcamv 8 eastern? Sure. @beeawwb are you able to join us?
In the meantime, have a look at this list and see which of these settings jumps out at you (I’ll veto action news six as we just did it). This will be the genre of Fiasco we create and will define our relationships, needs, locations etc.
I’m a bit sick right now but should be ok by tomorrow evening.
List?
Sorry, didn’t link right: http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/playset-of-the-month/
My vote goes to Flight 1180 or Hollywood Wives.
Both good ones. 1180 could be fun. I was also looking at Tartan Noir
Im either leaning towards the flight 1180 since just rewatching non-stop and snakes on a plane or Home Invasion simply because of Payday..oh god i love me some Payday
Let’s do 1180, reckon it’s a winner.
Will be very surprised if it doesn’t end with the plane crashing!
That makes two of us \o/
Wait, there’s a McMurdo Station one?
ayup. Can track the pdf down (it’s in the corebook)
I’ve decided to format my computer.
Y’know, for kicks.
Already backing up everything I require.
As you do.
Nothing quite as refreshing as a blank slate!
Refreshing?
Intimidating!
haha well nothing intimidating about it to me! I do work with computers a lot though!
Same.
It’s about a bi-yearly occurrence at the moment.
Hoping to make it less frequent. 🙂
i’ve done it far less frequently with windows 7 than I have xp which is a blessing
I’ve never done it D:
Neither have I. I’ve formatted my computer heaps of times though
Eldest brings home a writing task about what she wants to be when she grows up.
Apparently she wants to work at McDonald’s.
At least she doesn’t want to be a stripper.
She’d make more money.
On the plus side, at least her life dream is attainable!
Apparently I used to tell my parents that when I grew up, I wanted to be a uni student.
…This says a lot more about me than I expected it to.
@pixel_the_ferret_viking and any other Disney Infinity peeps. Just got the Target catalogue, and it seems like they’ve got the best deals
$68 for the starter pack
$32 for playsets and
$15 for individual figures.
Considering cancelling my collector’s edition, only get 6 figures in it, but if I buy it all indiviually I’ll be able to get the starter pack and all the first wave of figures and playsets for the same price. Will just mean I won’t get that cool stand and I’ll have to wait a month for Hulk (that make Hulk sad).
I got the standard edition pre-ordered from target \o/
will probably pick up a few of the Guardians as well if funds allow for it
Ah, didn’t realize you’d ordered from Target. If you can get a few extra figures I’d spend the extra 2 bucks and get the Guardians playset, it’ll give you a whole bunch extra playtime and you can always pick up the other Guardians down the track. Got mine almost paid off, gonna have to overdraw my account a tad tomorrow to pay the rest off.
Can’t wait for tomorrow.
Me either, this is the first new release game i’ve bought in aaaaaaaaages 😛
I am picking up the CE from EB tomorrow with the free one from the pre order and the 3 from the CE can’t wait.
@fled @grandmasterb-funk @greenius @hindenlagen @phlanispo @phoenix @platinum-urchin @thecracks
There’s a chance that Greenius will stay over the 27th/28th weekend, if he has company.
There’s a bunch of things he wants to do (probably too much for two days), so if anyone is up for hanging out, just let us know.
Things include:
– Perth Royal Show
– AQWA
– Zoo
– Casino (sorry little Phlanispo)
– Seeing Boyhood
– Buying clothes (legit, like, I didn’t make this up)
– King’s Park, and
– Museum
I’ll be honest, I’d probably skip AQWA and the Museum. They’re not that great.
And Kings Park. You guys can do that without me, cause I am not getting stabbed / mugged / raped / all of the above.
This is too much for me to try and organise single handedly though.
I needs me some business shirts!
Stewie has the best shopping montages! 😀
But does he carry a boom box playing nothing but hits from the 80s?
Isn’t that any shirt with a collar?
Pretty much!
Nope. Accessories like a pocket and sleeve bracers immediately put it into another category. Then you move onto things like cut type, pattern, collar design – all of which make a very minor difference.
Depending on your build, if you’re slim like me then yd/tarocash stock good stuff. Occasional massive discounts at Myer. Need dat slim fit tho, if slim build.
Ooooh, Boyhood looks incredible! Still haven’t seen it though! *shakes fist*
Also, hey buddy!
I didn’t mean to give you the cold shoulder, I just don’t want to post on TAY this week.
Just thought I came across as rude was all.
Nah, not at all, man. Was going to send you a message but figured you needed some space. I’m sorry if you thought I was mocking you, though. My default state is to make jokes about stuff. Was a pretty serious thread and it was my attempt to lighten the mood but I don’t think I was articulate or did a very good job at it.
Aqwa is only fun when you are 5. 7-year old Phlanispo can attest to this, and so can 16-year old Phlanispo. I only just realised that its been 7 years since I’ve been in a museum. I should remedy that at some point. Seems like a museum meat would be terrible, regardless of how good the museum is. Kings Park has nothing to really see if you don’t like spying on other people’s weddings or grieving the loss of the awesome metal slide they used to have.
I went to the Royal Show back in the mid 2000’s and I thought it was a waste of time. Then again, my parents refused to spend money on anything outside of the bus fares.
The Zoo is a surprisingly good time, but it’s very quite expensive. It’s like double the cost of an Adventure World ticket, and those poor little poteroos can’t compete with the Bounty’s Revenge.
Boyhood sounds like it will be a really awesome movie.
Regardless of how awesome the plans are, I dunno if I’ll be able to come. Transport is hard for me, and the idea of socialising is terrifying. However, school will have pretty much finished by then, and the extensive time for planning will make it easier for me to come, so who knows.
Aww man I would but on the 27th me and the partner are having our engagement party.
Wait, the 27/28th weekend? Definitely can’t come. My mum will kill me if I say why, but I’ll just say that transportation will be very, very difficult.
Can’t. Keep. Up. With. TAY.
Too much work and study.
I’ve been trying to read from page 5 this morning, too much work….
*Head desk*
I give up and skip to the end… but then feel like I’ve missed something…
Also catch myself writing lengthy replies that in all likelihood won’t get any discussion.
You miss some of the banter, I remember skipping the Zoe Quinn stuff and I haven’t quite got back in front with that one lol.
I just read it all though, you can make it!
I’m going through and reading all the awesome quotes from Skulduggery Pleasant. Here are a few, presented without context.
Here’s some more, even though no-one asked.
Question for you teamspeaky folks, can you assign conversation participants to specific channels? Say if I had a conversation going with 2 other people, could I set it so one person is coming out of the left speaker and the other out of the right?
I’m pretty sure it does have options for that, but I’ve never bothered fiddling with them, so I’m afraid I can’t comment on how well they work.
@zetrox2k, @redartifice, you guys use teamspeak a fair bit don’t you? Can you provide any advice?
I wouldn’t know man, I can only hear from my right ear (100% deaf in the left ear since birth…)
This does make it ever so slightly less likely that you’d use that feature if it does indeed exist, I have to agree…
Don’t ask me why or how, but this song is stuck in my head:
Why? How?
NUMENERA
The party has decided to seek the impossible blade, one of the two items needed to free @mythamphetamine from his parasitic infection. Their journey has lead them to barrowtown, where they have been given conflicting accounts on exactly where it is – and @blaghman, thinking with his muscles and fuelled by sludge beer, has taken a “millwife”
Will Burris Han lead them to the blade? What’s up with Eenosh and Seniya and what can they tell us? Are the rumours about giant insects and the afterlife true? And what exactly is a millwife and why are the town elders telling him he now has one? Tune in next time for more TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
THanks for playing!
cc @popdart5 @tech_knight @novacascade
Have no idea why, but I’m great at saving my glimmer in Destiny (barely spent any of it), but in real life I just can’t save money. I have before, but it usually only lasts for a few weeks, and then I just have to go on a spending spree, I just can’t help myself.
Solution: Bungie, please make my life one giant game of Destiny. Sorted.
So can someone help me out and tell me if I’m crazy (for reasons other than replying)?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5665592436/10152745815792437/
Not looking for any kind of back-up, just confirmation of my insanity here in TAY would be fine.
Yes, yes you are XD
*dribbles*
*shoots, scores*#sportsballhumour
My brain hurts?
Is the correct response.
Sorry! 😛
The only people worse at maths than writers are artists.
I… have no idea where that leaves me 😛
In the corner with a dunce hat?
Space cadet awaaaaay
@dkzeitgeist, sorry I could only swing $5, man. Money’s tight, but I wanted to support the cause (and reward that pitch).
Everyone else, dig deeper than me.
https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Riders/DanCrowd/
Sif that even warrants an apology ya dhingus!
Classic Shane, always a gent.
Your description is pretty great. We need more Dans in this world.
I dunno man, more than one me?
Seems risky…
In a level 17 story mission on Mars. Could probably do with some help if anyone wants to join in (I’m only level 16).
Sorry I didn’t join after you invited me last night, bud, I was grinding Crucible marks so I can buy a new pair of gloves and neglecting my girlfriend.
That’s cool.
I’ll play tonight man. Not sure if we’re pals on PSN? So hard to keep up! 😛
Pretty sure we are, but now I’m gonna have to drag myself away from Disney Infinity.
I know I said this as a question at the start of the week, but I’m kinda tempted to create a Fiasco playset full of TAY in-jokes to play with some of you at PAX.
For this, I need Relationships, Objects, Needs and Locations related to TAY. Suggestions?
Relationship: In each others pocket
Object: Frozen Donut
Needs: $10
Location: Teamspeak
I don’t really think it works.
Not sure I can get to a full playset’s worth, but I’m eager to tinker with it.
Just added: Location: Pax North
It’s a thing.
@redartifice, take note. DC has confirmed that Pax North is an object, not a location.
An object of my affection. Just like you, Shane!
Things just got creepy!
-For Relationships, we have Gooky and everyone
-For objects, we have the Oar of Thorns
– For needs, we have… something
-For locations, we have hermit caves
TAY, what are some good step towards not recklessly spending money?
Do you need it?
If I come back in a week, will it still be there?
Do I already have one?
Set yourself a “play” budget for the fortnight. Link it to a different card if you need to.
Work out how much money you need per pay cycle (rent, food, expected bills etc) then add a small buffer. When you get paid, transfer all of your money except that amount into a separate savings account that you can’t immediately access. Don’t touch the money in your savings unless you absolutely have to.
Stay home all day every day, internet blackout and no phone.
Alternatively, just don’t earn money.
#helping
Most people generally need a goal to save towards… Holiday, new car, house deposit.
Think about long term goals you want to achieve and start planning around them.
Another option, get married and have kids.
Look at your income. Then look at the cost of item. Realise that it’ll take you x hours of mind-numbing work to obtain this item. Will you receive >2x hours entertainment from this? Will it save you hours?
Or will you purchase this item and spend your finite life-hours using it and paying it off for a measly 0.2% Fun Rating™ … the choice is yours!
Set up a separate savings account and have it automatically deduct a small amount of your income into it, or get your company to put a certain percentage of your wages into it and the rest into your main account.
You’d be surprised what you can save when you never get a chance to see the money and it’s immediately pushed away to savings.
The woods are a good start. However, I’ve heard from some people who swear by the Alps.
OH MY GOD SHE FOUND ANOTHER PORNOCLONE
This one… isn’t quite so shareable as the last one. Contains balls and arse 😛 I don’t think he’s quite as close a match either, a little more obscured and it’s a black and white photo (arty!). But hey.
Edit:
NSFW AND SHOULD PROBABLY NOT BE DECODED AND CLICKED BUT FOR SOME REASON I AM PUTTING IT HERE ANYWAYuggc://geblkkk.ghzoye.pbz/cbfg/97686556620
Huh. 16 emails in my inbox. NOOOOOPE.
*tries to quietly slink away*
*trips*
Thank you so much for not doing this 20mins earlier 😛
I get approx 100-200 new emails every day. Try that on for size.
Filters.
Haha, I wish. It’s all work and I’m the filter.
About twenty or so are support tickets, five or so are spam, the rest are a mix of random enquiries bypassing helpdesk and network monitoring.
So I pretty much aced my mock job interview for school. Surprised myself. Way better than the
D-grade mock interview I had last year. In the last one, I stumbled at the first question, and didn’t recover, swearing all the way. Shameful display.
That is all. GET HYPE!
I still haven’t gone and finished the first one :/. I ended up stopping after my mage died last playthrough. I got boxed in 😛
Also, get on this shit too!!! squeeeee!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/282440/
@zetrox2k, bring it… you wanted a rematch, now’s your chance!
you bitches should all bring it *finger snaps*
I’m terrible at shooters – but FREE GAEM!
DOWNLOADING!!!!!
Disneh Infiniteh hype y’all! Today’s the day \o/
standard disney, or this the new marvel one?
Marvel of course you silly sausage. I blow my nose at you.
Theatrythym day! \o/
:'(
Where did you order it from?
A different side of the country than the one he currently occupies.
I know. EB is a national company and can transfer orders. I did it with getting Dark Souls 2 in Canberra from the Gold Coast.
Very true. Should be possible.
Why would you do something like that? :\
Some awesome dude down in Canberra. You probably wouldn’t know him.
There are no awesome dudes in Canberra. Except my son. WHY ARE YOU BUYING MY SON VIOLENT GAMES? >:(
I hope mine arrives today!
I should probably get a copy of that.
Boo, my old CRT TV has gone mad, over the last few months it started doing things like turning itself on if left in standby mode, then the remote died, then it started changing channels by itself and occasionally makes weird static noises……. IT’S POSSESSED! . Now I’m going to have to go back and find that article about making old games look decent on HDTVs.
Edit: Tempted to rip it open and fiddle about since it’ll probably cost me money to get rid of. Side note, last time I went to the dump they were refusing CRTs in their “Treasure” section and were telling people to just throw them in the pit, there was about 500 of them getting pushed around by a bulldozer.
There’s a good chance you could pick up a cheap replacement CRT from Cashies? I picked up a $5 computer monitor once, best $5 I ever spent.
I have an 80cm panasonic progressive scan crt tv you can buy if you want!
I also have a 34cm one I would love to get rid of if you prefer something smaller!
Ooh… what kind of inputs and stuff does it have? 4:3 or widescreen?
it’s widescreen. has 2 or 3 component sets, composite, svideo and maybe something else? does up to 576p i think. was my gamecube and wii tv 🙂
Sounds like a pretty good set. I got one a year or two ago, has 3x composite (with one of them as s-video), 2x component and 1x HDMI, takes up to 720p/1080i. It’s awesome and all, but it bugs me to know that somewhere out there is a 32″ model, I think that one’s only (“only”) 29″. Also a 32″ 4:3 one would be nice, get that extra vertical height. A SCART input or two, too 😛
Currently got everything hooked into it, from NES through to Wii U.
how much were you wanting for them out of curiosity?
I’d probably want $80 or so for the big one, or $20 for the 34?
Nooooo 🙁
So I have finally finished the first difficulty of One Finger Death Punch and have moved on to difficulty two… I can barely keep up now, it’s so fast! There’s also one more difficulty higher than this?! /o\
Dear Gooky,
I suspect your friend might be obsessed with you if she scours the internet for naked pictures of you. I can safely say I don’t do this for any of my friends. :\
Just a heads up!
Your pal,
DC.
That might explain why the air conditioner went nuts at his work yesterday. It was compensating for the heat generated by those searching for such materials with anticipation 😛
Speak for yourself.
It’s ok she is just looking for naked pictures of people. And sometimes finds people that happen to look like me.
…Surely
*gets popcorn *
You left the ‘m’ off ‘many of your friends’.
Caught another shiny this morning!
Still not the one I want though. Today was fletchinder.
I know these words but I can’t unravel this particular riddle. I assume you rescued a shelter dog!
And named it Paul
I wish. Can’t get a dog until we get a house.
Not long now. Then we get greyhounds.
To race? MONSTER!
Ex racing. Give them a nice retirement.
They sleep all day so it won’t be so bad on them when both owners are working full time initially.
Greyhounds are beautiful! Oh, so sleepy and affectionate and lovely.
I’ve still never even seen a wild shiny through all the games I’ve played.
On average it takes me about a week to find one (and that’s with the shiny charm doubling the chances)
Hi Gang, Dan here.
I’m raising money to fight the Dan of diseases, cancer, and wrote all the details up yesterday.
Unfortunately the post went into moderation so take a gander this morning ya silly gooses.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/09/talk-amongst-yourselves-294/comment-page-10/#comment-2950123
Good morning, standard poodles!
Yesterday I had a wicked awesome nose bleed and had to stay home and play Minecraft all day. HA.
Can anyone recommend me some good gaming podcasts? I feel like every one I listen to dies soon after I start! (RIP Weekly Geek, Fangamer, Weekend Confirmed). Thanks!
All you need is Dan and Karl’s Zeitgeist. No gaming, all of the time!
dankarlszeitgeist.com
COUPLA DANS RUINING PODCASTS FOR EVERYONE!
What a friggin’ pair of hot idiots.
Haha, I’ll check it out, thanks.
Indeed it’s like an episode of Seinfeld in a podcast 😛
Except good!
*sighs and grabs an empty bottle to fill with cold water*
You don’t like Seinfeld?
It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s that I hate it with a fiery, fiery passion. 😛
ARGHHHH! It’s so good!
If you like terrible things and you’re a terrible person, sure! *folds arms stubbornly*
ily
@dc
If I had room in my notebook I would add an exclamation point.
Hahah, oh dear. Can I ask, and I don’t mean this with any rudeness or anything, but are you young? Like, under 24? I only ask because I’ve found that people who enjoy it tend to be 30 + (with exceptions, of course).
Do you like Julia Louie-Dreyfuss? Veep is a very good show.
Haha! Take that Kid @dc.
I love JL-D, she’s the only thing I like about the show. I’m 29. It’s not that I don’t get the show, I just don’t like it. I understand what it’s doing. 😛
@dc, when you’re 30 you’ll get it.
#OldManFreeze
You’re not alone @dc! It does nothing for me either :\ Can’t stand that show
irritates me beyond belief more like
While it’s not always about games it is reliable to make you turn it off in frustration:
http://dankarlszeitgeist.com
I guess it depends on what you like but I find the Roosterteeth podcasts to be pretty good.
Pixel-Otaku is run by some TAYbies, and is in its ninth season!
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/
Also Dan and Karl’s Zeitgeist if you want to feel good in comparison to someone.
Standard poodles?
I … I’m not sure if this is an insult.
No! They’re beautiful dogs! Have you seen them? Oh man. I saw a lady walking hers on the way to work and I just about tackled it after she said I could pet him.
It’s better then being an irregular poodle.
Get some more fibre and you’ll be right.
You’ll be seeing oodles of poo(dles) in no time.
Does it have to be gaming podcasts? That rules out Rooster Teeth Podcast, Cox n Crendor In The Morning, and Dan and Karl’s Zeitgeist.
If it has to be a gaming podcast, TGS/Co-optional Podcast, is pretty good, provided you want it to be 3 hours long and don’t like slightly irregular timeslots. (Both the TGS Podcast and the Co-optional Podcast are the same thing with the same cast, but it changed names 62 episodes in)
Here’s a quick sample of a legendary moment from the podcast.
I was looking specifically for new gaming podcasts, but by all means, bring on any other recs too!
I like to think Dan and Karl’s Zeitgeist is more like Roseanne. Speaks their mind, but endearing at the same time. Fictitious Roseanne is just the best.
It’s fitting because I’m already named Dan and Karl is an offensive, fat loudmouth and we’re basically married.
Wait, can you buy Roseanne on DVD?
I think you need to recreate the opening credits as a promo! I’ll play DJ!
Or second Becky. Not first Becky.
Lots of looking down the barrel of the camera if you’re gonna be DJ.
My specialty!
Not a fan of real life Roseanne?
I heard she used to yell at the writers and is mean.
She’s super… motivated to get what she wants. I like her, though, because she refused to take any nonsense from the male staff/writers. When she took over the show she fired a lot of the male staff who had been sexist/abusive towards her.
Joss Whedon had his first writing job there. Can’t think of a more feminist guy. He said he was disappointed at the experience. Never meet your heroes and all that. I hear what you’re saying though, sounds like it could be a hostile place. In spite of that it’s a writing room that produced many show runners of now. Chuck Lorre, Amy Sherman-Paladino, Joss Whedon. 😀
I should say that I love Roseanne the person, just don’t think I’d want to meet her, is all. 😀
@janexo Chuck Lorre is DC’s favourite.
He did some amazing things in the ’90s. Dharma and Greg for one!
Multi camera sitcoms!
My world view was shattered when I discovered that he was the one behind the TMNT theme.
I didn’t know what to think of anything any more.
You’re right – from what I understand he was there during second year or so, when things were still pretty volatile, which I’m sure made things sour. It’s such a good show, though. I can’t imagine many long-running shows that were that intense for comedy that wouldn’t have had a hard behind-the-scenes environment.
Yeah and her voice clearly got through too. It’s a show that pioneered what it was to be a normal, blue collared type. Tackled issues and didn’t feel very sitcomy with a high concept set up or any thing.
…
Until the last season. 😛
except good 😛
The tables have turned and I don’t like what I see! 😛
DISPLAY PICTURE! DISPLAY PICTURE!
on display for the world to see my ugly mug.
no one else noticed….. back to my red K
Oh, we noticed, Mr. Soup. We noticed.
You’ve just redeemed yourself by acknowledging the greatness of Roseanne 😀
You’ve just redeemed yourself by acknowledging the greatness of Roseanne. 😉
As if I needed affirmation, I still dislike getting blood drawn, the minor panic attack on the drive home wasn’t helpful either.
Requests, anyone? Probably going to be a one hour show, not in the mood for doing things right now.
Paperback Writer – The Beatles
It’s been long enough, I think, since this was last played.
Paperback Writer – The Beatles
It’s the sound of now!
<3
Seasick Steve – Started Out With Nothin
The Cruel Sea – Better Get A Lawyer
Seasick Steve. so good.
Landslide — Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Anything by Faith No More, (Mike Patton not Chuck Mosley please)
Those are names… yep, definitely names.
Chuck was their first singer, so anything post 1992
Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
Curse you Sterling, this is on repeat in my head for the last half hour 😛
Jungle – Busy Earning
Alpine – Gasoline (rediscovered this the other night)
HIPSTER REQUEST –
Fury, Oh Fury – Nico Vega
SERIOUS REQUEST –
Someone Like You – Kings of Leon.
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Mirrors- Justin Timberlake
man i think im becoming less hipster. I have barely kept up with new releases for indie bands this year and even albums i have been looking forward to i have sorta skipped. makes me sad but im sure ill start enjoying random hipster music soon and detest the radio again.
8 minutes is far too long for a single song, not happening Rocket, buddy
Closing requests, thanks for the song picks.
I found some Jerry Seinfeld common ground. I love this. <3
Jerry always was annoying. It was all about Kramer and Newman and the terrifing amount I could relate to George.
Jerry was the worst actor, by far, but they never hid that. Elaine, George and Newman, aw man. I loved any time that George or Newman were theatrical, singing and dancing or skipping.
And some common ground for people who hate Roseanne:
TERRIBLE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKIySxNwGSo
It’s the writing, man.
Watch the Chinese Restaurant episode and tell me it’s not brilliant.
It changed comedy in so many ways.
Five, ten minutes.
OMFGWTFBBQ!! LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS THING… LOOK AT IT!!!
pic.twitter.com/c976G03g07
pic.twitter.com/mGFTokM8Yo
I was so hesitant to click those links.
But it’s so big.
So was I.
links didn’t live up to my expectations of Evil Monkey manhood. I am disappoint.
Can I touch it?
Yes.
All the jelly!!!!
That’s almost as big as my…
leg.I haven’t had a chance to update to iOS 8 yet, but I just saw that you can now save gifs in notes! Awwww yissssss. No more crazy text message threads to myself to save gifs 😀
I guess this is a bad time to mention that I’ve never watched a full episode of Seinfeld. I tend to miss the boat on a lot of popular culture so it’s not very unusual.
They show repeats every night at 7:00!
I never used to like it but I’ve found myself watching it again now and actually enjoying it 😛
Ah but you assume I actually watch television. 😛
Because you’re getting old.
Say it isn’t so!
I loved it when I was in high school, which meant I was one of about 4 people in my year who actually did.
My year 12 jersey had Soup Nazi across it. I got pulled up a lot by confused/concerned teachers.
Brilliant 😀
I missed it too. Only seen about three full episodes, one of which was the Soup Nazi one – and somehow saw it maybe three times :/
Never really liked it though. Much prefer Curb Your Enthusiasm.
So what’s your cosplay? 😛
:D?
This has nothing to do with Seinfeld.
BOOO! You said you’ve probably said it on TAY already, I just missed it :'(
I NEED TO KNOW! (not really but I’m curious and since I’m not actually going to PAX you might as well tell me, right? :D)
Well actually it’s you specifically that I’m avoiding telling the most, mainly since you started asking the most 😛 Felt kinda bad about being avoidant to Scree before, feels like it can get a bit annoying after a while. I mean it’s kind of a thing… I don’t really like showing my hand before it’s ready to be revealed, I dunno if that’s because of the idea of creating a sense of expectation or just wanting to keep the surprise fresh for the proper reveal, but… yeah. It’s a nasty habit I’ve picked up and can’t seem to shake.
God, you monster! Think of scree!
That’s the problem!
She’s commented before something along the lines of having great expectations, I’ve gotta be able to meet them now 😛
@mrtaco
Luckily I have no expectations! 😀
Then you won’t be disappointed by getting no answer :coolface:
Well I have no expectations on the quality of the cosplay, but ALL THE EXPECTATIONS IN THE WORLD TO GET A PROPER ANSWER (pls)
Not really… I’ll get over it.
Maybe.
Probably.
Yeah.
You didn’t miss much.
:O
I hated it when it first ran but my SO watches reruns after reruns of it, so I sort of had to start loving it. Now I catch myself thinking, “could I pull off an Elaine costume for Halloween?”
I only see segments cuz my step dad watches them, that’s all I’ve seen. But holy shit did I want to shoot George and Jerry in the face because they irritated me so much I got physically ill watching it.
You should watch the final episode.
@beavwa @greenius @jordi @ other Tales TAYbies: New Tales of Zestiria trailer & character reveal.
Also January 2015 release in Japan and there are strong rumors right now that bamco might be looking at a worldwide release for it.
Wooooooo
Looks like it’s not Worldwide. But they’re saying it’ll be out by Summer 2015 for US and EU so six months later at the outside.
At this point it’ll probably be the swan song for my PS3 too, now that Persona 5 is PS4-bound.
Bamco? I could get behind this new nickname. Doesn’t have the same ring as Namcer Banders, though.
Namdai Bamco changed their name recently. They were Namco Bandai outside Japan, and Bandai Namco inside, and it was confusing, so they changed everything to follow the Japanese order.
And now they’re Bamco.
Formatted my pc, now I can’t seem to find one of the driver cds for the graphics card.
D:
You’ll need to download an updated driver regardless, so just go straight for it and chuck the CD.
If you know the model and make just get it from the vendor website
These days, just knowing the brand is enough and Windows is pretty good at detecting what model certain things are anyhow. Chasing up drivers was probably the easiest part about reformating when I did it a month or so ago.
I would say Windows does well with that about 80% of the time. The other 20% is either not identifying the device, or installing the wrong driver (which I used to believe wasn’t a thing until my current job).
I never use Windows to actually put the drivers on but I think device signing is kind of not shit these days.
Oh, it totally still is, even on brand new hardware. It’s honestly amazing that it is still not perfect because it’s such an obvious thing to do. Still, it’s better than it was so there’s that.
Generally speaking, if it’s AMD or Nvidia – they have a single driver installation package that covers just about all models (within reason). If it’s AMD (Radeon), go to amd.com and get the latest Catalyst package (14.4, from memory), and if it’s Nvidia (Geforce) go to Nvidia.com and get the latest package from there. (340.52, if memory serves)
manufacturer drivers are generally rubbish old drivers. go to nvidia.com or amd website and download the latest from there!
Done and done!
And I mean done. 😀
BOARD GAMES ON SATURDAY IN MELBOURNE:
@beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @greenius @jordi @negativezero @pixel_the_ferret_viking @scree @smurfydog @tech_knight @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k @f4ctionJust following up on this and seeing if there are any particular games people want to try out:
Hanabi,Ticket to Ride+1910 expansion/TTR: Europe+1912 expansion/TTR: Marklin,
Dominion+Prosperity & Intrigue expansions,
K2,
7 Wonders+Expansions,
Village,
Agricola,
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small,
Tzol’kin,
Shadows over Camelot,
Battlestar Galactica,
Bang!,
Arkham Horror,
Seasons,
Power Grid,
Escape: Curse of the Temple,
P.I.,
Discworld: Ankh Morpork,
Discworld: The Witches,
King of Tokyo + expansions,
Ghost Stories,
Tokaido,
Takenoko,
Space Cadets,
Formula D,
King’s Vineyard,
Pandemic + On the Brink & In the Lab expansions,
Forbidden Desert,
Forbidden Island,
Hive,
Ladies and Gentleman,
Settlers of Catan,
Smallword,
Last Night on Earth,
Alhambra (Big Box version),
Carcassonne (Big Box version),
Galaxy Trucker (Big Box version),
Quarantine.
Because I kind of have to pack them in the car if we want to play them. If none of the names mean anything to you, general things like “a game where you shout at each other” or “a game where things happen” might be good enough :p
Yes, this thing!
Can you text me the address? Mostly so I don’t have to write it down or manually add your number to my phone.
Hey f4ction, how much space do you have?
Mrs Tigs and I are interested as we might be out at Kensington anyway. So we would have Tiglet and her big ass pram and don’t want to crowd things if you have a small place like mine
It’s a 2 story loft thing so should be ok.
I wouldn’t mind trying out one of the forbidden games.
K2 and Ghost Stories could be interesting
Mrs Tigs would be interested in Discworld: The Witches and I really enjoy Galaxy Truckers.
That said I have no idea how long we might be there or when we would arrive.
Sure, I can bring all of those. Don’t know what we’re actually going to get to play but we’ll definitely have some options.
Cool, I’ll probably bring a few little things like Gloom and Chrononauts
Maybe castle panic as that is a nice easy one to learn and play
wish I could come, but I’m out of the city for the weekend
I’ll most likely be there, and I was thinking of bringing over Heart of Crown if anyone is interested in that. Though I do need to find some time to update the pasteups for some of them beforehand.
Which one is Heart of Crown?
The way I see it, there’s no harm in bringing whatever you please. If people are interested, they’ll play it. If they’re not, well there’s always next time.
This. I have all of it but haven’t sleeved & done paste-ups for the base game or 2nd expansion yet as I have run out of sleeves. 🙁 (3rd expansion is stand-alone and is basically Intrigue to the original game’s Dominion)
I think I’ve described it on TAY before. It’s not filled with overly pervy art like Barbarossa / El Alamein and it’s not a simple Dominion clone like the Tanto Cuore games. You play as basically a kingmaker – the emperor of the kingdom died, and there was no clear heir. Multiple princesses have a claim to the throne, and you have to back one of them, gather support for her and crown her before the other players.
At the base of it, it’s a deck builder like Dominion, but it has a greater emphasis on strategy and and card comboing than Dominion – simply stacking money and victory point cards isn’t a good approach. There’s only 5 of each of the action cards you’re playing with rather than ten, and they’re randomized and the randomized pile is used to build a market of up to 5 types of card, rather than everything being available to buy. Each princess has her own unique powers, ranging from really simple – one of them just requires you to obtain less points to crown her – to fairly strategic – one of the expansion princesses can mark a type of card in the market as contraband, making it more expensive to buy. Additionally when you nominate a princess, you have to devote enough money-generating land cards to do so, and the lands you use are removed from your deck to form her realm, allowing you to store a card from your hand in that location, and then play it on a subsequent turn as if it were in your hand.
It’s really fun. About as easy to learn as Dominion but IMO with a lot more depth and a lot less of Dominion’s issues around not really knowing how you’re going relative to everyone else unless one player has run away with the game, and the general feeling of not being interested in what other people do on their turn.
I also have Kunitori Kessen which is another deck-builder, but is team-based – you’re basically fighting the battle of Sekigahara, except in true Japanese fashion all the generals and lords have been genderswapped. I have no idea whether it’s good, haven’t played. Also haven’t had a chance to add paste-ups to the cards yet. IIRC the art wasn’t too over the top but I’m a bit desensitized to it. I might check again if that sounds interesting.
Nova? NOVA! NOOOOOOVAAAA (@novacascade) any chance you’re able to assist me with travel related research? I’m in the process of finding the cheapest flight to Copenhagen, with minimal stops/layover time… Is that something you can help with? (it’s completely cool if you can’t) and since I’m only in the need for tickets, no accommodation or anything, am i better off just going through the airlines instead rather then a travel agent?
Any information is greatly appreciated
no sooner does he get our sweet citizenship he decides to defect. TRAITOR
I got all the Intel i need for a sweet sweet inva-… holiday
Sure, I can have a quick look for you. Throw some dates at me (not the fruit).
Booking direct is probably ok for flights only. If you have any problems, your agent is only going to be talking to the airline anyway. If you don’t want to have to deal with that, an agent can help though
We’re looking at something like: departure 13/12/2014, return 02/01/2015… 2 adults etc.etc… We flexible with about a day either side of the dates above… Cheapest i could find myself so far is Singapore Airlines so I’m interested to see what you can come up with
You’re in Melbourne now, aren’t you? My brain defaults all searches to Sydney, lucky I caught myself.
Most direct, you’re right Singapore is probably the best option, but holy crap thats expensive if we’re looking at the same ones. I’m seeing them as $2930 pp.
The cheapest I can find with good connection times is with China Southern and Air France, but it does mean going via Paris as well as Guangzhou in both directions. They are around $2160. China Southern has a bit of a dodgy reputation because they are so cheap, but one of my colleagues flew with them and said they were quite good. Only thing is because they are so cheap, they are always jammed full.
Fair enough, thanks for that! It’s a great help… I’ll do some more research (talk to wifey) and make a decision… Again thank you so much
Woo, get to pick up Curtain Call at lunch time!
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/3582754/snagglepuss-exit-stage-left-o.gif
Blergh. Email from head office directing us to put up all the Christmas stuff immediately.
How about no? It’s freaking September.
It’d be weird to put it up early October, let alone now.
Yeah, it should have been done MONTHS ago.
You must work for Coles or Woolies 😛
I spent longer than i would like to admit getting 2 evee’s with wish on them, luckily i was rewatching chuck while it was happening so i didnt get too bored. I cant play pokemon tonight cause i have a birthday dinner for gf’s cousin.I am sad about this, mostly because her family make her angry and i cant say anything but also because i cant play pokemon.
It’s a portable. You can play at the dinner table.
I like having
intercourseso im not gonna do that.Best thing about this grind is you can do other things at the same time.
Oh hey, it’s Thursday. I am a… wait, what am I? Ok, at the moment I could maybe say I’m a game designer. Though that’d feel like a lie 😛 Gamer? No, they’re dead. Game collector? Peripherals enthusiast! The old go-to would have been musician… or programmer… costume maker? Purported Lothario, and/or Casanova 😛 Serial complainer?
Identities are hard.
I am a Gooky, ask me anything!
How do you do it so regularly? All the page gets 😛
This doll carries a terrible curse.
Whats your favorite instrument and what is your fave piece of music to play??
Hand, foot, hand, foot, hand, foot, GREEN!
Piano’s my main, but I have a tonne of fun with the accordion. Would really like to put a bit more effort in and get better at it.
Favourite piece to play… that one’s hard. I can’t seem to be unable to play Maple Leaf Rag, no matter how long I go without playing I can always jump back on the piano and bang that one out like I’d never left. Sidewalk Blues is probably my “best” piece, it has a whole lot of intricate layering between different rhythmic lines while playing through which I love to listen to. Stomp de Lowdown Blues is probably the most fun to play, since it’s more energetic and likes to bounce around the place.
How do you do that? 😛
With relative ease 😎
Makes crushing rocks seem such a breeze!1. For $35,000, would you go for three months without washing, brushing your teeth, or using deodorant? Assume you could not explain your reasons to anyone until after the three months is up.
2. If man evolved from apes why do we still have apes?
1. Funny story, one time for some reason or other (back while I had literally nothing to do and no reason to go anywhere) I went about four weeks without a shower. Dark times 😛 But yeah it wasn’t really that bad, I’m sure I could last the three months if I was once again at home doing nothing.
2. I think it’s kind of like how I’ve still been using Windows 98 for the last decade. Some people just don’t see the need to upgrade.
Is it hard to hide your secret career as a pornstar? How do you deflect your nosy friend who keeps digging up your work?
Edit: asking for a friend.
I find the best way to hide something is to keep it in plain sight. That’s why I’ve got this great story about how there’s this doppelganger of me out there somewhere, it’s been going down a treat.
Wink.
Always a relevant source of information to judge character – how do you wipe?
First you pick up whatever medium is going to be used for the wipe, then you place it against the surface you want to perform this action on and apply pressure, while moving your hand across and dragging the medium along with it. Be sure not to use so much pressure that this movement becomes impossible, or damages the medium especially if you don’t want to touch the surface with your hand.
Folder or scruncher?
Under or over?
Number of layers?
Slight speckle or fully clean?
Binder.
Like… a ring binder?
I have yet to decode what this question means, but I don’t think I what to know.
Fold toilet paper over, or scrunch it before you wipe.
Wait, why would you scrunch it? That seems like the least effective way to go about that.
Clearly you’re a folder! Me too!
TWINSIES!
Why do you continually shoot down my advances?
Favourite movie? And why!
If you were to be reincarnated as any animal of your choosing, what would you pick?
What’s your favourite thing about yourself?
1) Because I’m too cowardly to just come outright and say it.
2) Oh god, actual hard questions. Um. I’m not entirely sure I have one, actually. I mean I usually struggle with questions of favourites because I’m indecisive and can’t just pick one thing over all others, but in this case I’m finding it hard to even think of a shortlist. I guess I don’t really movies much. I really liked Shawshank when I saw that, it used to be an easy go-to for a favourite. Oh actually around the same time I ended up seeing this movie called Interstate 60, I remember it being kind of influential at the time. Introduced a bunch of ideas about perspective and stuff or something that I’d never really considered, so that was cool. Otherwise if I keep scrolling through the IMDB top 250… Pulp Fiction? I dunno 😛
3) A dragon. Or if it has to exist, then some kind of bird. Probably a bird of prey. Because being able to fly would be awesome, and being able to go really fast is also fun. But then I guess if you’re a small bird like a sparrow or something then your apparent speed would also be quite fast with the smaller proportions.
4) Dammit this is even harder than the other one 😛 Can I be all mopey and say “nothing”?
Actually I guess there is one thing. I feel like I can be seen as a dependable and loyal friend, always there to lend a hand or offer a lift or whatever, stand by them as best I can. They always seem to make a big deal of things like that, but I dunno. It never seems like much to me, it’s just what you do.
Why “gooky? “
I ask them the same thing all the time 😛
It’s a short version of my usual username, which has its roots in a mispronunciation of my real name by my cousin when he was little (“Gookas”). Totally has nothing to do with Asians, which I only found out was a thing years after adopting the name.Since @liondrive appears to have missed this one, I’ll be the one to ask the heavy-hitting questions. *Ahehm-hem*
Pepsi or Coke?That is a hard-hitter. In that I dislike cola and do not drink either 😛
But that said, in terms of the basic versions, Coke > Pepsi. But then if you bring variants into it it gets trickier. Diet Pepsi < Pepsi < Coke < Pepsi Max < Pepsi Next < Vanilla Coke < Coke + Southern Comfort. But either way I’d rather have something else.
After @benny’s post last night, I was wondering if anyone could pick me up a copy of Infamous: Second Son. It’s still $49 online, and that $27 offer is too good to pass up and I don’t have a JB Hi-Fi near me. I’m willing to pay postage if we can work that out. The only problem is I wouldn’t be able to pay you back until next Thursday (payday). Any assistance would be appreciated.
I think the offer has expired, unfortunately. I bought mine online yesterday, so if the price is now showing $49, it has likely gone back up. D:
Damn. Worth a try. I don’t really need it at the moment, but it would have been great to get it that cheaply.
Yep, expired. 🙁
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/161711
Preparing for Destiny’s endgame: gearing up with rep, Or “How I learned to stop worrying and love the Wall of Text”.
There are currently 5 major factions in the Tower who’ll sell you gear: Vanguard, Crucible, Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, and New Monarchy.
All factions restrict their goods to people who have reached an appropriate standing with them. Armour at Rank 2, weapons at Rank 3.
Vanguard require you to purchase gear with Vanguard Marks, all others require Crucible Marks.
The reputation required to reach those ranks can be earned in a few ways.
Crucible reputation can be earned by participating in PvP and completing PvP bounties. This is probably the most straight forward faction.
A win in a crucible match nets you 25 Reputation and 3 Crucible Marks; a loss nets you 10 Reputation and 2 Marks.
You can also win gear after each match, but there’s no rhyme or reason. However there does seem to be a very reduced chance of greens – you’re likely to get level 18-20 blues or blue engrams, very rarely you could earn a legendary engram (but it’s probably only got a rare inside).
Bounties are worth 50 or 100 reputation, depending on their difficulty.
Vanguard Reputation can be earned by completing mission in Patrol. Most missions are worth 10 reputation, although the missions to kill a specific target are worth 25. Earning a Gold rank when participating in a Public event earns you a small number of Marks (2 or 3, iirc), I’m not sure if it provides a small boost to reputation. You also earn reputation from PvE Bounties – again in amounts of either 50 or 100.
There’s a limit of 100 of each Vanguard and Crucible Mark you can earn each week (weeks start on a Tuesday night). So you could chase reputation with two factions, as long as one of those factions is the Vanguard, since the other factions will be competing for your currency.
The remaining factions require some Glimmer before you can start earning Reputation. Each Faction representive sells two different “class armour” pieces (Cloak, Bond or Mark). These are only different on a purely cosmetic level. From memory, one of these will set you back 2500 glimmer. While you’ve equipped one of these banners ALL reputation you earn will be for that faction.
Prices for legendary faction gear are uniform: Weapons cost 150 marks, Helmets cost 120, and Leg, Chest & Arm gear costs 65 each. So really you just need to pick a faction and start getting reputation. For now you probably just want the gear for the Light increase, and aren’t too interested in min-maxing the other stats or affixes. It’s worth noting that all items in a particular faction “set” mostly don’t have supporting affixes. For example, I’m currently wearing arms and boots from the Vanguard, the arms have Increased Scout Rifle reload speed as their primary affix, the boots have Increased Ammo reserves for Pulse Rifles. If you’re looking for synergy, you’ll need to woo each faction. However, I think that subclass synergy is even more important than ammo reserves for the right weapon type. I’m currently finishing off my Defender subclass and I can start to see what perks I want active. My build will focus on defense, so I want my super and my melee to be used as often as possible, grenades are not a priority, so (after +Light) I want gear with Intelligence and Strength. I had originally rushed rep with Dead Orbit, since I liked their scout rifle, but their armour has Discipline and Strength. Vanguard (for Titan) has Int and Str, so I spent the last few days working on that rep instead.
So, what’s the best way to get rep?
Crucible – well, I think everything’s been said already; you’re just going to have to sit in PvP queues. I’d probably recommend finding a game type that you enjoy and just stick in that. I enjoy Control the most. It’s also worth using the Crucible playlist from the left-hand side of your Location map. That’s a randomised playlist but offers bonus XP.
For everything else, I think that Patrol + Bounties is the fastest way to do it. I can complete a few 10 Rep patrol missions much faster than I can get 10 rep for a Crucible loss. But there’s a lot more to consider than just grinding. Have you been looking at your Grimoire cards? Weapon, Enemy, and Location cards all Rank up based on kill count to offer you bonuses. In particular, Rank 2 enemy cards grant you extra glimmer when killing that enemy type while you have a glimmer boost active (Ether Seeds, etc). The Moon is an ideal target for farming Fallen, as they are almost exclsuively the only enemies on the surface. Furthermore, all patrol mission beacons are on the surface – with only 3 or 4 missions total that require you to go underground. The surface has a nice loop, so you can pretty much just keep on killing. And so far I’ve only seen two different types of Public Event on the Moon, both in the same area on the surface. And definitely try and clear all your bounties each day, since those provide big bonuses. Ranking up Location cards gives you an increased chance of finding bonus resources (Spinmetal, etc.) in any harvest node or chest for that Location. There also seems to be some speculation that maxing out a Location card to rank 3 slightly reduces the chance of green engrams and slightly increases the chance of purple engrams. I feel this is urban rumour, as it’s certainly not documented anywhere by Bungie, but worth speculating on as it would seem to encourage you to max out the rank on various Grimoire cards.
Once you’ve got one or two pieces of +Light gear, you should also consider the Strike Playlists. There are 4 difficulties (I believe starting at Level 18 and increasing by 2 for each playlist), and all but the first grant Vanguard Marks. The L24 Strikes grant 25 rep and 6 Vanguard Marks, which is really nice.
I think that’s just about everything I know. The best advice I can give is: It’s a marathon, not a sprint, so pace yourself and set incremental goals. Pick one faction and work on that, aim to hit your 100 mark weekly cap, etc.
PvP is making my head hurt for various reasons, so I’m going to mix Vanguard and Dead Orbit rep, I think. Will likely be doing those via 24 (Tiger) Strike Playlists, and mixing up daily/weekly stories/strikes with whatever bounties I can just manage doing those things.
EDIT: Thanks for the write-up too – super informative and extremely useful. /brofist
EDIT EDIT: Re-reading that sounds like I’m planning to do DO and Vanguard simultaneously – I know I can’t – just planning to alternate.
PVP OP, yo.
Also, Legendary Engrams may contain faction armor/weapons. That is all.
They also contain rares which leads to depression 🙁
Any tips on a good PvE way to get strange coins? I’ve been trying to find public events, but the schedules aren’t all that specific, and the drops are random (though motes of light and ascendant shards are useful, too). Weekly heroic only gives the coins once a week, I think… not that I’d want to do it more than once a week, anyway – so damn stressful.
My tactic for public events is to hit whichever has the days patrol bounty and try and hang around where the public events happen.
You can couple that with the usual “Kill X Y times without dying” etc bounties and knock a few things over in one spot.
Besides the weekly heroic strike I got majority of my coins from blue item decryption, so finding a solid farming spot might yield results.
I feel that, at the moment, Strange Coins aren’t highly farmable. Probably with good cause.
Gold Ranking a public event does have a chance and, as mentioned by Dan, it’s probably good to try and find a patrol that’ll let you complete a few bounties simultaneously.
And, as mentioned by distantdrop, blue engrams can decrypt to coins.
Farming for engrams is pretty useful, since each decrypt gives you rep with the Cryptologists and at each rank-up they’ll send you a thank you in the form of more blue (sometimes purple) engrams.
Edit: Oh, but I don’t think it’s necessarily worth grinding specifically for Coins/Motes. If you’re grinding for some other purpose, those coins are going to come anyway – and at the moment you can only spend them on the weekend.
Not looking to farm, just hoping someone knew of a way to get past the need to upgrade my legendary equipment to gain levels – hence looking for coins to buy exotics – because my attempts at scavenging resources have been extremely slow going. Spent 4 hours last night looking for public events (found three but got no coins), and in the downtime I got enough XP to unlock about five upgrades across all my gear, but only enough resources and glimmer to afford one of them. Considering I went through the story getting more than enough glimmer to get every upgrade I unlocked, it’s a bit of a pain to be broke and resourceless now that I’ve actually got the legendaries I’d spent the last week or so striving for.
Refer to my notes on ranking up grimoire cards – particularly enemy cards. Glimmer becomes heck easy to farm. The biggest hurdle for me has actually been weapon parts. Ascendant Energy/Shards aren’t easy to farm, but you only need them for the top ranks after you’ve unlocked the main bonuses already.
To start, I’d recommend farming Fallen on the Earth Patrol, since they’re the lowest level so you can get your kill count up quickly. Might even be worth running the level 8 strike a few times, since you’ll get either an Ether Seed or House Banner drop from Sepiks Prime. Once you’ve got a bunch of Fallen grimoire cards on Rank 2 and a few Ether Seed boosts, I’d head to the Moon Patrol where you can easily stack glimmer farming and rep grinding (and maybe bounty/public events on top of that).
Oh, I’ve got 100+ weapons parts, but nothing to spend them on… haven’t really found an upgrade to the Stranger’s rifle.
Most of my Fallen grimoire cards are rank 2 already (only exceptions being Captains and Servitors), and was essentially doing just that while waiting for public events on the Moon yesterday – wasn’t running too many missions, tho, as I wanted to stay in the event areas, which would have killed the cashflow somewhat.
Thanks, I’ll run some moon missions tonight with ether seeds active, and see how it goes.
If your Fallen cards are ranked up, maybe try Venus. If you head left out of spawn you get to a kind of mudflats/acid pools area that leads to the cave network where the House of Winter skiff is. Don’t worry about venturing into the caves though, since there are no markers in there. However, In that outside area there are 2 or 3, plus 1 guaranteed Major Captain. There are about 4 spawn points across that field for Fallen and they respawn pretty quickly, plus there’s an event for a Spider Tank there. Also plenty of Spiritbloom.
Oh, that place where the cliff goes up to the Archon strike mission? That’s a good circuit. Spent a while there doing the “kill 3 or more enemies with your super 20 times” bounty, very fun jumping off that cliff, firing my ult and vaporising all but a couple of enemies below in one shot… then going back up the walkway killing everything in sight; by the time I got back to the top, my super’d be charged, and the guys below would have respawned. Rinse, repeat. Might be worth a shot for a change of scenery – the Moon is ever so grey. 😛
Didn’t know there were any pub events in that area, though…
To join Gooky in the funs:
:)-\-< . . AMA!
Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
He died when a bear went on a rampage and smashed Branch Man Sr to pieces with a swipe. :'( RIP
[in your best Arnie voice, of course!] 😀
Do you feel you AMA has less relevance than Gooky’s due to not being a page get
How much would it cost for you to build your ultimate gaming rig?
Can you play games that don’t look great or does that really detract from the experience?
Dogs or Cats?
Favourite sport to play and favourite sport to watch. How intensely do you follow that sport?
Yes. 🙁 My awesome-level is much lower than his. Although I have emotes so there’s that.
Gaming rig.. hm. *Quickly researches* Probably just under $10K. That’s 4x GPU’s, Devil Canyon i7, SSD’s, more storage and single 4K 60Hz+ monitor. Didn’t count a couple hundred more for expensive wheels and various controllers, or those racing seats etc.
Yes I can play old-school graphics games. I’ve run N64 games via emulator, and some NES/SNES – I like the gameplay. But there’s an awkward point around the PS2-era where a lot of games had shit graphics and shit gameplay/controls, which really detracts from the whole experience and makes some nigh on unplayable. It makes me mad if the latest games have shitty graphics, but I’ll still play em if they are fun. One recent example was Skyrim.
Equal on dogs/cats. I don’t like slobbery dogs, so I’d choose that. Cat have the benefit of being mostly self-maintaining, but then they don’t give you attention like dogs. Depends on my life situation at that time I suppose.
I don’t play many sports any more nor watch them really. 🙁 I’m pretty lazy! I played lawn bowls, basketball, tennis.. I watch the big tennis matches sometimes, along with cool stuffs like ice hockey. Intensity is above average, if I actually get into watching it.
Favourite OS?
Win/OSX = Win.
Android/iOS/WinPho = Android
PS3/X360/XB1/PS4 = PS3
Overall out of all OS’s currently, Android.
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
Created a black hole which killed all mankind.
There’s actually a legit answer to your question, though, if it’s completely worded. 😛I left my makeup in your bathroom again last night.
Can you please not dress up like Dr. Frank N. Furter again this time? I’m still paying for the therapy from last time.
😉
Ha, funny, gf was joking how she wants themed bday party and how i’d make a good Dr Frank N. Furter. 🙁How do you wipe?
Sitting down.
Bloodborne TGS live stream right now for anyone lacking anything better to do right now.
Pretty.
Bandwagons are fun, ask me some Q’s about radio or whatever, and I’ll A them or something.
Do you actually work in radio??
I volunteer at my local community radio station for no pay, so yes, I ‘work’ in radio.
Cool stuff! What kinda things do you do? Line up tracks, commentate, interview..?
Announce tracks, (I also insert a few songs of my own choice), I read a community calendar once, I have to announce things like weather warnings and lost/found pets when we get them, that’s not as fun.
Ever get tempted to go on a rage fuelled swear rant on air then leave and never go back?
Not yet, I like it here, it’s good fun and not overly stressful.
Where’s my elephant?
Crossing the Alps with Hannibal
Tony Jaa?
Oh, they’re playing the elephant song again.
What kind of listenership do you guys have?
Is the volunteering gig step one of a career ambition for you?
If you could work in any field, any job, any city, what would that look like?
Good amount, some stores in town play us, most play the pop station in Pt. Augusta.
It started as something to do during my gap year after I finished High School, but now I kind of want to get into voice work.
I’d like to work closely with computers, though IT is always made out as some kind of nightmare,
I’d like to do that. Unsure about what city. Or perhaps as a voice actor, that might be a cool career.
Do you have a voice for radio?
What about a face?
I put on a confident voice, affirmative yet not aggressive, you should chat on teamspeak sometime and I’ll give you a demo.
I try to smile while doing voice work, makes it sound a bit better, more cheerful or something, when I sound angry or stressed you can really tell, so I try to avoid that.
Do you get weirded out by the sound of your own voice? If you even have to hear it that much.
I’m weirded out that my voice sounds deep when I’m listening to it after the fact, it sounds higher in pitch in my head. But never when speaking live, more I get embarrassed if I mess up, make a stupid mistake or fuck the playlist or something.
…
Why can’t I tell your voice apart from Ser Nobulus’s?
Why don’t you let me call you Luci?
Thoughts on cabbage?
Where is Amelia Earheart?
Potato chips or corn chips?
If you had the offer of Kyle Sandilands being your co-host, would you take it?
I have no clue, we sound nothing alike.
When I was younger people would call me Lucy to rile me up, let’s just say it works.
Thought the merchants of the aforementioned vegetable are funny, I have no love for the vegetable itself.
Reports vary, most say somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, my guess is that she’s rockin’ it over Narnia.
Corn Chips, add some salsa, grated cheese, chuck it in a preheated oven for 12 minutes on 180 C (fan forced) and enjoy.
The day I am required to work alongside that disgrace to media is the day I give my two weeks.
Sorry for putting this off for a week, I wasn’t checking the TAYs at all.
For my Theatrythym Collectors. I was really worried that the case would be standard size only as it didn’t say XL anywhere on the notes but luckily it’s plenty big enough.
And pretty.
Ah awesome, that’s good to know. I don’t really have a use for the case at the moment because I already have a Persona Q hard case. Maybe I could have a case inside a case.
Oh really? They said it was only sized for standard 3DS 🙁
There really isn’t all that much difference between the two. I mean a hardshell yeah you won’t be able to squeeze an XL into that, but most softer cases will easily take an XL.
I still use my carrycase for my Phat to cart around the XL, they’re actually pretty similar in size too 😛
If I’d known that I would have gotten the Theatrhythm one to go with my AU 3DS XL, to go with the Persona Q one I’m getting for my US XL.
That’s what I thought, I was all ready to give it away to whoever wanted it too. I’ve been using the cable case that came with my Pc tower so happy days.
My first carry case for my XL came with these cool foam corner/frame which allows me to use XL cases for the standard size, pretty useful.
Edit: or were you upset that you didn’t order it due to believing is was only standard size?
I goofed and forgot that I’d already downloaded the new drivers months ago.
Yay for backups! \o/
I absolutely love We All Become from the Transistor OST. <3
Such a good game, such a great soundtrack.
Finally finished it today. LOOK AT ME! FINISHING GAMES SO I CAN WRITE ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF JUST FUN!
*puts on hipster glasses*
Particularly love We All Become, since I listened to the trailer music like 600 times, and so the different harmonies throughout it surprise me and stuff. It’s great.
Too bad it’s so short, I really like it!
Yeah, I somehow got eight hours out of it though. More than I got with Bastion. 🙂
I meant that song, I never actually played it yet.
Oooooooh. My mistake.
FUCKIN DC ASSUME STUFF FUCK
When you speak, I hear silence…
I also really like the glitched version of In Circles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgCUqJ7vlY
So while out on a walk to get lunch with my colleague a little boy got his glasses knocked off his head and onto the concrete of a very busy walkway. I managed to rescue those glasses before anybody stepped on them accidentally and gave them back to the kid with a smile, didn’t even get a thank you from either the kid or his mother, she seemed 120% focused on the glasses themselves, might as well have not existed at all.
Humans… seriously 😛
Well, perhaps you shouldn’t have knocked them off in the first place. Geez.
After their lack of gratitude it was tempting to knock them off the kids head again, this time by my hand, but due to the Tech Knight’s code I cannot do that as that would be dishonourable.
Doing nice things regardless of the people you are doing them for is hard. I helped a little kid one day at the sbeach cause he fell down and his mum gave me a death stare. Probably because she assumed i was a child snatcher. People are very defensive around kids so its hard to get to angry. Good on you for being a nice person techy. You are a honorable robot.
They weren’t damaged either I had a quick look before handing them back. Oh well, I’ve done other things over my tafe years like escorted a girl home cuz she just missed her bus and it’d be a full hour wait for the next one. Another example that I called a taxi for a foreign high school girl while I was on the way home from tafe at 10:30 at night. Just couldn’t leave them on their own in both instances.
I once heard this
heart-breaking story about a trucker who saw a small child wandering along the side of the road. For fear of being labelled a predator, he didn’t stop to help. He later heard that the child died, and he killed himself.Edit: spoiler tags because way too downer.
Anyway, the point is that it’s still better to help if the opportunity arises. Even if you won’t be thought well of for it.
Lots of men fall into that mental trap, even I did for a time, but then I thought of this to add to my code:
I would still stop to help that lost child, take him straight to the nearest police station and pray I don’t get arrested under that above false pretense, because how can your actions of helping a lost child get home be wrong?
Apparently this is a major factor behind the decline in male teachers, too. It’s certainly one of the things that shuts down my occasional interest in becoming one. That, and… I know very many teachers. My Mum is one, her friends, some of my highs chool friends… I actually know what’s involved in being a teacher, and how much they get paid.
And knowing that? All I can say is: Fuck. That. Noise.
Most people know precisely dick about how under-appreciated teaching is as a job, how much you’re obliged to do out of hours, unpaid, and how dire the hassles and challenges are. Especially with problematic parents and idiotic syllabus changes to match the corporatization of schools.
It’s one of the main reasons I backed out of the primary school teaching route.
People get very defensive in general especially if they feel they can’t reciprocate. I think it’s just a human thing, but it especially happens when it relates to their kids.
It took me a looooooooooooong time to realise that most people don’t need reciprocation for nice deeds. Just acknowledgement is plenty.
I used to get all worked up trying to figure out their angle, and then retaliate (that’s how I thought of it) with so much generosity that there was no chance that I could owe them anything.
Thanks, mum and dad.
That’s crazy talk! Familiar crazy talk! (*remembers buying @strange Ni No Kuni*) 😀
Are we still doing that “Twins!” thing?
*looks at Xenoblade*
That was a Christmas present for Strange. I only gave it to you because Mr. Strange trumped me. *shakes fist* 😛
That’s okay. I’ve already accepted that I’m not good enough for anything but scraps and leavings.
TAYlist for the 18th of September 2014
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by radio Q&A on Page 13ACDC – Are You Ready
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide (Requested by @dc)
Supertramp – Bloody Well Right
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (Requested by @tigerion)
Scarlett Belle – Closure
Cruel Sea – Better Get A Lawyer (Requested by @freezespreston)
Beatles – Paperback Writer (Requested by @shane & @dc, you pricks)
Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone (Requested by @codenameduchess)
Hoodoo Gurus – Come Anytime (Loved that show with this song as the theme)
Faith No More – Ashes To Ashes (Requested by @gutsoup, certainly isn’t the David Bowie song)
Thanks man! I love that song! 🙂
about 150% better than the dixie chicks version.
You know it. I love it most when it’s the stripped down acoustic version that Stevie Nicks does live.
Wait. @dc..DC….D.C….Dixie….Chicks….
It all makes sense now.
DC… Dixie Chicks… Moseying… Circling wagons… My god.
I don’t even know how that remotely relates to any thing Freezey. Explain. I didn’t even request that version?
Stop trying to oppress me!
*adds more red string to board*
Miku Hatsune to peform live on The Late Show with David Letterman.
We’re now officially living in an early 90s science fiction novel.
This reminds me of when David Letterman did those little skits with Homer/Stewie rattling off things on a list. He looked far ‘I’m too old’ for this shit.’ I imagine it’ll be the same this time.
I think the look will probably be more like “what the blue fuck is this shit?”
Especially since all her songs are in Japanese. English language synthesis is way way harder than Japanese, it has an order of magnitude more sounds that need to be reproduced. Even though theoretically Luka can do English, it’s still pretty heavily accented.
Will be interesting to see whether Vocaloid is a dead-end technology or if there’s still room to improve it. Despite the limitations, good composers can make Miku sound pretty good, and the more recent ones that used actual singers to provide the vocals like Gumi or Ia can sound pretty close to real when used in the intended vocal range.
I accidentally stepped on and killed a lizard before. I feel terrible. I feel like a monster. 🙁
Life is shitty how you can kill things accidentally. I can’t even imagine the guilt of killing a person.
Then it is a good thing that drifters don’t count as ‘real’ people
I know how you feel. Last night I came home to a towel covered fireplace, turns out an Indian Myna bird fell through the small hole in the roof somehow and got trapped in there. Downside is those birds are vicious especially when they feel they’re cornered so it’s too risky trying to get it back out without it potentially either hurting us or flying around everywhere and breaking so much stuff so they decided best to just let it die in there :(. It’s sad but they’re right, a lot of stuff would get broken and one of us could even lose an eye if we’re unlucky enough.
🙁
I spent that whole night thinking of ways I could get the bird out without risk with what we have at home but it’s impossible to mitigate the possibility of it flying past me in fear and start destroying things. We have a lot of framed pictures/art in the house, and they’ll most likely be the first to get hit given where the fireplace is. I’m really sad that I can’t help it get back out into the wild 🙁
Nature is cruel. It’s like when my cats want to go outside into the front yard. They can’t fathom why I won’t let them. Just wish you could telepathically put a thought in their head why you do these things. 🙁
Or just be able prove you’re trying to help them get to safety instead of their instinct that I’m trying to kill/eat them.
We had a baby one fall in our courtyard. I threw a towel on it, carefully bundled it up, carried it out the front and let it free.
A few other mynas flew in and started attacking it. It made it to some undergrowth but probably died.
Nature is indeed cruel.
The brown mynahs? They are an invasive species. Don’t feel too much guilt.
Any native species I’d bend over backwards to help… But not those little brown bastards.
You’re not a monster unless you also ate it’s bones.
Oh DC. The very fact that you feel bad about accidentally killing something makes you not a monster.
Thanks, Freya.
Did you eat it to increase your grip strength?
Sorry to hear, man.
On the plus side, killing people is something we’ve been training for all our lives with video games! We probably wouldn’t feel a thing. #FOXNews
It gets easier.
Jerk. 😀
Bloodborne Collector’s Edition announced.
It’s got an art book.
And a steelbook case…
And …. A (download code for a digital copy of the) soundtrack.
Nothing there to get me rushing off to preorder it.
Eh… kay… that’s very whelming. :\
…
*pre-orders*
“I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever be just whelmed?”
“…I think you can in Europe.”
Yeah that’s pretty meh.
Just remembered something that makes it less meh – it’s Bloodborne. Art direction should make for an awesome art book if they do it properly.
Given that they’re not even physically printing soundtrack discs though makes me think it’ll mostly be lip service.
Unless I get some cool in-game bling (like some sexy-ass Van Hellsing trenchcoat, shyeah!), that’s not really convincing me to get the collector’s edition.
Totally buying standard, though.
In game stuff is never worth it.
If it’s good, then the base product is crippled/incomplete without it.
I JUST WANNA LOOK PRETTY!
LOOKING PRETTY SHOULD BE A BACK OF BOX LISTED FEATURE. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO.
Some of you may remember that last week, I made one of my worst computer builds in my life, despite my year of experience. The computer I just built has basically alright cable management!
I have redeemed myself!
I’m way behind schedule on finishing games this year!
2014:
Broken AgeThe Wolf Among Us
The Walking Dead 2
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
inFamous: Second Son
Botanicula
Moebius
Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Mario Kart 8
Wolfenstein: The New Order
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
The Last of Us Remastered
Diablo 3
Destiny
Transistor
2013:
Pikmin 3The Last of Us
Tomb Raider
BioShock Infinite
Zombi U
The Cave
The Night of the Rabbit
A New Beginning
The Blackwell Bundle
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
To the Moon
Dear Esther
Remember Me
Ni No Kuni
Deadlight
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
Gone Home
Rayman Legends
DmC
GTAV
Beyond: Two Souls
The Wolf Among Us
Batman: Arkham Origins
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut
Wind Waker
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – Premium Edition
Goodbye Deponia
Broken Sword 5: Episode 1
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Super Mario 3D World
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
2012:
DeponiaChaos on Deponia
Gemini Rue
Resonance
Primordia
The Walking Dead
Anna’s Quest
Egress
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs
Scratches
Spec Ops: The Line
Dishonored
Borderlands 2
Kingdoms of Amalur
SSX
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
I Am Alive
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Rayman Origins
Max Payne 3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The Force Unleashed
Batman Arkham City (PC)
Quantum Conundrum
The Dig
Beneath a Steel Sky
For the first time ever I’ve got a pile of shame too!
I hope for your sake that Legend of Grimrock is not on that list due to you having finished it, otherwise I am disappoint!
I haven’t played it, but I feel bad about that fact. REDEMPTION? 😛
well i dunno… are you likely to play it prior to the release of 2? It’s out October 15!! Day after my B’day!!! HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE!
Nah, I expect to be role playing gamed out by then. Wasteland 2 tomorrow! 😀
ahh fair enough. I’m thinking I might hold off on a new RPG til I get Grimrock 2 out of my system. Would hate to have it become available just when I tire myself of RPG’s!
Then there’s an impending Dragon Age 3 on the horizon too!
Yeah I doubt I’ll get in to it. The first one bored me to tears for some reason. Not sure why.. didn’t feel… RPGish enough for me or something?
Do you keep a list somewhere? I’ve forgotten exactly what I finished this year so far, let alone last year. I could list some of them but not all.
Yeah, I have a list. One of many lists. Not to be confused with the list. *makes a note in Negs file*
List of people not attending PAX North (it’s a thing)?
You’re okay, Negs. You’re okay.
I think the only games I’ve finished this year are Wolfenstein, ACIII and Black Flag.
That’s some pile of shame there.
Niceeeee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfOjkB17BA
Oh, these are the games I’ve played. I’ve got two games in my pile of shame. Haha!
Any one else here pre-order the Mario Kart 8 DLC yet?
I’m so excited for it! So excited I feel like going back to previous Mario Kart games and brushing up on the classic tracks, but then I don’t want to spoil them either. It’s a predicament.
Also? Yellow Yoshi has assumed the role of my favourite racer!
I keep forgetting! 😀
We need to have a race sometime in Yoshi Valley with all different coloured Yoshis. IT HAS TO HAPPEN, POW.
I used to hate that track because I got lost, but now I’ve found what I think is the quickest route… and NO ONE ELSE seems to go that way. Very odd, but the point is I like Yoshi Valley now.
It’s a beautiful track but once you work out the quickest route you never see at least half of it. I like that it diverges but it’d be better if there wasn’t one way clearly superior to others. *shakes fist*
But… but… but… but… that’s not Toad.
YES! I ordered it the moment I became aware of its existence.
I haven’t used any of the bonus Yoshi/Shyguy colours yet, but I’ve got the placeholder character and tracks on my roster every time I load the game up, and it’s very exciting.
Who knows if I’ll even still be playing MK8 come May next year. Probably not 😛
New tracks will bring you back. 😀
I dunno. The final release occurs after Bloodborne is out. I’m not sure I’ll ever be coming back from that… 😛
The Perth Summer is 22 days away. By Arceus, I don’t want it to arrive. Perth was blessed with an extra long Winter, but the Summer will return, more terrible than ever. The mere idea of wind will become a distant memory, and we will be swarmed by flies and ants. All the best TV shows will be put on hiatus, and the air conditioner will stop working at least once.
Whether you worship the Nine Divines, the Sept, or Arceus, your prayers mean nothing. Summer is coming.
Good. GOOD!
Did you miss the bit where I said Perth Summer? You do not know the horror.
I long for any kind of Summer.
Winter is the pits.
Winter is the best. -25 outside, so cold that the snow that fell three weeks ago is still frozen, and dry enough that it actually still looks like fresh snow. Glorious.
I miss Ulan Bator.
But summer is the sweaty pits.
So is the rest of the year 😛
Summer doesn’t have the frostbite though!
I remember moving from Tasmania to Geraldton back in 2000. We arrived in January. My school didn’t even have air conditioning. That was a real shock to the system. My body was not ready for it.
My school didn’t have air conditioning for a while, either. I’m glad those years are mostly behind me, yetmy Career & Enterprise classroom still doesn’t have an air conditioner, despite promising to install one by March 2014.
Should try out a Queensland summer. High 30’s with 4000% humidity.
Apparently if the interview I had today went well, I might have to take a drug test prior to getting the position. Gonna be a bit weird saying “Ok, well you’re likely to find opiates and amphetamines in my blood” :0
whut.
I take Oxycontin for my migraines (opiate – like morphine in pill form) and Dexamphetamine to speed up my brain, as the drug I take to reduce the frequency and severity of my migraines, slows my brain down and makes me zone out ADD style.
Considering that’s one of the most commonly abused combination it probably won’t look good…
Probably best to take a letter from your doctor pre-emptively.
yeah I’m thinking it might be best. I always get a letter from her when I travel too.
I’m assuming due to medication
Or you mean to the drug testing?
yes medication. My doc can vouch for it, but I’ve never had to be tested before. Just can’t imagine what their reaction will be when I tell them! Best I tell them before they get the results I guess, otherwise it’d look super sus!
Yeah, Mrs Tigs was on the same thing before she got pregnant. She never had to do that either. She never had to fly internationally with them either which could be interesting. Especially since last time we fly the customs guys asked if they could use us for sniffer dog testing 🙂
hahaha when I went to tokyo, I ticked the box that said are you carrying drugs. it didn’t say what kind.. (like no examples in brackets afterwards saying if they meant illegal or not). Turns out they meant illegal! I got pulled aside and asked to explain! They were totally cool with it. I just said better safe than sorry. Soon as they saw it was scripted, they let me through.
Yeah, I made us stand for half an hour in customs into Australia because I felt obliged to declare the drugs (gastric stuff and some painkillers) I’d been given for falling ill in asia.
Get a med cert for them, before you take the test.
TIL welbot is a druggo.
Makes sense, they’re to stop his mechanical implants from being rejected by his organic systems. He’s a cyborg you see.. 🙂
Hey comic book people, is anything here recommended https://www.humblebundle.com/books
I’ve always been a big Shadowman fan but depends on your thoughts on voodoo and death.
Nothing leaping out at me.
Greenius Planning
@fled @grandmasterb-funk @greenius @hindenlagen @phlanispo @phoenix @platinum-urchin @thecracks
So far the (rough) plan for things to do is…
Friday:
– Casino
Saturday:
– Shopping
– Zoo, and
– Royal Show
Sunday:
– Boyhood
This is mainly based off my availability (free Friday, free after 12pm Saturday, free after 6pm Sunday), since no one else has commited.
Anyone else wanna tag along, or what?
If you are still referring to the 27/28th weekend, I definitely can’t make it. A shame, since all these things (sans shopping) seem so cool!
Keep me in the loop, I’ll have a better idea of my availability next week.
Hey, you guys remember how I told you that someone booked out all of Kingpin and we were upgraded in the process?
@lucifer9783 found out why.
https://33.media.tumblr.com/807a556c4a1a173bd6c2cc46e8d70676/tumblr_nc2s9q6Neh1qzdr9ho1_500.png
Huh.
Huh
Should… Should I know who those people are?
Ray and Jack are Achievement Hunters personalities.
Ray and Jack have also done voicework for Red vs Blue.
Caiti is Jack’s wife, former head of the RToz community group, and both have done voices for RT’s anime thing RWBY.
Ray Narvaez Jr and Jack Shannon Patillo are well-known employees of Rooster Teeth. (the company behind Red vs Blue, RWBY, Achievement Hunter, and the Rooster Teeth Podcast, one of the highest-rated podcasts out there) They are primarily involved with the Achievement Hunter division, which focuses on achievement guides, let’s play, and other assorted gaming stuff. They also made the famous GTA V Heist videos, which a lot of people seem to like.
Oh. I have a Red Vs Blue dvd box here somewhere. It’s pretty great. I have no idea what the other stuff is.
Rooster Teeth are a pretty large company. They have their fingers in a lot of pies. Apart from employing 50+ people, they have their hands in the let’s play, podcast, webcomics, machinima, sketch comedy, news, anime, (if RWBY counts) reality shows, and girls in pyjamas playing games markets. They’re also making a freaking movie. They’re not just a company by this point, they are practically a conglomerate.
That’s a thing?
…..Why?
Everyone has a different fetish?
Now I think about it, why is a really stupid question.
You know how a couple of years ago, there were a bajillion videos out there of people trying to be funny over footage from video games?
Rooster Teeth (a bunch of drunk guys from Texas) were pretty much the only people who were both a) funny and b) successful over a long period of time.
Now they make Minecraft videos.
That would explain why I don’t really know.
It’s okay, I didn’t know who they were either.
Oh hey I love those guys.
Though their fanbase is a bunch of creeps.
Oh yeah, their fanbase is terrible. Nothing but people saying Jack and Ray should be fired and Gavin is too silly and Michael is too loud and Ryan is too evil and Geoff is god.
Not to mention poor, poor Lindsay.
I forgot about Kerry and Caleb. Although Caleb probably deserves it, the screen-looking bitch. /s
So… a few weeks ago I ordered a Google Cardboard kit, which arrived promptly a few days later. Just received another one from the same company, dated as being sent the same day as the first one was sent. Huh.
… Does physical mail now have a dupe exploit?
I got two emails the other day from Ozgameshop saying that my copy of Xenoblade had shipped. I thought it must’ve just been an accident, would be cool if I got two copies, but I doubt it.
Its totally worth getting two copies of. One to play and one to frame… and worship… and snuggle with at night…………. Ok, that got weird fast…
@greenius will back me up though right? RIGHT??
Two** to frame… and worship… and snuggle with at night
Maybe you got mine! I ordered mine like 2 months ago and NOTHING!
Only had enough time to unbox my Disney Infinity stuff this morning and start the game and let it sit in the menu for a few minutes while I posted pics before I went to work. Got home just as my son was getting home from school and he saw it, “can I play Dad?” Goddammit!
I’ll admit that I wouldn’t really play the game much, but those figures are mighty sweet looking.
Yeah, they are, one of them has got a bit of overspray though (Captain America), not real happy about it. Considering taking him back and swapping him over.
http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/09/18/tgs-2014-the-new-silent-hills-concept-trailer-is-sick
I hate that this is so far away…..
The Evil Within is out in a few weeks. Should scratch that itch somewhat for a while.
Im so hesitant about that one. I’m highly influenced by the media and other peoples opinions, alot of which are saying that it seems alright but not mind blowing….should that matter? probably not, but I have no mind of my own to make decisions on such matters. lol
When was the last game released that didn’t garner that tag? It feels like people are expecting too much from games these days. I have faith in Shinji Mikami, he’s been involved in some of my very favourite series’. Plus I have pretty low standards. If a game can keep me entertained for a few hours I’m happy.
Errrrrggghhhh! This Theatrhythm CD has Something To Protect on it.
*puts on repeat*
The Remix CD is a bit confusing. Its 6 songs running for 15 minutes total. The Series Prelude one is great but the others don’t really sound like they changed up all that much. What were they trying to achieve here? It’s like they wanted to do something but got tired after the first song and went home after slapping a few more on it.
Apparently there’s no preorder bonus if you price match, so I missed out :'(.
And it looks like they ran out of the Hyrule Warriors bonus too D:
To play Theatrhythm at midnight or not… Hmmm!
Shockwave Flash Player is crashing on almost every site I visit in Chrome, does anyone know how to fix it?
Edit: Won’t let me open Internet Explorer either.
Edit Edit: Nevermind, seems to have fixed itself. Went to shut down and it wouldn’t, so I forced it to, took out the battery and restarted. Don’t know what was causing it.
Wow, has anyone read this article: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite
Y u do this Kotaku.
Cliiiiiiiiiiiickbait.
People within an industry communicate?
Shocking.
The way they’re doing it is highly unethical and bias. Oh and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal.
Tell that to Murdoch.
BIased in favour of common decency and not listening to internet idiocy?
Those devils.
The problem is, with their power they actually shut down game developers they do not like for example but not limited to TFYC.
They also had no problem reporting a supposed rapist and portray him as
already convicted. later they retracted the statement but noted “oh but
if you are a man you should go to jail willingly even if you are not
guilty,” so that other women that were really raped fear their rapist
getting free.
They do not report impartially and they discuss on
what to report, so basically if one newspaper is against you every
newspaper is against you.
This in connection with their unfair treatment of groups that to not fit their bill (either by political
views i.e. deviever or by something else i.e. TFYC) get shutout
completely.
These things lead to two cases that directly affect the costumer
1. Smaller amount of games being produced
2. Less diversity in games
and to one very important other case:
Anyone they want to silence is silenced and they did that before.
Of course, I’m commenting on the Kotaku website so I nothing but expected to be met with downvotes.
Pretty sure that’s the case with all mainstream media, government, schooling. Nothing new here.
Honestly, the reason you are being downvoted is that you’re attempting to reprosecute an issue many of us are tired of.
I read your article, and it’s not particularly revelatory.
Seriously, this is your first post in TAY? You should probably recognise that trying to fit in with an audience here is the first step to being listened to.
Also all I hear is “boo hoo, I think this is illegal.” Show me the law that says people in an industry can’t communicate with each other or agree on things.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/addressing-allegations-of-collusion-among-gaming-journalists/ Relevant since this is by the guy that runs that whole group.
It’s not some kind of secret illuminati that want to change all your games or something bullshit like that.
Double J is doing 1994. Forget TV, I am listening to the radio tonight! Currently playing is PARKLIFE!
Forget TV?
Sounds like perfect time to turn on the SNES 😛
Or at the very least, a SNES emulator. Er. For playing totally legal homebrew carts. Yes.
Aww! I need digital radio, now!
You can listen to Double J on TV Channel 200
I have to listen to a 1 hour discussion from UTAS to pull out stakeholders for their learning management system to draw up a stakeholder analysis. Its SO BORING :l
My middle brother had to sit through a half-day seminar on water sustainability. (He’s in an x-ray clinic.) Apparently the entire thing was purely philosophical and jam-packed with buzz-words.
I was able to talk my brother out of plans to abduct the presenter, then dangle him out the side of a van parked on the edge of the cliff, so my brother could scream at him about ‘what the fuck is a sustainable business personality and what does it mean in terms of practical implementation’.
Okay, so there’s a lot of articles about females in the industry or something. To be honest, I don’t really care. I play games I want to play, regardless of the gender they are aimed at. Whether the protagonist is female or male doesn’t really bother me. Whether it’s a shooty game or sims, I don’t care. I think people are thinking too bloody hard about the whole thing and to be honest, I just don’t care. It’s a hobby I love doing and all this stuff shouldn’t matter. In the end they are just pixels on a screen.
Except revealing armor for either gender. It’s stupid.
So, 4 sets of DLC announced for
scarfhyrule warriors already.Guess Nintendo have finally found this ‘internet’ thing they’ve heard so much about.
*waits for GOTY edition*
Nintendo does GOTY editions?
Shrug!
What are they?
http://www.vooks.net/hyrule-warriors-dlc-get-villainous-from-october/
“Majora’s Mask Pack”
*flails*
Dishonored keeps crashing at the Main Menu…
🙁
Fixed yet?? I’d recommend a re-install.
RE: Perth
@fled @grandmasterb-funk @liondrive @phlanispo @phoenix @thecracks
I’ll be back on Tuesday (23) to Thursday the following week (2), staying over the weekend. Liondrive posted a basic list of stuff we can do (Whatta champ!) but I don’t mind changing it up if y’all wanna do other things. Definitely keen on seeing Boyhood though.
@phoenix Survivor viewing meat?! 😀
Said this to Liondrive before, but I definitely won’t be able to make anything within that timeframe. Sorry.
Demoted from the Perth TAY list.
*tear*
You’re in Ireland!
*TEAR!*
Okay guys, next time a Fiasco game comes up, jump in. That was just fantastic. Have not laughed that much in a long time. @coldcamv’s character was amazing.
GIOVANNI! GET ME SOME RED EYE
Anyone wanna use Giovanni’s hot tub? Waters still lukewarm! Not you Jack you still owe Giovanni one I repeat ONE rubber ducky! The moustache NEEDS the rubber ducky
THE FLIGHT 1180 FIASCO
Characters:
@freezespreston as Slick Ernie, sleazy sex toy salesman. A scumbag with a long trail of lawsuits behind him, he also pushed Leslie off a stage back in high school but convinced her to settle
@beeawwb as Jack “Hammer” Smith, Rival pornographer and drug dealer. He entered business with Slick Ernie 4 years ago, but was screwed over when Ernie’s Bamboo-based sex toy line was unsuccessful
@coldcamV as Giovanni Roboski, Moustache enthusiast drug addict who relies on “Hammer” for his steady supply of party drug Red-Eye. impulsive and not all there, he’s also smitten with flight attendant Leslie McNair
Myself as Leslie McNair, flight stewardess on Panther Air. A fading beauty, she’s walked with a slight limp ever since that incident back in high school (and the unsuccessful surgery she had to correct it in Mexico).
Highlights: (slightly adult)
Giovanni getting the first taste for free and hurtling headlong into a lifetime of addictionLeslie having Slick Ernie’s bag searched in the middle of the airport and it being full of pornography, resulting in Slick Ernie being strip searched
Giovanni attempting his pick up lines on “fading beauty” Leslie: “Her beauty is like a sun… that’s just exploded” before succumbing to his fear of air travel and going on a Red-Eye fuelled rampage
Jack “Hammer” convincing Leslie to help him in his mid-flight plan of revenge against Slick Ernie
Leslie failing to convince Slick Ernie to come to the secluded attendants cabin through conventional means…then succeeding in the most debasing way possible
The results:
Slick Ernie, having been introduced to his bamboo sex toy product in the forward cabin by Jack, losing it all from a series of lawsuits and living out his days hobbled in a homeJack convicted of his mid air assault and spending his days in prison, his porn and drug empire crumbling
Leslie, sick to her stomach thanks to debasing herself for revenge, fired for her involvement in the scheme- and finding out a month later that the sick feeling she’s still feeling is because she’s pregnant with Slick Ernie’s baby, and
Giovanni, Tased in the middle of his rampage by an Air Marshal until his moustache fried, escaping the conviction on drug charges but serving community service for endangering people on the flight.
Certainly a Fiasco!
What the…..
Sounds like Cards Against Humanity in live action
No, it’s much better than CAH.
When we used up most of our positive outcomes in the first act, the second act was always going to go south spectacularly
Difference is Fiasco only gives you 10% of the needed material. The other 90% is made up on the fly by all the players. That mess up there is pretty much all us.
Its like improv if no one had improv training and everyone aims for the craziest possible outcome
Right, so Improv.
Pretty much..GIOmotherf*ckinVANNI!
Now I’ve got a bit of a handle of the game mechanics hopefully I can be a bit more proactive next time. I kind of painted Ernie into a corner by making him more the plot device rather than a starring character and couldn’t really advance the story on my own.
Eh, sometimes that’s what the story needs! I think the two leads were probably Leslie and Jack, with Ernie just an antagonist and Giovanni cutting a swathe through the lot of them on a drug fuelled rampage!
Taurine. Giovanni was innocent! #FreeGiovanni
I feel Giovanni was the enigma of the group he doesnt like anything but give him enough red eye and he might try and take on a taser
Any of you marvel puzzle quest people playing in the current event?
I think the difficulty on this round has been upped or something. Twice now, I’ve had a team of 1 lvl 70 character, and 2 lvl 55 characters, and I’m getting my ass kicked by 3 lvl 30 characters 😐
Worst and most wall punchingly annoying, was when I had psyloche (sp?) and Nick Fury and one other down to 27 health. Next turn the computer unleashed 15 powers on me in a single turn, absolutely destroying me 😐 WTF?!
Children of the Atom or the deadpool one?
What you described to me generally happens when I’m going up against a high level storm. Get a run of green and then the can hit multiple lightning strikes. Each one giving AP so they ac just wallop. Always target storm first
the deadpool one. In the second round of this event I’ve had my ass handed to me by so many low level characters it’s not funny! I dunno how they managed to do that one when he only had 27 health left though. I had 3 characters, each with over 2000 health, and he smashed all 3 of them in a single turn. Total BS!
You get them occasionally but multiple times sucks.
Played half a dozen missions this morning on the way to work and didn’t have any issues, but my guys are a bit higher level so might have just steamrolled before it could happen.
Man I want colossus from children of the atom
yeah! that would be great! i couldn’t believe he had 12000 hit points in the team up challenge!! what a machine!!
Well he was level 130 or something stupid like that.
But that toss ability, stun a member of your party for 2 turns then they deal damage and can use any power for free
yeah that was pretty sweet stuff! Doubt I’ll get my hands on a Colossus any time soon though. Stranger things have happened though! If I can’t get him, I’d love a deadpool. That whale.. man.. BAM!
I did find the Fury Node in Heroes and Doom node in Villains pretty difficult, but it sounds like I’m running a higher average level roster.
I just managed to pick up the progression reward Yellow Colossus cover this morning, which is cool because I missed out from the Heroic.
The Doom one handed me my ass on a platter first go, but second round I smashed the whole team in 4 moves! :0
Jelly
Morning, folks! I hope this day finds you good and proper?
it did, I was trying to hide from it but it found me,
Well hiding under the dinner table was a rookie mistake. THAT’S WHERE EVERYONE LOOKS FIRST!
*flips table* I guess now it’s time to face the day head on “Come at me day!” *raises fists*
Dire Wolf’s epic internet struggles:
So last week Destiny was running fine for me. A couple disconnects during multiplayer matches, but that was it. This week however I’ve been having a lot of problems. Lag, disconnects, trouble logging in etc. At one point when I logged in yesterday a little error message came up saying I had a NAT 3 connection. I googled the problem, and found out that’s the worst type of connection. Luckily, both Sony and Bungie offered advice on how to fix this. Following that advice did not go well.
Two hours of messing around with ports and router settings later, my internet completely died on me. I don’t know if it was something I did, or my net just being stupid (it does occasionally disconnect at random), but none of the usual fixes were working. I finally ended up calling iinets tech support at 2 in the morning. Got connected with a very nice woman who was able to help me fix my problem after about another hour of mucking around. Turns out there was a single box in my modem settings that wasn’t ticked, and that’s what was screwing everything up.
The customer service woman asked if there was anything else she could help with, and I mentioned the random disconnects, which lead to her asking what devices are connected and how the family uses them, which then lead to her helping me increase the speed of my net. It’s still not super fast, but it’s gone up from about an average of 2.5 mbps to about 4.2 mbps (at no extra cost), which is nice. There’s an even faster option, but reading the website it sounds like that may come with some other issues, so I’ll see how this new speed goes and maybe try the faster speed later if I feel I need it.
One things for certain though, this whole ordeal has just reaffirmed my hatred of all things networking.
Moving on; speaking of Destiny, I was able to hit the crucible mark cap again this week, and that let me buy 3 pieces of purple gear from the Dead Orbit vendor. I’d hoped it would put me up to level 26 so I could think about trying raiding, but it only leveled me to 25. Hopefully when I level up the gear it’ll give me that extra light I need to gain another level. Also, I’m still playing at a NAT 3 connection, but I played a few hours this morning and didn’t get many connection problems (aside from getting kicked out of a game once), and the lag wasn’t too bad, so I guess I’ll just learn to deal with it. I’m still often hitting top of the leader boards with the lag, but it’s a bit annoying because it often screws up my bladedancer special.
You up for some co-op Destiny this weekend bro? I should be spamming it later tonight from about 7pm onwards =]
Yeah. I’ll be on just whenever, so if you see me online feel free to chuck me an invite.
@dire_wolf
Woo for internet fixing!
I finally managed to fix my chat issues briefly last night by bypassing my router entirely. Maybe I too should hit up my ISP for settings.
Kinda bummed tho: maxed vanguard marks and got to rank 2! But on closer inspection all the ideal gear for my build is at the crucible vendor :/
We should pvp sometime.
Woot, faster internet!
*strums guitar*
Come on people now, smile on your brother. Everybody get together, try to love one another right now…
The last time I tried that I got 3 to 5 years and had to put myself on some “register”
Last night @FreezeSPreston @redartifice @beeawwb and I played Fiasco, at one point we had to stop because we were all laughing too much, anyone who gets the opportunity to play this game must play this game! Its crazy good 10 outta 10 would red eye rampage again
GUYS I’M BACK! Work can no longer pull me away from all of you!!
On a side note I managed to rush finish Destiny yesterday and with help from Stickman on Wed =] What do I do with/in the game now? =_=
Welcome back! Will our Tau Fire Warrior ever return from deliberating with Captain Porky? 🙂
I’ve nowhere close to finishing lol. Haven’t done any of the two Venus strikes, haven’t even touched Mars. Just got lvl 19 haha. I keep joining with lover level people, it’s fun. 🙂
Log on tonight around 7ish! Hopefull dire’s there as well and we can just queue up for strike playlists! =D
Also when you finish make sure to equip your favourite primary gun in the
Black Garden level in Mars because soon as you kill the boss you get a special weapon that’s the same type of rifle as your equipped primary. I was temporarily using a pulse rifle and ended up with that instead of the auto rifles I always use *ragequit*Ok I should hopefully be done with my errands by then. Thanks for the tip.
Disney Infinity thoughts so far: Only had a few hours with it, but so far it seems like a pretty solid game, I’m liking the addition of skill trees, and Hulk is amazing. That said there is one thing I don’t like and is really ticking me off. Every so often Nick Fury will pop up and tell me that “It’s time we get down to defeating the enemy”, it wouldn’t be so bad, but whenever that happens my character freezes and can’t move till he shuts up.
Other than that one minor annoyance I’m having a fair bit of fun with it.
Hooked up my 3DS to my PC’s sound system last night and played a bunch of Curtain Call.
First and foremost, if you’re a fan of Final Fantasy or of the first Theatrhythm, you’ll probably love this.
Secondly, they included Answers (FF14: ARR Intro) in the game. Such an amazing song, and now I’m sitting here staring at the re-subsciption page for ARR.
SEND HELP.
Theatrhythm is amazing at making you want to play Final Fantasy games again.
So many songs on this one too, I got kind of lost. I did laugh when I found out you have to play enough to unlock the ability to buy DLC.
Yeah, that was kind of odd. It only takes a couple of songs, but I am curious as to why they chose to do that.
Which characters did you start with?
Squall, Cloud, Zidane and Terra.
I couldn’t go past having Cloud as party leader. Not just because he’s a personal favourite, but his summon is Knights of the Round 😀
You just inadvertently provided the best reason yet to get Smash 3DS – plug it into the sound system and play the soundtrack.
Did they add the Levequest music from ARR? Because that was also an amazing piece.
Haven’t unlocked everything for it, but be great if it was there. I’ll let you know!
MUST….Stay….awake….. *face hits keyboard*
Late night?
been running on <4 hours sleeps for the whole week and have to train for a national university competition happening next weekend /o\
Yikes, sorry to hear that man 🙁
I’m antsy myself being unable to play LoL for this entire week due to recall. Monday is when it ends
Seconded. Dunno how I’m going to get through the day.
Good morning garbage bins 🙁
Well, that escalated quickly.
I slept through my alarm and had no time for cuddles and was half way down the road before I remembered it was bin day. Sigh.
But it’s Friday, so yay. I’ll try to hunt down an animal to pet at lunch.
I could go with pet huggies every day, I’d be a much happier robot if that happened
chase the truck!
The best thing about living in a unit block is that one unknown person puts all the bins out for me every week! I never see them do it either, it’s magic.
…I really hope they don’t move out 😛
Ahh bugger it is bin day today thanks for the reminder.
*runs bins out in time for garbage person*
I … I’m still not sure if this is an insult.
Mm, maybe. Sorry.
GOOD MORNING CUPCAKES.
My grandmother’s 91st bday party last night was the first time I tried strawberry mousse. Really nice stuff! Their choice of crumbs to coat the chicken parmas with needs work though.
Too thick or too fine? I crumb everything with Panko now and it’s the best. Also, happy birthday grandma! 91, wow.
Too dry mainly, couldn’t bring it down easily without a drink afterwards.
Apparently I really made her night being able to attend so there’s that, she thinks very highly of me 🙂
Ahh, I see. No coming back from that. And that’s lovely, but now I’m thinking Grandma’s Boy…
*shrugs* Well I’ve never been that popular with the ladies anyway, this just seals it
Well you’re popular with one lady at least! 😀
Redacting that comment, sorry my depressed side is starting to show again
*slaps Tech back to positivity*
I didn’t see this comment, but sorry if I offended! Was just messing around.
@powalen All good, not your fault. It was just a short comment about the situation with my ex in relation to that, best I just keep it out of TAY
what a coincidence! My grandpa had his 85th bday last night and we had strawberry mousse cake 😀
reply fail to @tech_knight because I can barely open my eyes
I can forgive it… IF you get yourself the amazing power of a coffee, or tea to mitigate this affliction of “tiredness”!
*Zapz uses coffee* *it was not very effective* because I had 2 already and third one is sitting on my desk
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
RRRRrrrr….rrrrr?
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Rrrrrrrrrr…RRRRRRRRRRRrrrrr
HULK ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!
Psst, talk like a pirate day!HULK FORGOT! 🙁
Nice people are the best, I was having tremendous trouble booking accommodation for some dudes at work because they had given me no notice and it’s in a popular holiday spot during school holidays. Managed to magician a solution and found a short term rental house, the owner is the nicest, most helpful & kindest person I’ve dealt with in a long time. Instantly put me from panicked and irritated to calm & really happy, I think he could tell I was stressed and even gave me a discount on his already great prices. I love how simply being nice really does rub off on others. He had a cool name too, Holger. Thank you Holger for being a champion and giving me someone to aspire to be like.
@freezespreston @rize @tech_knight @pupp3tmast3r @sernobulus
I’ve discussed it a bit with @gingerchris86 who has graciously accepted the invitation to join in the 40K RPG shenanigans. He’ll be introduced in the next session.
Hope he knows what he’s getting himself into with this one 😛
Welcome to the
complete and total madnessepic team offilthy xenos and a maladjusted Nigel Thornberry Tech Priestgreat warriors and both technical and psychic minds of the 40K universe! Looking forward to who @gingerchris86 brings to the team! 🙂It’ll be interesting to see what sort of character he rolls. I mean, as long as it’s not chaos/warp, because I think the Eldar would flip out 😀
It’s too bad he couldn’t be that entertaining ork you killed xD
Slaanesh Daemonette incoming. 😛
There’s not really anything I can say except good luck @gingerchris86 … you will need it. =P
Did faction die while I wasn’t looking?! NOOOO FACTION!!
He voluntarily bowed out to focus on other things. I figured I’d ask around because there was a heck of a lot of interest when I originally floated the idea.
He can go be a bodyguard for Porky, that’d be a good way for him to be bid farewell. 🙂
ARRRRR! Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Got my three pieces o’ pirate gear together and stopped by Krispy Kreme at the station, now got my dozen free doughnuts to share around. I love getting free stuff for acting the fool 😛
Wonder if Possibly Italian Girl would like one…
Shiver me timbers, I completely forgot.
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
Unfortunately, Don’t Get Fired Day is taking precedence over Talk Like A Pirate Day for me 🙁
You realise you have to call her PIG now? But that’s okay, Piglet is a great nickname. Also, OoooOAooooOOOooooOOo Gooky has a giiiiiiirlfriend.
#popcorn
DOES NOOOOOT
Hah. Just thought that Italian girl + Gooky/MrTaco = Calzone.
Calzone-ship full steam ahead. 😛
…now I’m hungry.
Italian Girl? I’m sure you’d like to YARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR with her, amirite?
Also, explain, I have popcorn to much. 😀
Explain the whichbit?
Lets go illegally download some TV shows / movies guys. WOOOO!
oh wait, wrong pirate.
Talk like a pirate day you say, hmmm?
‘Just finished season one of G.O.T, still waiting for some seeds to come online to dl season 2’.
*tries to type in a strong Welsh accent… flounders between incomprehensible gibberish and straight up racist… gives up* *requests people imagine the Welsh accent*
Edward was a pirate, right?
I thought he was a vampire.
*stubbornly maintains Welsh accent* Kenway… not… um… sparkly weirdo? I’m not up on the Twilights, but I’m fairly certain the dude with the crystalline skin condition wasn’t Welsh.
-Freedom of culture and speech,
-The inalienable right to liberty and privacy,
-The protection of the freedoms provided by the evolving global information society,
-The transparency of institutions, and
-The restoration of the freedoms and balance lost through the encroachment of harmful and -overbearing intellectual monopolies.
Wait, wrong pirate party.
AAARRRGGGHHH! HULK SMASH PUNY FROST GIANT!!!
er, I mean
HULK BE SMASHING PUNY FROST GIANT! YAAAAARRRRR!!!
Man, infinity is sooooo much better then i expected, unfortunately i couldn’t afford the guardians playset yet, but i will need to get it!… Although i accidentally ended up spending 3 hours in the INterior instead of the campaign XD… also realised that when it comes to the toybox, i am the least creative person in the world!
Oh I wouldn’t say that. You know in the Lego Movie when Emmet puts two bricks together and throws it. That’s about the extent of my creativity.
Because it’s Talk Like A Pirate Day, has anyone else been watching Black Sails? I’m really enjoying it at the moment. The music is great, I think I’ve mentioned that the composer is Bear McCreary. It’s basically a prequel to Treasure Island with some real pirates like Anne Bonny thrown in. Lots of violence and sex, but that kind of fits with the piracy theme. Also cool to see an Australian actor in a fairly major role (Toby Schmitz as Jack Rackham). I really can’t wait to see how the show develops over time.
EDIT: ARRRRR me hearties.
I watched the first episode and it didn’t grab me. But that was before I’d played ACIV:Black Flag. I might like it better now.
Yeah, same for me. I think I watched the first four episodes and it didn’t have enough to keep me watching. I’ll give it another go one day.
I’ve found that because Treasure Island was a book I loved growing up, I’m interested in seeing how the characters develop. The only other show I’m watching at the moment is The Strain, so I may as well keep going with Black Sails.
What sort of show would you say it is like.
A piratey version of …………………
To celebrate 300 posts sharing with you wonderful people and a desire to delay the inevitable throng of working on a huge project I would like to submit myself to an Arrrrrrrrsk Me Anything!
how high performance are you (scale 1-10)? 😛
I rate myself a solid 7.5 out of 10. My choice of name was a little play on my working in elite sport and and fitness, I competed in The Worlds Toughest Mudder a couple of years ago so I try to keep my name to remind me about the HEADY DAYS OF YESTERYEAR!
Do you ARRRRRRRRRR or do you YAAAARRRRRRRRRRR?
Also, if you could choose out of the following, which one would you rather have: peg leg, hook for a hand, or an eyepatch (with associated missing eye)?
There was a girl I used to have a crush on growing up called Yarr, so I’m definitely a YARRRRRRRRR. Definitely a hook so I could rappel down a rope, and drop down into a somersault roll so I could look hella cool.
What’s something we don’t know about you?
Where do you see yourself in five years?
What is your favourite game of all time?
When are you going to upload your blog?
Something you’ve wanted to say on TAY, but haven’t had the nerve?
Favourite TAYbies?
😀
*cracks knuckles behind HP*
@dc
I lived in East Timor for a time in 2011 running a soccer program/coaching/healthy eating program for kids in Baucau and Dilhi. That was pretty awesome, pretty grounding to go on Holiday to N.Z, Hawaii, etc. and then live with folks who have infinitely less material goods and are probably happier on the whole than a lot of westernized folks. Great great, beautiful people.
In five years time I hope to be working in Higher Education, running health and wellbeing programs.
Favourite game of all time is X-Wing Alliance, if there is a game that’s better than flying in and out of the Deathstar I’d like to see it. Current best and fave game is Europa Universalis IV, I will take over all of Eastern Europe as Burgundy if it is the last thing I do!!!
Lol, you are actually making me pretty keen to put some stuff on it again! I’m going to put some new photos of me on the blog (in high res lol) so it looks professional!
Something I’ve wanted to say on TAY… Many times when there has been something important pop up on TAY which has created some passionate debate, I normally have no idea what is going on lol. I try and stay away from mainstream media (I’m a hipster brah) so I miss a lot of headline stories, so when I get into TAY (ie. Zoe Quinn) I am not privy to what is happening and therefore I feel like I shouldn’t add my opinion on something I don’t know about or have a theory on. I will save this question and then post it as my rant when I feel strongly enough about something to say. Maybe I could say I was impressed with your photo of your shaved head, your selfie game is strong friend.
Favourite TAYbies? Holy crap this is tough, I read TAY for a month or two before I joined in so it’s cool to be chatting with people who’ve made me laugh before. I won’t say I have favourites, but I like the different stuff people bring to TAY. For example I am a ladies man first and foremost, so it’s really cool to see ladies like @strange, @cookingmama and @janexo talking about cool stuff I’m interested in (TAY’s voice of reason, Fitness enthusiast & Talking about Game cooking recently, respectively) is all cool too me! It’s pretty awesome that most of their partners use TAY as well, one day I’ll convert my girlfriend to enjoying gamer culture so it can be something we can share rather than her feeling as it’s ‘gaming or her’. I am hanging out with @jackunit13 on Xbone which is awesome to have a friends that talks on Xbox Live lol, Those @redartifice, @gooky, @shane, @liondrive, @stickman and @dc are all cool guys too. Also @powalen too for having a Caterpie gravatar with a top hat, mad respect. I know I mentioned nearly everyone on here, but I like pretty much everyone lol.
*lowers fists*
<3
Good answers! 😀
You’re alright, HP. You’re alright. xo
Online tonight too if you keen. Maybe some strikes with Mactash? Whatevs the case, we’ll be on.
I’ll be on tonight I reckon, I haven’t played all week so I’ve built up some quality brownie points.
I get it….
Oh god, I had you I swear. I must have taken it out and didn’t put you back in there, I had written I liked your takes on parenthood and posts about all different stuff (crazy movie titles, cd reviews, etc. lol). Please forgive me!
*manly hugs* I feel your pain dude.
B-ob I’ve liked your content as well, refer to previous upvotings! 😛
The day I put stock in what others on TAY think of me is…
… Who am I kidding. It’s every day. I need your love.
Yay! Now Highperformance AND my mum both think I’m cool!
Making your way in the world \o/
…today takes everything you got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. Wouldn’t you like to get away…?
Wait. Were we not singing the Cheers theme?
You upvote my stupid comments all the time, so you are <3 in my book.
Here, have an upvote <3
Where do astrophysical neutrinos come from?
The Higgs boson makes absolutely no sense. Why does it exist?
What is your proof of the Riemann Hypothesis?
Coproral Higgs and the bosun made bebbehs.
1. I assume they come from Jimmy Neutron’s neighbour, Ned Flander’s calling him a Neutrino?
2. Let me strip this one back, how do we know if IT exists? Let’s strip it back again, how do we know WE exist? Let’s strip it back, How do we KNOW? Let’s strip it back, How do we…
3. I’m not going to even try and wrap my mind around that one, as a personal trainer I my mathematical prowess involves counting to ten and after that anything else is a struggle lol.
What’s your favourite animal?
What celebrity/famous person do you find the most attractive?
Favourite animal; I used to love Turtles growing up probably because of an unhealthy obsession with the Nina Turtles. However now as I’ve grown older I’m pretty fond of dogs, for the most part they are really happy to meet you and the love is unconditional. I think that’s a pretty awesome way to be dog/human/whatever.
Oh god, so many good choices. As I have alluded to I am a ladies man, so I think there are tonnes of attractive women of many nationalities. If I was put on the spot like I am now, I’d have to say Carrie Bickmore because my folks watch The Project and whenever I walk past the T.V I’m enamoured. She’s 8 years older than me, but I feel that she could teach me much about the world lol.
What would my life be like if I robbed the Kwik-E-Mart?
It’d look something like this I believe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzSMPgMWnoE
Dogs or Cats?
Favourite sport to play and favourite sport to watch. How intensely do you follow that sport?
Do you still do personal training?
Do you feel like slapping thin unfit people when they mock more fit larger folk?
Favourite type of exercise?
If you had the chance to be stuck in 1 game for 48 hours what would it be?
Dogs, erryday. I have a little Brittany Spaniel named Arny and my sister has a chocolate lab named Ollie. Two of the best dogs I could have hoped to have met, Ollie’s so happy to see you when you come home and Arny is so mild tempered he’s great around little kids. He’s had a tough life so he’s just happy to be lol.
Favourite sport to play is Soccer no doubt about it, although I’m getting into my riding a bit more now my club has been shut down (financial irregularities, not my doing lol). I play pick up games at the park though so that’s cool. I love watching NFL but I think Soccer still gets me the host hype too watch
I still do P.T, I’m thinking of giving it away this year so I can concentrate on my management role because I’m forgetting stuff and not enjoying doing the sometimes 16 hour days. I have some great clients though so it would be with a heavy heart.
This^^^^^^^^ I spend a lot of my time trying to impart a different philosophy for clients about exercise, I mean it’s great to feel physically attractive by virtue of exercise however I despise hearing people laughing at overweight people. Whom may be happy within themselves, which I think is more important than fat shaming people. Different body types are able to eat truckloads and not gain weight where others can look at food and put on weight. It’s unfair and petty, my masters is in Exercise Physiology so we look at the clinical reasoning for weight gain and psychologically and physically it’s very hard for people to keep on top of it. I can tell with certain body types if people are physically active whether they are skinny or perhaps overweight, I think exercise should be an adjunct to keeping you healthy. A better measure of health is physical fitness rather than stomach circumference, as many studies are now showing these days.
^^ TL;DR yes, I would like to slap them with some knowledge lol.
Fave type of exercise; Soccer and Cycling
Stuck in 1 game for 48hrs?: X-Wing Alliance, flying around as Ace Azzameen would feel pretty damn awesome.
Are you exercise enthusiast? Guessing this by your questions only!
i do enjoy exercise but don’t get a chance to do anywhere near as much as I like.
The questions were more due to comments you had made and wanting to get your thoughts on things you are knowledgeable and passionate about
That’s awesome, I like that.
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER DAY FOR YOU TO JUMP ON THE STEERAGE/PEASANT CAR OF THE SNOWPIERCER LIKE TRAIN THAT IS DAN AND KARL’S ZEITGEIST @janexo!!!
This week, Americanisms are apparently “wrong”, Hot Ross Reports on the weeks events in possibly the greatest 30 seconds of audio ever committed to 1 & 0’s, Karl dares friends to jump off high stuff & we answer the most divisive & important question of all time:
Which way do you put a new roll of toilet paper?
http://www.dankarlszeitgeist.com/?p=208
Better come up with some new questions for my inevitable AMA you toilet obsessed bunch of nuts.
After hearing that bridge story I’m convinced Karl is a terrible person who wouldn’t have my back if we were in dangerous situations. D:
http://user-cdn.spring.me/photos/20121207/n50c26ea0acce5.gif
Have an upvote
Seeing as you are big about freezing Doritos, how do you feel about frozen doughnuts?
I’m super keen to test out this brilliant idea but I’ve only got a Coles Express near me and they don’t sell shitty donuts, just glazed yeast rings.
I rapped the news guys.
…
Ignore my stupid attempt at humour.
I love you.
Dear @dkzeitgeist,
Just one bit of critique for your podcast. I found that I was unable to concentrate on the discussion between yourself and Karl. I recommend moving the HotRoss report to the middle or end of the show, so I can at least have the energy to pay attention to you guys , rather than be recovering from the fatigue of climax after listening to the HotRoss rap.
Exhausted,
Steve-O
Up to S5 EP6 of your podcast, loving it so far. Keep up the good work! I sat in a corner listening to it at a party instead of socialising. I think I made the right decision.
Zeitgeist also makes amazing party music.
Just put your iPod on shuffle and crank the sass!!!
Well that didn’t take long. Already finished all the missions in the Avengers playset (only 35 missions), just got collectibles, challenges, and a few extra character specific missions when I pick up Nova and Rocket Raccoon.
On to the Guardians Of The Galaxy playset.
Question: who is doing martial art here and how did you get into it?
Edit: Answer to self: I’m doing Kendo because of…. philosophy
I took one class of jiu jitsu when I was a kid. Ask me any thing!
why did you quit 😛
I’m a lover not a fighter!
You can be both. 🙂
Only if you find the right girl
She’d have to be pretty special!
I’ve got a black belt in sum-flung dung.
I’m asian.
me too! o/
Nothing at the moment but I did a range of them growing up
Shotokan karate then Ken Do Kai
Tried a little Muay Thai at uni but didn’t like the atmosphere
Was doing Kendo for a while about 4 years ago but dropped it when Mrs Tigs needed treatment for a brain tumor and I started a company
Did Hapkido (Hapki-yusul style – mix of traditional HKD, Jiu Jitsu, Taekwondo, Kendo, Qi-gung and Tai Qi) for a bit over ten years, stopped cos a number of things changed for the worse over a short time period – the association’s syllabus made some changes I didn’t agree with, the dojang near where I worked closed down, and I didn’t have the time to commute to another dojang.
I got into it because my Dad, who did Taekwondo when he was younger, wanted me to be more active, and socialise a bit, and Hapki-yusul was a relatively peaceful non-competitive style.
Have tried a few others, including six months of Capoiera (too tiring), 18 months of Kempo (way too vicious and competitive), a couple of classes each of Aikido and BJJ (similar enough to just make me want to go back to HKD), but generally nothing fit me as well as HKD, so I couldn’t really get into them.
It sucks that you had to stop 🙁
Do you still self train?
Unfortunately, don’t really have the space for it. Some of the basic patterns (katas in some arts) require not much space, but because the central principle of the art is manipulating the opponent’s momentum/energy, most of it is either partner-oriented or requires a fair amount of floor space. 🙁
I’ve heard this from a lot of guys who were heavy in Hapkido, my girlfriend is doing it now and has to commute 50 minutes to her Dojang which is cray.
Yep, that sounds familiar. My closest’s about 30 mins from work, but the class times mean knocking off two hours early two or three times a week, which isn’t something I can do.
I did about 5 years of Tong Long Kung Fu a while back.
I train on babies and I seem to be doing pretty okay. Hardly ever lose a fight.
SO that means you still lose sometimes >:)
They’re tough fights man.
Nvm thought you said marital arts.
That will be next week’s question 😛
I’m doing boxing training at the gym but that’s really more cardio than actual fight training. That said I wouldn’t be too keen to fight me and that’s not just because of the paradox it’d create…
I took a class in Brazilian jiu-jitsu then stopped because they wanted $110 a week
the hell??? that’s like 3month’s fee for me. Do they pay their coaches or something?
Yeah plus their areas are state of the art and have multi time chanpions as coaches and at one point a former UFC fighter was a coach there forget which one but
Oh… my club is an university club but we are blessed to have several top Australian kendoka training and coaching us voluntarily!
I did about two lessons of karate when I was six! My memory is hazy, but I’m pretty sure I was so good I had mastered it by then.
Or maybe I was just terrible at it. The latter seems unlikely, though.
Was just thinking about this last night, poor @strange
Finally gets around to making a blog post say look at me talent and hard work I have put into this. See my creativity shine and let me show you what I can do and how passionate I am about it. And what does she get from her loyal readers in return
O M Geeee ur so hot babyHey man, I flailed my arms at real names too.
I also liked what she did to the shirt but thought it would be creepy to say that. XD
So you are afraid to say the did nice work on the shirt, but more than happy to tell her she has sexy nostrils 😛
Yes.
Clearly the real story here is that time she did that thing with a guy then a bunch of stuff happened then it all proved the corruption amongst the sewing elite controlling what we know but no longer.
Apparently there are even emails. EMAILS
Shhhh! Don’t mention the emails, everyone will want one!:P
I’ll take an email..i only get spam so a real email is a welcome change
I honestly thought that spoiler was going to say something about Itches….
🙂 Would I do something that crude
Where’s Shane? HAS HE FALLEN DOWN A WELL!
WHERE SHOULD I SEND MY LOVE!
Send it to Penny Lane where he’s studying to become a paperback writer.
Perhaps he’s gone for a trip in his yellow submarine. Probably hard to get reception down there.
Lifeline Bookfair today! I just got back.
Love not needed, but send money!
No, I’m sending my love down the well! GET DOWN THERE, FOOL!
Is that just a euphemism for standing by a well and masturbating? Frankly you’re overambitious if you think you’re going to fill up a well!
Too gross, friend.
Someone get Lassie!
Send Lassie if he has fallen down a well, may be a tad more useful. She could then possibly find someone who may be able to help.
@zapz
I did a mixed Japanese martial art class for a couple months. (mix of karate, judo, juiu jitsu)
Pretty fun, got the first proper belt. But got to be too much hard work after a full day of actual work.
I got pushed into a karate class by a friend. It was off-season, and I was terribly unfit and was blowing hard during drills. Senpai then matched me with a disabled guy for sparring, who had crippled legs. He beat the crap out of me with his massive arms, so I kicked his legs, collapsing them and sending him to the floor. Got berated for taking advantage of an opponents weakness
being a dickand never went back.I think I speak for everyone when I say…
MONSTER! 😛
In my defense, he actually gave be a bloody nose. He had trained his upper body pretty hard to compensate for his legs.
…
MONSTER.
Sounded like your Senpai was not very experienced in coaching by matching a beginner against a disabled.
I think I am done with Destiny. I came to the realisation that the only reason I was playing it was because I spent money on it, not because I am having fun. There are too many small things in that game just irritate me too much. I have however started playing Diablo 3 on PS4 again, people should join!
I put Destiny back on the shelf yesterday. Reached twenty. Did all the story missions. Did all the strikes. Not one to overstay my welcome. (ALSO WASTELAND 2!) I wouldn’t mind trying Diablo 3 coop now that I gots me PS+!
Don’t completely give up on it, I’m going to need other people for raidy stuff one of these days
Do a Hardcore run with me!
But … I like my sanity.
How is your monk going?
I haven’t had a weapon drop in nearly 10 levels and it’s taking me forever to kill anything.
do you do many rifts? that’s where I’m finding most of my stuff, got a sweet double handed sword last night that summons a demon who connects to with with one of those chains like some mobs have so I can run around damaging people caught between us. I’ve mainly been grinding rifts and using blood shards at the merchant that accepts them, seem to get 1 legendary about every 30th things she makes for me.
Last night we did a rift and I got 3 swords, a necklace, some boots and a ring all legendary. My sister got 2 weapons (for a monk), a belt, a helmet and a ring. We’re on Torment lvl 3.
Hardcore is a separate game to everything else. Can’t do adventure mode until you finish the game again. Can’t trade stuff between characters. Paragon levels don’t apply to it. No rifts until much much later.
oh, sorry didn’t realize you were talking about a hardcore run. No advice there, I don’t think I could do it, 1 death and it’s over nope, I’d cry.
Blah. No-one wants to play PC any more since the upgraded console version came out.
I’m kinda tempted but not that interested in paying $40 for the expansion.
Fair call. I think I grabbed them both together when they went on sale a while back.
I still play! Regularly
I’m a master race fanboy but something just feels “right” with the console version. Plus the ability to roll is amazing.
And that whole not needing to worry about lag if you want to play single player?
not to mention offline play….
I haven’t played since the weekend and I’m not really missing it a lot. But I think I might finish the story before ditching it at least.
Annoyed at EB Games today.
Yesterday I picked up my preorder of Theatrhythm Curtain Call, first thing I immediately notice is that it was a grey import with a very obvious Australian Classification sticker on it so I figured to myself ‘Its fine Square Enix were obviously to lazy to print AUS PAL covers even though for the last game they reprinted the covers.
Today I walk into JB HiFi to browse… I see copies of Curtain Call with proper AUS PAL covers. -.-
Lets hope I succeed in returning my copy tomorrow, small OCD of mine but I believe I have the right to get a proper copy.
It massively bugs me that my copy of the first Theatrhythm from Big W has the sticker instead of the printed label. I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISCOMFORT ENTIRELY!
All my 3DS game boxes get scattered in a drawer somewhere. All the games are in a case with the system. Doubt I could even tell you what mine had.
What shit me was when I specifically went out of my way to pay EB more for a local copy of Harvest Moon since it was for a friend’s present, and when they cracked open the sealed case, it was an EU import.
THIS actually really infuriates me, also. Last I checked EB were charging $109 for the collectors, is this correct? Screw that if it’s an import, I can get an import for $59 if I really wanted one.
Guys. You guys.
One of my clients. His last name? Pun. His last name is Pun, you guys. Pun.
I’ll send you his contact details, @shane.
Send them to me too. For reasons. *looks up bounty hunters*
http://www.whitepages.com.au/searchRes.action?name=hunter&location=brisbane&initial=b
“Hello? Yes this is DC. I need another favour. I need this guy…exPUNged.”
Well I tried.
That’s puntastic!
Ok since I’ve clearly missed out all the Destiny recruiting and raiding and striking teams, where do I sign to get raid ready for Vault of Glass? Anyone in the kotaku clan putting a group together?
Are you a PS4 Peasant or Xbone Xcellent gamer?
#nobias
PS4 for him.
What’s that noise… *looks out window*
A couple of guys outside performing the haka. Ok then.
@pupp3tmast3r
Dunno what kinda official recruiting there is, maybe post on the clan page?
What level are you? A few peeps are around 24-26 but don’t think anyone is raid ready yet.
LAST PLAYED SONG GAME:
Valentine’s Day – David Bowie
Answers – Nobuo Uematsu
I was angry this morning driving to work so
Amity Affliction- Let the ocean take me
I hold you entirely responsible for this.
So influential. Don’t do drugs, kids!
Cool Kids – Echosmith
IT’S IN MY HEAD
Don Johnson – Heartbeat
The clouding – iced earth
One of my favourite Iced Earth songs. That whole album is pretty much a masterpiece, though.
Cry Thunder – Dragonforce
‘If The Story Is Over’ – Stratovarius.
Everybody knows
It sucks to grow up…
Still Fighting It – Ben Folds
The new U2 album, thanks to Apple. It’s okay so far I guess.
“Kweh! (Electric de Chocobo) – Darangen,” apparently…
My library is a weird and magical place…
AND I SAID HEYEEAYEAYEAYEEAAAA
What’s going on?
Surprisingly little. It’s a very quiet Friday afternoon.
Weekend imminent! Got any plans, buddy?
Bowling tonight for some reason, Hyperule Warriors, and Red is going to take the podcast through an RPG session somehow…
All that and more, next time on AlexPants!
Hooray for Dick’s Shitty Deals.
The $75 headphones I’ve been keeping my eye on for a while (since mine are broken) are on sale for 30% off! Now only $70 at Dick Smith.
someone there doesn’t maths good.
you’d think they’d do better, considering they sell calculators.
2+2=5.
“For extremely high values of two.” One of the first things I learnt in my engineering course.
What ones are they? PCCG have the Sennheiser PC320s for $99 and if they’re even half as good as the PC360s I have, they’ll be an amazing set and well worth paying an extra few bucks for.
The mic on the PC360s is without question the best mic I’ve ever owned and that includes a discrete battery powered mic that I had with a video camera some years ago which I used to love until it broke (that’s not a euphemism), if it’s an indication of the level of quality Sennheiser put into their mics, the 320s should have a damned good one.
CX-300II
Just need a replacement set for my broken ones I use out and about / on the train.
They’ve been $75 at JB ever since I broke the current ones months ago. Would have snapped them up for 30% off that.
Where’s the new BF Hardline Video article? I want to discuss this!!
I feel entitled to content, but I shouldn’t have to pay for it, because I think the provider’s business model is broken.
#TalkLikeAPirateDay
#YesIMadeThisJokeLastYear
Damn straight!
*downloads Lesser Evil torrent*
I know it sounds stupid, but if one of those ever does actually exist and gets some attention, I think I’ll be brushing away a little tear of pride… as I file copyright infringement notices.
I could upload one for you? Get the ball rolling?
Appreciated, man, but no thanks.
“You wouldn’t steal a handbag. You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a baby. You wouldn’t shoot a policeman. And then steal his helmet. You wouldn’t go to the toilet in his helmet. And then send it to the policeman’s grieving widow. And then steal it again! Downloading films is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences.”
DON’T TELL ME WHAT I WOULDN’T DO.
*hides stolen helmet behind back*
*slow dripping onto floor*
Haha, at work I do some data entry, sometime people will stick a post it note on some paperwork that says “to be entered”. A dude just walked past me and he must have sat on one, he’s walking around with “to be entered” on his ass. I do not like him so I didn’t tell him, instead I will continue to take great amusement from it.
Starting to have second thoughts about Hyrule Warriors Scarf Edition.
Seemed OK for $20 more, but Target will be selling the game for $59, which means it’s over $40 for what will likely be a collectible but ultimately unusable scarf.
Plus there’s already US$20 of DLC lined up, so we can expect 25 or 30…
Dropping from scarf to normal could just about pay for one of those Pokémon games in November. Or more than 2 amiibos…
I had to cancel my Scarf edition to be able to afford Disney Infinity.
I don’t think I can afford any games for the next few months, I’m mostly just riding the couple of hundred trade in credit that I got during E3 for all it’s worth.
Crashing. CRASHING.
PULL UP! PULL UP! INJECT CAFFEINE INTO YOUR EYEBALLS.
RED EYE!?!!?!?!?!?!!?
ALL UP IN THIS MOUSTACHE!
Eject! Gooooooose!
Something’s wrong with the G-Diffuser!
I guess I should be thankful.
Enjoying my last hour of being alone for the next two weeks by eating chocolate, and sewing with my music turned up louder than the neighbours would probably like it to be. 😀
I’ll be alone for the both of us!
living the dream. You listening to taylor swift too??
Not yet, but I’m sure I’ll be subjected to her many times over the coming weeks. 😛
Oh gods, that means that soon there are going to be kids running around outside my flat all day.
I need a gaming headset.
Guys, these Marvellous Creations Carnival edition chocolates are the best ever. They have chunks of Fizzy Fruits type lollies in them!
Edit: I’m saying this as someone who doesn’t exactly love chocolate but just ate nearly half a block of the orange flavoured one….
WHAT? I need some!
I’ve been resisting those…
Willpower … crumbling …
I tried the Cola one yesterday. Pretty good stuff.
Hooray that means the Monday morning drive to the north shore is going to get a whole lot less busy!
I’M BORED. ITS BEEN A WHILE, THERES A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE & IT SEEMS TO BE A THING.
AMA.
Who’s this guy?
you know me, Pow. I’m that guy.
you know… that one.
Something you’ve wanted to say on TAY, but haven’t?
sometimes. not often though. TAY is generally a nice place & I don’t wanna mess it up with my bullshit contrarianism.
Why 35?
there is literally no real answer to that. it was the first thing I saw when I was signing up to the site.
sorry to disappoint.
Because he needed to cover the fact that he’s 12.
says the 8 year old Dan.
I’ll get my brother to bash you.
MY DAD COULD BEAT UP YOUR DAD.
probably not though. my dad would be fucking useless in a fight.
I think as a kid I would’ve preferred to see my dad get his ass kicked cause I’m a terrible son. 😛
70/2 or 5 x 7?
CHocolate or Peanut Butter?
IS this a pimple or a boil?
Next time we Fiasco would you like to join us?
5.9160797830996160425673282915616 ^ 2
CHOCOLATE. I have such a sweet tooth.
it’s a wasps larva
dunno what that is, but sure.
See two pages ago for THE FLIGHT 1180 FIASCO
@35 and bring a spare change of pants for when you PYSL.
1. Liberate the Manus Island detainees, or incarcerate the Liberal Party in there with them?
2. Fondest dream for the future?
3. Where do you see yourself in eight point five years?
4. How many times has The Lesser Evil been borrowed now?
Freedom > incarceration in all circumstance.
I wouldn’t wish that bullshit on anybody. Even politicians.
let them suffer the consequences of the inevitable Royal Commission & live out the rest of their days knowing that they’re gonna be remembered as criminals against humanity.
7
Edit : fondest dream? owing a home. living with a puppy & kitty, still having rad friends with whom I eat tasy foods & drink tasty beers & watch / play music with. pretty much don’t wanna grow up.
8.5 years… just finishing up a law degree. then… I dunno. finally getting out of library work & into something else.
“owing a home”
This made me laugh… then cry… because I owe the bank so much money.
How do i learn how to be a hipster like you?
How to be Me,
by Me.
1. stop giving a shit about what people think about you
2. do whatever makes you happy
3. but don’t do what you want at the expense of others
4. explore culture things that you don’t get exposed to
5 have an open mind
6 don’t hate on stuff you haven’t experienced
7 recognise thet you don’t know everything & never will
8 learning new stuff is fun
9 hang on to shit you like, just coz you find something new doesn’t mean the old has to go
10 get rid of bad shit. its just holding you back.
11 pretnted you’re cool & extroverted & you will be.
12 angry isn’t a bad thing. fear subdues, anger enflames.
14 spontaneous & impulsive makes for some interesting times
15 counting is for squares
16 make mistakes. learn from em
17 hug people. pat puppies. not the other way around
clap clap
Okay, real questions:
Why haven’t you been as active on TAY lately?
and the best question: What’s your favourite thing about yourself? And you can’t say “Beard”.
dunno. reasons. all the old guard are on twitter & they’re the ones I know, so that’s where I talk to all you funky people mostly now.
also, time & work…. not very conductive to TAY-ing.
I like lots about myself. Beard is one thing. I like being anti-authoritarian. I’m sort of ok with people. I’m not an idiot. I’m a good person, or at least I try to be. I get shit done.
but yeah… mostly its the beard.
You’ve been given the power to remove one thing from the world forever, be it an object, person, emotion, abstract concept, entire species, whatever you like.
What do you choose?
hate. fuck that shit. what even is the point of hating things? dislike? sure. but hate? who has the energy to dedicate to that sorta thing?
What is one of the funniest jokes you can remember off the top of your head?
software developer is heading out to the shops, as they’re leaving, their partner says ‘get bread, & if they’ve got eggs, get 12’
dude comes home with 12 loaves of bread.
Fantastic.
You’ve been granted a wish of your best day ever. What would this day involve?
whatever made it the best day ever would probably be a bit of a surprise. I like surprises.
so I dunno.
but a pretty damn good day would involve sleeping in, café for tasty food & coffee & doing a crossword, going to a puppy park & playing with all the doggies, lunch with friends, playing / listening to music all afternoon, beers, head out with people at night, watch shows, talk shit & generally just enjoy the people I’m lucky enough to know.
Cool, so when are you dropping by cause that sounds amazing!
i’ll be down your way some time soonish, I think. probably. maybe. but yeah… we should drink beers when that happens.
I respect your way if thinking! That is definitely happening
I think this question should be an ‘Off Topic’ question for sure.
How do you get the first comment on a Gizmodo piracy article every time without fail?
@popdart5
Just FYI I’ve been thinking about being the one to put together the write-ups for our W40K sessions, given that you’ve got the recordings up that’ll make sure I don’t miss any key details. I don’t want everyone who doesn’t have the time to watch the 2+ hour fortnightly vids just miss out on the shenanigans, besides they’ve been pretty much hilarious almost every session.
If you feel like, be my guest. You can be as detailed as you like as I have no issues at all with doing up a write-ups. Don’t feel obligated to do it though as I don’t want you to feel like you’re forced into doing it.
It’ll give me some extra distractions especially during recall weeks anyway, so I’m happy to attempt it. I’m not going to do it in Jarallius’ words, cuz I doubt they’d make any sense in the long run 😛
Just passed the 1000th hole on Desert Golfing. My average is pretty much bang on 2.4. #goty
https://twitter.com/FreezeSPreston/status/509960413660721152
Up to Hole 573 with 1387 shots, so average of a bit over 2.4.
Worst hole took 17 shots
Longest run of Hole-in-ones was 6 in a row
That’s good. I think I had a 20 shot hole :s. Unsure of my consecutive hole in ones, it would be 4/5 though I’d say.
Oh man I didn’t even put any of these doughnuts in the freezer.
So I’m making this game that basically just has a wall and a shelf, then a stack of books slide in from the right. They slide off to the left when you’ve chosen your answer and the next lot comes in.
I’ve given it a pretty cool sense of depth by using five layers of parallax, with the shelf being at the front, then random objects like an apple or quill being behind that, then the book spines, then the book pages which kind of peek out from the side as they slide across, then the wallpaper at the back. It looks super cool in motion and I’m stupidly proud of it and the others here are all pretty blown away by what I’ve done too 😛
But I don’t want to brag or anything.
So talented… I get to build Pivot tables and conditional format numbers all day. /o\
3rd times the charm
Im Hotross?
AMA
How many tries did it take to read the news perfectly?
Im gonna be honest i fucked up saying the first line about 7 times. Also because of the way i wrote it i wanted to read it really fast and i said things wrong a few times.
How can I get a Hotross of my very own?
We grow from acorns just like trollies
Did you kick that idiot from yesterday in the teeth?
Not yet. although because he is basically a redneck im not sure he will have any.
Whose idea was the HotRoss Report?
Also, it’s brilliant. Wait, that’s not a question…
It’s brilliant?
How long do you think it will be before the tables turn and Dan and Karl become your opening act?
I told dan something about my old hometown and he asked for a news segment, probably partially as a joke. He liked it so he put it in the show. Its just kind of fun to be silly and creative. 🙂
Why did you put a question mark after I’m Hotross?
Im a moron?
Don’t be so hard on yourself, I was the one being a moron. 😀
What’s the best gift you have ever given someone else?
What makes you laugh the hardest?
POW I AM A AMAZING GIFT GIVER
The best present i have ever got someone actually happened this year. I drew a shitty stick figure version of katy perry and my sister and put it on a shirt on red bubble and sent it to my sister for her b’day. Thinking that’s was her entire present she rang me up and called me a moron. She didnt see the katy perry tickets taped to the lid of the box 😛
My best friend and i went to get maccas for breakfast one day, he walked up to the lady at the counter and asked for a coffee. She looked him dead in the eye and said
“juice”
he replied no coffee, again she replied juice. This exchange went on for a full minute until he finally conceded yeah a juice. I laughed nearly a whole day at that exchange. Im kinda weird
I’ll ask you two questions I asked @35
Peanut butter or Chocolate?
Would you like to play Fiasco next time we do one?
CHOCOLATE PLEASE
SUUUUURE IF IM FREE AND ITS NOT HARD
It is not hard. It is hilarious though
Did you only ever love me for my body?
I love you for many reasons, but mostly that booty.
What are you doing this weekend?
No seriously – I’m in Townsville this weekend, we should catch up, and you can tell me how cute my babby is because it looks nothing like me.
You had your babby? Congratulations
ILL TEXT YOU I HAS YOUR NUMBER
Why Rocketman?
Workmates used to call me rocket, it was the only nickname in my life i didnt hate. so here we are
Cool story, LFC.
Favourite Pokémon?
charizard
Because I’m not down with Commonwealth politics, and I’m done talking like a pirate, here’s an update on the Undad #2 Artist Search.
I’ve heard from 30 artists so far. Keeping track of it all in a spreadsheet. Most from Deviantart, some from LinkedIn, and a couple from Facebook. Of those thirty, I’ve narrowed the field accordingly.
* 5 stupidly talented people who should be earning more than I’m offering (including a lovely artist couple from Mexico who cut their normal rates in half because they are crazy excited about Undad – definitely the nicest folks I’ve come across so far)
* 10 more who could do the job quite well
* 15 whom I don’t particularly want to work with
Have started to commission artwork from them, a sort of audition for the role. I’ve only received two so far, but they both look goooood. People skills and language barriers might be the deciding factor for some of these artists, though…
I hope the Kickstarter makes a few of its stretch goals so I can hire artists for Issues 3-5 as well! 😛
So proud of you, Shane. Glad you’re doing another Kickstarter. Can’t wait to see the Shane writing/commission artist one-two punch! 🙂
After the last Kickstarter, I promised myself I wouldn’t try crowdfunding again.
But then I’d promised myself a long time ago that I’d never write zombie fiction.
Undad is just making me break all my rules.
Should be good, though. Some crazy cool talent, like I’ve said.
Well done!
When is your kickstarter up? (or is it already up?) I’ve got some shiny money that has your name on it! (your name is Elizabeth, right?)
It can be if it means money.
Last time, I think one of the biggest flaws was just how much of the project was still up in the air.
I’m doing things differently this time. I’m locking an artist down before I launch the campaign. I’ve put up the first forty pages of the story online for free. I’m setting the goal lower than I did for ATKM, with defined stretch goals and incentives to reach them. I’ve jettisoned the moral argument of paying artists, and am focusing on delivering content (the moral stuff now happens behind the scenes).
To be honest, I think the main flaw with your previous one was that it was a bit preachy. It didn’t make people want to help you out, because you made them feel bad about themselves.
I felt like it was aimed maybe a little too business side of things.
I’m not sure exactly what you mean. It was certainly never my intention to guilt anyone out. Can you elaborate on that at all, please? I definitely don’t want to fall into that trap again.
Reference: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/all-the-kings-men-300-page-anthology
It wasn’t anything I could really pin down, more of an overarching feeling from the Kickstarter page as a whole. Probably because a lot of the emphasis appeared to be on the message of paying artists, and not enough on the actual book people were being asked to help fund. I said as much at the time.
I read through your new one though, and it had no such preachy feeling. Instead of making me want to back away slowly from the project page, it made me want to contribute, and I’ll be more than comfortable to share and promote this new one on social media.
Since I haven’t self-promoted here in a couple of days:
DC rambles about Transistor
http://yearofthehermit.tumblr.com/post/97786151011/18-september-2014
DC rambles about LIMBO
http://yearofthehermit.tumblr.com/post/97847022756/19-september-2014
Happy Friday, folks. Hope the weekend treats you kindly.
Is there spoilers in the transistor piece?
Not any thing massive, but more than you would otherwise know at the very start of the game. I would skip if you’ve made it this far knowing nothing. 🙂
Light grey concrete should be banned. Several minutes after going outside, I’m still half-blind.
L4D2 multiplayer should happen this weekend.
Just sayin’.
I would!
But I can’t.
I’ve even got a new mic and everything.
Woo!
Aww…
Woo?
Email from steam: A game on your wishlist is on sale
Me: That seems relevant to my interests
Steam store: Lol nope
Edit: Oooohhhhhh and road redemption hitting early access. Kickstarter win, Awwww yeah!
“A game on your wishlist is on sale!”
Ooh, what is it?
“This game is not available in your region”
“A game on your wishlist is on sale!”
I love a bargain!
“Price: Still Over $10”
Oh…
“A game on your wishlist is on sale”
Ooo awesome!
*Price now matches the US*
I don’t know if I should upvote or downvote you all
WTF! Just got booted out of Disney Infinity and my PS4 displayed error (CE-34878-0). Went to restart it and it says that my save is corrupted. Please, someone tell me that this can be fixed and I don’t have to delete my save and start again.
Probably detected that your age is above the recommended age for the game and locked you out until you play the game with kids. 😛
Probably.
GODDAMMIT!!!!!!
Edit:read Disney infinity as destiny.
*slinks into corner*
Dangit. She left early, was unable to offer doughnut.
Pop it in the freezer for next week.
How ’bout I pop you in the freezer.
About *this* close to having to legitimately say lmfao.
I’m here all week!
Pretty fucked off right now. Probably over 8 hours of play, and I have to start again. because of a corrupt save. Even all my figures have reset their levels, had Hulk almost at level 13.
FUUUUUUUCK!
I thought the figures saved separately to the main save?
Or is that just skylanders?
I thought so too, but no it doesn’t look like they do. Skylanders do though.
For my info systems management class, our major assignment is to come up with a strategic project with some kind of innovative ICT implementation. I’m still a bit confused about what our group is actually doing but it’s something to do with cafe’s and coffee and ordering, so I have to conduct “research” by going to cafe’s and ordering different types of coffees that vary in complexity of remembering wtf they actually are and monitor the whole process.
I am shit scared of cafe’s. The people in them scare me and I have no clue how to order a coffee. I look at coffee menus and just think “which one’s the one with coffee and a bit of milk? I can’t ask for coffee and a bit of a milk, I’d probably get slapped with a scarf”
The other members of my group, and the teacher, couldn’t be more enthusiastic about it :l Their immediate thoughts were “this will be cool!” My immediate thought was “this will be expensive :l”
Ugh. I have it rough.
Orange Mocha Frappucino!
Wait….What? Is that a real thing you can get at a cafe?
Half strength Decaf soy mocha.
Had a work colleague order it once, I looked at him and in my head said “are you fucking joking?” the words out of my mouth were “what’s the point? No caffeine, half the coffee taste and chocolate mixed in… Can you even call it a coffee anymore?”
that sounds… omg why would you do that? I’d rather have a glass of water, I’m sure it’s more enjoyable!
Hey @dc… Wasteland 2 is out now. @dc?
*stares at the @dc shaped cloud of smoke where @dc stood not 2 seconds ago*
Still unsure if Steam release is early access or not. *flails arms* Definitely is out on GOG though! 😀 Thanks for the heads up!
It was out on Steam (i.e. updating) when I posted that. Maybe I got lucky and got home the minute it became active.
If you want some sneakernet I can always download it for you and transfer via USB?
Nah, that’s okay. Thanks friend. Will get it during off-peak tonight. Will be out all weekend any way so no rush. 🙂
the game isn’t marked as early access anymore so I would assume not.
Downloading. 😀
@cookingmama
Just got this in my email so figured I would pass it along. Not sure if your kids are into octonauts or not but there is a special event that will be on at the aquarium during PAX. On between 11am and 2pm so could be worth keeping in mid while you are planning
Wait wait wait wait. What day and where’s the aquarium?
http://www.melbourneaquarium.com.au/
It’s not far from the CBD. If you have a Merlin Pass you can get in, and I do, so it is on the cards for Mr 3 and me during PAX weekend. We also have a Taronga Zoo Friends pass, so if we get a letter we can get into the Melb Zoo (in the City North).
I figure Mr 3 is not going to cope with all PAX all day, so I have to organise some other fun things for us to do.
My wife and girls are coming down to Melbourne but aren’t interested in PAX. The girls would be very interested in Octonauts however.
I was just looking and I think @tigerion has his weekends mixed up – the Octonauts thing is on for the School holidays, it will be finished by the time PAX starts. BUT the aquarium is pretty easy to get to, and the Sydney Aquarium has improved immensely since Sea Life took over, so I would say that the melb aquarium should be a good experience too.
Mr 3 and I will definitely be going to the Zoo at some stage (I’ll decide once I’ve seen the PAX schedule and work around anything I’m really keen on doing), I just read on the zoo website that kids under 15 are free on weekends, so that might make a good option for your family for Sat or Sun. http://www.zoo.org.au/melbourne/plan-your-visit/opening-hours-and-admission.
I already have free admission and Mr 3 goes free (for a few more months at least…), so we might even do a couple of little trips.
Right you are,, sorry for the misinformation. Saw it went into October (when PAX starts) and then it went through to the 5th which is ‘after PAX ends’
Boo
Easy mistake. Thank you for thinking of me!
Thanks! I will have a look at that. Mr 3 does indeed like the octonauts. I think they had a similar thing at the sydney aquarium (also run by Sea Life)
I guess I’m going to the West Australian Football League (WAFL) grand final this Sunday, despite never watching a WAFL game in my life. I will have to catch a a bus and a train! D: And be in a stadium! D: And I’ll be forced to eat meat pies! D: And I’ll be outside! D:
I have no legitimate reasons to be terrified by this, but my brain disagrees.
Carn Subiaco!
I don’t have a clue what teams to support, but I think I might go for East Perth because Subiaco has a worse guernsey. (Although every team seems to have a terrible guernsey. East Perth might have a cool guernsey if they got rid of that ugly EFFC logo) Plus, not supporting royalty can get you arrested in certain countries. Can’t take the risk.
I’m only saying Subiaco (if Peel or West Perth were playing I’d go for one of them) because I’m not going for East Perth. East Perth are the feeder team for the Eagles. F*** the Eagles.
Fair enough.
I have a new post up on my blog again, but I haven’t posted it here because there’s no picture of myself in it this time. 😛
What am I going to objectify now, Strangey? DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT? :'(
While I’m talking about my blog, I’m curious if anyone who reads it ever clicks on the links I have. Some of them are links to places that explain what I’m talking about, while others are obligatory links to the people whose work is inspiring what I’m doing. I’m just wondering if it’s worth continuing with the explanatory links.
I don’t click on the links, no. Buuuuut, I’m not your target demographic. Sewing types probably love it.
OH MY GOD!
>____________________>
Came sooooo close to getting an iPhone 6 today! One of the admin ladies ordered me a work phone and noticed that there was an iPhone 6 option. I fly out on Tuesday so she tried to get one ASAP (by Monday) and the place they were getting them from couldn’t get one by then.
I think she ordered a peasant 5S instead 😛
(YAY FREEBIES)
5S is still pretty great. That’s what I have and I love it. 😀
It’s obsolete and useless. How could you love something that terribly 12 months ago?
I’m a hipster who’s into retro gadgets.
Only a 6 and not the 6plus
*that it I quit*
Can I have your obsolete HTC One M8? Pleeeease..? 😀
Google Cardboard is so kewl! (except the HTC M8 is too big :D)
Not as big as the iPhone 6 Plus! That thing is a damn Apple Galaxy Note.
Can someone tell me why they bumped the screen size for 6+ significantly but it still has the same number of app ‘slots’ on the home screens as a 6?
I get there is more space when your using the apps… but just seems weird that they didn’t add an extra column…
Well, I basically just broke my school laptop a week before I had to hand it back this morning.
I thought the laptop bag was zipped up, I swear! I didn’t think it would fall on the pavement!
I managed to back everything up, but the charging port is ruined, so once the laptop runs out of battery, it’s dead. I can get it repaired, but it means I won’t be able to work on it for school next week, when I really need it. Ugh.
Only had four doughnuts left, so went around to the other side of the office and offered them to the six people there. STILL ENDED UP WITH ONE LEFT! Why is it so hard to give away freebies?
Obviously, that last one came home with me and has now gone into the freezer.
I was just about to post about more freebies!
Got a free work shirt yesterday that celebrates the project, YESSSSSSSSSSS!
Trying to get my old TV tuner working as a capture card.
*fingers crossed*
Couldn’t believe it this morning walking from the carpark to work – even in Orange there was a queue of 40 or so people outside the Telstra shop waiting for an iphone 6. 40 people. IN ORANGE!!! Madness…
Saw the article this morning that FF XIII is coming to Steam. Kinda want to pick it up. Especially if it stays at around $15. Didn’t own a 360 or PS3, so never had a chance to play it and it looked pretty good to me. Never played a Final Fantasy before. I know a lot of people have played it before, what did you think?
EDIT – Holy shit!! We’ve been having some internet connection issues in my house recently. Telstra tech came by this morning to fix it, ended up installing a breand new router, and now I’m getting 2 MB/sec downloads from Steam. Incredible. It used to max out at about 500KB/sec
Yeah, there was a huge line at the Telstra shop in front of my shop in the dinky little center I work in.Took about 2 hours for them to clear it.
Don’t get me started on FFXIII. First Final Fantasy I ever disliked. Attempted a few times now to finish it and keep getting 80-90% through before I can’t take it anymore.
Well in that case, maybe I start with the worst and it gets better with time 🙂
XIII-2 >> XIII > Lightning Returns
XIII-2 is like a better XIII but Lightning Returns is so different it’s hard to compare it to the others. It had some good parts but also some really unpolished WHYWOULDTHEYDOTHIS parts
Just don’t go in expecting much and you’ll be pretty happy 🙂 (and not massively disappointed like everyone on the planet :'( )
Well obviously its not as good as Xenoblade
Did you buy a second copy yet?!
When you say buy, my dolphin copy counts right?
But you can’t (properly) hold it at night!
FF XIII is a very unpopular entry in the series. It has a few fans, but the majority of people hated it for what has been described as a poor story, terrible characters, CoD-esque linearity, lack of variety, bad dialogue, terrible characters, ho-hum soundtrack and general sense of tedium. Regardless, it has its fans. Definitely don’t take my word for it – I’ve never played it – I’m merely echoing what other people have said about this game.
I’ve just spent the last 4 weeks teaching (read: learning to teach) in a year 1 class. It’s been crazy full on, but a lot of fun. I went on an excursion, had a sports carnival, got sick, went to mass (twice) (it’s a catholic school). Quite different to the year 5 class I was in last year but definitely getting a lot out of it. 1 more week to go (which includes the last day of term and 2 pupil free days, so really 2 days to go, and half a day is taken up by a fete type thing, so 1 and a half days to go).
I’ve been planning lessons almost everyday and getting resources together, and making sure all the evidence is there for when the uni supervisor comes to visit, so apologies to tWAybies/@greenius for not replying to all the talk about stuff. I still need to get through next week but I’ll keep you posted.
If we don’t catch up again just make sure you save some time for Survivor 🙂
Definitely 🙂
Huh. Just sat the kids in front of My Neighbour Totoro and they are absolutely enraptured. Can barely get a response out of them.
I’ve been meaning to buy some Ghibli on Blu-ray for the kids ever since my son was completely entranced by Ni No Kuni.
I’ve got Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service here for them as well.
I think Totoro might be grabbing them a bit since the girl’s in it are roughly around their age and difference.
My absolute favourite. I can’t wait to show it to my little guy.
They may also enjoy Spirited Away and Arrietty.
PONYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I’ve never seen a Ghibli film. I should fix that at some point. Probably not best to watch my first Ghibli production at this point in my life, as I’d probably be unable to appreciate it.
Wow, the next week is going to be incredibly busy.
Saturday: Watch football on television, driving lesson, grieve the loss of my laptop
Sunday: Watch the WAFL Grand Final in person (marking the first live football game I’ve seen in 7 years) driving lesson, grieve the loss of my laptop
Monday: Driving lesson, struggle to finish schoolwork
Tuesday: Deliver speech on the symbolic codes of the Mulan poster, Practical Driving Assessment
Wednesday: Struggle to finish schoolwork, mourn the mistakes I made in my Practical Driving Assessment, possibly cook my own food (oh the horror)
Thursday: Last day of traineeship, struggle to finish all my traineeship modules
Friday: Who knows what happens here
Next Saturday: Woo freedom! 😀
Next Sunday: AFL Grand Final!
Next Monday: Oh shit, freedom. D:
The four driving things in a row is going to be incredibly draining.
Pretty sure the AFL Grand final is on the Saturday. But then two days of freedom in a row 😀
As soon as I had my license I noticed that all of a sudden driving wasn’t so draining.
Now I’m in a job that I need to drive to every day and I don’t think about it twice. But driving twice a day when learning – nope.
You’ll be fine – plenty of advice on one of your other posts about it so I won’t add any more. 🙂
Freedom = too cool to meet up with us?
I see how it is…
😛
I didn’t want say why I won’t be able to come that weekend, since I thought my Mum’d kill me if I explained why. But after some coaxing, she has let me explain it to you guys.
@fled @grandmasterb-funk @liondrive @phlanispo @phoenix @platinum-urchin @thecracks
The reason I won’t be able to come to any meat within that period is because my mum is going on holiday at the time, and I’ll be staying with an aunt. Transport during this period is going to be very hard. Regardless of whether I’m coming or not, I’m sure you will have fun without me.
If I was able to go I would have been able to give ya a lift but I have my engagement party on the 27th. So hopefully greenie come back another time for a weekend.
Is your mother a secret agent going on an assassination mission we can’t know about or something?
Got an email from that jb hifi music thing with Aphex Twin’s new album mentioned in it. Apparently that’s out. *downloads*
Aphex Twin is still a thing? And you young kids like it/him?! What kind of warped universe are we in? I remember listening to Richard D James Album every night when going to sleep when I was about 21 or so….
I’d never heard of Aphex Twin until last year when Oliver suggested I should give it a listen, so I listened to some of his stuff and thought it was extremely weird but really cool. I dunno if I’d say his new album is as weird from what I’ve listened to so far but it’s still pretty nice ambient music 😀
Wait a minute, @dc…when did you start calling yourself “strange” on your tumblr thingy?! And what happened to the no-editing declaration. D:
Stealing your blogging hits away!
So Tumblr really doesn’t give you many feed back options… There needs to be ways to express my appreciation! I’m trying to watch some of my regular Youtube vlogs but keep getting sucked into your posts.
Your writing is seriously engaging. I just want to keep reading… then all of a sudden the post is over. 🙂
Keep writing matey!
Aw, thanks so much for that, man. Some days I feel a little defeated like no one is reading, but then people say kind things like that. Means way more than you know. 🙂
Got plans for 2015 Year of the Hermit that might move the content elsewhere.
Thanks again for the kind words and thanks for reading.
Tired making an account to give more feedback (I’m serious about giving it…) and apparently I’ve created an account there sometime in the past.
Password reset. Let the liking begin!
I can technically turn on comments but I get scared of internet commentators. XD
Fair call. Wife and I blogged for a month long food challenge we did.
She veto’d sharing it with anyone other than our family and 4 or 5 friends for similar reasons.
It’s a weird balance, though. I want people to read it. I just get scared of said people. 😀
Oooh, what was the food challenge?
@dc $5 per person per day for all food. Tried to write a post each day about the food, budget and the challenges that went with it.
I enjoyed the process but writing isn’t really my gig… Love cooking though!
I just unlocked the right to purchase DLC in a game.
Lucky me!
huh?
Theatrhythm. It’s kind of weird.
YAY! You unlocked the Settings Menu 😛
EDIT: How are you finding the game? My first impressions aren’t too good :(. I want to turn off the Summons and Chocobo thing since they always break the pace. I turned them off immediately on the original and apparently you can’t turn them off this time :/. One of the FMS I did also had an airship and the angle the notes were coming from was all weird too D:
There’s a option menu I haven’t unlocked yet so maybe you can do it in there? I like the summons though so I tend to leave them on as the big damage they do comes in handy.
Thoughts:
The hold cursor during FMS is throwing me a bit and feels a bit sluggish.
What the shit I’ve got like over 2000 Rhythmia and I still can’t access half the menus?
So… Many…. Songs…
I miss the little mix and match lines before each stage. Squall would always ruin everything (Bravely… We take… Our Destiny… Whatever.)
It looks much nicer.
The addition of Super Criticals is annoying me purely because I critical everything but those and they won’t activate on less. I get to excited and jump the gun.
The Quest Medleys are rad. So much better than the Dark Notes. A lot more depth to the meta game.
I really want to play Final Fantasy games now. VII and IX in particular.
Oh yeah FMS feels sluggish for me too. Like something about it is just “off”. I never really bothered with abilities or items in the original and I much preferred the rhythm game aspect of it. I think in the original, summons actually got rid of some notes D:
I … okay …
…?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Shoes-at-Home/?ALLSTEPS
Sounds like a recipe for adventure!
Hipster’s would be all over that faster than they can put their 3/4 length jeans on and pedal their playing card decorated fixies to the nearest shoe repair shop.
Oh, and no socks allowed.
The quality of the work is giving me the horrors.
The vapors?
Well I never!
I like to imagine I could do better 😛
Does anyone else play marvel puzzle quest? I just made an alliance in there under the name KotakuAU so yeah join if you want. It is private so I don’t know how that works.
I Joined 🙂
Just needed to tick “search private alliances” and it looks like you need to approve people who join
Awesome. You have also been promoted. I got lucky with the dead pool event and got the punisher.
I got an upgrade for my punisher out of the deadpool event too!
Also may be of interest to @welbot @mawt @strange
Sent request to join! Also just got a lvl 40 Magneto Classic as my daily reward!! Now all I have to do is decide who to get rid of to make room for him!!
Do you play through steam or something else? I looked you up on my steam and it says you haven’t logged in for 29 days!
I play on my phone. My laptop died so no steam for a while.
aww bummer! that’s gotta suck!
Ahh well time to save for a better laptop or desktop
Out of curiosity, how many heroes do you guys have? @tigerion @mawt @strange
I have 6 heroes.
oh! not been playing long? I just opened my 20th slot the other day!
Nah only been playing for a week I think.
On my phone I’m up to 30 heroes
Steam not so much, maybe 10-12
No way to use the same heroes on both phone and steam? Seems a bit silly…
I have eight heroes, the highest level is only level 17. I’ve only been playing one or two games a day since the first couple of days I played.
Looking forward to seeing how we go as an alliance now! Great to be in one with people I know instead of random’s for a change!
I have no idea how it even works. I avoided all the special events because it wanted me to create a username so I got scared. 😛
I only created a username so I could join Platinum Urchin’s alliance!
there are 2 kinds of events
the single player ones are generally the ones I do.
The other events are PVP I think (on the second tab in game). Occasionally I partake in a little action there, but generally I stick to single player. (Playing the events in single player still count towards your alliance points)
PVP is only kinda PVP
You fight other peoples team but it is all AI controlled, there is no actual multiplayer PVP
Alliances are good, as long as somebody enters an event everybody gets a little something
yeah! that’s what I was trying to say! 😉
And yeah alliances don’t really require you to do anything except play, and you get bonus goodies !
Let’s see.
I currently have 47 slots, but one of those is a double of oBW (1 cover only, for sharing the right Team Up power).
I am fairly certain that the only heroes I currently don’t have are 1* Black Widow and Yelena, sold recently to make space.
wow! you must have been playing a while! I just sold lvl 15 Bullseye (the hawkeye dood) and also sold my level 45 Iron Man that I’ve had since day one!
I really didn’t want to get rid of him yet, but he had a level cap of 50, so figured there’s not much left in him. Got rid of those two, to make room for my lvl 40 Psylocke, and lvl 40 Dr Doom Classic that I got last night!
I did have Black Widow (the one in the black suit with the red cover) but I sold her to make room for someone a while ago. I still have another Black Widow though.. the grey one with the sniper shot power. I had Yelena early on in the game, but she was pretty shite, so got rid of her in favour of cooler heroes!
Just downloaded it on my phone, requested to join alliance 🙂
Everyone is in their 20s on Destiny :(. Anyone want to party up tomorrow? I just reached Venus, I don’t mind if you’re a super high level, I just kinda just want to blast through the story.
I was going to say yes, but I’ll probably be playing Hyrule Warriors if I can be bothered leaving the house…
@rize not getting it for you? 😛
I’d be playing Hyrule Warriors too but I’m using Destiny as my break
Still playing at the moment? I can jump on now for a bit.
I’m all warm and cosy in bed! 😀
I won’t be on till Sunday but happy to have another Destiny buddy, add me Piat420
I’m GreenCOD if I don’t get the chance to add you first (gonna be Hyrule Warrioring!)
Im still level 10 on the moon! *jumps out window crying*
Don’t worry I’m only level 12 and I just finished the Moon 😮
If you don’t mind jumping ahead in the story (I think that’s allowed?) feel free to join me! I’d offer to help you out but I don’t have much time and I’d rather not re-play stuff for a game I’m not that into 😛 (sorry!)
Selfishius 😀
Haven’t quite got the whole talking thing down, but at least we can go the look
Haha my son had that octopus, I swear I like buying his toys more than he likes playing with them. Can’t wait to play with his Batman duplo at Christmas.
SNACKTAKU!
Had my frozen doughnut.
This is weird. Pow, you’re weird.
8/10, would probably have again.
The term is monster.
Your transformation has begun.
Wow so I read Page 1 and now it’s Page 17. Destiny I want my week back….. Nah just kidding, but can I have next week please?
With my laptop breaking this morning, I said screw it, and finally purchased Minecraft for realsies. I can finally play multiplayer! Can I be whitelisted, @zetrox2k ? I might not be able to play this weekend, but I’ll try. I have plans.
sorry man just saw this! whats your username
It’s Phlanispo, but I don’t know if you will even be able to whitelist me, since the bank keeps refusing to let me buy the game.
wha???
I think the bank has an automatic refusal thing because it’s a Swedish game. My mum has to go to the bank to get this cleared up. It’s annoying as hell.
if you want, im happy to pay it for you and just paypal gift me the funds over the internuts…. let me know.
Never mind, I finally got it to work. I think Mojang just doesn’t take American Express credit cards.
I don’t have the server details. Any chance you could send them to me?
After reviewing the season, I have determined my list of favourite AFL teams. At the risk of alienating everyone, I have decided to publish it.
1. Gold Coast Suns
Love the Guernsey, like the players, new team garners instant compassion, and the lifeguard motif is lovably dorky.
2. Melbourne Demons
Underdog status, potential for improvement under new coach
3. GWS Giants
Love the Guernsey, new team garners instant passion, love the club song so damn much
4. Western Bulldogs
I really can’t tell you why
5. Port Adelaide Power
Old habits die hard
6. Adelaide Crows
One of their prominent players is called Dangerfield. Dangerfield.
7. Nth Melbourne Kangaroos
Always hated them, but started to like them after their performance in 2014’s finals. The idea of a team not in the top 4 getting into the grand final was appealing, okay?
8. Richmond Tigers
2014’s rag to riches story is quite inspiring. RD13 – 3, 10.
RD 23 – 12, 10
9. Sydney Swans
Decent Guernsey design, favourite of the top 4 teams in 2014. (Which isn’t saying much)
10. West Coast Eagles
Despite loving them 7 years ago, the love is now gone.
11. Hawthorn Hawks
Meh overall.
12. Geelong Cats
Dislike Tom Hawkins, dislike guernsey.
13. Carlton Blues
Hate Mick Malthouse, fairly indifferent to the club overall.
14. Brisbane Lions
Hate the logo with a passion, memories of Jason Ackermanis still affect my judgement, club song rips off the French national anthem of all things.
15. Fremantle Dockers
Love can die, but grudges are forevermore.
16. St. Kilda Saints
Never really liked them, dislike clash Guernsey, terrible team to boot.
17. Essendon Bombers
I liked them a lot until I read about the doping scandal.
18. Collingwood Magpies
Hell if I know why, but I hate them with a passion. Blame Anthony Rocca, I guess.
What are you talking about Team From The Lower End Of The Ladder should be somewhere up the top of the ladder clearly you have no idea what you are doing and are an inept sportsballer who wouldn’t even know how to something or other the points with the thing.
I Lovejoy, but I’m mad tagb you, so sppppttttt!!! ‘!! 😛
Yay! Liondrunk is back! Love that guy!
Just pretend I’m not jeer causes I’m not speedier to you >:(
No man, you are way speedier than I.
I should not be allowed near my credit card while tired.
What did you do?
Just bought a new Graphics Card (GTX 970). I’d been planning to upgrade once they were announced, but I don’t really have the spare money at the moment to afford it. >.>
Ah yes. Looking forward to seeing how all the VR-related stuff on those turns out, and whether it actually works. Could probably use an upgrade from my 660 somewhere down the line.
I cahn’t stay madfh at you guys 🙂
But I’m mad at you guys >:(
But I love yo. Guysz 🙂
what’d I do again? I fear I may have missed something important….
<3
Done, I forgiyou
y
Just do.t do it again.!?!
*smack*
I feel this relationship has become abusive.
dat new Bloodborne trailer! Woweee
I’ve always liked the animations in the Souls games but now it looks so smooth! Loving the setting too. Hngrh!
ANOTHER FLAMIN’ HORSE
Is flaming better than shiny
WHOOOOOO congrates 😛
Do you have fire proof pants to wear when you ride this flamin horse?
They’re not fireproof but they are pretty fabulous.
As long as they are fabulous that is the main thing.
DREAM CHASER: THE PHLANISPO DREAM COLLECTION
I was in the car with Mum and my sister. We needed to get to Busselton (a town quite far away) in a very short time for some reason. We were driving along, before Mum needs to get fuel. I start panicking, because we need to get to Busselton quickly right now. In real-time the car gets refueled. Right before we set off, suddenly we are at the starting point. The dream pretty much resets. We start driving, before Mum says that we need to get fuel and new car lights. We drive to the same fuel station, and start refueling again. Half way through the agonisingly long refueling, Mum says to go get light bulbs for the car. I run off.
Suddenly I’m in what looks to be Welshpool, surrounded by six-lane roads populated by a lot of car traveling at what looks to be 100km/h. I run across several of these roads, defying death by some very small margins. I get completely lost. I run and I run until I find a Bunnings Warehouse. I take this as a bad sign, even though Bunnings would be the perfect place to find light bulbs. Mum rings, tell me that yes, I should be going to Bunnings. She reminds me that I left my camel at the beach.
I take a few turns, and suddenly I’m on a small coral beach. I find my camel. The camel has a rope tied around it. I pick up the rope and start leading it along. Then the rope snaps. I grab the rope again. It snaps once more. I continue the cycle of grabbing the increasingly smaller rope and having it snap until there is no rope left. I have no way of controlling the camel.
At this point, I reach the road. Six lanes, plagued by traffic. The camel freaks out and runs across the road. I run after it without looking both ways under the mantra of if I chase after it, I’ll have the same fate as the camel. And since the camel decided to run across the road, it probably knows what its doing better than I do.
I run across the road with camel nor human dying. But the camel keeps running into carpark. Then the camel runs up to an empty parking space. And stands completely still. I pick the camel up the same why I would pick up a chair. Keep in mind that this camel was about 2.5m tall, so its legs were probably dangling all over the place. Triumphan I walk into Bunnings Warehouse.
THE END
Howdy Gang, I just wanted to pop by and tell you all that you’re almost as amazing as Pizza!
The SBS television show? It is pretty amazing.
When I bought Minecraft last night, the page told me that it was processing my order, and would send an email to me when I was able to download it. I still haven’t received it. Annoying.
Morning, TAY.
Mornin’
Was all excited to find out that The Eagles are making their way down here next year, then I saw the price for front row area starting at a whopping $684 and going right upto $1,014 for front row barrier.. I guess the pension fund needed some topping up eh guys..? Even The Rolling Stones only charged a max of $650?!
I love The Eagles and would love to see them in concert, I even wanted to see if mum & dad wanted to go, but not for the price being asked. I suppose i’ll Get Over It…
Eagles are an endangered species you know, that can’t come cheap…
I hate the fucking eagles, man
No way I’d ever pay that much to see any band.
That is pretty nuts. I’ve seen Metallica, Kiss and Rage Against the Machine, three of my very favourites bands, and I’ve never spent more than $150 to see each of them. General Admission, of course.
That’s the problem, these bands like Eagles, The Rolling Stones etc they don’t do GA, they all have seating. I so wish it was GA. I’d pay UPTO 200 bucks to see The Eagles. They’re a personal favourite and they’re amazing musicians.
Yeah, GA FTW.
The Eagles are okay; a few of their songs I enjoy, the rest are pretty snooze-fest.
I spent an hour+ on character creation in Wasteland 2 only to realise once it got in game that I had screwed up.
My squishiest Ranger has no weapon training so currently has a stick equipped. The nerdiest, smartest Ranger with a silver tongue, who wants to be no where near battle because he has the least health has a truly terrible melee weapon. The Ranger I based loosely on @blaghman . So thanks for that, Glahman.
I did that too, realised I had made my party members with overlapping points in lockpicking & safecracker.
Hehe I had a feeling I might do that so I made sure to give everyone a combat skill first. Mostly just handguns but my field medic just blew someone’s torso clean off with a .38 pistol so I guess he’s putting that anatomical knowledge to good use.
My worry is that I’ll end up lacking in non-combat skills because I’ve tried to spread things out a bit too much and only have one point in a few things. I’ll probably suffer from the old ‘jack of all trades, master of none’ problem
Pinapple M&Ms. What the shit.
I have some! They taste like the pineapple bits in Cadbury Snack! So nice!
Okay, I’m getting some of those! Best recommendation ever. Or worst what with the whole ‘wanting to lose weight’ thing. Are they at coles, woollies, pretty much everywhere?
i got em at IGA, but I’ve seen em at woolies
Ahhhhh Elite Beta 2 landing on the 30th!
It’s gonna add the combat rating system, faction reputation system, system discovery, system maps, 500 new start systems, Asp Explorer added to the ship lineup, ship modifications, ship wear an tear, new weapons (cargo hatch disruptor!), outposts, new station type, supercruise tracking, in-station newsfeed, different types of ring systems on planets…
SO MUCH STUFF! Hype hype hype!
JUST HURRY UP WITH THE SODDING GAME!!!
Still on-track for 2014 release!
Also with this newsletter they put the BBC Micro version of the game up on their store for free. Gonna check it out later.
I have figured out what appeals to me so much about Destiny.
I have always liked the idea of MMO endgames – the endless horizon of challenging team based objectives and character progression. But I find the core gameplay of WoW style mmo’s painfully boring and never really get that far.
But Destiny provides that MMO style endgame I want, in a genre I like, with excellent core gameplay. And it doesn’t take six months of quest grinding to get to the endgame point either.
I dislike that random people can join your fireteam without you noticing for long periods of time.
You can set your fireteam to not let randoms in.
Doesn’t help when someone you know joins, and you don’t notice for twenty minutes though.
There is that whole notice in red down the bottom that someone has joined your fireteam, also the name of a person shows up in green rather than blue (not that contrasty I admit but its different)
Oooo I just got a lvl 40 Psylocke classic from a standard recruit token!! If only I had a spare slot!! Decisions decisions!!!!
Whatever that means, congrats, I guess…
Congrats.
such a shame I can’t give cards to alliance members :\ I get tons of em I have to sell or they just expire!
I had to sell a heap of them as well. Would be good if there was a trading system I place not only for cover but also boosts.
you can ask alliance members for boosts. dunno how it works though
Wow. That Dr Nerdlove article has the two saddest cases I’ve heard. What the shit is wrong with people?
Girls are hard 🙁
Not sure if subtle erection joke in light of page 18 or entirely a coincidence.
Or D: all of the above!
I guess some people just can’t get out of their own heads. But yes, I just read that and there’s more than just “I can’t get a date” going on there. You have to wonder how these guys are able to go out and shop or work, because apparently talking to other people is too hard.
Oh, I dunno. I can relate.
Working, shopping, the day to day stuff, all these involve very surfacey interactions and procedures that can be learned, memorised and repeated with minimal effort and very little risk. Where there are established protocols of behaviour and clearly-defined boundaries, then even the most socially-awkward person (*raises hand, even though no one asked*) can get by with relative ease.
But social interactions, particularly those that are accompanied by a reasonable chance of rejection, are harrowing and difficult for the anxious and uncertain. The boundaries are never clear and/or are always in flux. There are very few protocols that can be relied upon, and first impressions are very important, because you won’t always get a chance to repair the damage.
Talking to people often is hard for some people. And really hard for a few. Although that seems unfathomable to people to whom social interaction comes as naturally as breathing, it’s true.
If it weren’t for online dating, which allowed me to make my first impression at a safe distance with text and time and a screen as buffers, I have no doubt that I’d still be single, and way too scared to make any kind of move to change that… no matter how miserable I was.
I guess the thing is that I don’t see dating as fundamentally different from making new friends. After all, your partner should have all the qualities of a great friend. Someone whose company you cherish, even when you are doing nothing. As a kid/teenager you get lumped in with the people who happen to live near you or go to school with you, and you have to just try fit in and hope to make some friends. As an adult, you can choose who you spend your time with, and that should be liberating!
I acknowledge that it is very hard to meet new people, and to approach the ones you like and say, hey, want to have a coffee with me? I really struggle with reading subtle things like body language and tone of voice – I often get it wrong. But in the last few years, I’ve simply had to re-learn how to introduce myself to strangers and try to make new friends, not just for myself, but for my little boy.
These things are always easier if a) your goal is to make a friend first and to enrich your life with people you like spending your time with and b) if you put yourself in situations where you are naturally going to meet people who have similar interests to you, and where you are going to be involved in social interactions with them, like a sporting team, or through a hobby. If you make a new friend, you can’t lose – you’ve gained new social connections that will lead you to more adventures.
Wait, how do you do that one?
Well, there goes my Saturday. Thanks @platinum-urchin #marvelpuzzlequest
Not a problem at all. Outside is over rated anyway.
I loaned you my level 50 Thor Modern for 24 hours apparently! Does that actually enable you to fight battles with him? Or is it just like a Boost you can use?
I don’t get to fight with him as such, but I get to use him as one of my team up abilities. I think he took out all three of the level 5 enemies I was facing \o/
bwaahahahahhaha nice work! 🙂
I’m sure there’s soon to be some Hyrule Warriors pros reading this but…
Does anyone know why some treasure chests can’t be opened?
EDIT: If anyone cares, I think I found out why! Each stage has a heart container and piece for a specific character and only that character can open the chest.
Is anyone else using the Wii U Pro controller? I’m having some really weird glitchy issues with it and I don’t know whether it’s a software or hardware problem :/
Haven’t started it yet. But am eager.
Too much Destiny haha.
thanks for the tip about the chests, that was driving me mad. Let me know how you go with the pro controller, I was going to buy one for 2 player, played a bit with wii remote and it’s stupid, motion controls, who puts motion controls into a Warriors game, are they trying to give everyone RSI?
Wait, motion controls on Wii Mote? GROSS!
Had some controller issues persist so I think it’s definitely a hardware issue, might have to get that checked while it’s still under warranty… It’s really infrequent and random though and resyncing it did fix it but it may become a big issue if I’m using it for games like Super Smash Bros online 🙁
I added a few people off the TAYnames list on Xbox. However it was really just random. I did it hoping to find a few people playing Destiny. So let me know if you wanna play at any stage.
Xbox Gamertag is FoxRiver
Turns out the reason that I haven’t been able to download Minecraft is because my payment was refused by either Paypal or the bank. I tried purchasing Minecraft again, but got the same result.
I’ll probably need to contact either the bank or Paypal.
The reason it’s being refused is probably because Minecraft is a Swedish game.
Is there some kind of embargo against Sweden I’m not aware of?
The bank probably blocks all international orders that aren’t from the U.S. Not sure why they’d do that.
I’m assuming you’re talking about the PC version. I bought the PS4 version of the PSN, no worries.
Yeah, PC version. The PC version comes straight from Swedish servers, so I guess some banks consider that a red flag.
Investigatory mission to Spotlight. They seem to have all the right colours in spandex. Well, the red that I thought looked like a perfect ever-so-slightly-pinkish red turned out to be far more pink once brought out into the light. But the regular red will do. Stayed up way too late last night though and didn’t have long before the shops closed. Should probably return tomorrow and actually get stuff.
Also Hyrule Warriors, too late to grab that too.
Have you played the Warriors games before? I’m interested in hearing people who haven’t played them’s opinions on Hyrule.
Are you a Final Fantasy fan? Theatrhythm it up? You’d love from a pure music/rhythm fan perspective 😀
I haven’t. And don’t hold your breath for impressions either, I don’t foresee any kind of game playing for a good while yet. Too much PAX preparation to do, and I still haven’t even played my own copy of Mario Kart since the day it came out 😛
Not an FF fan. I did pick up the first game from Big W when it was cheap, after having tried the demo which I found boring at first but started enjoying once I got onto the harder difficulties. Can’t remember how far into the game I got (haven’t played it since before Luigi came out), but I found it hard to get over the sheer level of wank the game wanted to carry on with at times.
Ooooooh!
Man, that was almost an excellent game of footy.
Oh I’m sorry, I meant Quadpost.
Aerial Ping Pong.
Super Hot Potato Extreme.
Finally got around to watching the short film ‘The Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 & 3/4.’ Someone on TAY linked it months ago, so I put in the watch later playlist. Then Dan talked about it on Zeitgeist I watched a few days ago, so I had to watch it.
I’m not sure what to think.
Brilliant
Unacceptable!
The past few games I’ve actually looked forward to playing, and the next few are all games on Nintendo platforms D:
Mario Kart 8, Pullblox World, Theatrhythm, Hyrule Warriors, Super Smash Bros, Bayonetta 2, Pokemon, (and later on) Toad, Monster Hunter, XENOBLADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Zelda!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe it’s because Nintendo games rarely drop in price, so I don’t mind buying them at launch (especially when most of them are actually cheaper during that period :D). I’ve got a bunch of other games between them but eh, they were nothing I was really looking forward to and kind of just ended up getting. I know most of the other stuff I’m somewhat interested in will drop significantly in price anyway (all PC stuff) so I ain’t too fussed.
I think Bloodborne is my most anticipated game at the moment though. WOWEE!
ninty fanboi’n all day erry day
If I’ve got enough money on payday, and Target still have it on special I’ll pick up Hyrule Warriors this week, but I’ve got Forza Horizon 2 and Skylanders: Trap Team to pay for on the 2nd, so probably not.
#toomanygames
Xenoblade? I didn’t know you’re a fan.
Man, YouTube’s servers must be taking a beating. Ookla says my Internet is fine, but YouTube can barely render 360p.
Day 1 of the Driving Test Tetralogy
I suck.
Manual or auto?
Automatic.
Ahh if it was manual I might have been able to give ya a hand only cause I have a manual car. Try not to stress to much while ya learning the ropes. You will get the hang of it. Just have to give it some time.
There is a Civ 5 mod that let’s you play as Satsuki Kiryuin and her Honnouji Academy. OH MY GOD YES THIS IS PERFECT INJECT IT INTO MY VEI- Brave New World only?
Aw…
So, it seems that today is Talk Amongst Phlanispo…
Interesting…
During the week, I stay silent, doing nothing but upvote from the shadows. My hunger for spam is sated by reading the posts of others. On the week’s end, the reserve of posts goes dry, and I reveal myself. For you see, my true form is…
SPAMISPO!
Wait, that sounds terrible. Uh, I guess my true form is, umm…
PHLANISPAM!
Huh, still terrible. I should conduct focus testing.
Just saw the new Final Fantasy XV trailer and it looks very Xenoblade-y.
Awesome!
Final Fantasy Road Trip: The Video Game.
There better be online co-op!
It feels wrong being hyped for Final Fantasy again :3
I just can’t help myself >_>
Just placed a pre-order for a FIFTH copy of .5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot all cause JB are running a comp online & are giving away some cool shit with every pre order. I did just order the standard edition this time though as a change.
So that’s now;
iTunes Digital Deluxe (I wanted the few songs being offered without having to pirate them)
Japan only edition
Merch bundle with deluxe hard copy
Deluxe copy from JB (so I can have it on release day)
Normal edition from JB online (so I could enter the awesome comp to win stuff & get the pre-order bonuses)
I got a bit of the ol quake 3 bug from its recent release of live on steam!
Last night I dug out my retail q3 cd and installed it and Rocket Arena 3, started up a server and played a few really good rounds with a mate of mine! Was so fun! Been ages since I played RA3! Anyone else played it, or think they’d be up for a few rounds?
I found a fanmade re-worked Xbox version, tried unsuccessfukky to LAN it with my PC. 🙁
But yeah, I’d be up for a few rounds.
I’ll have to get RA & CPMA mods. 🙂
I’m currently running it as ioquake3 with rocket arena 1.8
Day 2 of the Driving Test Tetralogy
I did immensely better today than I did yesterday. I managed to follow the speed limit, and I actually managed to stay inside my lane. WOO COMPETENCY!
But there’s one thing that’s annoying. I’m supposed to check my mirrors before indicating, but it’s so ingrained that I indicate before checking my mirrors that I doubt I will ever be able to get out of the habit.
But let me defend myself here; isn’t it better to indicate first?
Scenario: I want to change lanes. I indicate to show the cars near me that I need to turn. I wait a second, then check my mirrors. By now, everyone has gotten the message that I wish to turn, and have slowed down to give me room.
In the correct way, I am supposed to check my mirrors, then indicate. At the time that I checked my mirrors, no-one around me knew that I planned to change lanes. Therefore, when I do indicate, I don’t know what occurs in the time between me first checking the mirrors and indicating.
Is my way so wrong? On the outset, it seems like the smarter way.
It doesn’t hurt to quickly check your mirrors first before indicating to make sure changing lanes is even safe/possible. Who’s telling you it’s the correct way? Your instructor? I’d just do whatever they’re saying because they generally know what the testers are looking for, but your way makes sense too. I can’t even remember what I do (since it just happens) but I’m pretty sure I check mirrors, indicate, check mirrors again, headcheck, change lanes (when safe)
Just make sure you actually indicate for a decent amount of time and change lanes when it’s safe. It’s surprising how many people indicate at the same time they suddenly change lanes. What’s the damn point of indicating, then?! (this happened a lot in Perth :/ )
I think the intention of having you look first is to make sure you’ve actually got room to move. I’ve seen people freak out when driving along side someone and they turn on their indicator to move in to their lane. It makes sense to look at what’s around you before indicating really, cos if you check your mirrors, and see some dickface hooning up beside you at 200km/hr, you’d be much better off indicating after he passed, else he might slam on his brakes and cause an accident. Obviously that’s on the extreme end of things, but does that make any sense?
Yeah, rarely works that way. That would involve other drivers being polite and courteous. Not just thinking about themselves.
Good luck with that.
You check your mirrors first to see if you’re able to merge. I’ve had motorbikes freak out before because I’ve indicated as they’ve pulled alongside, intending to move over after they’ve gone past, but they think that I’m about to drive over the top of them because I haven’t seen them.
The habit of looking first is because you need to look at what you’re about to do, see if it’s possible. Then once you’ve decided that it is, you indicate your intent, then you carry out your intent. No point indicating if you’re not in a position to alter course yet, that might just give other drivers the wrong idea if you don’t.
Huh. It was about 30 degrees and hot yesterday. I was worried that it would be hard to go to the WAFL Grand Final with such heat. Now it’s 22 degrees and raining gnats and frogs. I don’t think I’m going anymore.
I don’t know if I’m happy about this. On one hand, I’m happy because going to this thing was stressing me out big time. On another, I’m rather sad about it. It probably would have been a really fun experience, and my mum wasted her money on tickets for this thing.
Also, this is the second WAFL Grand Final in a row to get rained on. Experts claimed that this lowered the crowds by 10,000 last year. How many will the rain drive away now? I doubt the AFL commission are going to give WAFL any more money than they already were getting after the small crowds.
Boughtsome(more)greenshirtsius
Went back to Spotlight. Came back with $90 worth of materials >_>
COMMITTED NOW
Also went via Kmart for a $5 pair of shoes, and Big W for a price-matched Hyrule Warriors.
Photobucket? That would be the perfect thing to link on Twitter? ;'(
Maybe if you came to PAX.
Maybe if you find me a job where I can save some money and pay my own way. *waits* 😛
Maybe if you weren’t so stubborn 😛
Btw, three-day passes still seem to be available.
Did I hear it’s your birthday soon? ;D
It’s not even remotely close. 😛
But no, please please don’t.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
If you consider January soon!
Whatcha making?
(or is it a secret again? give us clues so D.C. can guess it for us!)
The clue is… the colours.
Also I totally can’t remember if I mentioned it before but I’m fairly sure I might have.
You probably have, but I don’t really frequent TAY during the week (unless I get a notification) 😛
It’s probably some old-man retro game character or something! (I have no idea)
Tell meeeeeeeee
Your assessment is close. But way off.
I’m guessing by the post, that he’s going for Link, as dressed on the cover of the pictured game
Either that, or maybe the animal crossing dood!
Woohoo! Sew All The Things!
Maybe not your butt though.. that could have dire consequences!
I will, once I stop being COMPLETELY TERRIFIED OF THIS PILE OF WHAT THE HELL AM I EVEN DOING
This was my effort today: A Shirred Panel
That looks fancy.
Is all that ruffling your doing?
Yep. It’s actually quite straightforward to do – you use an elastic thread in the machine and it scrunches up as you sew. It’s part of a waistband.
Oh, so it stretches it out for you? I always wondered how you’d go about attaching a strip of elastic, I mean I figure you stretch it out as you attach it but it sounds like the kind of thing you need at least three hands for.
The internet is teaching me how to sew: http://www.made-by-rae.com/2013/08/tutorial-shirring-with-elastic-thread/
@cookingmama Page not found 🙁
So I went to the Royal Melbourne Show yesterday. I pretty much only bought showbags with lollies from my childhood that’s a pain to get otherwise. I also bought one for my Mum. We tend to divide them anyway. For example I bought the bigger wizz fizz bag because it had a 6 pack of sherbet cones which I know she adores. She got those. I also did the super trail show bag and we divided the free stuff. Luckily because their was two of us, things that were like samples, we got two of.
The whole point was for Mum to have fun and I think she had a great day! I was absolutely stuffed though because I had been pushing her around in the wheelchair.
I’m awake now? D:
No you’re not.